9/11

9/11, Political wind, REAL ID

Hillary Clinton’s drivers licenses for illegals ‘gotcha’ moment

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The New York Post says:

A group representing Sept. 11 families offered a $1,000 reward to “any American who can get a straight answer” from Clinton. “It’s offensive to us that she can’t even say if she is for or against licensing terrorists,” said Peter Gadiel, president of 9/11 Families for a Secure America. Gadiel’s son, James, 23, a Cantor Fitzgerald employee, was killed on Sept. 11, 2001.

Clinton spokesman Blake Zeff said, “It looks like they’ll be sending the charity of our choice a thousand dollars, because Sen. Clinton’s position on this is crystal clear.”

Mr. Blake is correct, her position is “crystal clear” now. We were confused two years ago. The 57 state-issued drivers license and ID cards the 9/11 hijackers obtained helped them move around the United States while preparing to murder 2,973 people, including 1,747 New Yorkers. So, Senator Clinton voted to enact ‘The Real ID Act of 2005‘ which says, for federal purposes, if a drivers license applicant cannot show they are a citizen or national of the United States, they have to show they are an, “alien lawfully admitted for permanent or temporary residence in the United States.”

The Washington Post points out Senator Clinton’s position today:

“Senator Clinton supports governors like Governor Spitzer who believe they need such a measure to deal with the crisis caused by this administration’s failure to pass comprehensive immigration reform. As President, her goal will be to pass comprehensive immigration reform that would make this unnecessary,” the statement said. Campaign advisers, pressed to explain her view more clearly, said that she ultimately supports the driver’s-license proposal.

Under Governor Spitzer’s plan, New York licenses to illegals would comply with ‘Real ID.’ Terrorists can get a license to drive yet they would not be able to use them to board airplanes or enter federal buildings.

We gotcha, Senator Clinton.

You are for facilitating terrorist travel within the United States; they just have to drive there. We sure hope they get car insurance, just in case they only have an accident.

Thank you for clearing up our misunderstanding of where you stand on that issue.

9/11, Political wind

Science determines heroism: Mayor Mike Bloomberg

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In the New York Post this morning:

Mayor Bloomberg jumped mouth-first into the heated debate over the cause of death of a retired detective who worked tirelessly at Ground Zero — saying science showed “this was not a hero.”

The mayor’s cold comment, based on the ME’s assertion that misuse of prescription drugs led to the death of Detective James Zadroga, sickened and angered his friends and associates.
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Earlier this month, the city’s medical examiner ruled Zadroga’s death was caused by his misuse of prescription drugs, not from inhaling toxic dust at Ground Zero, where he worked for more than 400 hours, as a New Jersey ME had said. Zadroga family lawyer Michael Barasch was aghast at the mayor’s remarks, saying, “I wish Mayor Bloomberg had taken the time to do a little research to see what prescription medication Mr. Zadroga had received.”

“He would have seen Mr. Zadroga was taking up to 14 pills a day. Even if [city medical examiner] Dr. [Charles] Hirsch is correct about what killed Mr. Zadroga, and I am not saying that he is, what difference does it make? At the end of the day Mr. Zadroga would still be with us had it not been for the World Trade Center exposure.”

Bloomberg made the remark in Boston during a question-and-answer session at Harvard. Weighing in on the ME’s finding, he flatly declared, “Science says this was not a hero.”

Science?

Police Officer Zadroga risked his life searching for the living and the dead. Had Mayor Bloomberg joined him there — actually crawling around that Pile for even a few hours helping with the search — then perhaps he’d have a better sense of things.

‘Hero’ is an opinion. Regardless of what caused Police Officer Zadroga’s death, he is a hero to many of us.

Mayor Bloomberg is an arrogant zero.

I write that not based upon any scientific data. It is just my opinion.