BRILLIANT, REALLY BRILLIANT – AT 8:29 A.M. ET:  Just when we thought the Obamans were learning a thing or two about responding to terror, they retreat to their old ways.  This will do them a lot of good.  From the New York Post: 

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration will announce tomorrow it has slashed anti-terror funds for New York City, despite the attempted Times Square bombing less than two weeks ago that underscored the enormous threat to the city.

The Department of Homeland Security informed New York officials yesterday that grants to the city were cut 27 percent for mass transit security and 25 percent for port security.

The mass transit funds dropped $42 million, from $153 million last year to $111 this year.

Port security funds suffered a $11.2 million cut, from $45 million to $33.8 million, officials said.

Look, every community in America should be prepared for a terror attack because you never know what the bad guys' next strategy will look like. After all, remember Fort Hood.

But does anyone doubt that New York is the main target?  It's the symbol of everything the terrorists want to destroy.  To cut anti-terror funds right now is a kind of tin-ear madness.  But the Obamans have done it before, and they'll do it again.

The timing of the announcement drew howls from New York lawmakers on Capitol Hill, whose recent pleas for increased anti-terror spending in the Big Apple – along with the same plea from Mayor Bloomberg – fell flat.

They said the Times Square bomb attempt shows that New Yok remains the top target for terrorists and that the city deserves the lion’s share of federal spending on security.

"For the administration to announce these cuts two weeks after the attempted Times Square bombing shows they just don’t get it and are not doing right by New York City on anti-terrorism funding," Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said.

Schumer, a passionately loyal Democrat, is obviously ready to throw Obama under the bus if his own career is in jeopardy.  Democrats can occasionally go kamikaze in New York, and haven't elected a Democratic mayor in New York City since 1989 – that's the last century.  So Schumer understands the dynamics.

Once again, the lack of seriousness in the administration shows.  They can't help themselves. 

May 13, 2010