Friday, June 02, 2006

Page 1 News (06/02)


  • Your Dept. of Homeland Security at work for you: DHS has cut terrorism-prevention funds to New York City and Washington, D.C., by nearly 40 percent, granting more to Montana than it did to the nation's capital, despite the fact that it's home to the White House, the Capitol, FBI headquarters and many national monuments. DHS said New York "had itself to blame" for the cuts because the city "failed to properly fill out the application"(!) and because New York has "no national monuments or icons." Yeah, we used to have some -- but the terrorists blew 'em all up. (WP)

  • Sorry 'Bout That: In a sweeping new study of the causes of the disaster in New Orleans, the Army Corps of Engineers concludes that the levees it built in the city were an incomplete and inconsistent patchwork of protection, flawed in design and construction, and not built to handle a hurricane anywhere near the size of Katrina. Other than that -- perfection! (AP)

  • Eating Crow: Lance Armstrong says in a new interview that he actually "hated racing" late in his career. That's funny, because all of America has always felt that way but was just pretending to be interested it for you. (Reuters)

  • Blowing Gas: Exxon gasoline is totally not gay. (PinkNews)




    • Posted by Kenneth M. Walsh at 9:00 AM



    2 comments:

    Anonymous said...

    Quote: "DHS said New York 'had itself to blame' for the cuts because the city 'failed to properly fill out the application'(!) and because New York has 'no national monuments or icons.'"

    Ummm...the Empire State Building? The U.N.? Times Square? The NY Stock Exchange? Rockefeller Center? The Metropolitan Museum? Lincoln Center? The Chrysler Building?

    That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard.

    6:34 AM
    Lavi Soloway said...

    Folks, when will we ever learn. DHS is not giving us money because New York has "no important Republican assets that need to be pumped full of cash so that Republicans can buy some votes." The only Republicans I can think of is the Mayor who supports gay marriage and stem cell research.

    9:48 AM

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