Fuck you, you fucking fucks
SO in case you didn't know, BBD HQ is right here in the belly of the beast, New York Fucking City. I suppose there are all kinds of things to be said for other places in the country, but I'm going to come down right now and say: this is the greatest goddamned city ever. New York City. God I love New York. I know that the rest of the country doesn't always love us, and we're totally fine with that because we don't really love you so much all the time either.
Over a decade ago we had this thing - some crazy guys tried to blow up the World Trade Center. They wanted to destabilize the base and were hoping the towers would then topple over, which is actually sort of funny. But that plan failed and they only blew up the garage and killed a few people. Then about five years ago, some more crazy assholes decided they would try to knock over those same buildings. It must have been the terrorist final exam or something. Those guys, in case you haven't heard, succeeded.
The federal government decided that this was the most important thing that had ever happened in the history of mankind, and everything began to change. We entered the bizarro nightmare world we now all know and love. From time to time, some representatives of this federal government will swing by to look at where those buildings used to be, or hold a convention nearby in order to remind people of something they are not likely to forget, or even just mention the date that the buildings crashed down over and over and over like a weird brainwashing mantra.
Apparently, however, they really don't care about us or actually protecting us, only the fear our tragedy can inspire in others. It's sort of weird, really. Republicans don't seem to be very interested in doing anything about real, live people. But if you haven't been born yet, are in a permanent vegetative state, or died on the right day, they are fucking obsessed with you. Basically if you can't speak for yourself, they're really happy to speak for you.
This is all leading me to the thing that has got me so fucking steamed it's taken two days to write about it. The goddamn Department of Homeland Security, the incompetent, overreaching, disorganized and yet still quasi-fascist assholes that they are, have decided that New York, my pride and joy, our gateway to the world, the jewel in the crown of the most powerful country in the history of the world, the (by every estimate, ever) number one target for every terrorist and crazy asshole in the world, should have its Federal counter-terrorism funding slashed by 40%. So that other places, like Memphis and Louisville and who-the-fuck-cares-ville can get bigger grants. Presumably to fight back the terrorists that are freaking dying to put an end to that symbol of all things American, Graceland. The levels of outrage on this are so many that I need to get some work done instead of dwell. But consider that in addition to saying that we had NO NATIONAL MONUMENTS OR ICONS (um, off the top of my head places that every single person in the entire world has heard of: Statue of Liberty, Empire State Building, Wall Street & the NYSE, Times Square, the Brooklyn Bridge. And that's not getting into 2nd tier but still big-time like Yankee Stadium, Ellis Island, Madison Square Garden, Macy's, the Chrysler Building, GROUND FUCKING ZERO, Central Park, Rockerfeller Center, Coney Island, Grand Central Station, do I need to keep going?) they also said that our anti-terrorism plans suck.
Now I'm not the biggest fan of the NYPD, but know that they are actually one of the most professional, best run and best trained police forces in the country. Counter-terrorism experts and representatives from cities worldwide come to NY to learn about what we're doing. We are on the cutting fucking edge of this shit. DHS, on the other hand, are the ones who did such a bang-up job in New Orleans. And now they say we don't know what we're doing and they know better. Not only that, but because they've decided that we spent our money unwisely we now have to get permission to spend money we already have. Which will most likely have the effect of making us less safe and more broke.
Assholes.
PS - Washington DC also got its money cut by 40%. Assholes.
Over a decade ago we had this thing - some crazy guys tried to blow up the World Trade Center. They wanted to destabilize the base and were hoping the towers would then topple over, which is actually sort of funny. But that plan failed and they only blew up the garage and killed a few people. Then about five years ago, some more crazy assholes decided they would try to knock over those same buildings. It must have been the terrorist final exam or something. Those guys, in case you haven't heard, succeeded.
The federal government decided that this was the most important thing that had ever happened in the history of mankind, and everything began to change. We entered the bizarro nightmare world we now all know and love. From time to time, some representatives of this federal government will swing by to look at where those buildings used to be, or hold a convention nearby in order to remind people of something they are not likely to forget, or even just mention the date that the buildings crashed down over and over and over like a weird brainwashing mantra.
Apparently, however, they really don't care about us or actually protecting us, only the fear our tragedy can inspire in others. It's sort of weird, really. Republicans don't seem to be very interested in doing anything about real, live people. But if you haven't been born yet, are in a permanent vegetative state, or died on the right day, they are fucking obsessed with you. Basically if you can't speak for yourself, they're really happy to speak for you.
This is all leading me to the thing that has got me so fucking steamed it's taken two days to write about it. The goddamn Department of Homeland Security, the incompetent, overreaching, disorganized and yet still quasi-fascist assholes that they are, have decided that New York, my pride and joy, our gateway to the world, the jewel in the crown of the most powerful country in the history of the world, the (by every estimate, ever) number one target for every terrorist and crazy asshole in the world, should have its Federal counter-terrorism funding slashed by 40%. So that other places, like Memphis and Louisville and who-the-fuck-cares-ville can get bigger grants. Presumably to fight back the terrorists that are freaking dying to put an end to that symbol of all things American, Graceland. The levels of outrage on this are so many that I need to get some work done instead of dwell. But consider that in addition to saying that we had NO NATIONAL MONUMENTS OR ICONS (um, off the top of my head places that every single person in the entire world has heard of: Statue of Liberty, Empire State Building, Wall Street & the NYSE, Times Square, the Brooklyn Bridge. And that's not getting into 2nd tier but still big-time like Yankee Stadium, Ellis Island, Madison Square Garden, Macy's, the Chrysler Building, GROUND FUCKING ZERO, Central Park, Rockerfeller Center, Coney Island, Grand Central Station, do I need to keep going?) they also said that our anti-terrorism plans suck.
Now I'm not the biggest fan of the NYPD, but know that they are actually one of the most professional, best run and best trained police forces in the country. Counter-terrorism experts and representatives from cities worldwide come to NY to learn about what we're doing. We are on the cutting fucking edge of this shit. DHS, on the other hand, are the ones who did such a bang-up job in New Orleans. And now they say we don't know what we're doing and they know better. Not only that, but because they've decided that we spent our money unwisely we now have to get permission to spend money we already have. Which will most likely have the effect of making us less safe and more broke.
Assholes.
PS - Washington DC also got its money cut by 40%. Assholes.
posted by chiniqua at 9:45 AM
1 Comments:
Hey Chiniqua, how's it goin'? I surfed into your blog after reading through the comments on Ashley Morris's (RIP) blog entry Fuck You You Fucking Fucks. (And I must say I'm amazed there are no comments on your blog entry of the same name.)
One paragraph stood out for me more than any others...
Apparently, however, they really don't care about us or actually protecting us, only the fear our tragedy can inspire in others. It's sort of weird, really. Republicans don't seem to be very interested in doing anything about real, live people. But if you haven't been born yet, are in a permanent vegetative state, or died on the right day, they are fucking obsessed with you. Basically if you can't speak for yourself, they're really happy to speak for you.
Thank you for that, particularly the last sentence. You summed it up nicely. I might borrow that, if I may. Don't worry, I'll credit you.
I see you haven't posted on this blog since 2008 (hey, no judgement, my own blog [not a blogger.com account has been languishing for a year now), but I hope you still have notifications enabled in your emails so you find out that someone has read your words and has been inspired by them.
Hope 2012 is good to you and yours.
Peace,
Ann
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