Question is, on both sides, why does something that is so clearly for the benefit of people have to come down to a 'deal'?
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/27/business/media/27stewart.html?_r=1&src=me News Analysis In Daily Show Role on 9/11 Bill, Echoes of Murrow Comedy Central Jon Stewart, left, spoke with 9/11 first responders about their health problems on The Daily Show on Dec. 16. By BILL CARTER and BRIAN STELTER Published: December 26, 2010 Did the bill pledging federal funds for the health care of 9/11 responders become law in the waning hours of the 111th Congress only because a comedian took it up as a personal cause? Mr. Stewart declined to comment on the passage of the bill. And does that make that comedian, Jon Stewart despite all his protestations that what he does has nothing to do with journalism the modern-day equivalent of Edward R. Murrow? Certainly many supporters, including New Yorks two senators, as well as Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, played critical roles in turning around what looked like a hopeless situation after a filibuster by Republican senators on Dec. 10 seemed to derail the bill. But some of those who stand to benefit from the bill have no doubt about what and who turned the momentum around. I dont even know if there was a deal, to be honest with you, before his show, said Kenny Specht, the founder of the New York City Firefighter Brotherhood Foundation, who was interviewed by Mr. Stewart on Dec. 16. That show was devoted to the bill and the comedians effort to right what he called an outrageous abdication of our responsibility to those who we ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:332883 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
