A little NIMBYism, Manhattan style:

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Seriously, Matt — your setup for the great Harriet Miers tolerance fake-out gets a goddam siren and us New Yorkers' IMMINENT FUCKING DESTRUCTION gets scare quotes?

You know how it's really easy and not at all a crowded logistical nightmare to get from one part of the city to another during rush hour? Or, even easier, to attempt, with everyone else, to leave the city altogether on one of our reliable and convenient commuter rail systems, bridges, or tunnels? Now pretend you're doing it while a category 4 hurricane completely submerges everything below Canal St. and large swaths of Brooklyn and Queens — yes, getting off this floating death trap should be a cinch — right, City Office of Emergency Management?