The thing is that the opposition only seems to be partially for that reason. We know there was asbestos and all sorts of bad crap in the air down there. The people who stayed down there trying to rescue people took on a massive risk - I was downtown a week afterwards for only about an hour and felt dizzy and and nauseous. They deserve whatever extra money they need. Period.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
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ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
GOP rejects health care costs for 9/11 rescue workers
- 13/12/2010 03:44:38 AM
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Probably it didn't make the news because it's not so much "news" as "repeat occurrence".
- 13/12/2010 03:59:42 AM
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I have no problem with this vote - nothing comes to the floor until.....
- 13/12/2010 05:15:59 PM
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IF the bill will pass afterwards, I agree.
- 13/12/2010 05:21:42 PM
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Why would such a thing be a federal issue? Why is the whole country paying for a very local issue?
- 15/12/2010 11:15:58 AM
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