Mayor Bloomberg is an Asshole

New York City-

With the 10 year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks quickly upon us, Mayor Bloomberg's office made a bitter announcement yesterday. The Mayor's office announced that due to limited space, all first responders who ran to the scene of one of America's most horrifying events, are not invited to the memorial ceremony.

Bloomberg spokesperson Andrew Brent stated that the memorial ceremony is for the victim's families only, while also accommodating numerous dignitaries that includes 2 U.S. Presidents and former Mayor Guiliani. However, Brent said that they are working hard to schedule other memorial services for other groups at different places and times.
Different places?  Different times?  This is the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers in NYC. Why the hell would they want to go to a different place on a different date?  Are you freakin' insane?
These people are heroes to the Nth degree.  How dare you deny them their honorable place.

Most all of the emergency services personnel are understandably outraged or heartbroken that their own city has forsaken them when they themselves gave everything they had at one of our nation's most crucial times.

Many of the volunteers who suffer to this day from medical issues arising from long term exposure to Ground Zero, feel that Bloomberg is deflecting the subject and dismissing their concerns.

I say police, firefighters and EMS unions and personnel everywhere make their voices heard straight to Bloomberg's office.  They DESERVE their rightful place at this ceremony as they are the HEROES, they are the DIGNITARIES who deserve to be treated with a hell of a lot more respect than what Bloomberg is giving them. Yes, the victim's families belong there too, but to deny all the emergency workers their noble place is the epitome of being a total ASSHOLE!

That day was the saddest day in our country's history and Bloomberg has managed to make it even sadder.
Hey, to the thousands of you who gave all you had, we all thank you and I personally think you should just show up anyway! Wouldn't that just piss off the mayor?!

The 9/11 Trials

The US Attorney General, in all of his infinite wisdom, has decided that five Gitmo "detainees" are going on trial for their part in the 9/11 attacks.  These defendants will be brought to NYC where they will be tried in a civilian court, and afforded all the same constitutional rights as any other accused individual.  In other words, we're going to give them the benefit of a public trial by jury and a presumption of innocence until proven guilty.
Yep, their sorry asses are being transported back to the very city they are accused of decimating.
Can you just imagine finding an unbiased juror in NYC - of all places?  
This is the answer to the present administration's campaign promise to shut down Gitmo? 

This decision has drawn the ire of family members affected by the tragedy, politicians, and law enforcement.  The Police Commissioner says the city can efficiently deal with the security of this high profile trial. Of course he'd say that.  He works for a Democrat.  Former Mayor Giuliani states it's a slap in the face to the victims and an expensive endeavor.  The majority of Republicans would not only rather have a military tribunal, but in concurring with Giuliani's assessment, it should be held in a less populated area at a lower cost to the taxpayers.

On November 23, 2001, Pres. Bush signed an executive order that outlines the detention, treatment and subsequent trial of those individuals suspected of carrying out acts of terrorism.  
A military tribunal is specifically designed to try enemy forces during wartime.  Effectively, the charges would have to be brought by a military authority and the defendants would be prosecuted and sentenced by the military.  The Secretary of Defense would then assess and decide on the location, acting in the best interest of national security.  
In theory, that was a sound order as it would perhaps deter further potential war crimes because technically, we're at war with terrorists.


But the Democrats want to go all moralistic on this matter, perhaps under the misguided belief that we will garner respect from other nations when in fact, we will just be the laughing stock.  All this political posturing is just giving the terrorists what they want, and its putting NYC right back in to the bulls eye.

These terrorist themselves have, in so many words, confessed to their jihadist intentions and are prepared to die all in the name of their fucked up religion.  I say that we have wasted enough time and money on these low life towel heads.  They should NOT be afforded the rights of our Constitution that they are so intent on destroying. 

In this case, the 8th amendment prohibiting cruel and unusual punishment shouldn't apply to these bastards.  Merely executing them is not enough.

May you rot in hell.