frankie's Journal: Terrorism Funding and the two color problem

Amazingly enough, none of the news articles I've read on this topic so far have mentioned a slightly imperfect but glaringly obvious correlation in the following dataset. One obvious trend: there is less money overall. You have 19 seconds to spot the second trend... ready, set, go:

States receiving LESS money in the latest Homeland Security budget:

• Arizona
• California
• Colorado
• District of Columbia
• Hawaii
• Indiana
• Louisiana
• Maryland
• Massachusetts
• Michigan
• Minnesota
• Nevada
• New Jersey
• New York
• Ohio
• Oklahoma
• Oregon
• Pennsylvania
• Rhode Island
• Texas
• Washington

States receiving MORE money in the latest Homeland Security budget:

• Arkansas
• Florida
• Georgia
• Illinois
• Kentucky
• Missouri
• Montana
• Nebraska
• North Carolina
• Tennessee
• Wisconsin