NY is only one of the seven ports on the list, they stretch the entire eastern seaboard.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 1:09 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Bush's First Veto? > > Not really. The Bush administration has shown time and again that it cares > nothing for NY. Has it given NY the money it promised for 9/11 rebuilding? > No. Has it given NY a realistic share of the homeland security budget as a > first responder and a prime target? Not in the least. I can go on and on > but > the bottom line is that the Bush administration, if not Bush himself just > does not look at NY as a place he wants to give anything too. The move on > the ports is just another example. > > But lets take a conspiracy theory approach. NY is a prime target. 9/11 > caused Bush to gain and push for huge amounts of power in many areas. If > there was another 9/11 then Bush would have an excuse to stay in office > longer, make more changes, whatever. Now how do you 'help' cause a > terrorist > attack without actually helping the terrorists. How about weaken the prime > terrorist target. Keep them from getting much needed cash. Make them waste > money and energy on false terrorist warnings. Do whatever is needed to > leave > a door, no matter how small, for NY to be attacked again. And when it is > attacked, cry on national TV over how America needs a strong leader and > changing leaders while in the middle of this new war on terrorism is a bad > idea, etc, etc, etc. > Is this a conspiracy theory rooted only in fiction? Not at all. The only > thing not provable is that Bush is weakening NY to help out terrorists.On > the other hand, it is easily provable that he (or at least his > administration) is keeping NY down. This veto is just another in a loooong > line. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:197718 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
