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Sunday, September 18, 2005

The Uniting Of America

I have watched three catastrophes, one man-inflicted, one man-initiated and the other natural (made worse by the ineptness of men), occur within the five years of the second Bush administration (I would never compare this political fiasco with the presidency of George H. W. Bush) and in a backhanded... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, September 12, 2005

Michael Brown Gone, But He'll Not Soon Be Forgotten

Well, it's about time. Mike Brown stepped down as head of FEMA today. That is one less inept moron in the federal government. Speaking of morons, now maybe Dubya and his Dimwit advisors will get their collective heads out of their asses and make FEMA an independent agency again, like it was before... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, September 11, 2005

Four Years Ago Today...

The horror of the fall of the World Trade Center's Twin Towers still replays in my mind almost every day, as I am sure it does in the minds of many others in this country. The images of that gaping whole in the citadel of the Pentagon and that strewn smoking wreckage in that Pennsylvania field... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, September 9, 2005

So I Ask Again: What Can Brown Do For You?

The answer still remains: Fucking resign. Better yet, I'd like to see Dubya finally get down off his fucking high horse, admit for once that he's WRONG, and fire the incompetent ass-kisser. What? How do I know Brown's an ass-kisser? Hell, it's how he got the damned job. Unless you've been holed up... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, September 6, 2005

Dubya Announces Investigation Into Katrina Response

Gotta hand it to the ole Dubya. He sure as hell knows how to head off a political lynch mob. He announced a government inquiry into the ridiculously slow and politically troublesome response to the Katrina catastrophe. And he's not going to appoint some fair-haired rising star lawyer to head the... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, September 5, 2005

"Carefully Orchestrated Photo Opportunities"

That's what a reporter for CNN called the Bush tour of the devastated gulf region, "carefully orchestrated photo opportunities." I couldn't have described the obviously staged glamour shots any better myself. I can just hear Vacation Boy thinking: "Gotta save the big Dubya from this PR fiasco! Gotta... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, September 4, 2005

Casting Blame, Finger-pointing, and Scapegoating

How many times in the past week, since the terrible catastrophe that was and is Katrina and her aftermath, have you heard a politician, especially those closely associated with the Bush administration, say something like, "Well, now is not the time to be looking for someone to blame; the main thing... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, September 2, 2005

Not Acceptable

The president weighed in this morning with a more scathing review of the federal response to the ongoing tragedy that is the aftermath of hurricane Katrina in the gulf area and especially New Orleans. Standing side by side with Homeland Security Chief, whose purview includes the Federal Emergency... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, August 31, 2005

Like Watching An Exotic Lady Drown

I had the pleasure of being in New Orleans this past Christmas for their first snow in twenty years and their first White Christmas in fifty. It was cold as hell at night, but the day after was a beautiful sunny day. The snow that had bedeviled the unaccustomed city the day before gone but on... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, August 29, 2005

If Katrina Doesn't Put Your Gas Above $3 A Gallon, Nothing Will

Hurricane Katrina's landfall on the gulf coast has been preceded by speculation on the impact it would have on the oil industry. I suspect that even if Katrina does little damage to the refineries and offshore oil rigs, the price of gas will rise to well above three dollars a gallon (on a national... Sign in to see full entry.

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