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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMurdering Coal Exec, Murray reads vile "prayer" to employees, then fires 150+
You remember this piece of shit? In case you don't:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_E._Murray#Crandall_Canyon_Mine_collapse
Here's his "prayer
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Dear Lord:
The American people have made their choice. They have decided that America must change its course, away from the principals of our Founders. And, away from the idea of individual freedom and individual responsibility. Away from capitalism, economic responsibility, and personal acceptance.
We are a Country in favor of redistribution, national weakness and reduced standard of living and lower and lower levels of personal freedom.
My regret, Lord, is that our young people, including those in my own family, never will know what America was like or might have been. They will pay the price in their reduced standard of living and, most especially, reduced freedom.
The takers outvoted the producers. In response to this, I have turned to my Bible and in II Peter, Chapter 1, verses 4-9 it says, To faith we are to add goodness; to goodness, knowledge; to knowledge, self control; to self control, perseverance; to perseverance, godliness; to godliness, kindness; to brotherly kindness, love.
Lord, please forgive me and anyone with me in Murray Energy Corp. for the decisions that we are now forced to make to preserve the very existence of any of the enterprises that you have helped us build. We ask for your guidance in this drastic time with the drastic decisions that will be made to have any hope of our survival as an American business enterprise.
Amen.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/after-obama-re-election-ceo-reads-prayer-to-staff-announces-layoffs/2012/11/09/e9bca204-2a63-11e2-bab2-eda299503684_story.html
iemitsu
(3,888 posts)huge taxes on the rich. He is an asshole who blames the President for his own greed.
These people are both stupid and evil.
WilliamPitt
(58,179 posts)GoCubsGo
(32,086 posts)The sad thing is, all those people who got laid off will probably blame the President and those who voted for him, rather than their greedy shitstain of an ex-boss.
Junkdrawer
(27,993 posts)Murray:
Put back my beautiful mountain tops you destroyed.
Sincerely,
The Lord
"And while you're at it, can you please reclaim the streams and waterways you filled in?"
Chiyo-chichi
(3,585 posts)"Did you actually read II Peter 1: 4-9? Try exercising some self-control and kindness for once."
mindem
(1,580 posts)24 No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money."
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I am getting real, real tired of the idea that only right wing-nuts can set the terms as to what freedom is, what the Founding Fathers meant, what hard work is, what personal responsibility is, what it means to be an American, and on and on. Some where along the line, like real soon, democrats need to start controlling the language. People like Murray are EVIL and dangerous, period.
Skidmore
(37,364 posts)Remember the one that died and the rescue workers that died? Remember this asshole on television?
HangOnKids
(4,291 posts)Forbidding his employees from talking to the media, grandstanding and acting all bereft. He used UNSAFE mining practices to extract as much coal as he could, workers be damned. That fucking asshole should be in jail.
gollygee
(22,336 posts)Republicans seem to have a huge sense of entitlement. They think they deserve to have their person win whether he's elected or not. And they punish others when they don't get their way. He needs to grow the hell up.
Blueprogress
(64 posts)POS. Karma will avenge those workers.
Jeff In Milwaukee
(13,992 posts)Junkdrawer
(27,993 posts)I just can't think of any offhand.
AzDar
(14,023 posts)Pisces
(5,602 posts)lawyer out there willing to work on this case.
SickOfTheOnePct
(7,290 posts)Sue him for what?
He's a douche, but he isn't required by law to hire or retain people. He was probably going to fire them anyway, and this is just a way for him to get his name in the news while appearing to blame Obama at the same time.
Sorry Pisces, this isn't aimed at you personnaly, it's just that I'm constantly amazed by people that think "lawsuit" every time they read something they don't like.
Pisces
(5,602 posts)You can not single hose people out. I am not lawsuit happy, but today Repub have been on a tirade against Democrats by threatening their jobs. If this was how employees were cherry picked for firing and I was one of them, I would be looking for a lawyer.
SickOfTheOnePct
(7,290 posts)which I don't believe it is, yes, he can do exactly that.
Pisces
(5,602 posts)It will cost these businesses time and money.
SickOfTheOnePct
(7,290 posts)Unless there are contracts here, it's a moot point.
barbiegeek
(1,140 posts)This is just cruel.
I have a few friends who live in West Virginia who said they would have voted for Obama, but all the scare tactics being flung around that state by the Coal Executives made them change their minds. They are terrified that the state will sink due to massive layoffs.
It's just sad how these people get away with this crap..they don't care about their workers, they only care about money.
Whovian
(2,866 posts)JohnnyBoots
(2,969 posts)Tommy_Carcetti
(43,190 posts)The day Mr. Murray meets his maker, I suspect things won't change all that much.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,190 posts)This utter shitstain plays politics with religion and screws over his own people. Asshole of the Year candidate right here.
The one silver lining for those affected by this horrible, horrible man--perhaps their lives will be saved by not having to work in this man's death traps.
procon
(15,805 posts)xfundy
(5,105 posts)"Even the Devil can cite scripture for his purpose."
Brickbat
(19,339 posts)Wouldn't want something to get between a boss' capricious actions against the workers.
SickOfTheOnePct
(7,290 posts)And I admit to not knowing how it works in a case like this. Can an employer/owner claim that they have to lay people off for business reasons and the union can do nothing? Or is it different depending on the industry? Does the employer/owner have to open the books to prove the necessity of the action?
I know unions offer outstanding protection against capricious firings, but what happens if the employer/owner cries poor?
Brickbat
(19,339 posts)and reduces the opportunity for revenge firings such as this. The process gives the workers much more protections.
SickOfTheOnePct
(7,290 posts)obamanut2012
(26,099 posts)And a protocol for who is laid off.
backscatter712
(26,355 posts)Sheldon Cooper
(3,724 posts)Absolutely nothing has changed in the three days since the election. No new 'burdonsome' rules have been enacted. He was clearly planning to fire these people no matter who won, he's just happy to have Obama to blame. Attempting to use God to back up his decision is just despicable. What an ass.
HopeHoops
(47,675 posts)LeftinOH
(5,357 posts)their political frustrations out on their employees. This is sick.
Glassunion
(10,201 posts)The American people have made their choice. They have decided that America must change its course, This is correct. We did make our choice, we do want a change of course. So far so good.
away from the principals of our Founders. Huh? The principals of our founding fathers was to establish a democracy of free individuals, who do not live under the thumb of tyrannical kings. This is achieved by selecting and then electing those who wish to serve the people. This is EXACTLY what our founding fathers established.
And, away from the idea of individual freedom and individual responsibility. I'm sorry, I'm still trying to figure this one out. Did we suddenly wake up in a fascist state on Wednesday morning? Did I miss that Christmas was canceled? No one has come knocking on my door asking me to hand over any of my firearms. I am free to do what I want and am still responsible for what I do or do not do.
Away from capitalism, economic responsibility, and personal acceptance. If the free market exercised economic responsibility, please explain Enron, Tyco and the 100's of those little tiny Wall Street "faux pas" that have cost thousands of jobs, billions in "lost(stolen)" investment dollars, etc...?
We are a Country in favor of redistribution, No, we are a country that desires "equal footing".
national weakness Equal Footing
and reduced standard of living I guess the windows may be getting dirty at the top of the ivory tower.
and lower and lower levels of personal freedom. By lower levels of personal freedom, if he means that he is upset that no one is picking his cotton for free, then yes I agree.
My regret, Lord, is that our young people, including those in my own family, never will know what America was like or might have been. His regret is my wish. I would be ashamed if I left this country behind in the state that it is in, and where he would like to direct it.
They will pay the price in their reduced standard of living and, most especially, reduced freedom. Heaven forbid that his children may have to share a classroom with the Proles and have to abide by laws that prevent them from leaving bootprints on those Proles as they are handed their ticket to the top.
The takers outvoted the producers. In response to this, I have turned to my Bible and in II Peter, Chapter 1, verses 4-9 it says, To faith we are to add goodness; to goodness, knowledge; to knowledge, self control; to self control, perseverance; to perseverance, godliness; to godliness, kindness; to brotherly kindness, love. II Peter, Ch 1 ver 4-9 discusses virtue so that we may participate in the divine nature. To escape corruption caused by evil (ver 4), to be good, be wise, have self control, to persevere, and to exhibit godliness(ver 5). To have mutual affection and love for ALL (ver 7). If one possesses these qualities, they will keep you from being unproductive in your knowledge of Christ (ver 8). If you do not have these qualities, you will end up nearsighted and blind, forgetting all that we have been taught.
These verses are a teaching of how not to be corrupted, but to be productive with your knowledge and in the end love ALL. To me it seems, he sees himself as a producer, yet those that may swing the hammer or drill the hole for his company are not producers, they are the takers. They a those who he graces with a paycheck, as he is the producer, not them. They just take.
Lord, please forgive me and anyone with me in Murray Energy Corp. for the decisions that we are now forced to make to preserve the very existence of any of the enterprises that you have helped us build. We ask for your guidance in this drastic time with the drastic decisions that will be made to have any hope of our survival as an American business enterprise. A good CEO (like the one I work with) knows that a company is not built on money alone, but is born from great leadership, and those willing to raise up that company with a shared view and hard work of EVERYONE involved.
Amen. Appropriate ending.
To me it would seem that his greatest fear is of narrowing the welath gap in this country. That he somehow HAS to be placed at a higher level than others as their great leader. The great provider, for those who just take from him. What a jerk.
WillyT
(72,631 posts)& Rec !!!
yellowcanine
(35,701 posts)process. And treats his workers like serfs to boot.
struggle4progress
(118,325 posts)TeamPooka
(24,243 posts)sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)SoCalDem
(103,856 posts)what an ass.. he was going to fire them anyway, but strung them along to make a point..