A Whole Year? Really? You Mean The Whole Damn Thing?
Now here’s a law that needs fixing.
In 2010, a West Virginia Coal mine exploded, killing 29 men.
Don Blankenship, the Massey Energy CEO, was convicted last December of misdemeanor conspiracy to willfully violate mine safety standards. During the trial, he escaped being convicted on any felony charges.
Yesterday, United States District Judge Irene Berger handed down the maximum sentence of one year in prison and a $250,000 fine. The judge added, “we are here as a result of your part in a dangerous conspiracy.”
Blankenship’s reaction?
Following his sentencing Wednesday, ex-Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship said that the 29 men who died in the 2010 explosion “were great guys, great coal miners.
But he added that, “It is important to everyone that you know that I’m not guilty of a crime.”
Yeah, that’s what is important.
His lawyers have him out on appeal.
According to Wikipedia …
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filings show Blankenship was paid $17.8 million in 2009, the highest in the coal industry. His 2009 pay represents a $6.8 million raise over 2008 and almost double his compensation package in 2007. Blankenship also received a deferred compensation package valued at $27.2 million in 2009.
Blankenship is a major Republican Party contributor and an all-around jerk. They are already warming-up a special place in hell for him.
I put a picture of him up there so if you ever see him in person you can tell him to kiss your big blue butt.
Thanks to everybody for the heads up.
He’s guilty of crimes to humanity. If I ever see him in person, I’d want to kick his privates so hard his own butt would turn blue.
1I couldn’t stomach reading the whole WashPost article, but I did see that a year was the maximum sentence for the crime. Not nearly enough. In time or in money.
2When the Plebes bring in a verdict against their Betters a re-trail is automatic.
3My God, I can just imagine how the survivors of those men must feel. As for ever encountering this guy in public, forget about it. They never show their face outside the country club or the bullet proof chauffeured limo. Wherever he is and wherever he goes I hope the ghosts of all those men never leave him alone!
4I used to wonder how people like him could look in the mirror. Then I read about sociopaths. Some actually enjoy other people’s misery.
5Hey, give him a break. It’s not like those “great guys, great coal miners” were actually people.
6I bet he never spends a day in jail.
7It is interesting to note the Judge is retiring. She was appointed by Obama. As a Democrat, that hurts.
8There must be a training class for prospective CEOs entitled,
Sociopathy for Fun and Profit.
It’s instructed by various Waltons, Kochs, Adelsons, Welchs, Shkrelis, etc. Darth Cheney and his fellow Haliburton crooks wrote the syllabus. I’ll let better writers than I quote that syllabus. (PKM, Primo, others?)
9That slime ball is exercising only one of Corporate America’s scummiest tricks. It turns out that Panama, the Caymans, etc., are not the sleaziest when it comes to banking. Guess what? It’s the Good Ole US of A! (And our favorite European pals.)
You can read the Wapo story about how to set up your own secret bank accounts in Wyoming, Delaware and other states, right here: https://goo.gl/BWqugc
10If he does go to jail you gotta’ believe that some family member of one of the men who were murdered for his greed will settle things proper.
11Yet some poor black guy gets 20 years for stealing $30 worth of candy. This is justice?
12Justice? Just us (rich white men).
13That is a poster face for Backpfeifengesicht. A face in need of a punch. Though I think a baseball bat would be better.
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