Kevin Ryan starts Legal Defense Fund

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http://www.ultruth.com/

Message from Kevin

By all accounts, the unprecedented events of September 11th, 2001 “changed everything”. It is therefore critical that conscientious Americans, as well as all good people around the world, understand these events in detail. Unfortunately the official reports, including The 9/11 Commission Report and the NIST WTC Report, written by those working under the direction of the Bush Administration, fall far short of providing the explanations needed.

Both the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and my former employer, Underwriters Laboratories (UL), seem to have taken the stance that the public does not have a right to know what fire resistance tests were performed on the steel component assemblies used to build the World Trade Center (WTC) towers. But since NIST’s latest story for collapse of the WTC towers depends on the fire-induced failure of these steel components, there is little information that could be more important at this time.

When I worked there, top management at UL made clear to me that UL performed these required tests. They have since stated that there is “no evidence” that any firm tested the steel. Being tax-exempt, due to their status as a public safety-testing organization, UL should be held accountable for being honest and open with the public about the history of their testing.

To help ensure this accountability, I've filed a lawsuit against UL for wrongful termination. My attorneys and I hope to gain more information about UL’s role in the testing of the WTC steel assemblies, and any other involvement UL has had with the WTC towers or the NIST investigation. Since this lawsuit represents a critical need for information about public safety, we invite the public to contribute to our legal defense fund.

Thanks for your help. Kevin Ryan

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1. Since he filed the suit himself ...

... it's not a 'defense' fund.

[Bolo Boffin]

3. Can he tell the truth about anything? n/t

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2. How sad

The guy makes an ass out of himself, gets fired for it, and now want me to help fund a lawsuit defending his ignorant accusations against his former employer.

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5. How?

How are his assertions ignorant? Please respond in a civil and well thought out scientific manner. No name calling please.

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6. This was something I answered about two years ago.

I'll try and dig up the information.

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4. Legal Defense Funds on the Offense.

NAACP Legal Defense Fund

"Through hundreds of class-action suits against employers, unions and government at all levels, LDF has helped secure jobs and job rights for tens of thousands of citizens confronted by unfair employment practices."

http://www.naacpldf.org/content.aspx?article=292

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Peace Officer's Research Association of California

Too many cases to list manually. porac acted for the PLAINTIFF many, many times.

http://www.porac.org/ldf/casearchive.html

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Animal Legal Defense Fund

http://www.aldf.org/about/index.php

"Every day, ALDF works to protect animals by:

Filing groundbreaking lawsuits to stop animal abuse and expand the boundaries of animal law"

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Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund

http://www.prldef.org/about/aboutus.htm

"PRLDEF's first lawsuit, Aspira v. New York City Board of Education, resulted in the ground-breaking Aspira Consent Decree which forced the school system to stop ignoring the needs of non-English speaking students and implement bilingual education techniques to effectively instruct these students."

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Asian American Legal Defense & Education Fund

http://www.aaldef.org/article.php?article_id=221

"even workers from the upscale Manhattan restaurant Daniel have filed a lawsuit in Manhattan federal court alleging intentional employment discrimination and harassment on the basis of their race, color, ethnicity, alienage, and national origin, and violations of their rights under federal and state laws governing fair wages. The Latino and Bangladeshi plaintiffs, who are members of the Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York (ROC-NY), are represented by the Asian American Legal Defense & Education Fund (AALDEF) and Main Street Legal Services of the CUNY School of Law."

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Servicemembers Legal Defense Network

http://www.sldn.org/templates/law/index.html

"Cook v. Rumsfeld
SLDN’s lawsuit on behalf of twelve service members discharged under "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" who are seeking reinstatement in the military."

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7. Thanks for that.

"Defense" funds on the offensive are technically "fighting funds". For the obvious reasons.

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8. If only Kevin Ryan's "plight" were as legitimate as these. n/t