I was really jazzed by the article on the Rangel visit with the pics of all those happy miners. When you find out that Rangel carries bus loads of his red-shirted supporters with him along with a Gestapo press to filter the whole circus thru a positive lens you realize what a farce the whole thing is. To top it all off...he goes around to these poor bastards whoring for votes by handing out free I-pods, mattresses and god knows what else. I think I'm finally realizing why KRY hasn't gotten the permit yet. They haven't offered a bribe big enough. I was under the impression that Marlene Vargas is our friend and has the peoples' welfare at heart. Please tell me she's not a sleazy sack of sh!t as well.