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Posted on 06/01/2006 1:08:49 PM PDT by Buck Ninety-Nine

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To: Texasforever
90% of the population in both cities sees the administration as a bigger threat than terrorists so they should feel safer now. Right?

I bet that the "90% of the population in both cities" didn't even vote for Bush period. It's a no-win sitution.

151 posted on 06/02/2006 12:30:48 AM PDT by BigSkyFreeper (There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity.)
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To: oceanview
they have basically turned federal homeland security spending - into pork projects for local governments all across the country.

Yeah, cities like New York City are mad their money stream is being cut. Like Hillary said, the money wasn't getting to the first responders in New York.

152 posted on 06/02/2006 12:33:16 AM PDT by BigSkyFreeper (There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity.)
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To: Buck Ninety-Nine
There are EIGHT MILLION New Yorkers. Can you narrow that down to WHICH ones you're speaking of?

The 7.5 million who re-elected Senator's Schumer and Clinton after 9/11. You know? The same two senators who were most vocal about not getting enough money.

153 posted on 06/02/2006 12:37:32 AM PDT by BigSkyFreeper (There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity.)
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To: Buck Ninety-Nine
Hey President Bush: Don't even think about another photo-op beside that large open grave in lower Manhattan.

All the more reason for him to go there again. Disjointed liberal scumbags with their Joe Boxer's in a twist like you are highly entertaining.

154 posted on 06/02/2006 12:42:05 AM PDT by BigSkyFreeper (There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity.)
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To: CFC__VRWC
Twenty years and countless tens of billions of dollars later, that grave will still be open, and people like you will still be blaming us for it.

It's "The Big Dig" all over again.

155 posted on 06/02/2006 12:43:58 AM PDT by BigSkyFreeper (There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity.)
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To: Buck Ninety-Nine
The document said the region had no "national monuments or icons."

Correct.  The Statue Of Liberty is on the NJ side of Staten Island.  New York uses their side as a landfill.   Not exactly a national monument.

156 posted on 06/02/2006 12:56:23 AM PDT by BigSkyFreeper (There is no alternative to the GOP except varying degrees of insanity.)
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To: P8riot

>>>>Learn something new everyday. I always assumed it was part of NY

That is ok. But it ISN'T ok for the NYC Mayor to think that :)


157 posted on 06/02/2006 2:29:37 AM PDT by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: dangus
If we are going to zot Bloomberg, I can be persuaded!

:)
158 posted on 06/02/2006 2:30:37 AM PDT by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: joylyn

"New York gets about $2 per person in anti-terrorism funds. North Dakota gets about $17 per person."

That is such an incredibley lame argument. The same logic is used by the liberals and others who want to abolish the electoral college (well California has this many people per electoral vote while Wyoming has this many people per electoral vote.) It's also basically the same stuff we hear to justify Al Franken's low ratings (well, who cares what his overall numbers are, he has this rating in this specific market in this age group.)

New York has what, about 30-something million people? As opposed to how many in North Dakota? Instead of the per person garbage, just tell me how much New York gets as opposed to North Dakota. I'm sure it's not comparable.


159 posted on 06/02/2006 2:41:05 AM PDT by NapkinUser (Why isn't there a 'virtual fence' around the White House?)
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To: firebrand

>>>>Now how about maintaining your part of it?

Sorry, we are way too busy paying 65,000 a year for a dog to chase geese :P

:)


160 posted on 06/02/2006 3:42:53 AM PDT by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: Buck Ninety-Nine

Hmmmmmm. I heard that when NYC officials where asked what they would do with the money, they responded, "Ummm...Buy more garbage trucks?"


161 posted on 06/02/2006 3:50:36 AM PDT by patton (What the heck just happened, here?)
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To: patton

Were you joking? Or do you actually know Newark NJ DID do that!

No kidding.


http://www.americansforprosperity.org/index.php?id=1445
Nationwide “Ending Earmarks Express” Visits Newark to Criticize City’s Use of Homeland Security Funds to Buy Garbage Trucks


162 posted on 06/02/2006 4:00:41 AM PDT by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: Calpernia

No, and yes. ;)


163 posted on 06/02/2006 4:03:00 AM PDT by patton (What the heck just happened, here?)
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To: firebrand


Sorry Firebrand, I said 65,000 in post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1641927/posts?page=160#160

It was 45,000.



http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:IxDepbal-gIJ:204.157.1.201/~edward/forum/showthread.php%3Ft%3D2937%26page%3D3%26pp%3D15+liberty+state+park+dog+chase+geese&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=1
Senate Panel Faults Handling of Funds at Statue of Liberty

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>>>Mr. Bell's panel also concluded that the foundation, created in 1982 to raise money for the restoration of the Statue of Liberty after years of neglect, needed to reassess its mission, role and future, and take steps to improve its overall management structure.

In addition to concerns about salaries, the congressional investigators raised concerns about certain expenses the foundation had incurred, such as $45,000 a year for a dog to chase geese away on the islands, and a recent licensing agreement they said the foundation entered into allowing a company to market whiskey in bottles shaped like the Statue of Liberty.<<<<


164 posted on 06/02/2006 5:33:45 AM PDT by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: Jameison

Here's what Neal Boortz had to say about this:



NEW YORK'S ARROGANCE

By now I'm sure you have heard that there is no small amount of angst over plans by the Homeland Security Secretariat to reduce by some amount the flow of anti-terrorism funds into New York City in favor of some other locations in the country. Now ... bear this in mind: New York City will still get more anti-terrorism funds than any other state or local government entity in the nation. It's just that for those in New York City, it's not enough.

There are people in Europe who think that once they've hopped on a plane, flown across the ocean, and spent three days in New York City, they've seen America. Sadly, there are quite a few people in New York who would agree with them. To them America disappears when you travel more than 30 miles from Times Square.

Charles Schumer .. heard of him? He's New York's senior senator. He is spitting fire over the diversion of some anti-terrorism funds to POTNY ... Places Other Than New York. When he discovered that some of those funds would be channeled to Georgia he had this little gem of a quote:

"Other states that have very little problems got an increase, Georgia got a 40 percent increase. Somehow this administration thinks that Georgia peanut farmers are more at risk than the Empire State Building. Something is dramatically wrong."

So ... there you go. Georgia is all about peanut farmers. Yankee arrogance and stupidity rears its head yet again. So, not that he'll ever hear it, I have a little message for Senator Schumer:

Senator. First of all, the money is allocated to the City of Atlanta, not to the State of Georgia. last time I checked there were no peanut farmers in Atlanta, though you will find peanuts at Atlanta Braves Baseball games. The Braves, senator. Perhaps you've heard of them. Your Mets have finished the last 14 seasons sniffing the Braves' hind quarters. We also have an airport in Atlanta, Senator Schumer. Perhaps you've heard of Hartsfield International Airport? Do we need to remind you that the terrorist attacks of 9/11 were launched from busy airports? Well, ours is the busiest. Hartsfield is busier than LaGuardia and busier than Kennedy. Prettier too, with friendlier people. In fact, Hartsfield is busier than any other airport anywhere in the world. This ain't peanuts, senator. Airports need to be watched and protected, and the largest in the world could very well need more attention than it's getting right now. Something else, Senator Schumer. You do know that terrorists might use biological weapons, don't you? Ever heard of the CDC? The Centers for Disease Control? The CDC is here in Atlanta. You'll find it right in the middle of a peanut field just two miles east of downtown. Just where do you think much of the important research in bio-terrorism is being handled? That's right, the CDC. I don't know if the CDC does any work on peanut allergies. Perhaps you could have one of your staffers check on that. Get back to us on that one, will you? Oh, and by the way ... we have tall buildings in Atlanta too, senator. And they're not peanut storage facilities. They house the offices of many of the nation's Fortune 500 companies. Some of them are even tall enough to have elevators. I'm not in the apology game, Senator Schumer, so I'm not asking for one from you. I did just want to point out that you did an exemplary job of showing your ass with that statement about Georgia and peanut farmers. Thanks for fortifying the image that so many Americans have of people from New York.

http://boortz.com/nuze/index.html


165 posted on 06/02/2006 6:09:02 AM PDT by CSM ("Most men's inappropriate thoughts end as soon as the girl talks..." - Dinsdale, 5/30/06)
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To: Buck Ninety-Nine
Hey President Bush: Don't even think about another photo-op beside that large open grave in lower Manhattan.

Didn't New York try to build a politically correct Memorial at that site? Which was to show that we, in effect, deserved the attack via the "moral equivalence" scam?

166 posted on 06/02/2006 7:12:39 AM PDT by Donald Rumsfeld Fan ("fake but accurate": NY Times)
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To: NapkinUser

I was responding to a poster who said that funds had been doled out proportionately to the states. But you tell me how many people in North Dakota have died from terrorist attacks. How many plots have been exposed? How many underground cells are known to exist?

New Yorkers hear constantly about other states getting federal aid for tornado and hurricane damage, earthquakes, flood control and relief, and so on. No one expects that we are going to get the same level of aid when we haven't suffered those things -- although we may suffer some of these natural disasters in the future and need to be prepared.

We in New York regularly pay more in federal taxes than we get back. I guess I'm not surprised that people in small states find this eminently fair. But when I hear about towns and cities using homeland security money to buy new fire trucks, it sounds like pork to me. (What this has to do with Al Franken, I can't imagine.)


167 posted on 06/02/2006 7:31:55 AM PDT by joylyn
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To: MarDav
But for now, let's just misspend money, argue about pork, and get back to doing what we do best--bicker among ourselves while our enemy readies himself.

Sorry for the rant...like I said, I have a lot of family and friends up in the NYC area...some of them are liberal...and some of them are conservative...

Unfortunately the Blue State vs. Red State divide has become to great for what you suggest. I see a civil war in the near future.

168 posted on 06/02/2006 7:32:21 AM PDT by Donald Rumsfeld Fan ("fake but accurate": NY Times)
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To: NapkinUser
"Attacking NYC would accomplish many of their goals, attacking Omaha NE (which im sure is a very nice little city) would have a miminal effect."

Minimal effect? Have you not noticed the gigantic effect that just under 3,000 deaths on September 11, 2001 in New York had on this country? Terrorists could easily kill that many people in Omaha, Nebraska and Louisville, Kentucky.

I wasn't trivalizing the attacks in NYC on 9/11. I live close enough from NYC to know a few people who had lost someone that day. I was mearly stating that an attack on Wall Street would be much worse for the USA.

I understand the hostility from people regarding NYC due to the fact that liberals outnumber conservatives in the city 6 to 1. Instead of cutting funds to punish the liberals, perhaps the better method is to have federal oversight on exactly where this money goes instead of stupid block grants. NYC is the prime #1 terrorist target and needs to be protected as such.
169 posted on 06/02/2006 8:12:24 AM PDT by ccc_jr (Si vis pacem, para bellum - Flavius Vegetius Renatus c. 375 AD)
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To: BigSkyFreeper

in NYC it was - New York City has an anti-terror program, consisting of personnel and equipment - that surpasses what federal capabilities are in many areas.


170 posted on 06/02/2006 10:39:34 AM PDT by oceanview
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To: Neets

Hey FU, tell us about your cyber sex!


171 posted on 06/03/2006 1:14:10 AM PDT by Central Scrutiniser (No one censors speech they agree with.)
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To: Central Scrutiniser

While you're at it Frank, why don't you tell everyone how you were an AntiFreeper....before you weren't.

Antics like yours make you the whiney DUmmy that you are.

Go drink some more Ripple and stop berating people who can't come back and defend themselves.


172 posted on 06/03/2006 6:18:46 AM PDT by dansangel
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To: redhead

??? Why is your screen name in the key words? Very strange.


173 posted on 06/03/2006 8:02:23 AM PDT by FixedandDilated
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To: FixedandDilated
"??? Why is your screen name in the key words? Very strange."

Mistaken identity. One of the mods thought I was the "redhead" troll from Clown Posse. It has been rectified. Apologies have been made and accepted.

174 posted on 06/03/2006 9:38:15 AM PDT by redhead (The REAL redhead -- not the lefty imitation.)
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To: Monkey Face; JRios1968; NonLinear; sully777; FriendDownUnder; SquirrelKing; IYellAtMyTV; ...

What's this all about?

Zotland the Craven


Some guidelines for posting on this thread.
Some highlights of this thread.
Spawn of the Undead Thread:
The July Chronicles
Ping!

FReepmail sionnsar if you want on or off the ping list.
This is a low volume ping list (every few days).

Read: The June Chronicles

175 posted on 06/30/2006 4:10:15 PM PDT by sionnsar (†trad-anglican.faithweb.com† |Iran Azadi| SONY: 5yst3m 0wn3d - N0t Y0urs | NYT: The Jihadis' Journal)
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To: All; y'all

Hope this will do. The pickings were slim...


176 posted on 06/30/2006 4:11:09 PM PDT by sionnsar (†trad-anglican.faithweb.com† |Iran Azadi| SONY: 5yst3m 0wn3d - N0t Y0urs | NYT: The Jihadis' Journal)
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To: sionnsar

Not too shabby...

Dibs on the master room down the hall--the one with the marble fireplace...8^)


177 posted on 06/30/2006 4:11:37 PM PDT by rzeznikj at stout (ASCII and ye shall receive... (Computers 3:14))
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To: sionnsar
Right on. Many to Zots to choose from. This one is good.

Thanks for the ping!

178 posted on 06/30/2006 4:13:27 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: rzeznikj at stout; Buck Ninety-Nine
Courtesy of Buck Ninety-Nine.
179 posted on 06/30/2006 4:13:32 PM PDT by sionnsar (†trad-anglican.faithweb.com† |Iran Azadi| SONY: 5yst3m 0wn3d - N0t Y0urs | NYT: The Jihadis' Journal)
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To: sionnsar

I'm in..

YES!!!


Very nice by the way, thanks.


180 posted on 06/30/2006 4:13:58 PM PDT by EsmeraldaA
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To: sionnsar; Buck Ninety-Nine

Also--thanks for the gold inlay and the expanded bar!!


181 posted on 06/30/2006 4:14:36 PM PDT by rzeznikj at stout (ASCII and ye shall receive... (Computers 3:14))
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To: sionnsar

Slim?!!! Well, I will have to trust you.

I haven't been able to hunt much lately...


182 posted on 06/30/2006 4:14:41 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
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To: sionnsar
The Bunitty likes dead things.

And if they are not already dead he likes making them that way.

:Opens cage door:

183 posted on 06/30/2006 4:14:48 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (The bottom 60% does 40% of the work, the top 40% does 60% of the work. Just who are the "workers"?)
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To: redhead

Hiya, Kiddo! The UT just took over this thread for the month of July! How about THEM apples???

(And yes, you ARE the REAL redhead!)


184 posted on 06/30/2006 4:15:38 PM PDT by Monkey Face
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To: sionnsar; redhead

Funny you should post it for July, just behind my real sister...*snort*


185 posted on 06/30/2006 4:17:07 PM PDT by Monkey Face
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Whaat? You let the bunitty out and the thread dies...or was that me that killed it?


186 posted on 06/30/2006 4:19:06 PM PDT by Monkey Face
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To: sionnsar

Ok.. I'll do my usual making-fun-of-zotted-troll thing...


187 posted on 06/30/2006 4:19:12 PM PDT by Irish_Thatcherite (A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!|The IRA are actually terrorists, any questions?)
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To: Monkey Face

Maybe it was just napping?


188 posted on 06/30/2006 4:20:18 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (The bottom 60% does 40% of the work, the top 40% does 60% of the work. Just who are the "workers"?)
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To: Buck Ninety-Nine

You're too boring to make fun of!!


189 posted on 06/30/2006 4:20:44 PM PDT by Irish_Thatcherite (A vote for Bertie Ahern is a vote for Gerry Adams!|The IRA are actually terrorists, any questions?)
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To: rzeznikj at stout; Monkey Face; stephenjohnbanker; troll
Admin Mod to Trolls: “Drop Dead”



Kim to trorrs: Dlop eblyting an get Kim ploglam. Maybe you no be website rooza if you got beeg bucks, ok?

Sown rike somebody need a pran fo rife. Dey crick homepage, get hooked up. Eet wuk fo you John Keddy: who beat dat?

190 posted on 06/30/2006 4:22:29 PM PDT by Das Outsider (Kim you daddy, ok?)
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To: sionnsar
Hi, sionnsar.

Not too bad. Needs some shrubbery, though.


191 posted on 06/30/2006 4:22:53 PM PDT by SandyInSeattle (Official RKBA Landscaper and Arborist, Duchess of Green Leafy Things)
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To: rjp2005
The whole Island is a target.

Unlike, say, Oklahoma City, for example.

192 posted on 06/30/2006 4:23:47 PM PDT by AmishDude (I am the King Nut.)
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To: Das Outsider

Hello, Stranger...
When did you decide to let Kim out of his hole? I thought he was hiding from Maddy...?


193 posted on 06/30/2006 4:24:54 PM PDT by Monkey Face
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To: sionnsar

It's...UNDEAD!!!

194 posted on 06/30/2006 4:25:24 PM PDT by JRios1968 (There's 3 kinds of people in this world...those who know math and those who don't.)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

Ah. OK. I can buy that. I think.


195 posted on 06/30/2006 4:26:23 PM PDT by Monkey Face
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To: SandyInSeattle

Very good, Sandy! We need some color!


196 posted on 06/30/2006 4:27:01 PM PDT by Monkey Face
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To: Das Outsider
Better tell Kim that all this talk about "firing off a big missile" just makes him look like he has issues. :)
197 posted on 06/30/2006 4:27:16 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (The bottom 60% does 40% of the work, the top 40% does 60% of the work. Just who are the "workers"?)
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To: Monkey Face
Well it had just moved. You know how moving can tire you out.

BTW you found a new place yet?

198 posted on 06/30/2006 4:29:03 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (The bottom 60% does 40% of the work, the top 40% does 60% of the work. Just who are the "workers"?)
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

LOL!


199 posted on 06/30/2006 4:29:11 PM PDT by Monkey Face
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To: Monkey Face

I love bougainvilla. Too bad it doesn't do well up here.


200 posted on 06/30/2006 4:29:16 PM PDT by SandyInSeattle (Official RKBA Landscaper and Arborist, Duchess of Green Leafy Things)
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