I can't believe this...No firefighters invited to 9/11 ceremonies in New York?

[glarius]

I've been watching CNN and this is what they are saying. This is mind boggling to me. Is it because the firefighters are trying to get compensation for the cancer stricken firefighters from 10 years ago in N.Y.?

[Bluebear]

1. No room for them. Just politicians.

[bettyellen]

13. mostly family. but whatev. there;d be no room for public workers or thousand and thousand of survivo

this is for the family of those who were lost. it;s a very simple, very fair cut off point. it couldn;t happen at WTC otheriwse, not with the president there, no way. Much too small.

[Bluebear]

18. "this is for family of those who were lost"...like 350 firefighters.

[WinkyDink]

2. Bloomberg (on "The View") said it would have been too crowded.

[glarius]

4. Of all the people involved they are probably the most

important. I find this unbelievable.

[GoCubsGo]

6. He should have had a second ceremony for them.

I understand that space is limited, and that the families of those who died that day should come first, but this is bullshit. The first responders of all stripes need to be recognized. Bloomberg is an ass.

[glarius]

8. So the space is limited...they could have one firefighter there

in a prominent place, to represent all of them.

[bettyellen]

14. hundreds are there- ones with family (sadly plenty) and those working the event.

they are very very well repreented. I guess you aren't watching?

[glarius]

16. I'm talking about the official recognition of them in the ceremonies.

It has been mentioned several times. Perhaps you missed this?

[sammytko]

10. So firefighterscwill be represented by their surviving family members?

Kind of makes sense

[bettyellen]

15. many of them, and since they have less people, better security. the clintons and others are free to

mingle with the family memeber around the reflecting pools. It is actually a beautifully done event. It;s sad everone is here slamming it.

[Fumesucker]

3. A bunch of union thugs?

Why would anyone want to give them a platform to spout their socialist garbage?

















:sarcasm:

[Marblehead]

5. they are the real heros

[glarius]

7. Of course...it's a travesty that they are excluded! n/t

[ixion]

9. They're celebrating the death of our Democratic Republic

no civil servants required, only the overlords.

[Ian David]

11. Because they need stuff that costs money the GOP doesn't want to spend. n/t

[B Calm]

12. The spin I heard was the firefighters were getting their own ceremony

[Rockholm]

17. They are only trotted out for photo ops.

The pukes blather on about "first responders" but in truth, they don't give a shit about them.