Attention New York: You Are Not Worth Saving

This just disgusts me on all levels. What, is Ann "New Yorkers are Cowards" Coulter now working for the Department of Homeland Security?

No Icons, No Monuments Worth Protecting (bolds mine)

New York has no national monuments or icons, according to the Department of Homeland Security form obtained by ABC News. (Click here for the actual document.) That was a key factor used to determine that New York City should have its anti-terror funds slashed by 40 percent--from $207.5 million in 2005 to $124.4 million in 2006.

The formula did not consider as landmarks or icons: The Empire State Building, The United Nations, The Statue of Liberty and others found on several terror target hit lists. It also left off notable landmarks, such as the New York Public Library, Times Square, City Hall and at least three of the nation's most renowned museums: The Guggenheim, The Metropolitan and The Museum of Natural History.

The form ignored that New York City is the capital of the world financial markets and merely stated the city had four significant bank assets.

I guess all that "We Love New York" support from America is dead and buried, huh? What a difference a few years and a President make. I guess they've also forgotten how hard the American economy was hit after the WTC crumbled.

I'm actually not all that surprised to see the U.N. not listed... we all know the Bush Administration would love to see that building wiped out. And yeah, the Statue of Liberty needs to go as well... it's French, after all, and it's giving too many of them uppity foreigners ideas about... *shudder* coming to America, or somethin'.

The formula did note a commuter population of more than 16 million around the city twice struck by fundamentalist terrorists and twice more targeted in plots halted in pre-operational stages. It noted the more than eight million residents and the largest rail ridership in the nation - more than five million. It is those commuters and rail riders who are expected to suffer most from the cuts since mass transit is listed on most DHS alerts as the top terror target.

So... New Yorkers lives are not worth saving. Go ahead and blow up the subways, terrorists! Somewhere, Ann Coulter is masturbating and moaning like a Stegosaurus stuck in the La Brea tarpits.

The report lists as classified "visitors of interest destination city," immigration cases, suspicious incidents and FBI cases. New York City is home to the largest FBI field office in the country, which actively monitors 24/7 the Iranian Mission. The city has also had the most significant terror trials in the nation and is home to one of the largest air hubs in the nation.

And yet, it is still not worth saving.

Even after 9/11.

You know something? I don't want to hear George fucking Bush utter "September the Eleventh" one more goddamn time. He's shoved that date in our face since the day after the attacks, and exploited it ever since, like a fucking freakshow barker. But when it comes to actually supporting the people that were affected by the attack, he couldn't give a good goddamn. Perhaps if Bush and these bastards at the DHS had to smell the destruction and breathe in fellow New Yorkers for weeks after the towers fell like we did, they wouldn't be so fucking callous.

Of course, I'm probably giving them too much credit.

I guess if New York wants that money, they'd better put up a statue of Dubya pretty fucking quick.

Damn these people. God damn them.

(Energy dome tip to Crooks & Liars, who remember that the Right is happy to use the Empire State Building when they want to fend off Chickenhawk accusations.)

(U-G-L-Y, you ain't got no cross-post, you're just ugly...)