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they're alive!! (actually no)
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 8:24 am
by mjrpes
The misinformation is so absurd... how the FUCK do you mess up with something so simple: they're either DEAD or ALIVE. No "in between", no "it's hard to tell". You take their pulse... ask them a question. If you get a reasponse or feel a pulse... they're ALIVE. If not, they're DEAD. Pretty fucking simple.
What a stupid rollercoaster their wives and family must be going through right now.
EDIT: It's making more sense, now:
"Mr Hatfield said: "What happened is that through stray cellphone conversations it appears that this miscommunication from the rescue team underground to the command centre was picked up by various people... was relayed through cellphone communications without our ever having made a release.
"International Coal Group never made any release about all 12 of the miners being alive and well, we simply couldn't confirm that at that point.
"But that information spread like wildfire because it had come from the command centre but it was a bad information." "
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 8:27 am
by Chupacabra
oh ok...i had to go to cnn.com sites now to understand wtf you were talking about.
very bizarre.
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 8:28 am
by mjrpes
they updated the main article now. But the juxtaposition of the big headline ("THEY'RE ALIVE") with the smaller alert at top ("all 12 others dead") is just, like you say, bizarre.
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 8:32 am
by Chupacabra
o...i somehow missed that red breaking news thing there at the top of your pic
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 8:36 am
by mjrpes
there, made it stand out more.
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 8:37 am
by Chupacabra
thanks m8
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 8:40 am
by mjrpes
I got this from the AP:
"Families learned of the deaths from mine officials more than three hours after Gov. Joe Manchin said he had been told 12 of the miners survived the disaster."
3 hours... just enough time to celebrate and let it all sink in, then have the news quashed. Greek tragedy never got this bad.
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 8:41 am
by Hannibal
Gov. Joe Manchin. A cunt. After cryin for a few days over the loss of my pappy, I'd hunt this simple bitch down and serve him his balls (w/ mango salsa).
Families learned of the deaths from mine officials more than three hours after Gov. Joe Manchin said he had been told 12 of the miners survived the disaster. The sole survivor of the disaster was hospitalized, a doctor said.
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 8:42 am
by Chupacabra
ive had mango and ive had salsa...but never mango salsa--is it any good?
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 8:44 am
by Hannibal
yes, especially with a middle aged man's balls.
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 8:45 am
by mjrpes
Goes well with a... tossed salad *h4r h4r ding*
back on topic:

Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 8:52 am
by Ryoki
Oooh harsh. :\
Just saw all kinds of extatic celebrating family members on the news this morning.
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 8:52 am
by mjrpes
Found this gem:
"But it became clear that something good was happening around 11.30pm local time when Governor Joe Manchin left the church, gave a thumbs-up sign and told everyone to "believe in miracles, believe in miracles".
Hmm, maybe the gov is a religious wacko who, knowing the miners were dead, said they were alive in order to commence a modern day, literal, miracle?
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 8:53 am
by ek
fuck thats fucked up. o_O
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 9:21 am
by 4days
the radio this morning was saying that someone misinterpreted "12 bodies" as "12 perfectly healthy, happy survivors"
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 9:29 am
by Dave
So its like Unbreakable then, eh?
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 9:40 am
by MidnightQ4
Ya when I just heard that on the news I was like WTF? No way! Then ya like 15 minutes later they retracted it and I was like oh ya ok that makes sense.
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 1:38 pm
by Freakaloin
REMOVE YOUR SIG YOU DISHWASHING HIPPY CUNT
Pauly
Supermod
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 2:06 pm
by Massive Quasars
The title on cnn.com now read...
'We were told they were alive'
In characteristically massive text.
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 2:08 pm
by Freakaloin
Freakaloin wrote:REMOVE YOUR SIG YOU DISHWASHING HIPPY CUNT
Pauly
Supermod
uh..i'll remove it when u put back my post motherfucker...
Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2006 2:19 pm
by Massive Quasars
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 2:50 am
by Massive Quasars
Damnit folks, I bring you the goods.
Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2006 2:54 am
by primaltheory
old, knew about this at 1am