Crooks and Liars has posted a video clip that shows me I should be watching David Letterman. Interviewing Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly, Letterman said (my transcript, from the clip):

Letterman: I’m not smart enough to debate you point to point on this, but I have the feeling about sixty percent of what you say is crap. But I don’t know that for a fact.

Bandleader Paul Shaffer: Sixty?

Letterman: You say sixty percent, Paul?

Shaffer: Sixty percent?

Letterman: Sixty percent. That’s just a — I’m just spitballing here.

Think Progress says the Bush Administration has neglected coal mining safety:

Phil Smith, the communications director for the United Mine Workers of America, said that while citations have been issued, the fines assessed for safety violations are too small to force large corporations to make improvements. “The problem with the current laws is enforcement.” According to an AFL-CIO analysis, the Bush administration cut 170 positions from federal Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) and has not proposed a single new mine-safety standard or rule during its tenure.

And there’s a reason for that. The Washington Post reported that West Virginia coal firms raised $275,000 for Bush.

I wonder whether the Administration will be donating that money to charity now, like some other politically embarrassing contributions.

I’m grateful that twelve of the thirteen miners trapped by a coal mine explosion have been found alive. Prospects had looked very bleak.

(It is not yet known just when George W. Bush will stage his photo op with the rescued miners to try to cash in on their rescue.)

Update: Apparently the early reports were wrong. At this point, only one of the thirteen miners is alive. He is hospitalized in critical condition. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of the miners lost in this disaster.