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I saw this piece of news on Atrios this morning, and then caught it on headlines on papers on the way to work. New York has had its federal funding for the 'Great and Holy War on a Human Emotion' cut, nay slashed, by the DHS. Here's a fun part from ABC:

"New York has no national monuments or icons, according to the Department of Homeland Security form obtained by ABC News. 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 M*rdoch-owned New York Post even went with "Washington to New York: Terror? What Terror?"

This sort of thing has been going on since The Day Everything Changed. It's happening on a different scale altogether in Louisiana and Afghanistan right now; apparently they don't have any iconic landmarks either.