15.Jun.2006 at 7:29 pm | Be the first to comment
Cost of Life II : Marines versus Miners
Today marked the day when US military causality in Iraq reached a landmark 2500. Sadly, people at the Capitol Hill were signing off on something all together irrelevant. This morning, President Bush signed the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response (MINER) Act into law. While no way am I undermining the lives of miner, but such emphasis and attention from deaths of 33 miners this year seem awfully overrated when so many Americans are dying in Iraq. Miners are obviously more valuable than Marines, think about it, Marines fight wars, insurgents, enemies, and die doing it, end of story, while Miners bring to surface coal, which is as precious as OIL. Fighting for oil may be good, but obviously not as good as mining for coal.
A colleague purchased a new car, nothing fancy, a Toyota Corolla. The deal includes a tank full of gas, engine guaranteed for life, state inspection for life, parts and service guaranteed for life, oil and filter change for life and if he plans on getting the oil changed on Wednesdays, you get free manicures. Free Manicure!!! How the heck does that play in, who the f*** came up with that?
Mr. Bush told a press conference in Washington “If, in fact, these allegations are true, the Marine Corps will work hard to make sure that… those who violated the law – if indeed they did – will be punished,”.
