Miners, Here And There
Hello, everybody!
So, how'd you like those 33 miners all getting rescued from that mine down in Chile? Wasn't that something? They were down there for two months, and now, they all will be celebrating Christmas with their families! Of course, all of you know that none of these miners will be working as miners for long, because they're going to be making an awful lot of money with all those book deals and movie deals and television documentary deals that you know are going to be coming their way! You know, a lot of people would call these miners lucky to have survived being down there for all this time before being rescued. Others would, and rightfully so, call it a miracle. but whatever you call it, everybody in the whole wide world is so glad that these miners are finally able to go back home to their loved ones.
Thinking of these miners who survived their mine disaster, it gets me to thinking about the mining industry in this country, and how, we all know, that practically every mine disaster in this country almost always ended in disaster. Can you remember a mine disaster in which all of the miners were saved in this country? You can't? Well, neither can I. Could that have a lot to do with the fact that the mining industry, along with practically every other industry in this country, is so deregulated that it's practically unsafe for every miner in this country to go to work every day? I've been paying a lot of attention to what's been going on with the mining industry here in America, and I get the spooky feeling that the industry in this country puts profits ahead of people. They always have. If they didn't put the miners themselves in danger by going down into those mines in very dangerous conditions, they're putting the citizens in the nearby towns in danger by polluting their land and water with toxic by products of mining, which causes cancer and even contributes to the learning disabilities of young children. Now, if you ask me, I would have to say that the mining industry in Chile must be a lot more regulated to have their workers come out in remarkably good condition, physically, and I really do believe that it's time that we, in this country, demand that our mining industry do the same for our American workers.
Well, that's all the time we have for this week. Until next time, be well, stay well, and remember to help the earthquake survivors!
Sincerely,
Marley Sue
So, how'd you like those 33 miners all getting rescued from that mine down in Chile? Wasn't that something? They were down there for two months, and now, they all will be celebrating Christmas with their families! Of course, all of you know that none of these miners will be working as miners for long, because they're going to be making an awful lot of money with all those book deals and movie deals and television documentary deals that you know are going to be coming their way! You know, a lot of people would call these miners lucky to have survived being down there for all this time before being rescued. Others would, and rightfully so, call it a miracle. but whatever you call it, everybody in the whole wide world is so glad that these miners are finally able to go back home to their loved ones.
Thinking of these miners who survived their mine disaster, it gets me to thinking about the mining industry in this country, and how, we all know, that practically every mine disaster in this country almost always ended in disaster. Can you remember a mine disaster in which all of the miners were saved in this country? You can't? Well, neither can I. Could that have a lot to do with the fact that the mining industry, along with practically every other industry in this country, is so deregulated that it's practically unsafe for every miner in this country to go to work every day? I've been paying a lot of attention to what's been going on with the mining industry here in America, and I get the spooky feeling that the industry in this country puts profits ahead of people. They always have. If they didn't put the miners themselves in danger by going down into those mines in very dangerous conditions, they're putting the citizens in the nearby towns in danger by polluting their land and water with toxic by products of mining, which causes cancer and even contributes to the learning disabilities of young children. Now, if you ask me, I would have to say that the mining industry in Chile must be a lot more regulated to have their workers come out in remarkably good condition, physically, and I really do believe that it's time that we, in this country, demand that our mining industry do the same for our American workers.
Well, that's all the time we have for this week. Until next time, be well, stay well, and remember to help the earthquake survivors!
Sincerely,
Marley Sue
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