Jon Stewart speaks to Congress on behalf of 9/11 1st responders
I searched, didn't see this posted yet. I think Jon Stewart might have just earned a little bit of respect from me. Jon Stewart is speaking to a nearly empty Congressional Panel concerning the victims of "The Pile" from 9/11.
------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Yidn, shreibt un fershreibt"
"The Nazis entered this war under the rather childish delusion that they were going to bomb everyone else, and nobody was going to bomb them. At Rotterdam, London, Warsaw and half a hundred other places, they put their rather naive theory into operation. They sowed the wind, and now they are going to reap the whirlwind." -Bomber Harris
June 11, 2019, 03:13 PM
LS1 GTO
this one beat out the other by one minute.
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The definition of the words we used, carry a meaning of their own...
June 11, 2019, 04:11 PM
P220 Smudge
A stirring speech that I applaud. I don’t agree with a lot the man says, but I can’t disagree with anything he says here. Those people need to be looked after. Shouldn’t even be a question or a debate.
______________________________________________ "If the truth shall kill them, let them die.”
Endeavoring to master the subtle art of the grapefruit spoon.
June 11, 2019, 04:17 PM
tatortodd
Hats off to Stewart for both a good speech and sticking to this issue so long.
Also, noticed the absence of Houston’s embarrassment, SJL, who is on that committee
Ego is the anesthesia that deadens the pain of stupidity
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June 11, 2019, 05:19 PM
P220 Smudge
It should have been, which may have been his point, which I agree with.
______________________________________________ "If the truth shall kill them, let them die.”
Endeavoring to master the subtle art of the grapefruit spoon.
June 11, 2019, 07:12 PM
sigfreund
Jon, not John.
► 6.0/94.0
To operate serious weapons in a serious manner.
June 11, 2019, 07:35 PM
hudr
quote:
Originally posted by sigfreund: Jon, not John.
I know this, you know this....autocorrect on my iPhone apparently does NOT know this. Fixing it now that I’m home.
June 11, 2019, 07:52 PM
Skins2881
quote:
Originally posted by P220 Smudge: It should have been, which may have been his point, which I agree with.
No it should not have been. It should have been settled long, long before now. Nearly 20 years later, and still a debate, BS. I don't care if there is 100% rock solid evidence their sicknesses were caused by debris of the attacks, pay their medical costs now, even if it's all that is done, make sure their care is the best available.
It ain't hard to figure out. If ever there was a program worth over spending on, I can't think of what it was.
Jesse
Sic Semper Tyrannis
June 11, 2019, 07:53 PM
NK402
Quite a few years ago, I journeyed to Washington, DC to attend the confirmation hearing for my sister, who had been nominated for a Federal judgeship. Fewer than half the senators on the committee attended mainly, I was told because there were no television cameras present. One notable exception was Senator Strom Thurmond but he was a lech and my sister is good-looking so I felt that explained that. One off topic note is that while standing on the corner outside the Senate building, waiting for the hearing to start, I saw this rumpled old man with bushy eyebrows standing alone on the corner waiting to cross the street. He was holding an equally rumpled old briefcase. He looked familiar and then it hit me. He was Edwin Teller, developer of the hydrogen bomb. I was floored and thought, "My God ! You're standing next to the man that invented the H-Bomb!" Quite a memorable experience.
June 11, 2019, 09:06 PM
justjoe
Politicians are truly the lowest of the low animals crawling around on this planet. Exceptions are rare. And it's the reason Donald Trump was elected, because people are sick of the greedy, cynical egomaniacs in Washington.
"You get much farther with a kind word and a gun than with a kind word alone."
June 11, 2019, 09:55 PM
Gustofer
Did the first responders in lower Manhattan not have city/state health insurance as a part of their benefit package?
________________________________________________________ "Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton.
June 11, 2019, 11:00 PM
Ronin1069
This has been on Stewart's radar since he had his show....something he has been incredibly passionate about.
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