Catch some of the "Dan Rather Reports" on HD Net if you can. They're pretty good shows. Dan has total editorial control. Did you know that HD Net was owned by Mark Cuban, the owner of the NBA's Dallas Mavericks?
Episode #204 "The Heroes Are Dying" shows the disgraceful behavior of our government, our "Support Our Troops" flag-wavers, towards the 9/11 First Responders who have become very ill and are dying young.
As often as Bush invokes the heroic image of our first responders ... and then to treat them so shamelessly, goes way off the cynicism charts. I thought I was cynical...
Here are a few snips from the transcript:
FOR MONTHS AFTER 9 11 ...MORE THAN THIRTY THOUSAND MEN AND WOMEN STRUGGLED TO RECOVER EVERY VICTIM OF THE TERRORIST ATTACKS. IRON WORKERS PULLED THE GIANT PIECES AWAY FROM THE PILE OF DEBRIS... FIREFIGHTERS COMBED THE RUBBLE... AND THE DUST AND DEBRIS FROM THE GIANT TOWERS CONSTANTLY FILLED THE AIR. AIR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ASSURED WORKERS WAS ENTIRELY SAFE FOR THEM TO BREATHE.
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BEFORE IT WAS OVER HE SPENT MORE THAN THIRTY DAYS ON GROUND ZERO'S DANGEROUS PILE OF DEBRIS. AND, YOU'VE GOT ALSO UNDERSTAND, THAT YOU KNEW THE AIR WAS BAD, BECAUSE, THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE, YOU COULD TASTE THE AIR. YOU COULD LITERALLY TASTE THE AIR. THAT'S TELLING YOU THAT SOMETHING THERE IN THOSE FIRST FEW DAYS A GROUP OF DOCTORS IN NEW YORK SAW THE POTENTIAL FOR A SECOND DISASTER AS THE RESPONDERS STRUGGLED TO WORK IN THE SMOKY AND DUST FILLED AIR.
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THE SYMPTOM THAT WAS MOST TYPICALLY REPORTED WAS, "DOC, I WAS COMPLETELY IN GOOD. YOU KNOW, I EXERCISED. I JOGGED THREE MILES A DAY UNTIL I WENT DOWN THERE. AND, THEN I WENT-- THEN WHEN I WAS DOWN THERE, I WAS COUGHING UP ALL THIS GRAY AND BLACK STUFF." AND, NOW I CAN'T STOP COUGHING." THE FIRST GOVERNMENT MONEY DIDN'T ARRIVE FOR MONTHS. .. AND IT WOULD BE FIVE MORE YEARS BEFORE ANY GOVERNMENT FUNDS MATERIALIZED FOR ACTUAL TREATMENT. WE RELIED ON PRIVATE FUNDING ON PHILANTHROPIC FUNDING ESSENTIALLY CHARITY TO BE ABLE TO TREAT OUR RESPONDER PATIENTS UNTIL NOVEMBER OF 2006. THE FIRST FEDERAL FUNDING FOR TREATMENT OF RESPONDERS ARRIVED A FEW MONTHS AGO IN NOVEMBER.
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ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE DYING THAT NEED HELP AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR PROPER HEALTH MONITORING. THEY HEROES LET'S SEE, HEROES, WHAT DO THEY DO? THEY SAVE PEOPLE. THEY RESCUE INNOCENT INNOCENT BYSTANDERS. THEY RESCUE THOSE WHO CAN'T HELP THEMSELVES. THAT THAT IS WHAT HEROES DO. WITHOUT HESITATION, WITHOUT THINKING TWICE, THEY HELP STRANGERS. THAT'S WHAT HEROES DO. AND SO I GUESS I GUESS IT'S JUST IS IT IS IT IS THIS HOW THE UNITED STATES WORKS? IS THIS HOW AMERICA WORKS? THAT WHEN HEROES NEED HELP THEY'RE NEGLECTED? THAT THEY'RE NOT BEING OFFERED THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED?
the rest of the transcript is here: http://www.hd.net/transcript.html?air_master_id=A4394
HD Net website: http://www.hd.net/
Episode #204 "The Heroes Are Dying" shows the disgraceful behavior of our government, our "Support Our Troops" flag-wavers, towards the 9/11 First Responders who have become very ill and are dying young.
As often as Bush invokes the heroic image of our first responders ... and then to treat them so shamelessly, goes way off the cynicism charts. I thought I was cynical...
Here are a few snips from the transcript:
FOR MONTHS AFTER 9 11 ...MORE THAN THIRTY THOUSAND MEN AND WOMEN STRUGGLED TO RECOVER EVERY VICTIM OF THE TERRORIST ATTACKS. IRON WORKERS PULLED THE GIANT PIECES AWAY FROM THE PILE OF DEBRIS... FIREFIGHTERS COMBED THE RUBBLE... AND THE DUST AND DEBRIS FROM THE GIANT TOWERS CONSTANTLY FILLED THE AIR. AIR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ASSURED WORKERS WAS ENTIRELY SAFE FOR THEM TO BREATHE.
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BEFORE IT WAS OVER HE SPENT MORE THAN THIRTY DAYS ON GROUND ZERO'S DANGEROUS PILE OF DEBRIS. AND, YOU'VE GOT ALSO UNDERSTAND, THAT YOU KNEW THE AIR WAS BAD, BECAUSE, THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE, YOU COULD TASTE THE AIR. YOU COULD LITERALLY TASTE THE AIR. THAT'S TELLING YOU THAT SOMETHING THERE IN THOSE FIRST FEW DAYS A GROUP OF DOCTORS IN NEW YORK SAW THE POTENTIAL FOR A SECOND DISASTER AS THE RESPONDERS STRUGGLED TO WORK IN THE SMOKY AND DUST FILLED AIR.
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THE SYMPTOM THAT WAS MOST TYPICALLY REPORTED WAS, "DOC, I WAS COMPLETELY IN GOOD. YOU KNOW, I EXERCISED. I JOGGED THREE MILES A DAY UNTIL I WENT DOWN THERE. AND, THEN I WENT-- THEN WHEN I WAS DOWN THERE, I WAS COUGHING UP ALL THIS GRAY AND BLACK STUFF." AND, NOW I CAN'T STOP COUGHING." THE FIRST GOVERNMENT MONEY DIDN'T ARRIVE FOR MONTHS. .. AND IT WOULD BE FIVE MORE YEARS BEFORE ANY GOVERNMENT FUNDS MATERIALIZED FOR ACTUAL TREATMENT. WE RELIED ON PRIVATE FUNDING ON PHILANTHROPIC FUNDING ESSENTIALLY CHARITY TO BE ABLE TO TREAT OUR RESPONDER PATIENTS UNTIL NOVEMBER OF 2006. THE FIRST FEDERAL FUNDING FOR TREATMENT OF RESPONDERS ARRIVED A FEW MONTHS AGO IN NOVEMBER.
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ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE DYING THAT NEED HELP AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR PROPER HEALTH MONITORING. THEY HEROES LET'S SEE, HEROES, WHAT DO THEY DO? THEY SAVE PEOPLE. THEY RESCUE INNOCENT INNOCENT BYSTANDERS. THEY RESCUE THOSE WHO CAN'T HELP THEMSELVES. THAT THAT IS WHAT HEROES DO. WITHOUT HESITATION, WITHOUT THINKING TWICE, THEY HELP STRANGERS. THAT'S WHAT HEROES DO. AND SO I GUESS I GUESS IT'S JUST IS IT IS IT IS THIS HOW THE UNITED STATES WORKS? IS THIS HOW AMERICA WORKS? THAT WHEN HEROES NEED HELP THEY'RE NEGLECTED? THAT THEY'RE NOT BEING OFFERED THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED?
the rest of the transcript is here: http://www.hd.net/transcript.html?air_master_id=A4394
HD Net website: http://www.hd.net/
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