[Mercat]

Am I the only one who is tired of the whining of the firefighters? This is a little like lifetime smokers whining that they didn't know that there was danger. Of course there was danger and I'm sure that there is some permanent damage and they should be compensated. Now, is it necessary to trash people in the process? This is more of the liberal mental process that the government has to keep us from all harm.

[rellimpank]

--I'm tired too of the media preoccupation with a little smoke and dust. I have spent somewhere around 23000 hours underground ,lots of it above ten thousand feet altitude, breathing a certain amount of rock dust and explosive smoke and its by-products. Last time I bothered to have a lung x-ray the doctor told me that I have lungs like a fourteen year old. The amount of dust and smoke exposure anybody got in 9-11 and the aftermath is of no consequence whatsoever--