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L.A City Firefighters: From Heroes to Zeroes
American Thinker.com ^ | October 8, 2021 | Drew Allen

Posted on 10/08/2021 3:07:48 AM PDT by Kaslin

Shortly after the ‘War Against COVID’ began, the government designated two new categories of American citizens -- the largely arbitrary classification of ‘essential’ and ‘nonessential’ workers. Firefighters and paramedics were deemed essential, for good reasons.

But now, like their colleagues on the frontline in the medical profession, these brave men and women -- once heralded as heroes -- are now scorned as villains.

In the state of California, they have gone from heroes to zeroes in the eyes of despotic Democrats, who have given them an ultimatum: get vaccinated or get fired.

In August the Los Angeles City Council voted 13-0 to approve a law requiring all city employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Since then, a group of more than 600 L.A. City firefighters have banded together to sue the city of Los Angeles to prevent the mandate from being enforced.

While the results of that lawsuit are yet to be determined, come October 20th, those firefighters who have not been fully vaccinated will be terminated. At present, that means approximately 1,600 -- nearly 50 percent -- of the approximately 3,200 LAFD personnel will be unemployed.

I interviewed three L.A. City Firefighters, who are willing to sacrifice their careers and livelihoods to defend their constitutional and moral right to choose. These men aren’t mere statistical casualties in this un-American and asinine war against the American citizen. They have names, families to support, and mortgages to pay.

Two of the firefighters I interviewed, Jeff and Rob, are both married and in their 30s. Combined, they have nearly three decades of experience as paramedics in L.A. City. Jeff has two children and rents his home. His wife is a stay-at home mom. He is the sole financial provider.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial
KEYWORDS: covid

1 posted on 10/08/2021 3:07:48 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Link goes to a different article


2 posted on 10/08/2021 3:11:35 AM PDT by DainBramage
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To: Kaslin
Cops...firemen...nurses. Heroes a year ago,unemployed today. Rats certainly are fickle creatures.
3 posted on 10/08/2021 3:31:26 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Covid Is All About Mail In Balloting)
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To: Kaslin

It seems to me that if the 600+ can get the other 1000 or so to hang tough, they win. This is effectively what ought to be a union issue and the government has effectively maneuvered itself into a “lock out” position for an essential service. Lock outs can be appropriate—this one would end in fireworks.


4 posted on 10/08/2021 3:42:13 AM PDT by Hieronymus
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To: Gay State Conservative

Not just that. They are disgusting.


5 posted on 10/08/2021 3:46:10 AM PDT by Kaslin (Joe Biden will never be my President, and neither will Kamala Harris)
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To: DainBramage
I apologize This is the correct link

L.A City Firefighters: From Heroes to Zeroes

6 posted on 10/08/2021 3:56:00 AM PDT by Kaslin (Joe Biden will never be my President, and neither will Kamala Harris)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Real power is not the power to punish the guilty. Real power is the power to punish the innocent.


7 posted on 10/08/2021 5:05:54 AM PDT by Flick Lives ("Let's go, Brandon!")
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The Dems have a yearning for involuntary servitude.


8 posted on 10/08/2021 5:56:35 AM PDT by kanawa ((Securing the 2022/2024 elections is of paramount importance.))
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To: Kaslin
Awful. The firefighters , (and anyone else), should not lose their jobs.

This is being done to them, all because of certain determinations made by medical professionals, who are using tests, that can't tell the difference between Rona, flu, or cold. That is insane.

(And everything revolves around a virus that has not been isolated, in the first place. How does that make sense?)

Meanwhile, they are FORCING people to play injection Russian Roulette, by making them get jabbed with an experimental substance that they have lied about, (see Project Veritas), which is currently NOT approved.

(They have been deliberately confusing two vaccines-one approved, but not available yet, and one, from Pfizer-most fined Big Pharma company in history- that is still, along with the others, in the experimental phase.)

And they do all this, while ignoring tens of thousands killed, or maimed, persons, who had bad reactions after being vaccinated, ncluding otherwise healthy young men, (Firefighters would be in this category), who have experienced things such as cardiac inflamation, post shots.

Yet, they won't even look at the possibility, that their experimental substances may be very harmful to some people.

(FYI: There are always some who should not take certain vaxxes, or medications, based on allergies, body chemistry, or other factors. They know this, but, that they won't acknowledge it, when it comes to CV-19 vaxx, is bizarre.)

And on top of all that, the Rona has a 99%+ survival rate for young, otherwise healthy people, and even the healthy elderly have a 94% survival rate.

Also, there have been relatively inexpensive early treatments, available from the start : hydroxychloroquine, Ivermectin, exc.. which have proven to be successful, in reducing cases, and severity, of Rona, in other countries. But, this has been overlooked too.

However, what is most alarming , is that everything about CCP virus, raises the glaring question of whether the the government should be able to force anyone, to take any medication, (or have medical procedures), against their will, and, what does it mean for people, if they, (government) can force them?

IMO, if this continues- it means all of us will officially become slaves, and property, of the government, to be injected with whatever Big Pharma comes up with, whenever their basic greed desires more money.

The Constitition will be dead (close to that point already).

Individual rights will be dead.

We, and our children, and grandchildren, will be condemned to miserable lives of slavery.

And who will our controllers be, in this grim scenario?

The elite, multi billionaire, progressives, who consider themselves to be our superiors, and because of that, only think only they, and not ourselves, should make all of our decisions.

They make the assertion that they destroy because they will "build back better".

But do they?

Have they EVER made anything "better"?

Have they EVER built back ANYTHING that they have destroyed?

From what is seen: Example: San Francisco. ALL THEY DO IS DESTROY.

Any area where they have total control, is in shambles.

The only thing they "build" is misery, and poverty.

And they also have demonstrated an unbelievable, callous disregard for humanity, in their actions.

They have no concept of how much pain and suffering they have caused practically EVERYONE on the planet, (not that they would care).

People need to wake up to just how malevolent some of these ultra wealthy are.

That many are not able to comprehend this, is causing harm, (and will end up destroy everything, if we don't wake up).

The article here, indirectly, gives an illustration of the problem of people not understanding how malignant these people might be: :

The firefighters do not want to take the vaccines out of concern for their health.

Healthcare professionals will not look at the apparent, sometimes severe, health issues (even deaths), occuring after people have had the shots. They don't, (or won't?) acknowledge that their could be a connection between them.

As a further example: I read an article the other day, that said that some doctors are not looking at vaccine reactions as the cause of these issues, because they just will not even consider it.

Why is that?

Is it because they can't conceive that multi billion dollar Big Pharma would deliberately lie, and ignore the injured, just to keep their profits going?

They need to wake up, and soon. Stand up for truth, and stop looking the other way while greedy Big Pharma keeps accumulating more money, while plotting to inflict more pain and suffering on people.

(Now they are after trying to force children to be injected with their sometimes harmful substance.)

Much of what has been happening sounds IMO, like it belongs under the term: Crimes Against Humanity.

It's probably not going to go well for those who pushed the jabs, if Nuremburg type trials are held, and everything does come out. (What Project Veritas has already revealed is shocking.)

Finally, in getting back to the article and theme of destruction:

Exactly how are the idiot politicians in California planning on dealing with the nearly constant wildfires in the state, WITH LESS FIREFIGHTERS?

Not to mention, the fires in California tend to be masive, burn at higher altitudes, and in rough terrains.

I would imagine these sort of fires are best fought with experienced firefighters.

But, the morons in charge of the state let these people go over the vax scam.

So more harm will be done.

More properties burned.

More lives ruined.

Destroy: It's what they (progressives) do.

And there is never a builing back better, only destruction, after destruction. These people do not care.

Wake up America!

(Rant: Off)

9 posted on 10/08/2021 11:22:28 AM PDT by Pajamajan ( PRAY FOR OUR NATION. I will never b.e a peaceful slave in a new socialist America.)
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