1.0 link 158138 <![CDATA[Chao's Distortions of Epic Proportions]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-p-hoffa/chaos-distortions-of-epic_b_158138.html Labor Secretary Elaine Chao's Jan. 14 Wall Street Journal op-ed ranks among the most preposterous distortions of reality ever to appear on that newspaper's editorial pages -- and that's tough to do.

In it, Chao claimed the Bush Administration wanted to protect workers and their jobs. "Our record speaks for itself," she wrote.

It sure does.

Elaine Chao didn't close the Crandall Canyon Mine despite serious safety violations. It caved in twice. Six miners and three rescue workers died.

She rewrote...

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