Had to share this.
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A new report from the Homeland Security Department deems that New York City has no national icons that deserve special protection from potential terrorist threats…
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[QUOTE=Neil Gaiman, in his blog]
I keep finding myself wondering whether there’s a little footnote in the report somewhere explaining that New York did once have a National Landmark, but some people flew a couple of planes into it.
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[QUOTE=adopted]
Statue of Liberty granted, Wall Street also granted, both are **world icons ** and deservedly so, and I am sure there are other sites that deserve the status of icon, but to say that NYC is, in and of itself an icon is unblievably arrogant.
I do view certain areas as icons, (see Silicon Valley) but what makes NYC an Icon BY ITSELF?
Washington DC = symbol of democracy = icon
Statue of Liberty = symbol of freedom = icon
Wall Street = symbol of free enterprise = icon
Manhatten = symbol of consumerism = (questionable) icon
Chrysler Building = symbol of engineering excellence / technology = icon
New York = symbol of what?
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You do not believe that Great Cities can be World Icons? :rolleyes:
You sound ignorant, Manhattan is much more than Consumerism, it is Wall Street, Broadway, Central Part, the Museums, The Traffic, the tall Canyons of the skyscrapers, it is an idea and it is central to what makes NYC a World Icon.
Jim {By the way, you might want to download a free spell checker and use it, I use IeSpell 2.2}
[QUOTE=GIGObuster]
I’m now less concerned about this being an issue of an estate being blue or red, even Arizona had their funds cut:
However, even Republicans here are not buying the current explanations
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Sure Republicans are going to be vocal about this - it could divert attention away from the long list of things that they SHOULD be in an uproar about.
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Right, the administration had to find room for more tax cuts, unlike the other war against an evil axis, the funding for our defense in this war remains a joke.
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I don’t think Chertoff sets the budget. Pretty sure that’s Congress.
Half a billion, twice what LA got, and they whine about not getting another quarter billion this year? I hope someone is keeping track of what they’re spending it on.
[QUOTE=GIGObuster]
I’m now more worried about the news reporting that the data was incomplete for that matrix and decisions about who gets the money are made in secret…
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Does this administration do ANYTHING that’s not secret?
[QUOTE=GIGObuster]
As the saying goes: “Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.” Hard to do for this administration.
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Can’t… can’t it be both?
Seriously tho, I’m still unable to get worked up over this one - NSA, deficit, attacks on personal and religious freedoms, inept dealings with foreign leaders, etc. - and people are upset over NY getting the normal amount? Heck, 100 million here, 100 million there, pretty soon you’re talking some real money!
Thanks for finding that article.
Whoa! The Matrix on TNT now.
[QUOTE=Bobotheoptimist]
I don’t think Chertoff sets the budget. Pretty sure that’s Congress.
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Remember that Bush told the party that tax cuts were in order, no matter what. Not even a war has stopped congress to set tax cuts and at the same time “fund” a half assed defense.
I think you are ignoring the main issue right now: incomplete information was the reason for the complaints (but there is room for more mendacious reasons): “According to a Homeland Security worksheet which Sen. Chuck Schumer displayed Wednesday, May 31, New York has no national monuments or icons.”
We seem to agree more than what I thought.
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We seem to agree more than what I thought.
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I think what you’re saying is “the administration is screwed up and this proves it” while I’m saying “this administration is screwed up”
No, wait, that’s not in the spirit of this board…
How about -
Why do you hate America?
Well, Chertoff blinks:
(Those NY Post guys still have it with memorable headlines)
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New York City? It’s a symbol of freedom. It’s the big time. It’s where you are judged, not by the color of your skin, but the content of your character. In those few miles are the best and worst of Mankind. It is, as Rome was, the Eternal City, the shining hope of western civilization.
If you can make it there, you can make it anywhere.
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With or without national icons, I think a greater metropolitan area of 22MM people packed into a short stretch of coast, a handful of islands, and big sandbar is deserving of some careful consideration.
[QUOTE=E-Sabbath]
New York City? It’s a symbol of freedom. It’s the big time. It’s where you are judged, not by the color of your skin, but the content of your character. In those few miles are the best and worst of Mankind. It is, as Rome was, the Eternal City, the shining hope of western civilization.
If you can make it there, you can make it anywhere.
Say what you will, but no matter the category of human achievement, you will find the best there. Museums. Theater. Music. Technology. Business. Education. Anything.
That is New York. The Crossroads of the World.
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What? No bag of chips?
Heard on CBS-AM on the way into work: The CDC has also cut NYC’s bioterror money. Bloomberg claims serious politics. This one I really can’t understand. Remember, we were hit by that, too.
Wonder how much of this is just Karl Rove trying to make Hillary Clinton look bad.