Heckuva job:

[Mine and Health Safety Administrator Richard Stickler] used to be a mining executive who - according to various media reports - ran mines which had several fatalities and “…an incident rate that was often twice the national average.”

Well, I’d say that qualifies him! Certainly other Bush appointees—Brownie, Rummy, Cheney—put the “execute” in executive at far, far higher rates than average.

Also coming to light, is the fact that Stickler’s nomination to head the mine administration was twice rejected by congress and rejected when republicans were still in charge. Rejected reportedly by senators who were concerned about Stickler’s safety record when he operated mines.

Stickler was too much even for the Congressional Republicans?!  Read more