Put It Above Ground

9/11 STUDENT PROJECT

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 You’re Invited to Join Us…

For a Tuesday’s Children Special Event

Women of Strength

First Annual Awards & Celebration Luncheon

~ Honoring ~

Abigail Carter
Author, Alchemy of Loss
Christie Coombs
Founder, The Jeffrey Coombs Memorial
Foundation

Meaghan Coombs
Creator, Summers End
Concert Series

Mary Fetchet
Founding Director, Voices of September 11

Eileen Lynch
Inspiration for and Teacher of Creative Insight

Wednesday, November 5, 2008

Honoring women who have done extraordinary things in the wake of

September 11, 2001.

The luncheon and celebration will honor women whose resilience, insight, imagination, and commitment have been an inspiration to many.

12:00pm to 2:30pm

The Yale Club in the Grand Ballroom

50 Vanderbilt Avenue

New York, NY 10017

Tickets are $150 per person for premier seating
$100 per person for regular seating

Keynote Speaker:Mika Brzezinski MSNBC News Anchor & Television Personality

About Our Keynote Speaker Mika Brzezinski: Mika Brzezinski is a co-host of “Morning Joe” and an MSNBC anchor. Brzezinski also reports on “NBC Nightly News” and is an alternating news anchor for “Weekend Today.” Prior to joining MSNBC in January 2007, Brzezinski was an anchor of the “CBS Evening News Weekend Edition” and a CBS News correspondent who frequently contributed to “CBS Sunday Morning” and “60 Minutes.” Brzezinski joined CBS News in 1997 as the anchor of “CBS News Up To The Minute,” but took a short hiatus in 2000 to co-host MSNBC’s weekday afternoon program “Homepage.” In September 2001, she returned to CBS to become their principal “Ground Zero” reporter for the September 11, 2001 attacks.

For more information and to purchase tickets, please contact Nancy Byrnes

at 516-562-9000 or nancy@tuesdayschildren.org.

Tuesdays Children
390 Plandome Road Suite 217 Manhasset, New York 11030

Every day we hear more news of doom and gloom.More companies going bankrupt as the stock market continues to fall.

And we are definitely in for some tough times ahead as it does not look to get any better anytime soon.

At this point we only really have two options.

We could join the thousands who have already joined the National Pity Party and have basically given up on trying to work their way out of this mess.

The ones who are just sitting back and waiting for the Government to bail them out.

The ones who place the blame on everyone else and don’t feel that they should be called on to work their way out of this.

The ones who believe that our next President is going to really make a difference and that it is not going to cost us anything.

This same pie in the sky thinking is what got us into this situation in the first place.

Or we could actually take a page out of the books of our parents or grandparents (depending on how old you are) who lived through the Depression.

People who actually had to rough it just to make ends meet.

People who worked to get the country back on its feet even during its darkest hour.

Sure there were social programs, but most involved doing something in return.

My father even went to Washington state to work with the Civilian Conservation Corps.

He did anything he needed to do, as did my mother, to get through the tough times.

And they never forgot those days till the day they died.

That experience made them tougher and they were the better for it.

The problem that exists today is compounded by the fact that most of us never experienced those types of hard times.

We have created a political system where the majority of those making the decisions make 10 to 100 times what their constituents do.

Just look at the current election where well over a billion dollars will be spent by the candidates.

To bring this closer to home, over a million and a half dollars will be spent to win the Congressional seat on Staten Island.

Hell it’s not their money, they don’t care.

And you think that is going to change once they get into office? Just look at the current national debt.

So it is left to us.

We need to start thinking like those who lived during the Depression.

And start acting like men and women who want to make a difference and not like spoiled brats who are not much better than those we elect.

“God helps those who help themselves”

Maybe it’s time we did just that.

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THE CUT AND PASTE GENERATION

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THE COLOR OF FREEDOM

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Truth in Advertising…Not on the Campaign Trail

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9/11 memorial mural on Staten Island graced by sign from above

by Jamie Lee / Staten Island Advance

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Under the category of it can’t get any worse the Port Authority and Larry Silverstein are arguing over whether the land at Ground Zero has actually been turned over to Silverstein.The argument is over a steel and wooden retaining wall on the property.

Knowing Mr. Silverstein’s track record along with the PA’s dreadful history it appears that he will win this battle as well.

When all is said in done he will wind up not having to pay almost any rent on the property this year.

The rent for the year is $78 million and as of Monday the PA had already paid $44 million in late penalties ($300,000 a day)

If the PA keeps giving him non compliance excuses not to accept the property and he can hold out till the end of the year he would save himself another $26 million.

So he will wind up only having to pay $8 million of the original $78 million rent.

Not a bad deal but typical of the Port Authority.

Don’t you think that with something of this magnitude there should have been clearly defined parameters as to what was needed to complete the PA’s responsibility?

“BUT NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO”

As with almost everything else at Ground Zero schedules and responsibilities and agreements are always moving targets.

Whether it was with the recovery effort, the identification of remains or the memorial everything was done behind closed doors with timelines and definitions of responsibility changed when it suited those in charge.

Never a comprehensive plan while all the while claiming an open and transparent process.

Isn’t it ironic that after the Port Authority and the LMDC has thrown up walls to block all of our concerns over the past 7 years that a wall is coming back to bite them in the rear.

So instead of just taking down the wall they would rather argue and pay $300,000 a day.

To this we would like to paraphrase Ronald Reagan and say “Mr. Ward, Tear Down That Wall”

So we can get to the next delay……….

Where to Turn Update 10/8

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