-Caveat Lector- > FYI > > > URL for this article is http://emperors-clothes.com/news/no-sale.htm > > > > Join our email list at http://emperors-clothes.com/f.htm. Receive > > articles from Emperor's Clothes Website > > > > www.tenc.net * [Emperor's Clothes] > > > > ======================================= > > FIREFIGHTERS VOTE TO BOYCOTT TRIBUTE > > By Steve Friess > > (c) Reuters * Posted for Fair Use Only > > [Posted 16 August 2002] > > > > NOTE: At this spot in the text as posted at www.tenc.net there is a > > picture, shjowing George W. Bush at the World Trade Center disaster > > site. Bush has his arm around a firefighter and is looking at him a > > bit too earnestly. > > > > The caption reads: > > "In Greek tragedy, actors (who wore masks) were known as `hypocrites' > > and so came to mean people who were not what they pretended to be. In > > Gal. 2: 13 the Greek `hypocrisy' is translated `dissimulation' (AV), > > `lack of principle' (REB), `insincerity' ..." (From Oxford Reference > > Online) > > > > "The president has merely been using firefighters and their families > > for one big photo opportunity," Mohler said. "We will work actively > > to not grant him another photo op with us."* (From news article > > below.) > > ======================================= > > > > In the text below, the empahsis is mine. > > --Illarion Bykov > > > > FIREFIGHTERS VOTE TO BOYCOTT TRIBUTE > > By Steve Friess > > > > LAS VEGAS (Aug. 14) - *The International Association of Fire Fighters > > voted unanimously on Wednesday to boycott a national tribute to > > firefighters who died on Sept. 11, in an angry response to President > > Bush's rejection of a bill that included $340 million to fund fire > > departments.* > > > > Bush is expected to speak at the Oct. 6 ceremony in Washington D.C., > > where the National Fallen Fire Fighters Foundation is hosting its > > annual tribute to those who died in the line of duty during the prior > > year. > > > > The ceremony will honor 343 firefighters who died responding to the > > Sept. 11 attacks on New York and Washington, as well as about 100 > > others who also died in the year. > > > > The IAFF, the umbrella organization for the nation's professional > > firefighter unions, is enraged by the president's rejection of a $5.1 > > billion appropriations bill that included $150 million for equipment > > and training grants requested by some of the nation's 18,000 fire > > departments. > > > > It also include $100 million to improve the communications systems > > for firefighters, police officers and other emergency personnel as > > well as $90 million for long-term health monitoring of emergency > > workers at the Ground Zero site where New York's World Trade Center > > towers once stood. > > > > Firefighters and survivors will be urged to skip the Oct. 6 event in > > protest, said R. Michael Mohler of the Virginia Professional Fire > > Fighters Local 774. > > > > Mohler made the boycott motion before about 2,000 union leaders > > convening in Las Vegas for the IAFF's first national conference since > > Sept. 11. > > > > *"The president has merely been using firefighters and their families > > for one big photo opportunity," Mohler said. "We will work actively > > to not grant him another photo op with us."* > > > > BUSH ACCUSED OF "NEGLECTING HEROES" > > > > Bush said Tuesday the bill was bloated by less important projects and > > a White House spokeswoman said Bush remained committed to > > firefighters and other emergency groups. > > > > "The president is committed to our nation's first responders," White > > House spokeswoman Claire Buchan, traveling with Bush in Des Moines, > > Iowa, said. > > > > The firefighters' boycott vote followed anti-Bush speeches by Senate > > Majority Leader Tom Daschle, and IAFF general president Harold > > Schaitberger in which accused the president of neglecting the heroes > > of Sept. 11. > > > > [Note from Emperor's Clothes: Daschle was one of the recipients of > > the anthrax letters.] > > > > Schaitberger ridiculed as insincere Bush's videotaped remarks shown > > Monday at the conference, in which Bush expressed sympathy and > > admiration for the firefighters who responded to the Sept. 11 > > attacks. > > > > *Don't lionize our fallen brothers in one breath, and then stab us in > > the back by eliminating funding for our members to fight terrorism > > and stay safe," Schaitberger said. "President Bush, you are either > > with us or against us. You can't have it both ways."* > > > > Daschle, a South Dakota Democrat, told the firefighters: "I strongly > > urge the President to reconsider. If he refuses to do so, however, I > > am prepared to do everything I can as majority leader to see that you > > get the resources you need to do your jobs safely and effectively." > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs > http://www.hotjobs.com > > <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> > DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER > ========== > CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic > screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! 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