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ETWolverine |
06/01/06 |
The Department of Homeland Security slashed NY's terrorism security budget by 40%, while increasing the funding to such "high risk" areas as Jacksonville, FL, St. Louis, MO, Milwaukee, WI, Louisville, KY, and Omaha, NE. Their official reasoning in doing so was the lack of landmarks in NYC, as compared to the "higher risk" areas.
Huh?
Let's see here:
City: Jacksonville, FL,
Major Landmarks: Alltell Stadium, home of the Jacksonville Jaguars. (Yeah, there's a popular winning team for you.)
City: St. Louis, MO,
Major Landmarks: Gateway Arch (We have two of them over every McDonalds.)
City: Milwaukee, WI,
Major Landmarks: a bunch of beer breweries (and not much else).
City: Louisville, KY,
Major Landmarks: Churchill Downs Racetrack (and aside from the Kentuky Derby, the Kentuky Oaks and Breeders Cup meets, what exactly do they do with this "major landmark" the rest of the year?)
City: Omaha, NE.
Major Landmarks: Offut Air Force Base (Are they seriously telling us that a military base needs outside funding to provide security?)
And then there's New York:
Major Landmarks:
George Washington Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge
Manhattan Bridge
Verrazano-Narrows Bridge
Brooklyn Battery Tunnel
Holland Tunnel
Lincoln Tunnel
Penn Station
Grand Central Station/Grand Central Terminal
The MTA Subway System
Liberty Island/Statue of Liberty
Ellis Island
United Nations complex
New York Stock Exchange
American Stock Exchange
NASDAQ
Governor's Island
Lincoln Center
MOMA
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Guggenheim Museum
American Museum of Natural History/Hayden Planetarium
Whitney Museum of American Art
Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum
Saint Patrick's Cathedral
the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
Riverside Church
Temple Emanu-El (wouldn't that be a juicy target for Muslim terrorists)
Jewish Museum (another juicy target for Islamic terrorism)
Central Park
Rockefeller Center
Times Square
Herald Square
The Empire State Building
The Freedom Tower rebuilding site/World Trade Center/ World Trade Center Memorial
Yankee Stadium
Shea Stadium
Arthur Ashe Stadium
South Street Seaport
Carnegie Hall
Gracie Mansion
New York Public Library
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center
And many, many more.
The idea of cutting the security/anti-terrorism funding of a major city that has been the victim of two major terrorist attacks in the past 15 years is just rediculous, considering how target-rich this city is... with mostly "soft" targets. And to compound it with even more stupidity by increasing the funding to cities that have no serious targets of note, and state that NYC doesn't have any targets... that's just going overboard on the stupidity.
I don't agree with Chuck Schumer very often, but I agree with him on this one... this situation is just shockingly stupid. What the hell could Chertoff be thinking?
Elliot |
Clarification/Follow-up by excon on 06/01/06 9:32 pm:
Hello again, Elliot:
>>>I don't think Bush had anything to do with it.<<<
Uhhh, what was he doin when that decision was made, clearing brush?
When this administration does stuff you don't like, you absolve Bush and blame the underling. But, when it does stuff you like, then Bush is the guy who did it.
From my point of view, the responsibility for everything this administration does, good or bad, rests squarely on the shoulders of George Bush.
excon
Clarification/Follow-up by ETWolverine on 06/05/06 1:48 pm:
Excon,
Bush, like any good supervisor, stays out of the day-to-day operations of his underlings. Carter tried to micromanage his presidency and that is what caused the botched attempted Iran hostage rescue that was the banner for his failed presidency (though it was hardly the only example of micromanagement in his tenure). Bush let's people do their jobs and assumes they are competent to do those jobs until proven otherwise. That's how effective managers manage.
>>>But, when it does stuff you like, then Bush is the guy who did it.<<<
No, sometimes its Condi or Rummy.
But (and follow this logic closely) when things go according to plan, it is usually because they followed Bush's orders and did what was required of them. When something goes wrong, it is usually because someone FAILED to follow Bush's instructions. Thus, the credit SHOULD go to Bush for his effective leadership and decision making, while the blame SHOULD be placed on the shoulders of those who failed to follow his instructions and went out on their own.
>>>From my point of view, the responsibility for everything this administration does, good or bad, rests squarely on the shoulders of George Bush.<<<
That is why you are not in a position of leadership, and Bush is.
Elliot
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