A DAY IN NEW YORK – QUOTE OF THE DAY – AT 9:16 A.M. ET:  Oh, we are so lucky here in New York.  The UN is coming to town.  Funnier and more entertaining than anything put out by Ringling Brothers.  And the irony is that we will be giving a warm welcome to the very people who organize and advocate the kind of terror we've seen in New York in recent days.  From the brilliant Anne Bayefsky, at Breitbart. 

The leaders of terror-sponsoring states are currently descending on Manhattan for the annual opening of the UN General Assembly and their words are guaranteed to be blasted across the global airwaves. It is about time we made the connection between the terror-enablers in Turtle Bay and the terrorism in the streets beyond.

Monday brought new meaning to the phrase “upstairs, downstairs.” Above ground, the limousines glided in and out of UN Headquarters – recently renovated with more than half a billion dollars from U.S. taxpayers alone. Below ground, millions of New York straphangers were held up in subway and train stations until police gave the all-clear.

The contrasts get even starker. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is being protected by New York’s finest, while he is endangering American sailors and pilots in the Persian Gulf.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is paying “martyrs” that kill Americans and Israelis, while Americans are paying to take good care of his health and welfare when he is in town.

Then there are the other so-called “world leaders” that New Yorkers are hosting. All have immunity to travel to and from the UN in the name of “world peace.” And yet they include despots and dictators from terror hotspots like Lebanon, Libya, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, and Yemen.

There is something seriously wrong with this picture.

COMMENT:  Oh no, Anne, there's nothing wrong with it if you're a good leftist.  Why, it's just a wonderful multicultural gathering.  Who are we to question other cultures?  One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter.  Isn't that right?

No, it really isn't.

September 20,  2016