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Firefighters Unveil Giuliani Inspired "Rudy Rat" in Orlando

Trish, Pensito Review AlterNet: PEEK. January 23, 2008.
"Firefighters hate Rudy's guts, and when you hear Rudy's name a four-letter word in a firehouse in New York City," says a deputy fire chief.

Giuliani Claims It Would Have Been "Impossible" to Give 9/11 Firefighters Working Radios

Amanda Terkel, Think Progress AlterNet: Video. December 23, 2007.
The firefighters on 9/11 were forced to use old equipment that had malfunctioned eight years earlier, during the 1993 attacks.

Firefighters Being Trained to Spy on US Citizens

Paddy, Brave New Films AlterNet: PEEK. November 24, 2007.
Paddy: This is just a set up for rampant abuse. Imagine all the ways this could be interpreted.

Giuliani Pays a NYC Fireman to Like Him

GottaLaff, Brave New Films AlterNet: PEEK. November 21, 2007.
GottaLaff: The only way Rudy can get support from firefighters, it seems, is to hire them.

NYC Council Member Agrees To Push Investigation of Giuliani and the 9/11 Firemen Radio Debacle [VIDEO]

Don Hazen, AlterNet. November 1, 2007.
Giuliani did nothing to improve the New York City Fire Department's radio performance for seven years after the 1993 World Trade Center attack.

Firefighters Believe In Global Warming, So Why Doesn't Bush?

GottaLaff, AlterNet: Environment. October 23, 2007.
GottaLaff: "Climate change has beat into us over the last ten or fifteen years," says firefighter Tom Boatner. "We know what we're seeing."

Rudy's 9/11 Failures of Leadership Exposed by Fire Fighters [VIDEO]

Adam Howard, AlterNet: Video. July 11, 2007.
Firefighters come out swinging against Rudy Giuliani in this much-anticipated short film produced by the International Association of Fire Fighters.