Karen,
Thank
you for all the good stuff you post. It must be a lot of work and we appreciate
it.
The
difference between those with high incomes and those with little has been with
us for many centuries actually for ever.
What
would you do about it?
Thats
an unfair question
The catastrophe in Mississippi and Louisiana was predicted and feared
for some time. FEMA officials, besides environmental scientists and civil
engineers, dreaded what theyve compared to a 9/11 or major California
earthquake happening.
Already some on the RRR
(radical religious right)
Hi, Karen,
Ive examined the pictures of Katrina carefully
for the matter is portentous and clearly saw the images of Bush,
Cheney, and Rove is what I can only delicately refer to as a most compromising
position. I was stunned to see this, especially as the weather channel
repeated the
It would be shameful
to laugh today, when the news across this region spells economic as well as
human and environmental disaster, in addition to the heartbreaking news from
Baghdad today. Just stunning. But I did smile in pained recognition, understanding
your vision may not be
Late last year, Prof. Fukuyama, the author of The End of History, joined a core group
(including Brzezinski)
separating from the neoconservative alliance at The National Interest, a
publication of The Nixon Center. The
American Interest is their response to the war hawk dominance in the
Lets see,
this was posted just before lunch, so I will blame low blood sugarI can only
claim to have had an episode of brain freeze to explain why I described Fukuyama
as the representative for the conservatives pulling away from the war hawks,
when its the so-called realists affiliated
I've examined the pictures of Katrina carefully - for the matter is
portentous - and clearly saw the images of Bush, Cheney, and Rove is what I
can only delicately refer to as a most compromising position.
Naah, the RRR has quite a different explanation:
http://www.thetowntalk.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050830/NEWS05/50830022
Blanco asks for day of prayer Wednesday
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Blanco has asked for a day of prayer on Wednesday.
The text of her request follows:
As we face the devastation wrought by
Not
surprisingly, Chris, the RRR will now officially
rename New Orleans Sodom and Gomorra, despite the suffering of innocents. It
fits into narrow worldviews all too well. But unless they can perform miracles, the RRR is not going to
rescue Bush from criticism that his policies and war of
For a
catastrophe that was predicted for 50 years there was just about no disaster
plan in place. Criminal.
There
will be plenty of blame to go around. e.g., why weren't the levees better
protected. why weren't the pumps equipped with emerg. power. why
weren't the fleet of New Orleans
Maybe
the lesson that will emerge from this is that, finally, we must pay attention to
the infrastructure. We have to think long term. Longer than the next
quarter's bottom line. A society that will continue must build and
maintain infrastructure. Not glamourous but oh so
important.
Arthur wrote: For
a catastrophe that was predicted for 50 years there was just about no disaster
plan in place. Criminal.
There will be plenty of blame to
go around. e.g., why weren't the levees better protected. why
weren't the pumps equipped with emerg. power. why weren't the fleet of
I
agreee that Bush has not been of much help. But the lack of attention to
infrastructure is part of the consumer culture. Bush is just carrying on
as have previoius Presidents.
The
buses could have taken the people anywhere. Out of the "bowl" that is New
Orleans. To higher ground. To a
Arthur wrote: I agreee that Bush has not been of much help. But the lack
of attention to infrastructure is part of the consumer culture. Bush is
just carrying on as have previoius Presidents.
From the
article in Editor Publisher
about the 9 times the New Orleans newspaper wrote about
Of course, Arthur is right to insist that a low cost plan to get those stragglers
and car-less people out, and those who were turned back because the roads were
clogged, should have been attempted.
And Lawry is right to remind us that compared to other natural disasters
around the world,
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