Greed vs. People. Greed Wins, AGAIN

Greed has reared its ugly head once again. Granted, this time it was in the greediest city in the United States, New York City.

A federal judge ruled yesterday to allow a class-action lawsuit against ex-EPA honcho Christie Whitman and the EPA to go forward, saying "No reasonable person would have thought that telling thousands of people that it was safe to return to lower Manhattan, while knowing that such return could pose long-term health risks and other dire consequences, was conduct sanctioned by our laws." Manhattan Federal Judge Deborah Batts said in her decision that it was "conscience-shocking" that Whitman knew the WTC's collapse had caused "the emission of tons of hazardous materials into the air" but still "encouraged residents, workers and students to return."

She should not carry the blame alone though. In the aftermath of th 9/11 attacks on the world trade center, everyone who was anyone, wanted and tried everything and anything to prove to the world that the terrorist did not, can not and never will beat us. Of course the facts since that day have told a different story altogether, what with our freedoms severly curtailed, thanks to the (un) patriot act and other initiatives.
What other explanation besides showing the world that we weren't beaten", was there for returning so soon to the "scene ofthe crime"? GREED, and our National economy, thats what. Had non emergency persons stayed away from the trade center area for say a week, or a month, as no doubt they should have, New York City would have been crippled if not destroyed, and along with it much of the world. So the "powers that be" decided yet again to sacrifice the few for the many, by making everyone, from the "money makers," all the way down to the "average Joe"emergency personell as well. Only time will tell how many are the few, and what price they will have paid.