Terrorism in Omaha

Higgledy-Piggledy
Homeland Security
Funds cut for targets D.-
C. and New York

States with tough Senate fights
Coincidentally
Saw increased funding--Of
Course, it's not pork.

The best statement I've read thus far about the seemingly bizarre allocation of Federal Antiterrorism funds came from New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg:

"We tried to do an analysis of some of the moneys and whether or not they were given out for political reasons, and in fact many of the places where they got money--but arguably there's no threat--there are close elections either at the Senate level or the House level. Now, whether that was their motive I have no idea."

An editorial in the New York Times highlights how ludricrous the funding priorities seem to be. Louisville and Omaha get increased funding while New York and Washington D.C. saw their funding slashed. It is beyond obvious that New York, D.C., Los Angeles, etc... are the most likely terror targets, and that if the federal government is going to fund anti-terrorism efforts, it should spend the money to protect the actual targets. But, of course, this is coming from a Homeland Security department that didn't seem to know that New Orleans was below sea level and in danger of flooding.