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apokalyps2547Dec 14, 2010
Predictable move for the GOP.
canudi9itDec 14, 2010
Stay classy, GOP.
psychology101Dec 15, 2010
Can we please stop calling them the GOP? There's nothing Grand about those assh**es.
cdw070Dec 15, 2010
If the extra support for the 9/11 responders is so important why did the Democrats wait until a lame duck session to try and pass it? They've had TWO YEARS to try and pass this thing.
Make no mistake about it, its not the Republicans trying to exploit 9/11, its the Democrats (in this case anyway.)
The Republicans vowed to block all legislation until the Democrats decided to figure out which tax proposal to vote on so families and business could plan accordingly. Again, Democrats had two years to get the tax rates figured out. But instead they concoct some 9/11 thing to push their agenda.
Yet, all you idiots want to believe Stewart. Typical.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
skatopherDec 15, 2010
its not its first time on the floor high and mighty uninformed boy, and when it was last time
jesus why bother using logic on you. pointless.
bookantDec 15, 2010
"The Republicans vowed to block all legislation until the Democrats decided to figure out which tax proposal to vote on so families and business could plan accordingly."
As opposed to the blocking all legislation just to be dicks that they've been doing for the two years previous.
But congratulations on regurgitating the new talking point they've got their tools spouting on every thing they block now as part of their continued avoidance of responsibility. Is there a piece of legislation we HAVEN'T heard "they Dems had two years, why are they doing it now" about yet? Nope, didn't think so.
charlotte_webDec 15, 2010
Very predictable, considering that the GOP had already vowed to filibuster all bills until the Bush tax cut extension was passed. It provides an opportunity for the Dems to do some showboating with bills like these.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
shankari46Dec 14, 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkE94ayHlNg&feature=related
laxmackDec 14, 2010
You realize they both parties do that. Not to mention Jon Stewart is not a real NEWS SOURCE. That's why he runs a news satire program.
jeworldDec 14, 2010
Fine, he's not a "news source" however, he brings light to current news stories and finds both parties spewing crap just to make them look busy.
refin3dDec 14, 2010Submitter
He's really the only guy (team) doing any real fact-checking.
miklkitDec 15, 2010
No. Both parties do NOT do that. This is a Democratic bill that you traitors are filibustering.
robelanatorDec 14, 2010
"You realize they both parties do that."
Could you please provide an example of the Democratic Party voting against health care funding for 9/11 first responders? News story, bill name and/or number, etc. This is not snark. I'm honestly interestd in seeing the basis of your claim.
card51shortDec 14, 2010
please realize that you're being co-opted. The Democratic Party is basically no different than the Republican party. They are keeping you guys distracted fighting each other over nothing while they loot and destroy this great country. You have been warned. Please stop supporting your "team" and support America or it's going down.
Thank you.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
chilidogsDec 15, 2010
"basically no different"
Well accept for continued benefits for the long term unemployed, gay rights including DADT, Abortion rights, Tax cuts for the rich at the expense of everyone else, support for environmental initiatives, workers rights, hostility towards unions and unionization, insuring that all Americans have access to medical treatment, allowing a path to citizenship for illegals with something to contribute, christian fundamentalism and many many more...
Yep exactly the same.
ethanleducDec 15, 2010
So how exactly do you propose people 'support America' ?
By giving up and letting the Republicans run the country [into the ground] any damn way they please?
Please realize that your empty metaphors are transparent.
kuzotzDec 15, 2010
naw man just become an expat and make some money.. f**k the rest.
card51shortDec 14, 2010
please realize that you're being co-opted. The Democratic Party is basically no different than the Republican party. They are keeping you guys distracted fighting each other over nothing while they loot and destroy this great country. You have been warned. Please stop supporting your "team" and support America or it's going down.
Thank you.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
ericschc1Dec 14, 2010
He doesn't need to be "a real NEWS SOURCE" to have a valid point on this. Also, its irrelevant that both parties do this. Its the Republicans who enact idiotic policies in the name of 9/11 & anti-terrorism, then turn around and vote to give first responders the shaft. If the Democrats were as loud or adamant about respecting those who sacrificed something on 9/11, they'd be the ones catching the heat.
alienkidDec 15, 2010
What does it feel like to know that you have the most down diggs?
brian1625Dec 15, 2010
In a sense he's a news source. A meta news source in a way. The "news" is based on the media's portrayal of public figures. He's said it himself, his material doesn't come from the news, it's comes from the theater of media.
davidtcDec 14, 2010
It's too bad this stuff isn't shown all over to force these people to account for their actions. The GOP isn't scared of clips like this cause it is never seen. They probably watch The Daily Show at home to laugh at all the stuff Jon Stewart points out about them, but they aren't laughing like everyone else cause of how stupid they look, they are laughing cause they know they can do s**t like this and have it go unnoticed by the masses.
neondistractionDec 15, 2010
And then they watch the Colbert Report and cheer at the television because they don't get that it's satire.
quillrootsDec 15, 2010
I don't agree with Republicans exploiting 9/11 to make themselves look like a hero, but I wouldn't have passed the bill either.
It was I think like 7 Billion dollars. I mean cmon... why so much? How many first responders could there have been?? Lets assume 5,000 (which is probably an over estimate.) There are probably like 1,000 people that actually risked their lives and deserve the money. Which means you would be giving each person 7 million dollars.
I'm all for giving them money, and I appreciate what they did, but lets bring it down to like 100 million. The only reason they vote against it is because of how much money it is. I mean Mark Zuckerburg isn't even worth 7 billion. Also, lets not forget the hundreds of thousands of Police officers that risk their lives everyday. We could give every police officer in the entire U.S. 10 grand for that much money. Or you could set up a fund for schools that give bonuses to teachers when their students do above average.
The first responders were protecting our nation. We should spend our money keeping this nation great, otherwise it wouldn't be worth risking your life for.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
davidtcDec 15, 2010
7.4 billion over 10 years. 740 million a year.
Now this is the funny part. You are complaining about the cost of healthcare. If there was already a universal healthcare, the cost would be a lot cheaper.
Closed AccountDec 15, 2010
Why so much? BECAUSE THEY ARE AMERICAN HEROS WHO ARE DYING PAINFUL DEATHS! Seriously, wtf is wrong with you?
You think 5000 people? You think only 1000 "deserve" money? You think $100 million will cover all of them? Where to start?
According to Wikipedia, "According to the New York State Health Department, 836 responders, including firefighters and police personnel, have died as of June 2009." So I guess that would be your 1000 people who deserve the money. And we could really cut the funding for the bill because by your estimates, 1/5 of the responders are dead.
I hope the word "deserve" was a poor selection on your part. Who deserves the money? All of them! Every person who climbed into the rubble, pulled out people and corpses, breathed in toxic dust deserve that money.
The next point to bring up is if you actually watched the clip, Stewart pointed out that Mike Enzi's problem was the last bill lost $475 million. Yeah, clumsy of them, but this bill was going to fix the loopholes. While we're on the topic, Stewart pointed out in 2008 the Pentagon admitted it lost $15 billion.
You, much like the GOP who didn't even bother standing up and explaining why they didn't support the bill, disgust me. Comparing money that could have and would have been spent to extend and improve the lives of american heroes to a single person's net worth..... Actually, I think I've said enough.
quillrootsDec 15, 2010
No need to raise your voice, just talking here.
The wiki you quoted doesn't exaclty support your point. It says that there were only 2752 victims in the attacks. Which means my estimates are fairly close.
I'm not defending what the GOP does. They do a lot of hypocritical things that I don't agree with. All I'm saying is based on a purely monetary view point it is hard for me to justify giving a few thousand people that much money, when that amount of money could be used to help a million.
7.4 billion dollars is a ridiculous amount of money. A billion dollars gets watered down because we here it so much in the news nowadays. 800 billion bailout, trillions of dollars of debt. It seems like a few billion is just another drop in the bucket.
I can't figure out why it would cost more than a hundred million at most to cover the medical damages. It seems like 1 billion would be more than enough for medical damages and additional compensation. It's 9 years later, you would think there wouldn't be that many people still physically suffering from 9/11, at least not 7.4 billion dollars worth.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
Closed AccountDec 16, 2010
You insult me with your stupidity and more importantly you insult our heroes with your lack of sympathy and compassion.
My citation supports my point just fine. Yes, there were 2752 victims. Victims are not responders. Responders are the police, firefighters, and paramedics that helped our victims. These people are/where the closest thing we will ever see to real life comic-book hero-esque bravery in our lifetime. They gave so much. But you don't think we can afford to pick up their hospital tab?
This amount of money would have covered their medical bills for the next ten years. Do you know how hard it is to get a good health care plan after a pre-existing condition? Do you know how much MRIs, CTs, PET scans, and X-rays cost? Then there's the cost of medicines, procedures, and surgeries. It's a lot of money.
But you're right. This is a purely fiscal issue and the bottom line is we can't afford it. But we can afford tax cuts for the wealthiest 2% of Americans so they can avoid a 3% tax hike. Merry Christmas Mr. Zadroga.
quillrootsDec 16, 2010
What I wanna know is how many people it would be covering? How many of those people are sick from a 9/11 related injury? What are the severity of those injuries? And finally, how much will it cost to treat those injuries?
To me it seems somewhat foolish to propose an amount of money without answers to those questions. You could look at it both ways. What if 7.4 billion wasn't enough money?? Doesn't it make sense to figure out how much money they need before giving them money?
Your argument can be summed up as "The money is going to heroes! And if you don't support giving them 7.4 billion then you don't support them!" But that's not it at all, I'm not questioning their heroicness (if that's even a word), to me they are heroes, that's obvious.
Think of it this way. I'd like an answer to this too. At what amount of money does it become to much to give them. I mean hell, why not give them 100 billion? I mean they're heroes after all, they deserve it.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
mikelistDec 15, 2010
let's give medical aid only to those who actually risked their lives, because the rest were in reality, cowards that hid behind their dead comrades. /s
everyone who responded to the wtc call risked their lives by showing up. differentiating between those who risked the most and those who only had to breathe the toxic dust while they did what they were assigned to do,
is disingenuous, maybe we shouldn't pay soldiers unless they are in combat.
Closed AccountDec 14, 2010
Peter: Ground zero. So this is where the first guy got AIDS.
Brian: Peter this is the site of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Peter: Oh, so Saddam Hussein did this?
Brian: No.Peter: The Iraqi army?
Brian: No.
Peter: Some guys from Iraq?
Brian: No.Peter: That one lady who visited Iraq that one time?
Brian: No, Peter Iraq had nothing to do with this. It was a bunch of Saudi Arabians, Lebanese and Egyptians financed by a Saudi Arabian guy living in Afghanistan and sheltered by Pakistanis.
Peter: So you're sayin' we need to invade Iran?
aidsfaceDec 15, 2010
Freaking great! I wish Brian didn't forget the U.S. government in his list of responsible parties and terrorism financiers.
frayedknotjeffDec 14, 2010
Bravo Jon Stewart!
slash1001Dec 14, 2010
effin eh
chilidogsDec 15, 2010
effin you
slash1001Dec 15, 2010
I meant that as a good thing
chilidogsDec 15, 2010
I'm sorry. It was to good a follow up. I had to.
qwed88Dec 14, 2010
Stewart needs to buy commercial time on all the networks and play this repeatedly.
billysunday666Dec 14, 2010
I am constantly amazed by John Stewart. We don't have a free press, but, we sure have one great wise-ass. Thank you, John.
ethanleducDec 15, 2010
The press is still free, the problem is that it's already been sold.
billysunday666Dec 15, 2010
So true, you beautiful french bastard.
brsox2445Dec 14, 2010
If i could Digg this a million times i would.
canudi9itDec 14, 2010
Stay classy, GOP (Greed, Oil, Power). Stay sleazy, Faux News.
harveywallbangDec 14, 2010
Good 'ol Jon Stewart. Thank god he's around!
harveywallbangDec 14, 2010
Good 'ol Jon Stewart. Thank god he's around!
lostinseganetDec 14, 2010
This guy needs to figure out how to exploit what political power he has. Get kids to vote!
waleedoDec 14, 2010
9/11 like the Holocaust will be exploited until the end of times.
Closed AccountDec 15, 2010
Only the Holocaust was the planned extermination of an entire people... which was well on it's way to becoming a reality.
Almost 6,000,000 Jews died alone.
It's a story that should never be forgotten, so it can never be repeated.
It's interesting how many Muslims are in the world and many in the USA feel the same as the Germans did regarding the Jews.
On the other hand, only 3,000 died on 9/11, the real crime came after when we over reacted and f**king invaded IRAQ because...
I won't dig you down, because I get how you feel about being constantly reminded of 9/11, yet we can't show the casualties from the post war production.
The hundreds of thousands, and how many soldiers now? Blood for Oil.
May those behind this bulls**t war burn in hell.
waleedoDec 15, 2010
Exactly how I feel.
enantiodromiaDec 15, 2010
by even claiming there was an actual Holocaust, you have offended a good portion of the GOP "base".
Closed AccountDec 15, 2010
Libtards should stop exploiting poor people by promising them unsustainable handouts relegating their lives to perpetual servitude on the libtard plantation.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
miklkitDec 15, 2010
You are a liar. You Richey Riches have been getting a free ride on our backs for nearly a decade now. Where are the jobs you promised us?????????
Closed AccountDec 15, 2010
The jobs are in China courtesy of libtard minimum wage laws.
Libtards should really just leave, America is not for you. There are plenty of bankrupt European nations where you can riot with the other spoiled white libtards.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
youareretardedDec 15, 2010
lol
Slave wages for all of them!! Am I right!?
/s
miklkitDec 15, 2010
You might want to check out this chart. In 1996 dollars our minimum wages were at a historic low until just recently. And they still are very low.
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0774473.html
Closed AccountDec 15, 2010
Right...and when did the Chinese economy start to really roar?
youareretardedDec 15, 2010
Was it between 1955 and 1982?
Then your point is invalid.
Unless you are trying to tell us the Chinese economy only started taking off in the last two years.
Closed AccountDec 15, 2010
Why do western corporations send have their goods manufactured thousands of miles away only to have them sent right back?
youareretardedDec 16, 2010
Did you just answer my question with a question?
Closed AccountDec 16, 2010
"Did you just answer my question with a question?"
Yes.
Chinese GDP growth.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Prc1952-2005gdp.gif
Don't bother answering my question...it's rhetorical.
youareretardedDec 17, 2010
Lol
Thanks for illustrating my point even more.
Your graph matches right up with low minimum wages.
enantiodromiaDec 15, 2010
QQ more troll bait
ethanleducDec 15, 2010
Right, *we're* the ones who want to turn people into slaves.
You caught us.
Closed AccountDec 16, 2010
Clearly you don't understand the difference between intentions and results.
quaestor44Dec 28, 2010
A key point that many libtards fail to consider.
ecoreDec 15, 2010
Thankfully somebody said it.
jasonh1234Dec 15, 2010
I'd digg this... but an American company serving ads to Americans has deemed that this content should not be available to other countries unless ads targeted specifically to my country are in use. (Which still would profit the American companies regardless.)
Blah. I'll just pretend I saw it and that I most likely agree with whatever Stewart said. Most likely true.
mitsubishiDec 15, 2010
Mort: "Quick! Somebody save Jon Stewart! He's our most important Jew!"
ralphnyDec 15, 2010
Loved every second of it
certiDec 15, 2010
Republicans to Jon Stewart: Yes we can.
anakastDec 15, 2010
Newsflash, Jon Stewart isn't funny anymore, he's f**king boring. Only those with double digit IQs find him even remotely funny.
kinserDec 15, 2010
Somehow I get the feeling that you are one of those people that ride the short bus.
enantiodromiaDec 15, 2010
anakast has always come off as a "my dad owns a dealership" kind of dude
NowBrokeDec 15, 2010
It's not a funny issue now is it anakast.. Sorry you find the truth boring.. It's alright for these politicians to ride the "coat tails" of the 9/11 disaster for political gains, but in time of need they turn their back on the people.. These lowlife's should be sent packing immediately, in fact a nice permanent stay at the Guantánamo Bay Hotel would be nice, the waterboarding spa package is to die for..
cianoDec 15, 2010
This was f**king brilliant. It was so well put together as to be almost impossible to disagree with.
phphreakDec 15, 2010
Jon Stewart/Liebowicz = buried every goddam time.
enantiodromiaDec 15, 2010
its funny how some people think zero tolerance is supposed to sound like a good thing
rynofilmsDec 15, 2010
Awesome!
monetizesidDec 15, 2010
following
walt00Dec 15, 2010
F* oliphaunts
DisfunktDec 15, 2010
John stewart is a gentlemen.
timelessbwDec 15, 2010
Even if it were true, how would it be relevant? Do you think that would make the GOP's exploitation of the 911 heros ok?
DisfunktDec 15, 2010
It isn't relevant, and i wasn't saying he was gay, i was saying he is a dumbass. GOP isnt exploiting 911 heroes you idiot. Do your research
timelessbwDec 15, 2010
They aren't? Sure looks like it. They use them for political gain and then screw them over when when they get the chance to stand up for them. How is that not exploitation? Where do you do your research ? Do you think Stewart is a "dumbass" for bringing it to our attention? You must really hate Julian Assange. Way to blame the messenger.
DisfunktDec 15, 2010
Nah bro, Julian Assange is the man. Stewart is a dumbass because he thinks that he is actually a relevant source of political news. Look at the news sources he cites, MSNBC CNN, 2 of the most liberal left-wing news sources. OF COURSE they are going to make it look like the GOP is exploiting people, they do anything and everything they can to make the GOP look bad.
timelessbwDec 15, 2010
You haven't seen him point to himself and say "hello, comidian"? It's others than claim he is a source of news. That is probably because so much "news" today is mainly entertainment. On his most recent show he was making fun of Obama, I have always thought he can see the humor on both sides. Just depends on who is giving him the most material. I agree that Julian Assange is the man.
meribianDec 15, 2010
Your mom is a gentlemen.
agmlauncherDec 15, 2010
Ok Mr. Stewart, can you also tell that to Obama as well? Janet Napoletano is still using the fear of 9/11 to allow the TSA to invade people's privacy and hold them at airports against their will when they refuse to have their privacy violated.
Obama has the the power to fire her, but he's not.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
GrnDolphinLvnDec 15, 2010
Love Stewart... Does Fox news have control of Glenn Becks' medication
lepumphouseDec 15, 2010
Alright let's make a deal
Democrats stop exploiting:
Children
Poor people
Black people
Mexicans
Student's
Communities
Nature
Gangs
Animals
Gays
Transvestites
Muslims
Native Americans
The Classroom
and we will stop trying to remind you that America was attacked and you're not safe.Comment is buried, click here to see the rest.
tseligmanDec 15, 2010
Hypocrites
seroevoDec 15, 2010
The problem is that the people this message is going out to won't accept it.
Until people put their pride aside and aren't so ashamed of ever being wrong or not knowing something, we'll always have this problem.
and303Dec 15, 2010
This is actually a better resolution than Comedy Central on Comcast.
artf2007Dec 16, 2010
They are hypocrites, they surely will
artf2007Dec 16, 2010
They are hypocrites, they surely will
chinalilyDec 16, 2010
Jon Stewart for President!
deadweezDec 17, 2010
if you have a brain, watch this. If you are a donkey, I guess you can pass
DrJGMDDec 20, 2010
Good guy, Stewart.
aracniaDec 23, 2010
WTF can I watch this in Canada? (Stupid U.S. only sites. There's other countries in the world too you know.)