Sick 9/11 responders attend President Bush's final State of Union speech

[RamboLiberal]

Source: NY Daily News

When President Bush delivers his final State of the Union speech Monday night, in the gallery of the House chamber will be Ground Zero workers who have been ill since just a few months after his first.

"This will be my third State of the Union in a row I've gone to," said Queens paramedic Marvin Bethea, who will attend as a guest of the New York City congressional delegation.

"I'm fed up with how we're treated," said Bethea, saying he now takes 12 medications daily and still has trouble getting adequate health care. "They went from calling us heroes to treating us like zeros."

Ground Zero volunteer John Feal was even more blunt in skewering the White House.

"You got $3 billion a month to kill people," Feal said. "You got $3 billion a year for health care."



Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008/01/28/2008-01-28_sick_911_responders_attend_president_bus.html

[NastyRiffraff]

1. It's hearbreaking what these people have gone through

thanks to Rudy's callous carelessness and that of this administration. I wonder who's sponsoring them at the SOTU.

[Nitrogenica]

11. I love that photo.

Thank You, I'm going to do some artwork of that.

[cyclezealot]

2. Story did not say how they got in.

Remember, was not Cindy Sheehan escorted out? / It takes tickets to see the SOTU address? Invitations from a Congress member, I think. Certanly Bush would rather they not be there. Probably invited by Rep. Nadler.

[orleans]

8. then why is nadler stalling out the subcommittee for hearings w/cheney?

"They just don't want to spend the money," said Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-Manhattan), whose district includes Ground Zero. "They'd rather see these people die."
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2008/01/28/2008-01-28_sick_911_responders_attend_president_bus.html

and apparently nadler is okay w/that--he'd rather have that happen then let the impeachment hearings take place. anything but "I" hearings!!! can't let that happen!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=2753494

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=2759972

[Solly Mack]

3. So many outrages, so many abuses, so many criminal actions

Beyond criminal what has been done to the September 11th responders

[Baby Snooks]

4. The Disposable Americans...

We no longer live in a democracy. We live in an oligarchy. There are those who control it all and those who serve them. And when someone can no longer serve them, they are disposable. Children, the elderly, veterans, those public servants who rushed to Ground Zero in the hopes of saving someone. Let them eat cake. And if they cannot afford the cake, then they should just find a gutter somewhere and do everyone a favor and just die. They are no longer useful.

But that is not on the shoulders of the Bushes and the Republicans completely. It is also on the shoulders of Madame Speaker. And her little gang within Congress. Her little Democratic gang.

As for Madame Speaker, behind her smarmy comment about the homeless in San Franciso was an equally smarmy attitude with regard to why so many are homeless. Why so many in this country lose hope. Why so many continue to lose hope. Because of her attitude. And the attitude of so many. Many Democrats as well as many Republicans.

The greatest evil is not evil itself but those who enable it with their silence and their acquiescence.

Reality is George W Bush makes some ashamed to be a Republican but then Nancy Pelosi makes some ashamed to be a Democrat. Both serve an agenda that has nothing to do with the American people. All of whom, really, are quite disposable to both.

[yellerpup]

5. We need national health care insurance now.

G-d forbid there is another attack that injures thousands and they have to lie there dying because they have no insurance. It's our money and our country, why can't we take care of each other instead of making sure Halliburton survives?

[lebkuchen]

6. Bush treats the 9/11 responders w/as much disdain as he does the military

Why doesn't America protest Bush's obscene behavior?

[Kokonoe]

7. That is a fake headline

Who knows if they can get in.

[Twist_U_Up]

9. wont get much media attention.

If they start uncovering what happen that day down there, the American people might actually see the real terrorists behind the attacks.

[Cleita]

10. I wonder if he'll have them arrested and taken out in handcuffs. n/t

[realFedUp]

12. I look forward to a LOT of coughing. nt

[jedreport]

13. Traiterous scum (sic)

How dare they challenge Dear Leader in his Finest (i.e., last) SOTU?

[ToughLuck]

14. Bush will ignore these folks until he leaves office.

He will not put his money where his mouth is when it comes to Veterans and if these 9/11 responders do not receive there just due, it is yet another prime example of Bush hypocrisy.
For all the Evangelicals out there proclaiming to hold the "moral" code in America..I say prove it. When has this group ever taken on this administration..pathetic.

[Rosa Luxemburg]

15. you wonder what was in the WTC?

hope it wasn't radiation damage?

[muryan]

16. half the commonly used construction materials are toxic

when turned to dust and inhaled, doesnt have to be radiation to cause major health problems

[muntrv]

17. Shrub makes a lot of people sick.

[BrklynLiberal]

18. Ain't THAT the truth. The mere sight of him makes my stomach feel queasy.

I have to turn the TV off if his face is shown....and I can't even think about his voice..... :puke: :silly: :argh: :grr: :nuke:

[ursi]

19. This president and his minions have no shame