Tag: September 11

One of the most sobering portions of the 9/11 commemoration at the site of the World Trade Center is the reading of the names of the victims who died there…nearly 3,000 people. We must never forget. I have heard that it takes somewhere between two and a half and three…

Congress was all full speed ahead damn the torpedoes in passing their Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act, known as JASTA, that would allow Americans who suffered a loss on 9/11 to sue Saudi Arabia. Despite the stern warnings from the White House and President Obama’s veto…they went ahead and…

Watch as Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump explains how close to his heart “7/11” is. Obviously Trump misspoke in referring to the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, but the fact that this moron is the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination speaks volumes about…

Earlier this year the Republican-controlled House and Senate allowed for the expiration of the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, which provided health care coverage to first responders to the 9/11 terror attacks, many of whom are now suffering from illnesses & diseases directly related to their exposure to…

It goes without saying that September 11 is a solemn day for many here in the United States, however then-gubernatorial candidate Scott Walker marked the ninth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks that brought down the World Trade Center buildings in New York City with this tweet: Look…

Tommy Thompson gets attacked by the IAFF – firefighters for his desperate attack on Tammy Baldwin

In 2005, former Wisconsin Governor and former U.S. Secretary of Health & Human Services Tommy Thompson (pictured, right) joined Logistics Health Inc. (LHI) as that company’s president, and in 2010 Thompson was named Chairman of LHI’s board of directors. In 2011 Thompson left LHI after the company was sold and…

I always like to link to this song on this day, because, dammit, we need optimism and hope with our remembrance. Further, this speech, by far the best George W Bush ever gave, needs to be read aloud, twice, by every Republican everywhere (and a lot of Democrats, too, including…

Today marks the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks in New York, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania on September 11, 2001.

Everyone (but Vicki Mckenna) knows that firefighters are heroes, especially those who were in New York on 9/11 when the buildings came down. 346 rescue workers died that day, so that others could live. Yesterday some of those very heroes came to Wisconsin to take up a new cause –…