For those of you who were wondering why it rained frogs from an angry red sky this morning, we now have the answer. New York Governor David Patterson actually managed to say something intelligent and insightful during one of his smoke breaks from his usual inanity.
The good Governor was in the middle of a semi-rant against President Obama and Stooge General Holder's decision to try POW's in a civilian court when he actually made two points of interest.
The first was that he was told six months ago that this was going to happen, which pretty much means Eric Holder is a liar since he claimed to only discuss a matter of critical national security, constitutionalism and basic legal common sense with his wife and brother. Unless he's brothers with Clarence Thomas or married to Condoleezza Rice, then I can assume this advice was essentially worthless and we can now assume that Obama was the main influence, he certainly has pushed Patterson around before. But this only outs Holder as a little weasel, something we already knew.
The real gem was how Patterson noted that it was not a good idea to bring the terrorists to New York when they "still have been unable to rebuild that site." Referring to Ground Zero of course.
Patterson happens to by 100% correct on this matter. Eight years after the attacks, the site of the Twin Towers looks about like it did once they put the fires out just minus a bit of rubble. Maybe they've put in some skeleton infrastructure for a subway line but at the end of the day, what was once a monument to freedom and capitalism is now, still, just a hole in the ground cause by terrorists we now want to treat as citizens.
I'll ignore for the moment the fact that these terrorists should be decorating the inside of a hole in the ground by now as well as the fact that these scumbags are being treated just as well and I suspect better, than any of you or I would be in his shoes. If you think I'm exaggerating just remember how quick we killed off Tim McVeigh. No political correctness issues when you execute white christian men I guess. No problem calling them terrorists either.
But I digress.
How is it possible that in this technologically advanced age, with the federal government and the State of New York throwing money behind it, that there isn't a shiny new tower at least halfway done by now? We have destroyed, rebuilt and secured two entire nations in the middle east yet we can't build a monument of any kind in the spot where this monumental world shift was instigated? Absolutely disgraceful. Every day we allow that site to remain a scar on the land we show ourselves to be weaker and weaker across the globe. Don't doubt for a second that they don't keep track of these things in Afghanistan, Pakistan, China, Russia, North Korea, etc.
So who is to blame for this atrocity? Certainly after September 11th the entire country would have applauded and donated to rebuilding efforts. It would have been a political trophy for any New York politician who could claim credit for its construction, so what is the problem?
It's really no shock when you see who runs that city and state. Governor = leftist, Mayor = leftist. Unions = leftists, civilian lobbyists who want to influence what is constructed and how = leftists, state legislature = leftists, Senators = leftists, Representatives = mostly leftists or moderates (I do like Pete King though).
Do we see a pattern? Yes we do. An entire state that has been run by liberals for years. What do we know about such states? Mostly that they only do two things really well; talk and raise taxes. This is exactly what is happening in New York. All of these various groups are trying to assert influence over the rebuilding plans so they can get whatever piece of the pie they want. As such, nothing ever gets done except for a constant redrawing of plans to be reviewed by various committees. That's another thing liberals excel at, forming committees. Even if all these special interests groups could agree on some kind of plan that would satisfy all the fringe groups wants as well as union demands, the politicians have created an economic environment where there will never be anybody to occupy or pay for the buildings. The State is so bankrupt that they might not make it until Christmas let alone subsidize tower construction. The taxes are currently so high that the the State can't get any more money from the people to try and close the gap. The high taxes are also causing businesses and people with potential investment money to flee the state. I bet Gov. Patterson wishes Rush Limbaugh was still working in Manhattan paying his millions of taxes to the State.
This kind of display is available for all to see in California, Michigan, Illinois, Mass., etc. States with dominant liberal control simply rot from the inside out. No creativity, no growth, just a massive explosion of debt and inspiration crippling stagnation. The opposite is also on display. While the entire nation is slowing somewhat, the states with conservative economic policies, like Texas, Colorado, New Hampshire, etc., seems to be humming along pretty well along. Certainly not drowning like the blue states.
Given the totality of data at hand, it should come as no shock to anybody what is taking place in New York, a once great state. What should truly be appalling is the irony that the home of Wall Street, the home of commerce, the home of the Twin Towers, the home of so many American dreams, the home of capitalism itself is being choked out of existence by a socialism that was created from within. Until the "leaders" of New York get this shame rectified and fill that hole with a building or monument fitting of the history of New York, we can't claim any kind of victory in this ideological struggle. Traditions, symbols and history matter to a cohesive nation state and our enemies know this, certainly better than we do and we need to get this solved ASAP before sheer embarrassment turns to apathy.
read the Patterson story here.
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