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Delay Today, Frist Next, Rove Can't Be Far Behind! Oh Happy Day!
"Hey, I can always go back to being an exterminator"
DeLay Indicted, Steps Down As Majority Leader
Rep. Tom DeLay said Wednesday that he will step aside as House majority
leader after a Texas grand jury indicted him on a conspiracy charge.
9/28/05 - 3:13 p.m.
Bye Bye Tommy !
Grand Jury to Wrap Up DeLay Investigation
By Larry Margasak
WASHINGTON - The Texas grand jury investigating House Majority Leader Tom DeLay's
state political organization was completing its term Wednesday after demonstrating a recent
interest in conspiracy charges that could bring more indictments.
9/28/05
Bye Bye Billy!
Stock Sale May Be Costly For Frist
By Thomas Ferraro
9/28/05
Sen. Frist: Avoiding Conflict for Fun and Profit
Docs: Frist Received Constant Updates On Stocks In His “Blind” Trust...
Frist Claimed He Had “No Idea” What He Held…
9/28/05
Isn't That Just Like A Republican?
Brown puts blame on Louisiana officials
Former director defends FEMA's Katrina response
9/28/05
Oh How I Love This Story... I Wonder If The Religious Right Will Continue To Stick By Her?
Celebrated Hostage Gave Crystal Meth to Captor
By Edward Wyatt
The woman held hostage in her apartment in March by the man now charged with murder
in the Atlanta courthouse shootings recounted the incident in a memoir released Tuesday.
9/28/05
Did It At Least Come With An All You Can Eat Buffet?
FEMA Criticized for $236M Cruise Ship Deal
Controversial contract for three Carnival Cruise ships exemplifies the government's lack of preparation for Katrina disaster.
9/28/05
Boy McCain Loves Pissing Bush Off!
'Peace Mom' Cindy Sheehan Meets McCain
By Jennifer Talhelm
WASHINGTON -- Peace mom Cindy Sheehan didn't change her opposition to the war in Iraq after meeting
Tuesday with one of its supporters, Sen. John McCain, a Vietnam veteran whom she called "a warmonger."
9/28/05
This Is What Makes Our Country So Respected Around The World... Arresting Dead Soldiers Moms!
Sheehan arrested in front of White House
Civil disobedience meant to protest Iraq war
Sheehan Arrested During Antiwar Protest
By The AP
Cindy Sheehan, who began campaigning against the war in Iraq after her son was killed
there, was among about 370 people arrested Monday in a protest outside the White House.
Sheehan, Activists Arrested at White House
By Ryan G. Murphy and Emma Vaughn
Cindy Sheehan, the Vacaville, Calif., woman whose protest this summer outside President
Bush's Texas ranch became a focal point of the antiwar movement, was arrested Monday at
the White House during a civil disobedience campaign.
9/27/05
Bet Their Bus Tickets Were Paid For By Haliburton
Crowd Turns Out to Defend War Effort
By Emma Vaugh
WASHINGTON — Supporters of the war in Iraq, concerned that Saturday's antiwar demonstrations might
hurt morale among U.S. troops, staged their own rally Sunday — taking digs at critics of the Bush administration,
including Cindy Sheehan, who last month staged a vigil outside the president's ranch in Crawford, Texas.
Oh Man, You Gotta Read This... Funniest Thing Ever!
In Evolution Debate, Creationists Are Breaking New Ground
Museum Dedicated to Biblical Interpretation Of the World Is Being Built Near Cincinnati
Guide and vice president at the museum Mark Looy says. "When people
realize the T. rex lived in Eden, it will lead us to a discussion of the gospel.
The T. rex once was a vegetarian, too."
"Aaaaaaaghaaa... Ya' got to love it"!
9/27/05
For Fuck Sake... They Even Have Their Own Network Now!
Purported al Qaeda Newscast Debuts on Internet
By Daniel Williams
Masked Anchorman Lauds Gaza Pullout, Iraq Attacks, Hurricane Katrina
9/27/05
The Beginning Of The End For This Administration?
GOP Leaders Try to Soothe Conservatives
By Jonathan Weisman
Drive Planned to Defuse Ire Over Spending
Squeezed between a conservative clamor for spending cuts and the rising cost of hurricane relief,
Republican congressional leaders will respond this week with a public relations offensive to win over
angry conservatives -- but no substantive changes in budget policy.
9/27/05
Wow, Did He Come Up With This All On His Own?
To Conserve Gas, President Calls for Less Driving
By David Leonhaerdt, Jad Mouawad and David E. Sanger
With fears mounting that high energy costs will crimp economic growth, President Bush called
on Americans yesterday to conserve gasoline by driving less. He also issued a directive for all
federal agencies to cut their own energy use and to encourage employees to use public transportation.
"We can all pitch in," Mr. Bush said.
9/27/05
Republicans Just Can't Seem To Stop Lying Or Stealing!
Frist Says He Had No Inside Data On Stock
By Charles Babington and Carrie Johnson
Senator Calls Sale An Effort to Avoid Conflict of Interest
WHO DO YOU BELIEVE...?
Documents: Frist Knew Contents Of Blind Trust
By Larry Margasak
Blind trusts are designed to keep an arm's-length distance between federal officials and their
investments, to avoid conflicts of interest. But documents show that Senate Majority Leader
Bill Frist knew quite a bit about his accounts from nearly two dozen letters from the trust administrators.
9/27/05
There's Nothing Intelligent About It
Religious Conservatives Feel Politically Empowered To Challenge Evolution…
By Laurie Goodstein
A Web of Faith, Law and Science in Evolution Suit
'Intelligent design' debate back in court
Evolution litigation dates back to 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial
Pa. Case Is Newest Round in Evolution Debate
By Michael Powell
'Intelligent Design' Teaching Challenged
'Intelligent Design' Trial Begins Today
By Josh Getlin
A court case brought by parents in Pennsylvania could have a profound impact on America's
debate over religion and its role in public life.
US evolution court battle opens
The Dover School board backs the teaching of intelligent design
Eleven parents in the US have gone to court to protect the teaching of evolution at their local schools.
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New Analyses Bolster Central Tenets of Evolution Theory
By Rick Weiss and David Brown
When scientists announced last month they had determined the exact order of all 3 billion bits of
genetic code that go into making a chimpanzee, it was no surprise that the sequence was more than
96 percent identical to the human genome. Charles Darwin had deduced more than a century ago
that chimps were among humans' closest cousins.
9/27/05
The Hurricane Wasn't The Only Big Blow-Job This Weekend
At a Saturday afternoon news conference concerning the response to Hurricane Rita, House
Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) instead took his time to praise Bush. "The president
is hands-on and knows what's going on," he said. "The president is a take-charge type of guy."
"Someone has to hit the Hammer and knock Bushs dick out of his mouth"!
9/25/05
Britain to pull troops from Iraq as Blair says 'don't force me out'
· Defence Secretary confident withdrawal will start in May
· Plan follows pressure for exit strategy
9/25/05
London Antiwar Protest Draws Thousands
Iraq Dampens Support for Blair
LONDON, Sept. 24 -- Thousands of demonstrators demanding the withdrawal of British
troops from Iraq marched through downtown London on Saturday, turning up the political
heat on Prime Minister Tony Blair on the eve of his Labor Party's annual conference.
9/25/05
Antiwar Rallies in Washington and Other Cities
Vast numbers of protesters from around the country poured onto the lawns behind the White House on Saturday to demonstrate their opposition to the war in Iraq, pointedly directing their anger at President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney.
Anti-War Demonstrators March on Washington
Huge rally against Iraq war
Crowds opposed to the war in Iraq surged past the White House on Saturday, shouting "Peace
now" in the largest anti-war protest in the nation's capital since the U.S. invasion.
Antiwar Fervor Fills the Streets
Demonstration Is Largest in Capital Since U.S. Military Invaded Iraq
9/25/05
House GOP starts inquiry into Katrina response
Rep. Davis: Response 'largely abysmal'
9/25/05
Did Rove help Tyco lobbyist?
Report: Tyco exec tells Senate its indicted ex-lobbyist bragged Rove could help him fight law.
9/25/05
Chicken-Shit-Hawk
Bush Cancels Trip To Texas
Bet it's the first time you've heard that!
For all of Bushs' bullshit swagger and bravado he canceled his trip to the "danger zone" in own his
home state citing that his mere presents might have slowed preparations down. Huh? First off there is
no one there and second, how long was he planing on staying. This load of crap came after a reporter
at the Federal Emergency Management Agency's command center in Washington asked him: "Sir, what
good can you do going down to the hurricane zone? Might you get in the way? "Mr. Bush quickly shot
back, "One thing I won't do is get in the way." Boy, if he was trying to bolster his he-man factor as
well as his flaccid poll numbers he sure flushed this swell photo op down the toilet! Coward!
9/24/05
HCA subpoenaed over Sen. Frist's shares
Frist's Problems Widening: US Attorney Now Subpoenas Majority Leader's Family Company...
9/23/05
Agency Calls on Frist About Timing of Stock Sale
SEC Calls Frist, Majority Leader Made Tens Of Millions With Questionable Stock Trades…
9/23/05
Tyco Exec: Abramoff Claimed Ties to Administration
Indicted GOP Lobbyist Abramoff “Had Contact With Mr. Karl Rove”…
9/23/05
Iraq coming apart, Saudi official warns
Iraq is moving toward disintegration, and war there could spread to its neighbors,Saudi
Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal said Thursday.
9/23/05
Enquiring Minds Want To Know!
This explains why he was 48 hours late getting to the Katrina disaster site... HANGOVER!
9/22/05
I Quit....
Bush: Townsend to lead Katrina inquiry
President George W. Bush has named his homeland security adviser, Fran Townsend, to lead an internal
inquiry into the much-criticized federal response to Hurricane Katrina, the White House said on Tuesday.
In other news Bush has tapped Osama Bin Laden to head up terrorist inquiry
and the grand master of the Ku Klux Clan to take charge in probe on racism!
9/22/05
File Under: You've Got To Be Kidding Me!
Bush Says: I'll Smoke Them Out Of Their Holes!
The FBI is joining the Bush administration's War on Porn
Bush's War on Porn: Perverted Priorities Run Amuck
Since the F.B.I. doesn't have any other pressing business to attend to I feel It's prudent to
turn them into the "boobie" police... Bin Laden can wait, there's outlaw pussy to cage!
9/21/05
An Antiwar Speech in Union Square Is Stopped by Police Citing Paperwork Rules
by Shadi Rahimi
9/20/05
What More Could Go Wrong?
Minister: $1bn plundered in Iraq
Large-scale corruption in Iraq's ministries, particularly the defense ministry, has led to one of the biggest
thefts in history with more than $1 billion going missing, Iraq's finance minister said in an interview.
What has happened to Iraq's missing $1bn?
One billion dollars has been plundered from Iraq's defence ministry in one of the largest thefts in history, The
Independent can reveal, leaving the country's army to fight a savage insurgency with museum-piece weapons.
9/19/05
Post Speech Poll Numbers
President sinking in ratings
"Bush stands at a precipice," says Carroll Doherty of the non--——partisan Pew Research Center.
"He's lost ground among independents. He seems to be starting to lose ground among his own party.
And he lost the Democrats a long time ago."
9/19/05
Op/Eds & Opinions
Message: I Care About the Black Folks
by Frank Rich
E-mail Suggests Government Seeking to Blame Groups
by Jerry Mitchell
Disney on Parade
by Maureen Dowd
Karl Rove's Big Easy
by Arianna Huffington
9/18/05
You Magnificent Bastard!
" Magnificent " blurted Dick Morris on Fox Network's Hannity & Colmes' after speech Bushapalooza praise-a-thon. Immediately following this exuberant outburst the shows sniveling liberal co-host Alan Colmes asked Morris "what would you say to democrats right now" whereupon Dick spewed "they should just shut up!". Morris' outburst sounded as though he were a love struck pubescent coming to the defense of his lady love which rang especially true after he referred to Bush's speech as " a female speech " (Eeewwww!). The hyper exuberant overreactions of Dick Morris even made the king of all Bush suck ups, Sean Hannity, squirm in his chair uncomfortably.
On other networks the consensus, even among staunchly conservative pundits, was that the speech was one made out of necessity, that it was well delivered (read off the teleprompter), and most of all they wondered how in the fuck was Bush's ass going to cash the checks his mouth had just written. From Chuck Scarborough to Tucker Carlson to Monica Crowley to Pat Buchanan they all asked how is Bush going to come up with the over " 200 BILLION" dollars they estimated it would cost to rebuild the Gulf Coast and set all of his restorative policies into action? The pundits lamented, who was going to pay for these undeniably Liberal ideas?
What wasn't liberal about Bush's speech though were the Tax breaks for companies that are going to rebuild the Gulf Coast. Why at this point doesn't he just say companies like Halliburton that contributed to my political campaigns and be done with it. It's no secret any more. To prove my point just look at Joe Allbaugh, the previous head of FEMA who is now a lobbyist and consultant. It turnws out that Allbaugh was in New Orleans a week ago and has already secured no bid contracts for the Fluor Corporation, a major Republican donor, even before the Superdome was emptied. Hey Dubya, it's no longer a secret that your just a pimp for big business.
The reaction of the locals watching the president on TV (By the way, no one was allowed within shouting distance of Bush) was that he was lying about the progress that had been made on the ground. You see, the only power in the area were the generators used to illuminate Jackson Square, which went immediately dark after they were shut down and carted off when Bush's speech had concluded. As far as Dubya's overblown rhetoric, the consensus of the locals was "we will believe it when we see it.
On a final note, two parts of Bush's speech really made me smile. The first of these was when Bush accepted blame even after he and his Neocon hit men had tried to demonize everyone on the left for playing the "blame game". I guess the Democrats were right all along about his being at fault. The other aspect of the speech that brought me delight on two levels was that Bush promised over 200 hundred billion dollars to all the destitute minorities who were so badly injured and displaced by Hurricane Katrina so they could start new businesses and buy new homes... First off I am glad the homeless and jobless of the Gulf Coast will get new housing and job opportunities in their time of need and two... Oh Boy that's gotta' chap the asses of all you fly over country livin', science hating, county music listening, city folk hatin', gun lovin' white, evangelical, born again, rubes who thought all this administrations money was gonna go towards faith based initiatives, shutting down abortion clinics and funding ads for anti homosexual constitutional amendments! Ahhhh, good times!
Last night Bush basically made hugely unrealistic promises to appease the African Americans who saw death and mayhem foisted upon them as a direct result of his impotence, incompetence and lack of response. It's a bribe to forgive his failure. The question is will he keep these promises and does he have the means to carry out his "Magnificent" adventure?
9/17/05
Oops... This Is Gonna' Look Bad
"Forgive me my liege"!
Chertoff delayed federal response, memo shows
9/15/05
Bush Says: "America will stand with the Iraqi people"... Just Not Right Next To Them
Iraq suffers second day of deadly attacks
At least 30 killed in latest violence in Baghdad, other cities
9/15/05
Inconsiderate Bastards... Don't They Know Bush's Poll Numbers Are Tanking?
Al Qaeda claims Iraq violence
Purported al-Zarqawi broadcast declares war on Shiites
9/15/05
True Evil Made Possible By Dubya'
Multiple Attacks Kill Nearly 150 in Iraqi Capital
The violence appeared to be retaliation for the weeklong siege of the insurgent stronghold
of Tal Afar and included a bombing in a Shiite neighborhood of Baghdad that used a
new tactic: luring scores of day laborers to a minivan with promises of work, and then
blowing it up. At least 112 died in that blast alone, the second highest death toll from any
single terrorist bombing in Iraq since the invasion.
9/15/05
Don't Make Me Come Over There And Preemptively Strike You!
Iran 'may share nuclear know-how'
Iran's president has told Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan that
his country is ready and willing to give peaceful nuclear technology to Islamic states,
the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency reported Thursday
9/15/05
Just Like We Planned It!
Afghans 'let bin Laden escape'
Official: Commanders helped al Qaeda leader flee to Pakistan
9/15/05
Perhaps The American People Should Be Preemptively Struck As Well?
Support for Bush Continues to Drop, Poll Shows
9/14/05
Oh, He's Just Begging To Be Preemptively Struck!
Iran Leader's First U.N. Speech Has a Pretty Clear Target
Do Ya' Think It's Time For A Pre-Emptive Strike?
'Little headway' in N Korea talks
The US envoy described the meeting as 'businesslike'
The US negotiator at discussions on North Korean nuclear status says little progress has been made during the first day of the latest round of talks.
Bush's Spin Machine Plants The Seed Then Sits Back And Let's It Grow
ABC's Stephanopoulos repeated school bus falsehood spread by Pruden, Hannity, and Gingrich
On September 11, ABC host George Stephanopoulos repeated a falsehood that had
reverberated through the right-wing media the preceding week -- that "there were 2,000
buses under water" that New Orleans Mayor C. Ray Nagin could have used to evacuate
his city before Hurricane Katrina's arrival. The Only problem is that As of 2003, the most
recent year for which data appears to be available, the Orleans Parish school district, which
operates New Orleans' public schools, owned only 324 school buses. In addition, a
Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development profile of the New Orleans
Regional Transit Authority (RTA), last updated May 5, notes that RTA owned 364 public
buses, bringing the total of the city's public transit and school buses to fewer than 700
(assuming the fleet of school buses has not been dramatically increased since 2003).
(Click Above Link For Entire Story)
Here Is Where O'Reilly Got The Lie
CNN contributor Watkins falsely claimed poverty reduction under Bush rather than Clinton
No Spin Zone My Ass!
O'Reilly cherry-picked census numbers to falsely suggest Bush is better on poverty than Clinton
Former Taliban leaders renounce past to stand in Afghan elections
It's A Shame It Took This To Wake People From Their Evangelical Slumber
Bush approval at lowest level of his presidency
NBC/WSJ Poll: Katrina, gas prices and Iraq damage president's support
Were All Gonna' Be Safe Now!
New FEMA boss is 'Duct Tape Man'
Karl how can I get my poll numbers back up... No... Anything but that... Anything but take responsibility!!!!!!
Bush Takes Responsibility for Katrina Failures
(Not that the mistakes made were his own...)
"Katrina exposed serious problems in our response capability at all levels of government
and to the extent the federal government didn't fully do its job right, I take responsibility,"
"Awww, Isn't that adorable"?
9/13/05
Karl You Promised Everything Would Be Ok...
Bush job approval rating hits new low
President tries to reassure (pander and lie to) public during Gulf Coast tour
9/13/05
Really...? I'm Shocked!... Again!
NYT's Brooks revealed that:
"from Day One," the Bush White House "decided our public relations is not going to be honest"
9/13/05
Blistering Op/Eds
End of the Bush Era
By E. J. Dionne Jr.
All the President's Friends
by Paul Krugman
Finally fooling none of the people
By Robert Scheer
Neigh to Cronies
By Maureen Dowd
Will Bush Wriggle Out of This One?
by Robert Kuttner
9/12/05
Does Bush Just Lie For Fun At This Point?
Bush Didn't Know Brown Had Resigned…
Tells Reporters “Maybe You Know Something I Don’t Know”…
"I assure Mr. Bush there are a great many things they know that he doesn't... Like the English language for instance"!
9/13/05
Really...? I'm Shocked!
FEMA director Brown resigns (CNN)
Embattled Brown Resigns As FEMA Chief (APP)
9/12/05
Who Knew The F In F.E.M.A. Stood For Fraud
A phony, a crony and a fraud!
Well it turns out that as of today Vice Admiral Thad Allen of the Coast Guard and Principal Federal Official (PFO) will be overseeing Hurricane Katrinas response and recovery efforts in the field. Allen will be replacing embattled FEMA Director Michael Brown who has been sent packing according to him "to go home and walk my dog and hug my wife, and maybe get a good Mexican meal and a stiff margarita and a full night's sleep". Boy, doesn't he deserve it!
Brown, besides being a spectacular failure, has turned out to be a gigantic fraud and a world-class recipient of President Bush's serial cronyism. Not only was his experience before entering F.E.M.A. sorely lacking (He was the manager of The International Arabian Horse Association which he was fired from after group members questioned his handling of a $50,000 gift) but on top of that he was handed the F.E.M.A. job through extreme cronyism. You see Brown was the previous head of F.E.M.A. Joe Allbaugh's college roommate. Allbaugh by the way also got the job through cronyism as well by being President Dubya's campaign manager in 2000. All this, while being very interesting, pales in comparison to Michael Browns most impressive skill, resume padding... Shall we take a gander?
1. Michael Brown claimed he was "assistant city manager with emergency services oversight," and a White House news release in 2001 said Brown had worked for the city of Edmond, Oklahoma in the 1970s "overseeing the emergency-services division." However, a city spokeswoman said Brown had actually worked as "an assistant to the city manager." "The job Brown held was more like an entry-level, intern-type job for somebody who's interested in learning about government". In addition former city manager Bill Dashner remarked, "He was very loyal. He was always on time. He always had on a suit and a starched white shirt." Weeeeeeeeee!
2." FindLaw is a legal Web site where attorneys can post information about themselves. At this site under the "honors and awards" section Michael Brown lists that he was an "Outstanding Political Science Professor at Central State University". However, Brown "wasn't a professor here, he was only a student here," says Charles Johnson, News Bureau Director in the University Relations office at the University of Central Oklahoma. Oops!
3. Under the heading of "Professional Associations and Memberships" on FindLaw, Brown states that from 1983 to the present he has been director of the Oklahoma Christian Home, a nursing home in Edmond. But an administrator with the Home told TIME Magazine that Brown is "not a person that anyone here is familiar with." She says there was a board of directors until a couple of years ago, but she couldn't find anyone who recalled him being on it. According to FEMA Brown said, "he's never claimed to be the director of the home. He was on the board of directors, or governors of the nursing home." However, a veteran employee at the center since 1981 says Brown "was never director here, was never on the board of directors, was never executive director. He was never here in any capacity. I never heard his name mentioned here." Can't make it any clearer than that.
4. The official White House announcement of Brown's nomination to head FEMA in January 2003 lists his previous experience as "the Executive Director of the Independent Electrical Contractors," a trade group based in Alexandria, Va. But two officials of the group told Newsday this week that Brown never was the national head of the group but did serve as the executive director of a regional chapter, based in Colorado. In addition, Brown's immediate successor as the Rocky Mountain executive director, Terry Moreland, recalled that Brown held the job for less than six weeks before accepting a job at FEMA in 2001.
5. Brown's FindLaw profile lists a wide range of areas of legal practice, from estate planning to family law to sports. However, one former colleague does not remember Brown's work as sterling. Stephen Jones, a prominent Oklahoma lawyer who was lead defense attorney on the Timothy McVeigh case, was Brown's boss for two-and-a-half years in the early '80s. "He did mainly transactional work, not litigation," says Jones. "There was a feeling that he was not serious and somewhat shallow." Jones says when his law firm split, Brown was one of two staffers who was let go.
An interesting thing to note is that Brown's bio was updated as recently as Thursday morning by somebody, whoever manages that account, be it Brown himself or somebody in his office."
As of today FEMA Director Michael Brown has been relieved of duty and it is being forecasted that he will be officially fired after this weekend. Count it as faux soldier #1 to fall on Bush's failure sword.
- D.A.
9/9/05
Right Wing Pundits Starting To Swiftboat Katrina Survivors...
Glenn Beck called hurricane survivors in New Orleans "scumbags," said he "hates" 9-11 families
Krauthammer: Blaming Katrina disaster on Bush policies is like burning witches, massacring Jews
What The Evacuees Really Need Is More Christianity
Thoughtless Comment On Fox & Friends
"Who would want to stay other than people who are looting."
It doesn't get any slimier than this!
9/9/05
File Under... You've Got To Be Fucking Kidding Me!
Bush Uses 50 Firefighters As Props In Disaster Area Photo-Op:
A group of 1,000 firefighters convened in Atlanta to volunteer with the Katrina relief efforts.
Of those, “a team of 50 Monday morning quickly was ushered onto a flight headed for Louisiana.
The crew’s first assignment: to stand beside President Bush as he tours devastated areas.”
9/8/05
Condi Shopped While People Died
Condi Rice Leaves NYC High and Dry
While dropping thousands of dollars in NYC Ferragamo on 5th Ave. a fellow shopper shouted at Condi
"How dare you shop for shoes while thousands are dying and homeless!”
Rice immediately had secret service PHYSICALLY REMOVE the woman.
9/8/05
Truly Frightening!
A Katrina Time Line
A debacle documented.
9/8/05
I Thought I Smelled Horseshit!
FEMA chief Mike Brown pushed from last job:
Horse group: FEMA chief had to be `asked to resign'
The federal official in charge of the bungled New Orleans rescue
was fired from his last private-sector job as commissioner of judges
and stewards for the International Arabian Horse Association, a
breeders' and horse-show organization based in Colorado.
(When I heard this my head blew up... Ouch! )
9/7/05
Just In Case You Missed It...
White House: Mrs. Bush Comment 'Personal'
"What I'm hearing, which is sort of scary, is they all want to stay in Texas. Everyone
is so overwhelmed by the hospitality. And so many of the people in the arena here,
you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this is working very well for them."
Direct quote from the wonderful Mrs. Barbara Bush
9/7/05
Move It Along... Nothing To See Here
Federal Government Seeks to Block Photos of Dead
9/7/05
Gulf Coasters Get More Bad News Courtesy Of Dubya
New Bankruptcy Law Could Exact a Toll on Storm Victims
Unless changes are made, some say the overhaul due to take effect
soon could make it tougher for Gulf Coast residents to recover.
9/7/05
Barbara Bush: They Were Underprivileged Anyway!
Mayor says Katrina may have claimed more than 10,000 lives
Bodies found piled in freezer at Convention Center
9/7/05
Priorities... Bush Needs A Photo Op Stat!
Bush’s Visit Stopped Three Tons Of Food From Being Delivered To Starving New Orleans
9/7/05
Time Is Running Out for Stranded Pets
Thousands of dogs, cats and other animals left behind by
hurricane evacuees are slowly dying as rescuers struggle to save them.
9/7/05
Some Good News Amidst The Disaster
California Legislature Approves Gay Marriage
9/7/05
Forgotten Victims
Humane groups reach out to animals
9/7/05
Barbara Bush makes hurricane gaff
Barbara puts foot in Dubya's mouth
"The entire Bush family is fucking clueless"
9/7/05
Back In Business
First Iraq executions since Saddam
9/5/05
We Won't Get Fooled Again... And Again, And Again And Again...
I suspect you have been following the news of the disaster that is Hurricane Katrina. I expect you are, as I, am outraged by the underwhelming response of our government to this overwhelming catastrophe. If you have been following these events and feel the same way I do there is something I would like to share with you. If you think our citizens and our media are savaging our government and our president here in the states you should see the pillorying they are taking in other countries. Even in places we like to refer to as third world counties are sitting back and wondering how such utter ineptitude and mismanagement could have occurred here. Just for the hell of it try going to the Internet search engine of your choice and type in a countries name along with the word "newspaper". When a link pops up that strikes your fancy click on it and take a gander at their headlines. The vitriol and disbelief is plentiful. The world is taken aback that the notion that the self-proclaimed "most powerful country on the earth" can't even take care of the weakest members of its supposedly advanced and superior society. We are a laughing stock... Especially if you take into account that countries like Cuba, Iran and Venezuela are offering us relief aid!!!!! Now that's rich!
The more I see and read the more I realize that we are a teetering house of cards that a storm named Katrina almost knocked over. How much more do you think it would take to flatten us? Another 9-11, an attack in our subway systems, or maybe just another catastrophic act from mother nature? The possibilities of that are terrifying considering we are just now getting underway with hurricane season.
I am also having a hard time because on some level I feel like saying to those in the Gulf Coast "Hey you voted this jackass into office" on "Your fear of gay marriage, the horror that is stem cell research and your gullibility that there was an imminent terrorist attack aimed at the heart of your target free fly-over country". These non-issues swayed you enough to put a chimp in a human suit into office... Part of me screams, "You reap what you sew". The other part of me screams at myself for thinking such a thing.
I know I must refrain from this type of thought when I see the suffering and death the people are enduring. I have to believe that the people of the Gulf Coast had no clue that the Bush administration would de-fund efforts to shore up the vulnerable city's levees by 80 per cent to pay for a war built upon lies. I have to believe that the people of the Gulf Coast had no clue that the Bush administration would reduce 35% of the Louisiana's National Guard to shuttle them off to Iraq. I have to believe that the people of the Gulf Coast couldn't see that Bush, a fraud of a human being, didn't care about you and is at best incompetent and at the very worse an out and out class bigot.
I also have to realize that these derisive thoughts that ricochet around my mind are a direct result of Bush and his administrations divisive tactics that are ripping this country apart along it's political and ideological lines. I am ashamed that I sometimes fall into this trap.
At this point all of my thoughts are with the good people of the areas destroyed by this horrible disaster. At this point all I can do is wish you all a speedy and complete recovery from this nightmare that you didn't have to endure.
- D.A.
9/5/05
They May Be Comics... But They Aren't Funny!
Katrina Related Social - Political Comics
You'll laugh till you cry...
9/5/05
Blistering Op/Eds
United States of Shame
By Maureen Dowd
The Bursting Point
By David Brooks
Falluja Floods the Superdome
By Frank Rich
Killed by Contempt
By Paul Krugman
9/4/05
This Is Mind Blowing!
Warnings went ignored as Bush slashed flood defence budget to pay for wars
By Geoffrey Lean
9/4/05
Despite Warnings, Washington Failed to Fund Levee Projects
To cut spending, officials gambled that the worst-case scenario would not come to be.
9/4/05
Bodies Are Strewn 'Like Roadkill'
With efforts focused on helping survivors, corpses lie scattered around the city. Trucks will serve as roaming morgues.
9/4/05
Bush Faces Rising Complaints About Handling of Disaster
President Bush faced increasingly bitter complaints today from local and state officials in the battered Gulf
Coast region as he struggled to exert control over a disaster that almost surely claimed thousands of lives.
9/4/05
As White House Anxiety Grows, Bush Tries to Quell Political Crisis
9/4/05
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin Unloads On Dubya!
Fix this goddam crisis,' Bush told
New Orleans mayor castigates government
9/4/05
Evacuees anguished at leaving pets behind
9/4/05
Death toll 'could be in thousands'
House-to-house rescues under way in New Orleans
9/4/05
Quote Of The Day:
George Bush On The Katrina Catastrophe:
"The good news is -- and it's hard for some to see it now -- that out of this chaos
is going to come a fantastic Gulf Coast, like it was before. Out of the rubbles of
Trent Lott's house -- he's lost his entire house -- there's going to be a fantastic house.
And I'm looking forward to sitting on the porch."
This while the sick and helpless lay dying throughout the Gulf Coast... Repulsive, ain't he?
9/3/05
Like Rats Scrambling To A Sinking Ship
Man, the Republicans are scampering like rodents today. I believe it is because they saw their political lives pass before their eyes in the last few days. As the crisis in the south reached a fever pitch with starving dehydrated afro Americans chanting "help help help" in unison outside the Superdome with a backdrop of a dead grandmother in her wheelchair stowed along a wall outside the very same sporting facility, the slumbering Republican damage control machine shifted into overdrive.
Up until today there wasn't a peep from these shameless hypocrites who rushed down to Florida last year after each and every one of the dveastating hurricanes to sling bags of ice to all the smiling Caucasians who drove by... after they signed a waver pledging their loyalty to the Dubya of course.
Well after 5 days of 24-7 news coverage of the death, destruction, burning, looting and hellish chaos I guess the Repugnatcans saw the '06 elections slipping away and went into high-speed "cover our ass mode". Finally we see trucks filled with food, finally we see trucks filled with water, finally we see busses for transportation and finally we see Bush doing his obligatory "walkthrough".
Now as far as Bush's "walkthrough" in Biloxi Miss. I must protest and here is why... Imagine if you will that CNN breaks away for a "this just in news flash". We, the viewers, are presented with images of Bush doing his "impromptu" tour of the devastated homes in Mississippi... and as if on cue, almost as though it had been set up (wink wink), two waif-like Afro American girls run up to Dubya and threw their arms around him and began weeping. What a wonderfully organic photo op... Gag, gack and finally hurl!!!! I forgot to mention that walking along side this "scene" was the Mayor and Gov. of Miss as well as a beefy all American looking lad who seemingly on cue High fives the Bush as he comforted the two small weeping waifs... It was a magical moment... Especially when Bush awkwardly angled the two clinging women toward the camera crew as you could hear the shutters from their cameras whirring in the background like ravenous cicadas.
I haven't seen anything that stilted or set up since Michael Jackson married Lisa Marie Presely!
- D.A.
9/2/05
That's Bush And His Compassionate Conservatism For Ya'
Anger, hopelessness in Mississippi towns
9/2/05
Spreading The Freedom One Civilian Death At A Time
U.S. Planes Strike Near Syria Border; Civilian Deaths Reported
By Robert F. Worth
The airstrikes took place in and around the border city of Husaybah, a common transit point for insurgents entering Iraq.
8/30/05
File This Under - You Gotta' Be Kidding Me!
Bush to Cut Short His Vacation... By three f**king days!
President to Return to D.C. to Oversee Hurricane Response
Bush originally had been scheduled to remain in Texas until Friday, which would have marked
the longest stretch of time any president has spent away from Washington in decades, but
advisers were sensitive to the image of a president vacationing amid the hurricane crisis.
8/30/05
I Thought The Plan Was To Protect Us?
Bush: U.S. Must Protect Iraq From Terror
8/30/05
Majority Support For Sheehan... Limbaugh's Head Implodes
President Bush's Numbers Sink to an All-Time Low
Deaths and Instability in Iraq, Soaring Gas Prices Take Their Toll
8/30/05
Well... That's Nice
Roberts Memo Urged Laws Prohibiting Busing, Quotas
Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts Jr. advised the Reagan administration's attorney general
that "it makes eminent sense" to seek legislation permanently barring the use of employment
quotas to redress discrimination and prohibiting the busing of students to foster the integration
of schools, according to newly disclosed archival documents.
8/30/05
Grow A Pair Says Helen!
Democrats Still Backing Senseless War
by Helen Thomas
8/30/05
Shhhhhh... If We Don't Say Anything Maybe It'll Go Away!
Leading Christian right political groups "too busy to comment" on Robertson's assassination remarks
8/30/05