Bloomberg admits we don't have enough money to protect NYC adequately

He just said it on TV on ABC News. We just don't have the resources it would take to make mass transit safe from terrorists in the same way Israeli does. "You can't do everything, you just don't have the resources," Bloomberg said. You see, NYC is already spending an additional $2 million a week on heightened security on the NY subways. That comes to a bit over $100m a year.

Yeah, that's a lot of money.

Imagine if NYC decided to double its heightened security subway budget, that would be another $100m a year. Where in God's name would they find that make to make 7 million New Yorkers safe from being blown to bits during their morning commute?

Oh wait, here's a thought. If we hadn't declared war on Iraq based on a total outright lie, we'd already have an additional $300 billion. That would be, oh, enough money to double the subway security in 3,000 New York Citys.

But we don't have that money because our president lied to us and got us into a war of convenience that now is an endless pit of death and money. That's why we can't tell little Suzie that she won't be blown to bits on the train with mommy come Monday morning, because George Bush already spent her protection money on a big fat lie.

It's one thing to argue that we underfund education yet always find money for the military. It's quite another to tell us that our own government can't protect us against terrorists killing us here at home simply because they wasted our money on a lie.

But hey, we may not be safe at home, but at least we can sleep well at night knowing the citizens of Baghdad are now safer than they were three years ago.

Oh, right...