Wednesday, September 17, 2003
After poisoning New Yorkers, the Rovelicans want to hold their convention there
I don't think so.
Devlin Barrett of AP writes:
Another candidate for the Hall of Shamelessness! Why on earth would the Rovelicans think they're welcome in New York? Bloomberg should just cancel the convention now, while there's still time. It's only going to get uglier...
Devlin Barrett of AP writes:
Last month, the EPA's internal watchdog found the agency, at the urging of White House officials, gave misleading assurances there was no health risk from the dust in the air after the towers' collapse.
The White House "convinced EPA to add reassuring statements and delete cautionary ones" by having the National Security Council control EPA communications after the attack, according to the inspector general's report.
Seven days after the attack, the EPA announced that the air near the site was safe to breathe, but the agency did not have enough information to make such a guarantee, the report found.
Another candidate for the Hall of Shamelessness! Why on earth would the Rovelicans think they're welcome in New York? Bloomberg should just cancel the convention now, while there's still time. It's only going to get uglier...