The news reports are now coming in with a tragic ending to the West Virginia mine fire: according to a state spokesman, rescue teams found the bodies of the two miners who had been missing since a conveyor belt fire. An earlier posting in this blog directs you to more information about the Bush administration's failures to protect the public with regard to mine safety and more. It includes a listing of previously identified priorities for protecting miner safety and health that the Bush administration MSHA abandoned. Add this one to the list: RIN 1219-AA92, Requirements for Approval of Flame-Resistant Conveyor Belts. How many tragedies does it take before the Bush administration realizes that is must stop putting corporate special interests above the public interest? Click through for more background on the special interest takeover that undermines public health, safety, and the environment and the Bush administration's pattern of failure to serve the public.