Ah yes, the best Ronald Reagan quote.
MSHA is so ignorant, their definition of a "mine" can be if you dig a hole in your yard and sell a wheel barrow full of dirt to your next door neighbor, the dirt has now entered 'commerce' and you have officially subjected yourself to the full wrath of the MSHA and the Dept of Labor as a mine operator.
Once I had a MSHA inspector enter my mine and he said that a crack in a windshield of a front end loader impaired my vision and it was un-operable. He said he'd shut me down and put chains on the gates if I operated it like that or didn't get it fixed. I said, 'you mean that little crack in the corner I don't even pay attention to and not in my line of sight?', he said 'yes, I'm shutting you down right now'. I said, give me one minute and I'll fix it....to his puzzled face. I walked over and grabbed a 5 pound sledgehammer out of my truck and walked right by that SOB and on the 3rd swing that 3x4 foot windshield came out the front. Then I jumped on a front tire (without fall protection no less), and kicked that wadded up sumbich to the ground.
Then I walked over and said "damn windshield clear as a bell now".
Somehow they sued me for that. Oh well. Nothing like getting served and being sued by the good ol U.S. of A.
And you guessed it, I haven't signed up for Obamycare either.
I learned a long time ago that this country is no longer free. Not even close.
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