Bloomberg disinvites 9/11 first responders

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It is understandable, if not entirely justifiable, that New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has told the clergy to stay away from the tenth anniversary commemoration of the events of September 11, 2001. After all, Bloomie, despite his current political status (“independent”) and former affiliation with the Republican party, is as far left on the spectrum as you can get. He is simply following the liberal playbook, which states that religious figures at solemn events are strictly off-limits—unless they are Muslim.

What I can’t begin to understand is where Bloomberg gets off telling firefighters, policemen, and other "first responders" that due to “space constraints,” this special memorial ceremony will be limited to family members only (plus, of course, politicians).


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If a moderator wishes to move this into the other topic about evangelicals not being allowed, fine, however I think this is a better example of how out of touch Bloomberg is.

I think they're probably more pissed off about not getting cancer coverage, but yeah, Bloomberg's wrong on this one.

They're blood sucking gub'mnt workers! They're drinking the blood of the Job Creators! Now they want cancer treatment? How dare they! Be gone, vampires!

Were they ever invited in the first place? Surely they can't be disinvited if they were never invited in the first place.

But for every place taken up by a first responder, there would be one less place for a family member. So given the practical impossibility of accommodating everyone, choices have to be made.

Government is about setting priorities and making choices. It's easy to criticize when you don't have to do either.

Now I'm having second thoughts. Perhaps this was call was made for safety reasons, given the news of the credible terror threat in the area. It's probably prudent and necessary to have as many police and firefighters on hand, ready to go, just in case. If so, my apologies to Mayor Bloomberg. You know what they say about those who assume...