Listening to this 9.11 responder on Keith's...

[nadinbrzezinski]

I hate to point this out, but this country NO LONGER takes care of it's own. We moved far away from that ethos over the last 30 years...

We are no longer the country we used to be. In fact, we are something else, and I hate to say this. But this country don't care for it's people anymore It cares only for the very wealthy and corporations. It is the end of a process that started in '47, and it is the modern form of fascism.

[hlthe2b]

1. Heavens... I realized that decades ago...

Given the horrific number of homeless Vietnam Vets thrown away to find their place on the streets and underpasses--their futures, all but formally, dead.

[valerief]

3. Good point. I remember those discarded lives begging on Boston streets.

That was back when antiwar protests and gruesome war scenes were televised.

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. Yeap, but to this guy it is just dawning

they don't care. You are a spent bullet Have the decency to die already!

And it is always sad to see a person coming to peace with THAT realization.

[Parker CA]

2. Those republicans voting against this bill are such fucking assholes. Simply atrocious.

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. It is NOT just Republicans

it is an ELITE, a POWER ELITE thing.

[Parker CA]

9. Which Dems are voting against the 9.11 bill? I wasn't aware there were any. nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

11. You'll see it is called Social Security

the former third rail of US Politics.

It's been us vs them for at least 30 years.

[valerief]

10. Coburn wouldn't want to hurt the companies that outsource (offshore) our jobs.

The original offset proposal would enact three small taxes and fees that are meant to target companies that rely on outsourcing jobs in order to provide goods and services.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/21/tom-coburn-911-responders-bill_n_799699.html

[nadinbrzezinski]

12. Of course, it is about the CORPORATE STATE

[eleny]

4. And Coburn told a bold faced lie about the bill never going through the committee

He just didn't attend the hearings.

That segment was one of the really tough ones to watch. TJ appeared so lost and empty of hope.

Btw, McCain treated him with such disrespect, too. Just goes to show you that our first responders are nothing but pawns.

[Parker CA]

7. I couldn't believe the response that man was given from McCain. They just don't care. At all. nt

[nadinbrzezinski]

8. Just like our soldiers

spent casings, that's all.

[eleny]

13. Exactly...

Now there's a segment about how the Republicans are complaining because they feel mistreated because they have to work or because their pants have been pulled down over their stupid, lazy excuses for not doing their jobs.

Cry babies --> http://www.eyberg.net/rafael/rf-baby.wav

[Jeffersons Ghost]

14. thanks for posting this. K&R

[baldguy]

15. See ehrnst's post from this morning.

"If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we've got to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that he commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition and then admit that we just don't want to do it." ~ Stephen Colbert

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x49668

[stray cat]

16. It does leave soldiers on the battlefield

[Dark]

17. There are some good signs.

People still don't want anyone to touch their social security. Even the payroll tax cut is actually unpopular.