Friday, June 02, 2006
Charlotte, Omaha to NYC and Washington:Tough Luck
The New York Times reports that authorities in places like Charlotte, NC and Omaha NE got big increases in their "Homeland Security" budgets at the expense of cuts to NYC and Washington DC for the same things.
I have got to wonder...are the cities where we Greens are either in control or have great influence taking this money, stolen from current human needs and our grandchildren's future, or are they doing the right thing and refusing to take federal dollars for projects they don't need? Has Arcata, CA used Homeland Defense money to buy themselves veggie oil powered armored Hummers? Has New Platz used that money which should go to other purposes to buy the village bomb sniffing bumble bees? Or, cross my fingers, are these and other Greens standing up and admitting that their communities are less realistic targets, and as such would rather see the federal dollars spent elsewhere or on other projects?
Because I don't really know what does and does not constitute "fair use" I won't copy and paste the article here. Try the link above, and if that doesn't work, that means that the NYT took it down or set it up so you have to pay to see it.
Nothing behind the "Read more!" link on this one.
I have got to wonder...are the cities where we Greens are either in control or have great influence taking this money, stolen from current human needs and our grandchildren's future, or are they doing the right thing and refusing to take federal dollars for projects they don't need? Has Arcata, CA used Homeland Defense money to buy themselves veggie oil powered armored Hummers? Has New Platz used that money which should go to other purposes to buy the village bomb sniffing bumble bees? Or, cross my fingers, are these and other Greens standing up and admitting that their communities are less realistic targets, and as such would rather see the federal dollars spent elsewhere or on other projects?
Because I don't really know what does and does not constitute "fair use" I won't copy and paste the article here. Try the link above, and if that doesn't work, that means that the NYT took it down or set it up so you have to pay to see it.
Nothing behind the "Read more!" link on this one.
// posted by Gregg Jocoy @ 3:08 PM 
