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Jon Stewart On Congress’ ‘Final Kick To The Nuts’ Of 9/11 First Responders

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Jon Stewart tonight tackled the absurdity of a provision in the recently passed 9/11 first responders bill that requires any potential beneficiaries to first have their name run through the FBI’s terrorism watch list before they could collect any money. Some commentators described it as “adding insult to injury,” but Stewart more bluntly called it Congress’ “final kick to the nuts” of the first responders.

This issue is somewhat personal to Stewart given that many credited him with helping to get public support for the bill’s passage. Yet Stewart went to town, lampooning anyone who could possibly think a terrorist’s grand scheme after all of these years was to trick the U.S. government into handing over money to now pay for their cancer treatment.

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  • ElCapitanAmerica

    We ought to check if Congressman Sterms is in the terrorist watchlist all the time before he receives his next pay check.

  • tatboy

    This was a good one. All good points and well made at BOTH sides. What the Hell is wrong with these people.

  • pakattak

    It’s such a universally stupid thing. It makes no sense under any political ideology.

  • Who is Salacious Crumb

    Bipartisan buffoonery bureaucracy: the Triple B

  • catfishjuggling

    “You wonder sometimes how our government even manages to put its pants on in the morning.”

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Joseph-Glackin/100000892011713 Joseph Glackin

    Would everyone who finds this as offensive as Jon does E-mail the clip to their member of Congress?
    PLEASE!

  • Who is Salacious Crumb

    Joseph Glackin said:
    Would everyone who finds this as offensive as Jon does E-mail the clip to their member of Congress?
    PLEASE!

    I’m sure the clip will get around all by itself. Remember it was Stewart who got this thing off the ground to begin with.

  • Barack Must Go

    Even a douchebag as big as Stewart knows that the only reason this rule is being instituted is to not add insult to injury to the memories of the three thousand plus Americans and their surviving family members murdered by muslim terrorist animals by NOT allowing one red cent to be paid to anyone other than the ” real ” American heroes that are sick and possibly even dying for forgoing their own safety and lives for that of others on that fatefull day.

    Nobody is going to hold up Ed O’ Callahan or Frank De Stafano’s medical payments. This is merely a way to stop a potential terrorist from rubbing salt in the still gaping wounds as a result of what those islamic terrorist bastards did to America on that day.

    Left wing zealots such as Stewart, Colbert, Maher and to a lesser degree that pervert Letterman are a actually a form of domestic terrorists.

    They prey on the youth in this country by either distorting the true or sometime totally subverting it by making something up out of whole cloth.

    They are not scrutinized nearly enough, while the excuss of them simply being ” political satirists ” is bantied about. Well there really is nothing funny about the subversive message they disseminate nightly on behalf of the Obama regime. It’s deadly serious and should be stopped.

  • THE REAL ROYAL KING

    Stewart has framed the issue accurately and fairly. Congress is acting absurdly.

  • ChiliPeppersFan

    this year when we honor the heroes…the real heroes of 9/11 we now can have a group of people to clean the horseshit from the mounted comps led by peter king with barack must go right behind him (which of course he usually is because his head is so far up his ass). also we can have all the other asshats in congress who scratched their name into this peace of shit sweeping up all the other garbage left behind by ‘real americans’ celebrating ‘real american’ heroes.
    all these nutsacks suck and i hope shep again takes the reigns from stewart again to embarrass the shit out of these clowns.
    name names shep!

  • notsofast

    You could accomplish the same thing by just asking if they were libs.

  • Color Me Badd

    We need an August Spies right about now.

  • ChiliPeppersFan

    notsofast said:
    You could accomplish the same thing by just asking if they were libs.

    not this time not, it wasn’t just the repubs screwing them out of health care. it was a good old fashion bipartisan f.u.

  • notsofast

    ChiliPeppersFan said:
    ChiliPeppersFan says:
    April 27, 2011 at 8:38 am ChiliPeppersFan(Quote)

    Sure son. Of course! I mean we believe ya! No, seriously, we do.

    Quick, someone gve him a sedative.

  • notsofast

    me2010 said:
    me2010 says:
    April 27, 2011 at 7:01 am me2010(Quote)

    FU and everyone who look s like you, son.

  • frgefh

    look up……www.zapposer.com

  • Barack Must Go

    catfishjuggling said:
    “You wonder sometimes how our government even manages to put its pants on in the morning.”

    There’s an app for that…..

  • Barack Must Go

    me2010 said:
    Left wing zealots such as Stewart, Colbert, Maher and to a lesser degree that pervert Letterman are a actually a form of domestic terrorists.

    They prey on the youth in this country by either distorting the true or sometime totally subverting it by making something up out of whole cloth.

    Yeah ok I luv fuks like you … so I’m going to call you out PLEASE PROVIDE INFO ON ANYTIME THEY GAVE FALSE INFO ? I can provide you tons of bullshit Beck & Fox News has put out knowing it was a goddamn lie .. so I’ll wait !

    Everything each of these left wing bomb throwers spew is a bald face, left wing bomb thrower, down on their knees before the alleged president LIE.

    A recent example is when Stewart, I believe yesterday, launched into a lame attempt at rehabiltation of Obama the racist’s treatment of the Easter holiday ( especially him engaging in service at another black activist ‘ racist ‘ church service with his young daughters ) by making fun of Christians and their religious choices.

    He preaches this Obama regime propaganda dissemination bullshit to the most vulnerable groups in this country ( our youth ) without ever disclosing the fact that this does not fall under the pervue of satirical comedy.

    All I ask is that left wing Obama operative jackasses like Stewart, Colbert, Maher et al place a disclaimer across the screen explaining just what their mission is and for the kids to not attempt this dangerous ( for America ) behavior at home. Exactly the way the original jackass programming does.

  • THE REAL ROYAL KING

    Barack Must Go said:
    Everything each of these left wing bomb throwers spew is a bald face, left wing bomb thrower, down on their knees before the alleged president LIE.

    A recent example is when Stewart, I believe yesterday, launched into a lame attempt at rehabiltation of Obama the racist’s treatment of the Easter holiday ( especially him engaging in service at another black activist ‘ racist ‘ church service with his young daughters ) by making fun of Christians and their religious choices.

    He preaches this Obama regime propaganda dissemination bullshit to the most vulnerable groups in this country ( our youth ) without ever disclosing the fact that this does not fall under the pervue of satirical comedy.

    All I ask is that left wing Obama operative jackasses like Stewart, Colbert, Maher et al place a disclaimer across the screen explaining just what their mission is and for the kids to not attempt this dangerous ( for America ) behavior at home. Exactly the way the original jackass programming does.

    You certainly are a bitter person. My deepest sympathies.

  • Nationman

    Barack Must Go said:
    Everything each of these left wing bomb throwers spew is a bald face, left wing bomb thrower, down on their knees before the alleged president LIE. A recent example is when Stewart, I believe yesterday, launched into a lame attempt at rehabiltation of Obama the racist’s treatment of the Easter holiday ( especially him engaging in service at another black activist ‘ racist ‘ church service with his young daughters ) by making fun of Christians and their religious choices. He preaches this Obama regime propaganda dissemination bullshit to the most vulnerable groups in this country ( our youth ) without ever disclosing the fact that this does not fall under the pervue of satirical comedy. All I ask is that left wing Obama operative jackasses like Stewart, Colbert, Maher et al place a disclaimer across the screen explaining just what their mission is and for the kids to not attempt this dangerous ( for America ) behavior at home. Exactly the way the original jackass programming does.

    that’s right he’s an obama mouthpiece especially after he has criticized the president numerous times. Hey shouldn’t you be talking about obama’s birthcertificate? oh wait.

  • CarmanK

    The republicans have no shame when it comes to undercutting public servants who really take their jobs seriously and risk their lives daily to keep america safe whether carrying a fire hose, a gun or wearing a military uniform. They know how to shove it in and turn the knife to generate the most pain and torture. But then again, they are just in the mold of the new archetecture to build the corporacracy across the country. What is happening in MI, especially Benton Harbor is outrageous and a real assault on DEMOCRACY. People forget, DEMOCRACIES die or can be killed by the rich and powerful who have no patience for having to deal with people. That is why the repugs get rid of people serving programs first. MI has installed financial dictators in small towns and cities in MI, they are dissolving town councils and dismissing elected officials. there is no justification for such actions in this country and it is a violation of our basic constitutional rights. Hail to the dictators and would be tyrants who in the name of fiscal responsibility (as they give tax cuts to the rich and destroy the middle class) establish open ended dictatorships over towns. Who are these EFM’s the political cronies, incompetents etc… that Walker put on his state payroll until he got caught in WI? Beware people, the plutocrats, Murdogs and Kochroaches are coming for your town, your city. And then you will have the ultimate “taxation without representation”.

  • DANsonofGROVER

    what utter nonsense. Jon,once again shows what fools are elected to congress.

  • seek

    I don’t know who’s blog you are taking your unbelievable information from Carman, but I suggest you run a fact check on your nonsense. Not a word of your post is true. Besides, you are using “big” words incorrectly.

    For example, re-read your sentence: ” People forget, DEMOCRACIES die or can be killed by the rich and powerful who have no patience for having to deal with people.”

    what does that mean?

    Oh child – your post is bad, just downright bad.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Joseph-Glackin/100000892011713 Joseph Glackin

    notsofast said:
    FU and everyone who look s like you, son.

    Girlie-men who look like you should be careful when mentioning ‘effing.
    Some bull queer fresh from San Q could just find you irresistible.

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