Hey, as a native New Yorker and transplanted-would-be-redneck, I take umbrage!
It's not our fault that East Bumf*ck, Miss. doesn't have a Hazmat crew or proper radiological emergency arrangements, but excuse us while we sratch our heads trying to figure out why any self-respecting terrorist would want to set off a dirty bomb in rural Arkansas (besides it being the incest capital of the country).
Got news for ya: New York was attacked -- Little Rock, Raleigh, Stone Mountain and Texarkana weren't. I don't disagree with the notion that Homeland Security money does need to be more fairly (and wisely) distributed, but please don't treat the deaths of 3,000 people so cavalierly and sarcastically.
We can agree to disagree, but people died, even in a city with a 30,000 member police department and all the services modern society seems to require.
Oh, and by the way; New Yorkers pay far more in federal taxes than they ever seem to get back from the government. Just something to remember while you get your free tax-payer-paid for flu shots and surplus cheese, courtesy of the folks who work for a living on Wall Street, the engine of American economic growth.
You are sadly mistaken - the incest captial of the country is the state of Mississippi and parts of Louisiana. I also hear that Alabama hs rapidly approaching the top spot as well...what a race...inspired by NASCAR!!!
Got a source for that? That Wall Street "engine of American Economic growth" is important to our economic system, but those working on and making significant money (and paying significant taxes) are in the minority. Yes, there is a lot of tax money coming from New York citizens. But when you consider the overall population as well as the many projects that NY benefits from paid by tax dollars....