The video above is former CEO of Massey Energy speaking the language of Big Coal Lies to his audience, back in his salad days when he was riding high as an official of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Those days are behind him now, and he's heading off to jail for a year. Blankenship also has to pay a fine which is less than one-quarter of the millions he donated to the Tea Party in 2009. NBC reports that Blankenship was sentenced today for his part in the conspiracy that resulted in the explosion at Upper Big Branch Mine in 2010. 29 men died in that disaster, and it was entirely preventable.