Rosie says she's devoting next year to getting this word out.

Thank you again Rosie!!!!!

First Responder Benefit the Pinnacle of what should be an amazing weekend for activism.
Ohio: April 27 - 29th
To contact me or get active:
jcrelativity@yahoo.com

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Source: http://wcbstv.com/local/local_story_110172106.html

Video: http://wcbstv.com/video/?id=98802@wcbs.dayport.com

Apr 20, 2007 7:32 pm US/Eastern

Outrage! Ruling Stings 9/11 First Responders
Court Says Whitman Wasn't Wrong To Say Air Quality Safe

Marcia Kramer
Reporting

(CBS) NEW YORK A major ruling could stop some ground zero workers and lower Manhattan residents suffering from 9/11-related illnesses from suing the city.

CBS 2 has learned the reasons why.

There was shock on Friday as city residents were stunned over a federal appeals court ruling that it was OK for the head of the Environmental Protection Agency to have reassured New Yorkers after 9/11 that the air was safe -- even if it was toxic.

"I’m horrified, not only for the residents down there, but also for the workers who got the worst of it," one resident said. "We can't have a government that lies to us."

Added another New Yorker: "It certainly wasn’t OK. People need to be protected."

"That was unethical to do because it disarmed the people and had people believe they were safe from fallout," said another.

The Second U.S. Circuit of Appeals in Manhattan saw it differently:

Looks also like Giuliani has made a complete 180 when it comes to his position on the issue of the toxic WTC dust and how it has affected 9/11 first responders:

http://wcbstv.com/video/?id=91462@wcbs.dayport.com

Source: http://wcbstv.com/politics/local_story_110160127.html

Apr 20, 2007 4:06 pm US/Eastern

Court Ruling May Stop 9/11 Air Quality Lawsuits

(CBS/AP) NEW YORK An appeals court ruling could spell trouble for New Yorkers suing the Environmental Protection Agency and its former chief for saying that sooty Lower Manhattan air was safe to breathe after the Sept. 11 terror attacks.

A three judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declared this week that EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman and other agency officials can't be held constitutionally liable for making rosy declarations about air quality in the days following the World Trade Center's destruction.

The opinion, written by the court's chief judge, Dennis Jacobs, said opening EPA workers up to lawsuits for giving out bad information during a crisis could have a catastrophic side effect.

never abandon 9/11 first responders

http://www.neverabandon.com

I had the opportunity last weekend to go down to NY and join other members of TruthMove to put up posters to raise public awareness about the difficulties 9/11 first responders still face. The never abandon project is an attempt to make the issue more visible and more pressing to the general public. We've been in touch with John Feal and Vinny Forras and are hoping to help get the word out about the upcoming benefit concert and other events. Hopefully we'll be able to get the issue out there! More to come...

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http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/april2007/160407strikeback.htm

Insider Scoop: Ground zero heroes Impacted by toxic dust cover-up to appear on The View Tuesday

Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet
Monday, April 16, 2007

Contradicting reports that Rosie O'Donnell is set to cease her vocal stance against the Bush administration and the 9/11 cover-up, we can exclusively reveal that Rosie is preparing to strike back by featuring interviews with 9/11 heroes and first responders, themselves victims of a government cover-up that allowed them to breathe deadly toxic dust at ground zero.

MOORE'S 'SICKO' STUNT
TAKES 9/11 WORKERS TO CUBA

http://www.nypost.com/seven/04152007/news/worldnews/moores_sicko_stunt_worldnews_janon_fisher.htm

By JANON FISHER

April 15, 2007 -- Filmmaker Michael Moore's production company took ailing Ground Zero responders to Cuba in a stunt aimed at showing that the U.S. health-care system is inferior to Fidel Castro's socialized medicine, according to several sources with knowledge of the trip.

The trip was to be filmed as part of the controversial director's latest documentary, "Sicko," an attack on American drug companies and HMOs that Moore hopes to debut at the Cannes Film Festival next month.

Two years in the making, the flick also takes aim at the medical care being provided to people who worked on the toxic World Trade Center debris pile, according to several 9/11 workers approached by Moore's producers.

On Thursday night's episode of E.R. (4/12), they had a small segment about New York 9/11 First Responders.

It was a little light, but better than nothing. It's about time they got some air time.

In the episode, an EMT is coughing, and one of the doctors gives him a check up. It turns out that he is okay (or is he? will he be returning in a future episode? maybe, if we are lucky, this was just an intro, and foreshadowing of them truly covering the problem in a story arc — that would be great)

But he mentions (quickly/briefly) that he knows people (or has a friend/friends) who have died (if you know about the problems, you would pick up on that — others will miss it completely), and mentions that it is a ticking time bomb situation for others.

Of course, we KNOW that it is WAY past being a "ticking time bomb situation" at this late date.

They could have done a much better job. But, it is a start. And maybe they will do more, and do better, in the future.

This was sent in by George. My question is, where are the millions that were donated in the immediate aftermath of 9/11? Who pocketed that money?

via Rosie's blog

Kim writes:

Do you watch ER? Last night’s episode addressed the serious health issues that 911 1st responders are having. “World Trade Center Cough”, leukemia etc. Only other time I’ve heard of it is from you!

its real and true
we will have someone on this week
talking about the numbers
the illness
beyond tragic

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go Rosie!!!

jcrelativity@yahoo.com
www.springfield911truth.com

On her blog today, Rosie O'Donnell showed that she "gets" it:

"first responders
Posted by ro on April 6th at 11:27am in in the news

so many r dying
why doesnt bill o report on that
craig bartmer for one"

For more on Craig Bartmer, read this

For more on the first responders and family members in general, read this

I wrote this tribute last September.

This is a video of the piece telling the story of the World Trade Center destruction through the eyes of the FDNY and first responders.

This is only a drop in the bucket, but it is telling that a billionaire is chipping in (as are alot of other good people -- through Jon Gold's and other people's fundraising efforts) because the government is failing the dying heroes.

The following press release was sent to me today:

George Soros Joins The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund To Provide Medical Treatment For 9/11 Workers

For Immediate Release: Monday, February 26, 2007
Contact: Amy Weil, OSI
Aweil@sorosny.org/212-548-0381

NEW YORK- George Soros, chairman and founder of the Open Society Institute, along with five other philanthropies joined forces today to help The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund create a 9/11 Neediest Medical campaign. Contributions to the campaign, which begins with more than $4 million, will provide treatment for uninsured workers and residents who have developed life-threatening diseases since the 2001 attack on the World Trade Center.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1855050994689354420&q
New York City 9-11 Truth weekend (Sept. 8th-11th, 2006), 1st responders speak out about the sick and dying in NYC due to the toxic cloud that the EPA refused to warn about, saying the air was safe to breathe. They covered up the dangers as they covered up the rogue elements of our government being involved in the attacks of September 11 2001.