Please recall post 9-11-ALL the politicians worshiped the police and firefighters

old mark

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Sun Feb-27-11 06:31 PM
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Please recall post 9-11-ALL the politicians worshiped the police and firefighters

and other public employees as HEROES who risked their lives to try to save others. Probably half the politicians in the US wore NYFD caps for a photo op.

Now, politicians are saying these same people who were HEROES are not worthy of their pay, and that their rights-under legally binding conrtacts freely signed by the various states-should no longer be honored. And the "news" media is following right along, brainless...

Of course, the politicians and their pals are not taking any pay cuts, are they? Nor any responsibility, either...

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steve2470

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Sun Feb-27-11 06:32 PM
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1. good points ! nt

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valerief

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Sun Feb-27-11 06:33 PM
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2. As someone said before, it's 1924 all over again. The billionaires want to be trillionaires. nt

Edited on Sun Feb-27-11 06:33 PM by valerief

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shraby

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Sun Feb-27-11 06:33 PM
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3. Not only that, most of the media have union protections and

contracts.

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old mark

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Sun Feb-27-11 07:07 PM
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4. Sure! It's great for THEM, but for people who actually work? We really

have lost so much of what made us good people. I am hoping this struggle will help get us going in the right direction again.

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Hydra

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Sun Feb-27-11 09:46 PM
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5. That's because the Politicians were

Using the police, firefighters and the dead for their own ends.

They never cared about those people. They have, in fact, stood in every way against the responders and victims of 9/11 when it came to actions.

Actions stay consistent, the words irrelevant.

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old mark

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Mon Feb-28-11 12:25 AM
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6. "How can you tell when a politician is lying? His mouth is moving and he's

not eating..."

I don't know who said that, but it seems to always have been true.

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