4,881 innocent pedestrians were killed by motorists last year. I feel sorry for the lives lost on 9/11 but these people did nothing to deserve the money they received from the government.
First responders families got an average 1.1 million dollars than did victims. The average family received over 3 million dollars.
All this was paid out to avoid lawsuits against the airlines. I have no idea why the government felt a responsibility to protect the airlines against the possibility of loosing a suit. If they were negligent in some way, they should pay. But the precedent set by the government is a dangerous one.
To the best of my knowledge, we have never compensated victims of foreign aggression to this extent. There have been many hijackings, kidnappings and unlawful detainment of innocent Americans. Why did we decide to compensate some but not others?

No self respecting voter is going to "push this thug out". Most people believe that these paparatzi punks should have their cameras shoved up their buts. I don't care if you're Mike Wallace or a pretend journalist.
These people and their ilk pose a far greater threat to us than does some idiot congressman's overreaction. Maybe their next assignment should be to try the same thing or Sean Penn or Rush.
Stop treating these jerk "students" like they are poor innocent children. Watch for them on Fox news tomorrow crying about how they were almost rolled by a drunk, evil Democrat.

What a sissy this guy is. Can you imagine two kids with no credentials who refuse to tell their names or what organization they represent, sticking a camera and microphone in Dick Cheney's face?
Cheney and his body guards would have declared them threats to national security and decked them.
Both of them would still be laying in the street.
This has nothing to do with left or right wing politics. It has more to do with the politics of Big Media in the age of Face Book where everyone wants to be famous. These two "students" who were "working on a project" deserved to have their asses kicked. They wanted their 10 minutes of fame and they got it.