360 Post-9/11 Workers Have Died, Including 80 Of Cancer, Says State
"Given the scope of the tragedy from last week, I am glad to reassure the people of New York and Washington, D.C. that their air is safe to breath and their water is safe to drink." - Christine Todd Whitman
BY JORDAN LITE DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Thursday, May 8th 2008, 4:00 AM
More than 360 workers who dealt with the aftermath of the World Trade Center disaster have died, state health officials said Wednesday.
Officials have determined the cause of death of 154 of the responders and volunteers who toiled at Ground Zero, the blocks nearby and at the Fresh Kills landfill, where debris from the site was taken.
Of those, 80 died of cancer.
"It's the tip of the iceberg," said David Worby, who is representing 10,000 workers - 600 with cancer - who say they got sick after working on rescue and recovery efforts.
"These statistics bear out how toxic that site was," Worby said.
The Trouble with WTC Asbestos
David Rockefeller and his brother, Nelson, originally conceived the twin towers as an urban renewal project to revitalize Lower Manhattan. In 1966, 164 buildings, including many electonics stores in seedy radio row, were demolished to create the WTC construction site.
But, with the realization of the Rockefellers' urban renewal dream came a nightmare: by the time the first tenants moved into the North Tower in December 1970, the World Trade Center was rife with asbestos...asbestos that 31 years later covered all of Lower Manhattan.
Exactly How Much Asbestos Did the WTC Contain?
Nobody seems to know exactly how much asbestos was in the WTC, but click on the image to the right and you'll get a pretty good idea: a lot!
The New York Port Authority originally planned to use 5,000 tons of asbestos fireproofing. The fireproofing, trademarked Blade-Shield, was manufactured by United States Mineral Products of Stanhope, N.J. It was 20% asbestos mixed with mineral wool -- a concrete-like substance made from melted rock.
By 1971, medical studies began to show the cancerous effects of asbestos, and New York City banned its use in construction -- but not before asbestos-containing Blade-Shield was sprayed on the beams and supports of the first 40 floors of the Twin Towers.
The Port Authority claims that over half of the applied asbestos-containing fireproofing had been removed by September 11, 2001.
So, how much asbestos remained in the Twin Towers?
Former Vice-President Al Gore, fresh from exploiting the tragedy in Burma to push more climate change hysteria (since cyclones and storms didn’t exist before global warming), was confronted during a recent speaking event by a group who dared to question the orthodoxy of the church of environmentalism.
We Are Change Ohio gatecrashed a May 4th speech in Columbus Ohio in an attempt to point out that there is no "consensus" on global warming and the debate is far from over
"Hey Al we don’t want your carbon tax, plants need carbon dioxide to breathe!," shouted one.
Gore’s church of environmentalism congregation zealously applauded every time he was forced to respond to hecklers and demanded the miscreants be silent.
"What about the 22,000 scientists that say it’s not true, that it’s caused by the sun?" yelled another, to which the congregation screamed "shut up!" amidst shock that a mere peon would dare question Lord Gore’s climate authodoxy.
After the event the group unfurled a huge banner that read "No Carbon Tax — It’s A Scam," which drew the interest of two of Gore’s security minions who demanded to know who the protesters were.
Some of Gore’s supporters were offended that their religion was being criticized and refused to engage in any kind of rational debate and stormed off - perhaps living in denial that there is not a "consensus" on global warming as the corporate media so often likes to falsely claim.
Gore’s claim that global warming is causing increased ferocity of extreme weather events like hurricanes and the deadly cyclone in Burma has been disputed by actual meteorologists and professors.
One of the central philosophies of climate change alarmism and an image that adorned the cover of Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth - the contention that global warming causes deadly hurricanes - has been completely discredited by the expert who first proposed it.
Hurricane buff and professor of Atmospheric Science at MIT Kerry Emanuel asserted for over 20 years that global warming breeds more frequent and stronger storms and he shot to prominence just one month before Hurricane Katrina in 2005 when he delivered the "final proof" that global warming was already causing extreme weather events and wrecking livelihoods.
Unfortunately for the church of environmentalism, who ceaselessly profess to have a monopoly on truth and insist that "the debate is over" on global warming, Emanuel has completely recanted his position and now admits that hurricanes and storms will actually decline over the next 200 years and have little or no correlation with global temperature change whatsoever.
In addition, as the Business and Media Institute reports, "In October 2007, CNN Meteorologist Rob Marciano disputed Gore’s claim that there is a strong correlation between intense storms and global warming. He explained that “global warming does not conclusively cause stronger hurricanes like we’ve seen,” pointing out that “by the end of this century we might get about a 5-percent increase.”
"Long-period natural climate alterations that historical and paleo-climate records show to have occurred many times in the past," are responsible for hurricane patterns according to the researchers.
Dana Perino Meets the Student Scholars for 9/11 Truth
Recently WeAreChange members have been viciously attacked by provocateurs, security staffing, and the NYPD for expressing their 1st amendment rights. These actions have led to multiple legal cases and WeAreChange deems these actions a direct assault on our organization and message. We are currently in the process of obtaining representation with a background in aggressive constitutional law, familiar with the corrupt courts system, able and willing to carry on to the end. We are not ignorant of the hurdles before us and the massive resources of our enemies. Physical assaults and battery merit aggressive legal action if only to set a prescient that WeAreChange is serious about protecting the constitutional rights of our members in face of such heinous allegations.
Our first priority is the criminal defense of Gary Talis, now facing trumped up and completely libel 3rd degree assault charges. Additionally, those individuals and/or organizations who willingly submit falsified testimony must be litigated in civil court for libel, slander, defamation of character, etc. Matt Lepacek is also facing charges for disorderly conduct for expressing his 1st amendment right to publicly question Laura Bush in the last minute of the event as she walked off stage, and Sabrina Rivera has a upcoming court date with a provocateur harasser from ground zero after being clearly caught on video with Sabrina Rivera and Luke Rudkowski. In the past we have missed opportunities to defend our selves due to financial limitations; this is no longer an option when faced with public persecution by slander and the very serious false assault charges pending against Gary Talis.
The legal defense will be substantial. We are working hard to find the ideal reasonably priced attorney and as such we are establishing a WeAreChange defense fund for costs incurred throughout all current and future legal proceedings. Given these unfortunate circumstances, we also see an opportunity—there is a light at the end of the tunnel. We are determined to ensure these harmful provocateur attacks are properly exposed and will seize this opportunity to expose the media and police state corruption once again. Together we can fight back against this smear campaign, please donate today. Let’s make this case an example of what a small but determined group of people can do with truth on their side. WeAreChange is now a target of the global establishment therefore it is our responsibility to respond in full force. Regardless of the corruption level in the NYC court system there is much to be gained with or without victory at civil trial, but the criminal assault trial of Gary Talis must be defeated. If there are any NY state licensed attorneys or recommendations of attorneys willing to take this case pro-bono or at a reduced price please contact pursuitofliberty@gmail.com
On Wednesday, May 7th There will be Civil Disobedience Actions around the City 3:00 PM for the Unjust Murder of Sean Bell
The organization organizing the Civil Disobedience actions has asked people to come out and document these actions, If you have a camera I would encourage you to come out and document everything that is occurring.
These have been called by the National Action Network, House of the Lord Church, a number of City Council members, and joined by many others
1. Third Avenue at 125th Street 2. Park Avenue at 34th Street 3. Third Avenue at 60th Street 4. Varick and Houston Streets 5. One Police Plaza; [behind 1 Centre St. Municipal Bldg 6. 415 Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn [House of the Lord Church btw Bond & Nevins Streets
After losing its congestion pricing fight, the Bloomberg administration wants a law to create a network of cameras to catch cars illegally using special bus lanes.
Much like red-light cameras that photograph motorists who drive through traffic lights, the new devices would be installed on up to 50 miles of lanes designated as part of a pilot program across the city for rapid transit buses.
The idea is to keep the lanes open so the buses can move more quickly, city officials said.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Members of the Rockefeller family are calling on Exxon Mobil Corp (XOM.N) to make governance changes and increase spending on alternative fuels, sharpening the focus on the company's practices as oil soars close to $120.
John D. Rockefeller founded the Standard Oil Co in 1870 and it became a precursor to Exxon Mobil. Exxon Mobil is the world's largest publicly traded oil company based on market capitalization and is a favorite target of consumer advocate groups and politicians unhappy with record prices for oil and gas and their effect on the environment.
Fifteen descendants of the oil baron are involved in four shareholder resolutions seeking changes at Exxon, including dividing the CEO and chairmanship positions held by Rex Tillerson.
Peter O'Neill, great-great-grandson of Rockefeller, said 66 of the 78 adult Rockefellers currently supported their stance.
The Long Island Marrow Organization and the Terry Farrell Marrow Fund in conjunction with the Feal Good Foundation
Need your help for a 45-Year Old retired NYPD 75th Precinct Detective with 9/11 related Leukemia
Bone Marrow Recruitment Drive
Wednesday, May 7th -- 4PM to 8PM
Wantagh Fire Dept., Station #7 2045 Wantagh Ave, Wantagh, NY 11793 Directions: Wantagh Parkway to Sunrise Highway east one block to Wantagh Ave and turn right, opposite the Verizon Bldg.
The Department of Homeland Security today will begin an eight-day disaster-preparedness drill, testing in part how federal, state and local government agencies would respond to a large-scale terrorist attack in Seattle.
That's good for government preparedness, said Robert Harper, spokesman for the Washington Emergency Management Division.
But dozens of local activists say it's not so good. They believe the federal government has used such drills in the past to manipulate public policy, said Bob Dennis, a member of We Are Change Seattle, a local activism group.
Freed Gitmo prisoner : "rats are treated with more humanity"
Freed today: Al Jazeera cameraman Sami al-Hajj ,beaten and interrogated 130 times, hit out at US treatment of detainees at Guantanamo military prison. He was held for six and a half years without trial. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qXLDtAYm6SI Al-Hajj, who arrived in Sudan early on Friday, was carried off the US air force jet in a stretcher and immediately taken to hospital. "In Guantanamo ... rats are treated with more humanity. But we have people from more than 50 countries that are completely deprived of all rights and privileges" Scream for Freedom-US Bans Cartoon
DC Madam Deborah Jeane Palfrey predicted she would be "suicided" on several occasions both recently and as far back as 17 years ago - comments that now appear ominous in light of the announcement that the former head of a Washington escort service allegedly killed herself today.
"If taken into custody, my physical safety and most probably my very life would be jeopardized," she wrote in August 1991 following an attempt to bring her to trial, "Rape, beating, maiming, disfigurement and more than likely murder disguised in the form of just another jailhouse accident or suicide would await me," said Palfrey in a handwritten letter to the judge accusing the San Diego police vice squad of having a vendetta against her.
During several recent appearances on The Alex Jones Show, Palfrey also said that she was at risk of being killed and that authorities would make it look like suicide. She made it clear that she was not suicidal and if she was found dead it would be murder.
Palfrey had threatened to release the names of well-known clients of her upscale call girl ring in the nation’s capitol, and had indicated that Dick Cheney may be one of them.
"No I’m not planning to commit suicide," Palfrey told The Alex Jones Show on her last appearance, "I’m planning on going into court and defending myself vigorously and exposing the government," she said.
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We Are Change New Mexico Confronts Department of Defense
