Hunh. “X-Factor” has been nominated for a Harvey for best new series. I’m fairly sure it’s the first time that anything I’ve worked on has gotten a Harvey nomination. Who’d’ve thought?
PAD
Day: June 1, 2006
Why were they surprised?
The evening news in NY last night had interviews with people-in-the-street and NY execs expressing “outrage,” “Surprise,” “shock” over the fact that the government has slashed the terror defense budget by forty percent. This brilliant decision to cut back on funding for a city that’s been attacked twice in thirteen years, claiming that there are “no national icons” that would present targets (because the Statue of Liberty, Brooklyn Bridge, Empire State Building, Radio City Music Hall, etc., apparently don’t count) while stepping up money and protection for cities that would not seem to be on anyone’s radar–Jacksonville, FL, St. Louis, MO, Milwaukee, WI, Louisville, KY, and Omaha, NE–has officials claiming they’re stunned. Stunned!
Why are they stunned? Beats me.
New York didn’t vote for Bush. Not only that, but one of the major Dem challengers for 2008, Senator Clinton, represents New York. Nothing like trying to slap a black eye on NY’s representation (“Our funding got cut! Why weren’t you watching out for us?”) Florida, meantime, is Jeb Bush’s backyard. Missouri voted for Bush. Kentucky went for Bush. Nebraska went for Bush. Wisconsin went for Kerry, but only by 49.8 as opposed to Bush’s 49.4. Close enough to flip in 2008.
I have no idea how anyone can think that this administration, which outs its own CIA operatives in order to exact vengeance, would have done any different.
PAD
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