Just when you thought things in Washington couldn’t get any stupider… Do other countries treat their heroes this way? You can’t make crap like this up!
The tens of thousands of cops, firefighters, construction workers and others who survived the worst terrorist assault in U.S. history and risked their lives in its wake will soon be informed that their names must be run through the FBI’s terrorism watch list. Any of the responders who are not compared to the database of suspected terrorists would be barred from getting treatment for the numerous, worsening ailments that the James Zadroga 9/11 Health And Compensation Law was passed to address. It’s a requirement that was tacked onto the law during the bitter debates over it last year.
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“This is absurd,” said Glen Kline, a former NYPD emergency services officer. “It’s silly. It’s stupid. It’s asinine.”“It’s comical at best, and I think it’s an insult to everyone who worked on The Pile and is sick and suffering from 9/11,” said John Feal, a former construction worker who lost half a foot at Ground Zero and runs the advocacy group Fealgood Foundation.
The provision was added in an amendment by Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.) during the heated debate over the bill in the House Energy and Commerce Committee last May. Sept. 11 responders in the committee room at the time mostly shook their heads at the move, which Democrats accepted on a voice vote after battling to bar other amendments on abortion and immigration that might have killed the bill.
“I think Congressman Stearns is stabbing at pettiness. He’s a buffoon,” Feal said. “We get sicker and die, and they’re going to disseminate a letter wondering whether we’re terrorists or not. … I think everybody needs to start showing a little more compassion.”
Here’s an article from last year about this inanity.
#36 Don’t know, there was foreign money financing his election, lots of it, in unreportable amounts. The Feds are reviewing it all now.
I think it possible he is wrecking the country because its payback for all it allegedly did against the poor in the past.
Consider his recent speeches touting welfare and food stamps. Not a word of gratitude for those (Tea Party folks) who paid the bill.
No, he implies we want to end those programs…when not one of us have said that.
To Obama, those who take food stamps, and welfare, are the brave ones, the ones to be praised.
Those who produce, create wealth and jobs, they are despised.
Therefore he hates America as it was founded, and seeks to make it more like Cuba and pre Capitalist Russia and China. Then he would be happy, when all are equally in poverty, except the Elite Ruling Class.
arpie, don’t be silly and use your brain. You’re thinking, and that will soon be outlawed by congress.
#39 Its not silliness to say Progressives have never been more dangerous to our liberty.
Their Keynesian have utterly failed, their entitlement programs breed unhappiness, not fulfillment.
Their entire foundation and building, are refuted by reality.
So they are dangerous against free speech.
They want to end free speech, to hide the fact their programs don’t work.
Our liberties have never been in greater danger, than now.
And its a swing and a miss for alfie once again. As usual you can’t even stand by your own statements. Its a very simple question. You either believe he’s a foreign agent with a false BC out to ruin america or he’s an american national out to ruin the country. Come on you’ve obviously put a great deal of thought into this just answer the question.
“He don’t have it.”
“He don’t want to get carded.”
Wow that’s all I can say just wow.
Alphie,
I notice you never fly. The Terrorism Watch List will do that to you.
Just think. In the time it took you to suck your last dick there were three bible endorsed abortions. And the women didn’t even have to drink some poison administered by a priest or have their bellies cut open. I’m sure you admire how much abortion has progressed since biblical days.
talk about our good people getting slapped in the face. THIS is one time i totally disagree with whats going on some goverment officials are total buffons maybe they need a better back ground check they sure do a good job at bringing this country down terriost acts?????
Please stop using phrases like “Just when you thought things in Washington couldn’t get any stupider…”. It should have become obvious to everyone LONG before now that there IS no limit to Washington’s stupidity.
This assertion is provable by simple mathematical induction:
Monday: Washington does something stupid.
Tuesday: Washington does something even stupider.
Wednesday: Washington does something stupider still.
Thus, if Monday is the nth day of the world’s existence, and Tuesday is the n+1th day…..
If you think this causes you distress now, think about the level of stupidity they’ll reach in, say, another five years.
Pray for the giant asteroid!