Ex-EPA chief agrees to testify to Congress.
By on May 18th, 2007 at 4:20 pm
Ex-EPA chief agrees to testify to Congress.
After previously refusing a request to appear before Congress, “ex-EPA chief Christine Todd Whitman abruptly reversed herself Friday and agreed to testify before Congress on her agency’s response to the environmental fallout of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks…On Sept. 18, 2001, then-EPA head Whitman released a statement declaring the results from air monitoring tests in New York showed ‘their air is safe to breathe.’” It was not.
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I think the Dems threatened to subpoena her.
That bitch got people killed in NYC.
If we still had the rule of law in this country, she would be in prison.
May 18th, 2007 at 4:27 pmWhat she meant is that the air is safe to breathe as long as you don’t inhale or exhale.
May 18th, 2007 at 4:28 pmGood for her. i’m looking forward to hearing her side of the *cough cough* 9/11 air story. Does anyone know if we’ll hear from some of the ill first responders, or spouses of the ones that have died from 9/11 air?
May 18th, 2007 at 4:30 pmI wonder if she has agreed because people are now asking questions thanks once again to Michael Moore and his new film SiCKO.
May 18th, 2007 at 4:36 pmWhat Christine Todd Whitman meant was the air is safe for me to breathe because I’m not going anywhere near that chemically laden toxic cesspool.
May 18th, 2007 at 4:37 pmChristine isn’t the only guilty one in this scandal.
Trudy Giuliani also ordered the city to okay the air.
They were conspiring together to lie about it.
May 18th, 2007 at 4:44 pmUpdate from Michael Moore: “Bush’s Treasury Secretary, Henry Paulson, launched an investigation of a trip I took to Cuba to film scenes for the movie. These scenes involve a group of 9/11 rescue workers who are suffering from illnesses obtained from working down at Ground Zero. They have received little or no help with their health care from the government. I do not want to give away what actually happens in the movie because I don’t want to spoil it for you (although I’m sure you’ll hear much about it after it unspools Saturday). Plus, our lawyers have advised me to say little at this point, as the film goes somewhere far scarier than “Cuba.” Rest assured of one thing: no laws were broken. All I’ve done is violate the modern-day rule of journalism that says, “ask no questions of those in power or your luncheon privileges will be revoked”
So after tomorrow it sounds like we’ll hear more about the film.
May 18th, 2007 at 4:48 pmA predicted sample of her upcoming testimony:
“I didn’t know…” “I wasn’t told exactly which sample had been used…” “I was told by career agency officials, many of whom…” “My calendar doesn’t indicate my knowing when…” “My assistants were primarily responsible for …” “No one possibly could have foreseen …” “I was led to believe…” “Except for isolated cases…” “A worst-case scenario only approximates the …” “Too many different, conflicting …”
May 18th, 2007 at 4:54 pm“I love the smell of asbestos and PCB in the morning.”
“It smells like… Patriot Act!”
Moore is probably going to lay it on heavy as usual but not too far from the truth as usual.
Cue incoming troll flame about Moore being fat and debunked and making money.
May 18th, 2007 at 4:59 pmSicko is scheduled to open in national release June 1.
Sounds good to me. And Al Gore’s new book is coming soon.
It is sad that our 9-11 victims have to go to Cuba to get medical treatment.
May 18th, 2007 at 5:02 pmWhitman testimony:
May 18th, 2007 at 5:07 pm“I can’t recall for sure, it was really dusty, and I couldn’t see very well….
But the air smelled OK, ‘cept for that stupid, sicky sweet air-freshener the limo driver had hanging from his mirror.”
I have a friend in Manhattan who came down with a mystery disease after 9/11. The doctors are having no luck figuring it out. Hopefully this will help her and the other million or so who are wondering what exactly they were breathing…
May 18th, 2007 at 5:11 pmAll that pulverized concrete dust the rescue workers and local residents breathed is going to give them a respiratory disease.
And theres no way that concrete got pulverized that fine by a building doing a pancake collapse from an airplane collision.
Those buildings were blown down by demolition experts.
May 18th, 2007 at 5:23 pmIt didn’t take a genius to realize those working without mask where going to suffer from lung damage. It was the first thing I said, when I saw the rescuers without masks on TV in Alaska.
May 18th, 2007 at 5:39 pmEvery flourescent light has a tiny droplet of mercury in it. Now imagine how many there were in the towers..
May 18th, 2007 at 6:06 pmSo after tomorrow it sounds like we’ll hear more about the film.
Comment by Shane
What the administration forgets is that the embargo law does not affect free speech and journalism. Reporter are not barred by the law. And the courts have already ruled documentaties are considered journalism. If he gets charged, the judge will probably throw the case out.
This is just Bushco attempting to heavy handedly silence another critic.
May 18th, 2007 at 6:13 pmAlmost six years have passed since Whitman first refused to testify, and now all of a sudden she’s willing to talk? Something stinks here, and it’s more than just the air.
Perhaps Whitman’s testimony is a convenient way to deflect recent criticism of Giuliani, and at the same time paint him as a hero once more.
May 18th, 2007 at 6:30 pmIf the comittee simply presents powder puff questions then it will be just one more nail in the coffin of the dems.
May 18th, 2007 at 6:43 pmAs you point out clearly, — She Lied! Simple, She LIED!
And oh, by the way- who knows how many people have and will die as a result of her lie?
Maybe she’ll testify that she was pressured to lie to the public by Cheney, et. al?
May 18th, 2007 at 7:16 pmPerhaps Whitman’s testimony is a convenient way to deflect recent criticism of Giuliani, and at the same time paint him as a hero once more.
When the ship is sinking, the rats don’t take care of fellow rats. They think only of themselves – as they always have.
May 18th, 2007 at 7:25 pmDon’t blame her for the bad data.. she was using the same expert muckdog quotes who thinks absestos is good for you and could have saved the world trade center.
May 18th, 2007 at 8:40 pmAccording to the written report produced by the Sierra Club in 2005, the White House authorized the return to lower Manhattan wanting the stock market to reopen.
This report blasts the EPA for allowing people to enter what they describe as a hazardous zone loaded with toxic chemicals, asbestos, and pulverized concrete.
Having Christine testify could point to Bush and or Rove as having made the decision to jepordize thousands of people’s health by declaring that area safe.
May 19th, 2007 at 3:18 am