[Thanks to ForGod'sSake for the graphic]
Posted on 02/26/2002 8:25:08 AM PST by Jeff Head
The Petition to New York City regarding the Firefighter Memorial
protesting the originally proposed Ground Zero Flag Raising Statue and seeking that the as yet unstated plans for a memorial be non-political and historically correct, has surpassed the 300,000 signature mark. It now stands at:
300,105 Signatures
The First 120,000 signatures were delivered to the Mayor's Office Monday, February 25th by local Firefighters. Pictures of that occurance should arrive here in the next day or so and will be posted on this thread and perhaps an individual thread for the same.
The next 130,000 signatures will be on their way as soon as they are extracted, printed and bound, hopefully within the week. We will keep doing this until it is clear that plans for the memorial are not politcally driven and are not revisionist. That being the case, please continue to point others towards the petition site at:
http://www.petitiononline.com/flgraise/
to sign and forward the petition on to all they know. We can win this fight and in the process see many of our fellow Americans awakened to the PC-BS going on all around them which they in turn will question and then fight.
Here are the prior FR threads regarding this:
WTC Flag Raising Petition surpasses 250,000 signatures - 737 posts
WTC Flag Raising Petition - First 120,000 signatures shipped to NYC - 76 posts
WTC Flag Raising & Memorial Petition Status - Surpasses 200,000 Signatures!!! - 315 posts
WTC Flag Raising & Memorial Petition Status - Surpasses 150,000 Signatures - 501 posts
UPDATE/STATUS/PLANS - WTC Flag Raising Petition - 127,500+ Signatures 422 posts
WTC Flag Raising Petition Surpasses 100,000 Signatures - PRESS RELEASE 486 posts
WTC Flag Raising Petition Breaks 75K Signatures 880 posts
FDNY inspired on-line petition blows by 64,000 signatures, 1 week 196 posts
WTC Flag Raising Petition gathers over 40,000 Signatures in Four Days! 75 posts
WTC Flag Raising Petition Breaks 10,000 signatures in two days! 198 Posts
Online Petition: Depict the Flag Raising at Ground Zero of the WTC Attack as it Actually Occurred! 717 posts
Now I just hope the petition is taken seriously.
my pleasure there Jeff.
Day 01 - = January 15 = *2,800-----Day 12 - Total = 101,600
Week 01 = 64,400-----Week 02 = 51,400 Total = 115,800
Week 03 = 35,600-----Week 04 = 41,800 Total = 193,200
Day 29 - 11,200 Total = 204,400----Day 36 - *8,500 Total = 266,400
Day 30 - 12,300 Total = 216,700----Day 37 - *7,800 Total = 274,200
Day 31 - 13,100 Total = 229,800----Day 38 - *6,800 Total = 281,000
Day 32 - *8,000 Total = 237,800----Day 39 - *4,900 Total = 285,900
Day 33 - *4,700 Total = 242,500----Day 40 - *3,300 Total = 289,200
Day 34 - *6,800 Total = 249,300----Day 41 - *5,200 Total = 294,400
Day 35 - *8,600 Total = 257,900----Day 42 - *5,900 Total = 300,300
Day 43 - ROLLING!!! next stop 350,000. Bless all who will stand and petition for TRUTH!
I have no problem with people signing petitions for things they find important, and I guess 300,000 or so think this is important. I just wonder what kind of country we have become when people focus on things like this and very few care enough about the repeal of the first amendment to do a damn thing. There should be riots in the street over that issue and yet very few seem to even understand what is happening.
Please don't interpret this as dissing your cause, I only use it to highlight my frustration.
You're speaking to the choir, here, Thomas. Most all on FR have indicated they care. They have called and written letters to the White House, to their Senators and Congressman. But the media twists everything to their own advantage and the general population is not interested in reading and learning about the issues. They have been "trained" to let BIG BROTHER think for them.
Perhaps most, for sure many. But I don't see 300,000 people anywhere telling their congressmen, senators and the President that they will never vote for them again if they back this crap.
Too many Republicans here and not enough Americans.
BTW, my congressman voted against it and he's a freakin Democrat.
300,000+
Hoo-yah!
Below is a photo that my son took at Ground Zero three weeks ago. He tells me that the photo does not do the area justice (looks in two-dimensions pretty much like part of a typical city skyline). But he has been in NYC many times during his young life, and he said that a 'different atmosphere' permeated the area....that the reverence and grief was palpable. The blaring of car horns was all but absent. The people with whom he spoke (both tourists, and natives) were cordial -- many of them almost behaving as if they were visiting hallowed ground.
Note (if you can see it) the 'We salute you' banner in the lower left hand corner.
I will be driving up to Boston in a couple of weeks, and intend to stop and see the area myself on the way. It will do my heart good to know that those who gave their all during our blackest day are that much closer to receiving an even more appropriate (and historically accurate) 'salute,' thanks to your efforts.
Please don't use it to highlight your frustration. Regardless of your motives, it's distracting and contrary to the goals of this thread. Please start your one-man riot somewhere else.
(Hopefully this site will work, please let me know if it comes through or the "dreaded red x of infamy" shows up.)
Sorry, of course you are right, I wouldn't want to distract you from cheerleading for the flag while the country it represents goes into the toilet.
Flush on your way out of the thread please.
Simple flushing wouldn't do for what you dumped here.
Someone, please find me a plunger.
Tah dah !!!!
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