Small Business Represent 99.7 percent of all employer firms.
• Employ just over half of all private sector employees.
• Pay 44 percent of total U.S. private payroll.
• Have generated 64 percent of net new jobs over the past 15 years.
• Create more than half of the nonfarm private gross domestic product (GDP).
• Hire 40 percent of high tech workers (such as scientists, engineers, and computer programmers).
• Are 52 percent home-based and 2 percent franchises.
• Made up 97.3 percent of all identified exporters and produced 30.2 percent of the known export value in FY 2007.
• Produce 13 times more patents per employee than large patenting firms; these patents are twice as likely as large firm patents to be among the one percent most cited.
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http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/sbqei1002.pdf

SCARY FACTS
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Keep their own money? This is about what you’d expect from a “millionaire” purveyor of “sleaze,” sneers Collins in the Times. She says that McMahon — with money earned in the marketplace — can’t possibly understand the needs of The Street, of Real People, as Blumenthal does, as she does, as her colleagues do. We have the common touch, she says. Witness co-columnist David Brooks, who has admitted that he can occasionally be seen “happily chewing on a Twizzler.” This is Times-speak for “I’m down with the struggle.”

http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/08/nyt_vs_linda_mcmahon_sex_drugs.html

Imagine thinking you know best to do with your hard earned money.
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Obama’s long-anticipated, pre-election move to the center is finally here. With two months to go before mid-term elections, Obama is changing his message, and hoping his party benefits from the change. In an interview with NBC’s Brian Williams on Sunday, our President carefully interspersed “moderate” verbiage with his usual Progressive dogma.
Watch the interview here.

While there were plenty of weakly delivered paeans to the Left, Obama offered more than his usual tasty morsels to the Independent middle:

“[We need to] help small business [and]…eliminate capital gains taxes.”

“I’ve always put my money on the American people.”

“[We must oppose] terrorists who want to do us harm….”

“I was doing some historical reading during [my vacation]….we kinda go through these periods…[and then] come out of that funk….” (What an audaciously contemptuous attempt to slander Beck and the Tea Party’s focus on our history.)

To complete his moderate “bona fides”, Obama’s concluding remarks center on the need to address the national debt, the national deficit, and private investment.

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/08/obama_pivots_toward_the_middle.html

Obama left of Mao, piviots right to be still left of Stalin.
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For a Republican politician, what more or what better of a Christmas (for you libs, Holiday Gifts) present to deliver.

President Obama continues to find another disconnect with what Americans want. Again, the gift that keeps on giving.

By the way, what would the United Nations do to Arizona if they find the state is committing human rights violations. Would the UN prohibit people from other countries from going to Arizona as punishment. I don’t know, this could be interesting.
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The self imposed political genocide of the LIBERAL party, aka Dems, will begin on November 2nd and I so enjoying seeing no attempt to stop the slaughter..

PLEASE:
spend more money, Pass amnesty, blame Bush every chance you get, do nothing about Iran, keep extending unemployment benefits, continue to support the Ground Zero Mosque, let Biden speak more, pull the race card as often as you can, refuse to seek bipartisan support for anything, allow pelosi and reid speak more, support rangel and waters, stay in Iraq and Afghanistan, keep GITMO open, take more money away from the children by stealing from the food stamp program to pay off unions, continue to tell the world that Obama Care will NOT raise premiums, pass cap and trade, keep telling everyone about these “Created or saved Jobs” illusion as unemployment continues to rise, keep hammering big business except your pals like Soros, and

PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE A THING.. WE LOVE WHAT YOU ARE DOING!!

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK, YOU ARE TRUE AMERICAN HEROES..
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Jim Jones would be proud of the current Democratic party!
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Ahead of Tuesday night’s remarks, Obama also planned to speak with Bush. While Bush’s decision to invade Iraq was criticized by many, the troop surge Bush ordered in 2007 has been credited with tamping down violence in Iraq and helping keep the country from falling into a civil war. Obama opposed the surge, raising the question of whether he’ll give Bush any credit in Tuesday’s address for the role the increase in troops played in leading the war to its end.
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Just released the FACT that John Kerry is richer now than in 2008 when the economy tanked..and there are others also..

Riddle me this Batman: How could that happen since Obama has ranted about RICH FAT CATS for over two years?
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One day DBW had a round table discussion and I took her apart on the radio for being a looter of property that was earned by others.

DBW coughed and sputtered finally telling me she was only proposing what was good for all. I told her I did what was right for me and others benefited from it. If she wanted to steal my profits she had to call it what it was and I told her she was no different than being a criminal.

She wrapped her criminality up in something called social justice a subjective concept that has no real objective worth except a feeling that those that makes profits off of others are evil which is a her morality being imposed on others. I also told DBW since she thought her morality was superior to mine where I respect others rights to their own self-interest that if her self-interest was going to harm the social subjective construct of hers why would she not immolate herself first.

Again DBW thumbing through a dictionary found the definition of immolate and again sputtered her hated of me.

I laughed at her silly concept of right and wrong, just as I laugh at anyone that holds subjective standards as superior to my objective self-interest.
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Learn to fish on your own.
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Sounds exactly right for bearde… She is the queen of GIMME GIMME GIMME free stuff… and then blame whitie for all the worlds evils
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Moral to the story is rich people can live anywhere they want so it makes sense to keep tax rates at a reasonable level to get something as opposed to nothing.
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From Dick Morris.

Any incumbent who is running at less than 50% of the vote is in serious trouble. It means that a majority of the voters have decided not to vote for him or her. (Asked if you are likely to be married to the same person next year, a vote of “undecided” does not bode well for your marriage).

So here are the numbers:

August 27th Polls

Nevada:

Reid (D) 45 / Angle® 44 (Mason Dixon)

With Reid this far under 50%, Angle is likely to win.

August 26th Polls

Florida:

(Currently Republican) Rubio® / 40 Crist (I) 30 / Meek (D) 21 (Rasmussen)

So much for Crist!

Pennsylvania:

Toomey 40® / Sestak (D) 31 (Franklin-Marshall)

August 25th Polls

Colorado:

Buck® 49 / Bennett (D) 40 (Reuters)

California:

Boxer (D) 49 / Fiorina® 44 (Rasmussen)

Boxer has gained a bit, but still in trouble.

Louisiana:

(Currently Republican) Vitters® / 51 Melancon (D) 41 (PPP)

Wisconsin:

Johnson® 47 / Feingold (D) 46 (Rasmussen)

Illinois:

Giannoulias (D) 45 / Kirk® 45 (Rasmussen)

August 24th polls

Missouri:

(Currently Republican) Blunt: 54 / Carnahan: 41 (Rasmussen)

August 21st Polls

Washington State:

Rossi® 52 / Murray (D) 45 (SurveyUSA)

August 20th Polls

Arkansas: Boozeman® 65 / Lincoln (D) 27 (Rasmussen)

This is not a typo!

The most likely results are that Republicans win the eight seats in which they now lead and also take Illinois and Nevada for a gain of ten seats and control. They also have a good shot in California and possible upsets in New York and Connecticut.
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For the first time in history, Gallup finds that Republicans have a double-digit advantage in its generic ballot test.

If the election were held today, 51 percent of respondents surveyed from August 23-29 say they’d vote for the Republican Congressional candidate, while 41 percent say they’d choose the Democratic candidate.

Gallup has conducted this generic ballot test since 1942, and until this year Republicans never had an advantage of more than 5 points."

http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2010/08/gallup_unprecedented_gop_lead.html
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FIRST time in history is HUGE
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I’ve been to that area The Mall recently and it would have had to have hundreds of thousands of people to fill it like the pictures show.
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Hot on the heels of both Charlie Rangel and Maxine Waters being charged with ethics violations by the House Ethics Committee, the Dallas Morning News reports that Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) has been routinely handing out scholarships from the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation to friends and family members:…

…Charity and ethics experts consulted by the Dallas Morning News suggest that the apparent nepotism involved exposes the CBC Foundation, Representative Johnson and the scholarship recipients to a raftg of possible tax and fraud charges.

In light of the reports exposing her apparent malfeasance, Johnson now reports that she will reimburse the foundation for the scholarships by week’s end.

http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/08/charity_behgins_at_home.html
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Americans proved Saturday what America still is.. No matter how many times Ed Schultz, or Rachel Maddows, or Chris Matthews, Ed Klein, Keith Olberman, Mohr or Moore, Pelosi and others can scream and scream about who they THINK we are, the truth is so much bigger than any of them..

Saturday proved that we are united as a nation..

Saturday proved that the loud voices of the left and right can be muted by our quiet rejection of their idea of what they think America is..THEY ARE WRONG!

America is healing.. Saturday proved it..
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Which one?
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A military charity is raising its profile and reaping record donations through its association with Glenn Beck’s scheduled rally Saturday at the Lincoln Memorial, Time reports.

All proceeds raised by Mr. Beck for his “8/28 Restoring Honor Rally” beyond the costs of the event itself will go to the Special Operations Warrior Foundation, which provides scholarships for the children of special-operations personnel killed in action or training.

The Fox News personality’s promotion of the foundation’s rally sponsorship has drawn some $5-million in donations for the group, which has never before raised more than $1-million from an event.

How come matt, roxi, No Reply Skye, lamecaster, latanzi and ray seemed to have missed this??
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Sorry
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what a pussy.
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Isn’t that what you libs are doing with the trillion dollar that your prz. nobama has done?
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Sorry dbw you need help and need it now.
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dumbass.
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Take care of that vaginal condition of yours it must stink.
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run along to bed lil girl. 
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why do i feel u know that? that ur just making threats up (again)
so u can force marvin into turning over ID’s?

and that i’m not dbw?

i understand ur drama, because this isn’t the 1st time u’ve pretended “they’re after me”.

but i will prosecute u to the full extent of the law, if u drag me through any of ur twisted fantasy’s.

u make others pay for YOUR instability,
and because YOUR a coward, doesn’t mean i’ll let YOU threaten me or mine.

i’ve already put up with ur waving ur theoretical firearms at me. UNDER THE COLOR OF AUTHORITY! i’ve put up with ur pompous threats. but u drag any of ur paranoid BS around my family I WILL prosecute u.

so file that complaint. but it best not land on my doorstep.
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The Obama Cabal has turned in the State of Arizona to the UN’s High Commissioner of Human Rights for review of SB 1070!

So now in this country Obama not only sues states he does not agree with he now turns them into the UN for a spanking?

GIVE ME A BREAK
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Chevy Volt rolls out today, sells for $41,000 and can go a whole 40 miles on an electric charge until the GASOLINE powered generator begins the recharge..

Anyone buying one today?
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Knowing your true heart is as NS has put a gift that keeps on giving.
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I invited lancaster to start anew with a much more focused mandate on civil discourse, forgetting the past in order to move forward..

And you and others witnessed the response..

On the other thread you have skye calling me a F*ing retard as a reaction to a comment or comments I made in regards to the IRAQ war. When confronted with the fact that I felt repugnant responses such as those were not called for, he attempted to justify.

So we are all left with an emptiness here as most attempts at debate turn into personal attacks… A shame if you ask me..
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09/01/10 – 03:27 AM
whomeye says…
lancaster, I keep Googling and I’m not able to find where his parents were excommunicated, only that his brother said he was a former member.

Could you post the link since you read that?

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09/01/10 – 03:30 AM
lancaster says…
av pres. 2nd front, front page. maybe u can get one of ur kids to read it to u, since u seem a lil helpless all on ur own.

please tell us ur not gonna be a cop on the street. we don’t need any more lazy illiterate people with guns!
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Actually lanc first response was vile, she told me to f***n figure it out myself and stop being lazy, but I guess that deleted along with my “your oozing cottage cheese from your vagina”. Couldn’t help myself, got a little sick of her mouth…
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Then in 2004, Ward resigned his membership, said Kim Farah, a church spokeswoman in Salt Lake City.

“This is not a political thing. He was not a victim of any abuse, no sexual or physical abuse – never been exposed to that,” Mike Ward said. “Mental illness killed my brother and Mr. Sanner.”"
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I know for a fact that AV Press (a small paper co.) has a habit of not getting their facts straight. Quite a few reputable people have spoken to me about the “mis-information” often.
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matty goes ok for awhile but then ALWAYS turns red face and calls all opposition stupid, ignorant, etc..

roxi just slams the right over and over and over aqain, but usually stays somewhat civil.

guy ALWAYS begins his missives with an attack against anyone who chooses to reply which is why most of his comments go unanswered..

Bottom line is the ability in here to participate in an adult civil debate has always been tough, but with these newer lefties, and matthew now, attracted to insulting instead of conversing, it has become impossible.
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I don’t forget.
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lancaster says…
tell me asshole. u gonna go after my kids now? and if u had half a fucking brain..

lancaster says…
well there u have it folks. the biggest idiot here says i’m dbw

09/01/10 – 03:30 AM
lancaster says…
please tell us ur not gonna be a cop on the street. we don’t need any more lazy illiterate people with guns!

9/01/10 – 12:33 AM
AVSkyEye says…
No Spine, you’re a fucking retard.
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AND MUCH MUCH MORE…especially from you and GUY who call others stupid Daily!!!
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And after Matthew complained, I stopped..

SO YES MATTHEW… I am asking for civility..

Accept or not, your choice..
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Wonder why we can’t have such an atmosphere in here?
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Read his manifesto at: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/blogs/capital-land/savetheplanetprotestcom-the-demands-of-the-discovery-channel-gunman-101995473.html

If I were to take the liberal approach to this event I would be screaming that all Environmentalists are violent out of control loons..

But I am not a liberal, so I won’t..
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Does this make Gore complicit the same as the left likes to scream that O’Reilly was when the Abortion Doctor was murdered?
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Point your finger at the left and you have four others pointing back toward the right!
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Do you want me to post all the uncivil remarks on this site or do you want to try, like others are, to clean this place up and make it a better place to hold court?Come on Matthew.

Why not stop this back and forth about who is more nasty than others and simply decide to try and refrain from name calling.

It is really that tough to do?
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LAW ENFORCEMENT:
“No I cannot”

REPORTER:
“Is he on the first floor?”

GOTTA love reporters!! LMAO
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An angry manifesto posted by Lee on a website called SaveThePlanetProtest.com repeatedly refers to humans as “filth” and demands that the Discovery Channel “stop encouraging the birth of any more parasitic human infants.”

“Civilization must be exposed for the filth it is,” the 1,149-word statement says.

“Humans are the most destructive, filthy, pollutive creatures around and are wrecking what’s left of the planet with their false morals and breeding culture,” it continues.

Lee also blasts immigration, farming, weapons of mass destruction, automotive pollution, “and the whole blasted human economy.”
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GM down 25% and Homelessness in NY up 50%..

Well done
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Your call.. enjoy the name calling.. I will continue to resist…
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The Non Profit status for the Ground Zero Mosque was achieved illegally when they lied on their application naming an apartment address as their place of worship claiming 450-500 attended services regularly..

wow.. that is one big apartment..
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Meanwhile the Mosque has been offered land and assistance by NY
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What is all this crap about “Anti Muslim Sentiment?”.

Just askin
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That’s primarily because a large segment of the non-Jewish white conservative population is anti-Semitic. So is a very large percentage of the black population, despite Jewish aid and efforts during the Civil Rights Movement.

I also think that some people on the fringe left forget to separate American Jews from Israeli foreign policy and lash out at all American Jews, even if their connection to Israel is remote at best.
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Bloomberg has no reason to beg for attention, being one of the wealthiest mayors NYC has ever had. Is Bloomberg sueing the Fed for attention? Ever hear of ‘Bloomberg News’? Do you think that Bloomberg might be Jewish?
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Is this not just a talking point for conservative voters for the November election?
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The October Surprise will be yet another voter bribe, whether it be in tax cuts, extension of unemployment again or some other bribe to stop the erosion.. Pandering at it’s best
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Not talking points at all.. This President campaigned as a moderate, making promises to the middle he has not kept as he has governed from the far left.

Trust is the #1 issue with voters right now and because of Obama’s policy decisions, not so much what the GOP has done, the voting public trusts the GOP on the issues that will decide elections in November..

BUT..History has told us, Cuban Missile crisis for example, that an October Surprise can change everything..
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IF they move it and make a big deal out of it, to me, the positive results would be tremendous. If they continue to insist on the Ground Zero location, bad blood will exist for years..

There has to be something else involved here..
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Other than Fox news, I am unaware of anyone else covering this..And they have dedicated little time and space..
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The Port of NY/NJ Authority has offered a land swap, via eminent domain – offering to pay fair market value for the underground space beneath the building.

They have also agreed to pay fair market price for the property so the church could be rebuilt nearby on another property.

Turns out the church wants to rebuild the church to 24,000 sq.ft. – considerably larger than the former church of 1200 sq. ft.

The authority cut the size of the church slightly from the proposed 24,000 sq ft proposal by the church, and told church officials that its dome could not rise higher than the trade center memorial.

After the church reviewed plans for the garage & bomb-screening center that would be built underneath the church, the church wanted $20 Million up front, rather than in stages. Since the church would be built in a park over the bomb-screening center, the authority also agreed to pay up to $40 million for a blast-proof platform and foundation, as the city has claimed eminent domain of the property UNDER the church.

So, it sounds like there’s NO conspiracy going on here, just normal negotiations between the Port Authority and the church. The church has not been told they cannot build there. The Port Authority feels that the church is getting a bit greedy asking for the $20 Million up front, as they feel they will eventually ask for more in the future. Those familiar with construction jobs know about ‘over-run’.

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/19/nyregion/19church.html

Btw, the Mosque property is again, 2 1/2 city blocks from “GZ” – is NOT on GZ property. The building in question use to be a Burlington Coat Factory store, and is at least 6 stories high. It looks like one of the old ‘loft’ buildings in SoHo, with the fire escapes mounted on the front.

Since most of these types of structures in lower Manhattan have been converted to ‘artists lofts’, each floor has at least 2 huge units of available space. If the building was bought as an ‘apartment’ building – then yes, you could get a lot of people in there!

I love how the left wing organizations took all the Gitmo detainees under their wings to insure that they were not being mistreated and were allowed to have copies of the Kuran and rugs to pray on. The ACLU monitored the military to make sure they were not deprived of their religeous rights. Heaven forbid some high school students try to have a bible study on a high school campus, ACLU would be right on top of them. You have to love the left.
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Yes, body parts went everywhere, including the one’s who jumped from the 80th & 90th floors to their deaths.

Since the buildings were built in the 70’s, they were full of asbestos and other banned materials, and bids were out for major renovations that would’ve cost more to fix than to tear down.

How convenient.

New Yorkers were told by the Bush Admin. that the air was fine, don’t worry – go about your lives – dig up that hole without masks, no problem.

Now their all sick, especially the rescuers and ‘clean up crew’. I imagine if there was a toxicology test done in the dump they took all the refuse to in Jersey – we’d come up with a completely different scenerio as to what people were really exposed to.

But The Party Of NO voted no on extended health care for the firemen, cops and workers who worked on that site, just b4 they left for their little va-cation to raise more $$ to vote NO next session in Congress.

Buy a ticket to NY and see it for yourself – better yet, be one of the no-count NeoCons who want to protest the mosque on 9/11.

totally tasteless.