Sept. 11 credit card under scrutiny

[Khephra]

NEW YORK (AP) _ A photograph of three city firefighters has been printed on a credit card and a small part of its proceeds will benefit charity. But some are questioning its intent.

The MBNA MasterCard features the image of firefighters George Johnson, Dan McWilliams and Bill Eisengrein hoisting a flag above the wreckage at the World Trade Center site.

The three firefighters established The Bravest Fund, which raises money by licensing use of the photo. The funds are supposed to go to "firefighters, police officers and emergency workers who have suffered career ending injuries."

But an inquiry by the Daily News shows the fund has not registered with the state attorney general's office, which is a legal requirement.

The fund has raised about $750,000, but has only given out about $72,000, the fund's attorney William Kelly said.

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[Snazzy]

1. MBNA has displaced Enron as Bush's #1 donor.

Probably some irony or something in there, but I've burned out that circuit.

[PATRICK]

2. Osama determines his vote?

What would Osama think? It translates into an absurd worry about giving Osama mythical comfort. Hitler did rejoice when FDR died. So died Hitler soon after among the litter of his other fantasies. The South was less jubilant when Lincoln died. That didn't matter even with a Southern slaveholder in the White House. When JFK was shot the Cold War did not tilt toward the USSR, much less cause WW III.

Is the esteemed public official so timorous of the strength of US democracy and the continuity of just policies as to worry about a phantom in a cave's state of mind?