BARBARA'S TCHATZKAHS

For as long as I can remember there's been a military recruitment station at Times Square. While I do not want recruitment in our schools - other methods of recruitment are necessary. I may not agree with the Iraq War but I have the utmost respect for members of the military who serve and protect our country. However, bombing a recruitment station is not the way to make a positive point about anyone's position on the military or the war! It puts pedestrians and citizens at risk (as well as screwing up morning rush hour in a very busy area of Manhattan) and targets our heroes. Men & women we should be HONORING! NYC Police probe Times Square explosion An explosive device caused minor damage to an empty military recruiting station in Times Square early Thursday, shaking guests in hotel rooms high above. Police blocked off the area to investigate the explosion, which occurred at about 3:45 a.m., shattering the station's glass entryway. No one was injured. "If it is...

YOU KNOW YOU'RE FROM NEW YORK CITY WHEN... 1.You say "the city" and expect everyone to know that this means Manhattan. 2.You have never been to the Statue of Liberty or the Empire State Building. 3.You can get into a four-hour argument about how to get from Columbus Circle to Battery Park at 3:30 on the Friday before a long weekend, but can't find Wisconsin on a map. 4.Hookers and the homeless are invisible. 5.The subway makes sense. 6.You believe that being able to swear at people in their own language makes you multi-lingual. 7.You've considered stabbing someone just for saying "The Big Apple". 8.The most frequently used part of your car is the horn. 9.You call an 8' x 10' plot of patchy grass a yard. 10.You consider Westchester "upstate". 11.You think Central Park is "nature." 12.You see nothing odd about the speed of an auctioneer's speaking. 13.You're paying $1,200 for a studio the size of a walk-in closet and you...