Here's the Angle

on the coal mine disaster mentioned in my last post, and why it's Bush's fault (in the minds of the lefties): lax regulation and enforcement. From the Seattle Times article: Large fines are rare, and the most serious sanctions — such as closing mines — are almost never used, documents show.
This pattern has been even more pronounced under the Bush administration, which came into office with a promise to forge cooperative ties between regulators and the mining industry. During the past five years, the number of mines referred to the Justice Department for criminal prosecution has dropped steadily, from 38 in 2000 to 12 last year.
Meanwhile, inspectors who sought to impose large fines on coal companies have seen those penalties whittled down by agency negotiators and administrative-law judges.

The miners have hardly been buried, and the lefties are trying to make political hay of the situation. Not surprising, but sad. Of course, Congressional investigations/hearings have been called for. I will give them this: at least it's more important than steroids in Major League Baseball...