Katie Couric reporting now on CBS- THE DUST AT GROUND ZERO

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Worthy of watching if you can

THE DUST AT GROUND ZERO - The 9/11 attack has claimed a whole new set of victims: thousands of firemen, policemen, construction and other workers who are now ill - maybe permanently - because they breathed the toxic dust on the "pile" at the World Trade Center. Katie Couric reports in her first 60 Minutes story. Kyra Darnton is the producer. This is a double-length segment.

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1. LIAR! LIAR!

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2. Jesus- the firemen lost an avg of 12 years of lung capacity

God this is awful

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3. US LIED ABOUT 9/11 AFTERMATH DANGERS AT GROUND ZERO

US LIED ABOUT 9/11 AFTERMATH DANGERS AT GROUND ZERO
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=364&topic_id=1983408

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6. Oh, they lied alright

But this is a GREAT piece

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5. Let me guess. Christy and George didn't spend much time on site.

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4. Now showing the fireman who had to leave because he lost

40% of his lung capacity.


Did u see the policeman that died because of it?
His lung scans were awful

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9. Criminally negligent homicide.

Poor innocent Christy Todd Whitman. "We never lied." Uh huh.

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7. Did she mention WHY????

Whitman was under orders to cover it up because NYC and the Feds were both TOO DAMNED CHEAP to buy equipment to protect the workers.

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8. Christie Whitman: "People hear what they want to hear"- HOLY SH*T!

"It's hard to know … when people hear what they want to hear and there's so much going on, that maybe they didn't make the distinction," says Whitman. But city officials were clearly made aware of the danger on the pile, she says.




Now shes blaming the victims... what a bitch

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13. Giuliani declined to talk to her.... of course

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18. If you go to this site you can click for a video of this segment

http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/60minutes/main3415.shtml

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16. Yet unmasked workers were sent home at the Pentagon?????

Uh, excuse me? Can I ask why that wasn't enforced in NYC, Mayor Giuliani?

Understand, I have defended his actions during and after 9/11 to all comers. But now I want to know why our volunteers and employees weren't as worthy of protection as the Pentagon workers.

TELL ME.

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10. Good for Katie.

It's a story we have known about in NYC for years. It's about time it got national attention, so maybe Katie will turn out OK.

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11. Very damning - katie is looking at Whitman like she's going to spit nails

Maybe Katie is so bad after all.

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14. Katie saw how much her viewership was hemorrhaging

and decided to adjust, worthless whore that she is.

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20. Worthless Whore?

What did she do?

also... this segment has been being filmed for the last month- long before her debut.

I'm not exactly a Couric fan, but I think this is a great piece

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21. I just can't stand her voice.

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22. Katie has been a war enabler and GOP shill

on too many occasions to mention.

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12. Whiteman: We never lied! Troubled that people blame her!

Boo hoo.

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15. Giuliani refused to go on-camera? Released some talking point reply?

:eyes:

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17. "The people at Ground Zero were all heroes," Ghouliani states.

:eyes:

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19. Bastard.

Okay, folks. I have defended him in the past and will NEVER do so again.

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23. 10,000 first responders had their claims denied.

If we had national health care, of course, this would not be an issue.

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25. Former EPA Head Blames NYC Officials

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/09/07/60minutes/main1982332.shtml
We did everything we could to protect people from that environment and we did it in the best way that we could, which was to communicate with those people who had the responsibility for enforcing.

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32. Boy, does that ever have a Katrina ring to it...

always blaming the "local officials" for their own criminal negligence.

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24. What about us residents??

who were rushed back into our apts
by anxious landlords looking for their rent
and given promises by the city and the feds
that everything was okey-dokey.

cough cough

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26. Move On.. Nothing to see there

:sarcasm:

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27. that's what i thought

cough gag sputter

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30. I'm sure you will be fine... just walk it off. Oh look, something shiny!

Oh sorry... I was talking to you like your a republican. My bad.

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28. I was there 2 weeks after the attack and vividly remember the dust

that covered everything. After just a few minutes of walking around lower Manhattan my eyes were burning, my throat was burning. My throat was irritated for a few days. I had to cover my mouth and nose with my shirt. This grey dust was all over everything. I can remember shoe stores, jewelry stores, etc. that were just covered. I could not believe that the EPA was telling people it was safe. It was far from it.

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31. I was at the site MONTHS after

and there was still dust everywhere. It was really disturbing

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29. "The Deadliest Shirt in the World"

Hey, My journal is famous. I just Googled "the deadliest shirt in the world" and my DU journal entry is the #1 result on Google.

Read the article and see just how toxic the conditions were at Ground Zero.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=16955598&method=full&siteid=94762&headline=deadliest-shirt-in-the-world--name_page.html

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33. At the edge of ruin - steeped in the Asbestos quagmire

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/seemslikeadream/102