This woman makes me sick. She was on the Colbert Report tonight, and i was hoping that at C would take her down a notch. I can't believe he let her slide. Is everyone aware of her role in risking the lives of americans in the days following 9-11? sadly, i wasn't until i saw the dvd about the 9-11 coverup. Here's a little paragraph from wiki, which matches what i've heard.

On May 20, 2003 she resigned her position, effective June 27 of that year. Some have questioned her role in the alleged coverup of the toxic chemicals in the air around Ground Zero after the September 11, 2001 terror attacks on New York City though the reason she gave was to spend time with her family. As for the September 11 environmental crisis, Whitman appeared twice in New York City after the attacks to inform New Yorkers that no threat was posed to their health by toxins released by the attacks, contrary to EPA's own conclusions. It is later shown that the EPA knew that the levels of asbestos, dioxins, PCBs , and heavy metals released by the destruction of the World Trade Center were at horrendously high levels, but Whitman refused to release the information at the behest of the White House.

[back to me]. The reason she said it was safe was to trick people into going back to work at wallstreet. Cleanup workers were NOT ALLOWED to wear masks, b/c it would instill fear in other people. I forget the numbers, but there are now large numbers of people suffering from severe illnesses b/c of her actions.

back to wiki:

On February 2, 2006, U.S. District Court Judge Deborah A. Batts issued a ruling rejecting Whitman's request for immunity in a 2004 class action lawsuit brought by a group who claimed exposure to hazardous debris from the collapse of the World Trade Center. The judge stated that "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," and called Whitman's actions "conscience-shocking." [1]

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She sickens me on so many levels. when she said she was for the enviroment, my stomach churned. And i didn't even know this tidbit from wiki:

As head of the EPA, she made headlines for disavowing (with the President) the validity of a government-commissioned report suggesting a human contribution to global warming. It is later proven that Whitman cooperated with White House efforts to edit and rewrite the report to remove all references to global warming, and to replace an National Academy of Sciences study proving the human component of global warming with results from an American Petroleum Institute study that challenged the very existence of global warming. The media is consistent in its portrayal of Whitman as a moderate, even liberal maverick constantly at odds with the others in the Bush administration. However, many observers see Whitman as being as corporate-friendly and as hostile to the environment as the rest of the administration; as Mike Casey of the Environmental Working Group says, Whitman was "an active part of the Presidential wrecking ball."

[me]. I wasn't going to include that 2nd part, but it nicely illustrates tuna's trademarked "liberal media". there's no way she's moderate. why, b/c she believes in abortion adn gay rights? that makes you human, not liberal (well, less so with abortion. i suppose i'm not that enraged by pro choice people per se).

I hate this woman.