“George W. Bush has officially told the people of New York City that as far as he’s concerned, they can drop dead. And thanks to his lies, many of them will.
With his latest attack on the Clean Air Act he’s said the same to millions more.
Bush has used the 9/11 ‘trifecta’ to build his popularity, fund the military and tear up the Bill of Rights. But the GOP’s cynical uses of the tragedy have gone to a new level.
The White House directly interfered with planned Environmental Protection Agency warnings about the toxic fallout from the World Trade Center explosions. It had ‘competing considerations’ that came before protecting the health of the people of New York. Among them were re-opening the stock exchange as quickly as possible, and limiting clean-up costs and liability claims.” The Free Press
