July 2010
It's A Shame! A Shame! →
commondreams.org
The House has (unbelievably) rejected a bill providing $7.4 billion in medical treatment and compensation to first responders sickened in the 9/11 attacks, with Republicans calling it a “slush fund” and “entitlement program” for deadbeats. The indecency of it all prompted a furious Rep. Anthony Weiner to lose it on the floor, entirely justifiably.
Mayor Bloomberg called the vote an “outrage” to those workers “whose health has fallen apart because they did what America wanted them to do.”
“I read somewhere… how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong… but to feel strong.”
—Christopher McCandless (via moetineesha)
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