Homeland Security to New York City: "Never Heard of You."

New Yorkers tend to think of themselves as the center of the universe, and for that they should be resented and ridiculed. However, even an anti-New Yorker must concede the city has several attributes of international note. And yet Homeland Security apparently cut funds to NYC due to its paucity of icons and monuments.

Well, I'll give them this: now that the World Trade Center's gone, there's certainly one less icon!

Jeez, the nerve of our dumb government. If there's one city that probably needs a little extra TLC on the security front ...