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The dispute revolves around proposed changes to a rule regulating coal mining near streams and other waterways. The experts contracted to analyze the impact of the rule initially found that it would cost 7,000 coal jobs.
But the contractors claim they were subsequently pressured to not only keep the findings under wraps but "revisit" the study in order to show less of an impact on jobs.
Steve Gardner, president of Kentucky consulting firm ECSI, claimed that after the project team refused to "soften" the numbers, the firms working on the study were told the contract would not be renewed. ECSI was a subcontractor on the project.
Ah gee like no administration has ever fudged the numbers. Quit acting like the Obama administration is the only one to ever do this. Your hero Bush fudged the numbers on a war that cost over 4,000 american lives, but you are fine with that aren't ya?
Ah gee like no administration has ever fudged the numbers. Quit acting like the Obama administration is the only one to ever do this. Your hero Bush fudged the numbers on a war that cost over 4,000 american lives, but you are fine with that aren't ya?
So you think this is just fine and upstanding ethical behavior by "the most transparent administration ever" because you can deflect to "Bush did it too"? Really?
Ah gee like no administration has ever fudged the numbers. Quit acting like the Obama administration is the only one to ever do this. Your hero Bush fudged the numbers on a war that cost over 4,000 american lives, but you are fine with that aren't ya?
Oh please! The Bush administration was notorious for holding back scientific studies it didn't approve of, and releasing damaging information late on Friday so the news media would overlook it. Not that they invented the strategy, but for them it was so overtly shameless. I hoped (like everyone always stupidly does) that Obama wouldn't stoop so low, but we know that isn't the case. If we didn't stop Bush from doing it, then we just gave Obama a green light to continue doing it. Just like spending us into oblivion...
And so it goes.. Until we stop BOTH parties from being corrupt, we deserve what we allow. Blame what looks back at us in the mirror.
LOL, you had to go back to the 1970's to deflect the thread?!
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There go the votes from unionized coal miners!
