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To: Neocon who wrote (219443)	1/17/2002 1:15:00 PM
From: Thomas A Watson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

petitiononline.com News of rampant discontent over the statue within the FDNY's rank and file remained dormant until Jan 7, when retired New York City fireman Kevin O'Kane contacted NewsMax.com to complain that other media outlets refused to cover the controversy. NewsMax.com published the first stand-alone story anywhere on the statue flap the next day. The controversy has sparked outrage from coast-to-coast, with thousands registering their protest against racializing the statue in an online petiton at www.petitiononline.com/flgraise/petition.html Nearly 1,000 firefighters have signed another petition circulated throughout New York City firehouses to halt the statue's production. newsmax.com tom watson tosiwmee