Death, destruction, fabulous opportunities

Jonathan has put together a post that shows a horrifying aspect of some political responses to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The Fourth Anniversary Of An Enormous OpportunityAnd yet, behind their tears, there seems to be something else. When they think no one is...

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Bye Bye Brownie

"In government, the scum rises to the top." - Friedrich Hayek "Brownie, you're doing a heckuva job." - G WMD Bush, September 2, 2005 Brown resigns.

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Mayor ready for armed standoff with FEMA

WWLTV.com | News for New Orleans, Louisiana | Local News 3:32 P.M. Ben Morris, Slidell mayor: We are still hampered by some of the most stupid, idiotic regulations by FEMA. They have turned away generators, we've heard that they've gone around seizing equipment from...

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Americans last

Rightie bloggers are trying to put a positive spin on the appalling pictures coming out of New Orleans, the most striking features of which are the unbroken seas of black faces staring at the cameras from the hellish, stinking concentration camps at the Superdome and...

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The Cavalry can’t get past FEMA

Aaron Broussard,  president of Jefferson Parish on Meet the Press:Sir, they were told like me. Every single day. The cavalry is coming. On the federal level. The cavalry is coming. The cavalry is coming. The cavalry is coming. I have just begun to hear the hooves...

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The Potemkin Photo Op

Blah3 has all the info pulled together:All of this information has turned up in one spot or another on the web since yesterday, but I wanted to put it all together in one spot for a reason. Bit by bit, parts of Bush's trip were shown to be less truthful than we...

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Baghdad on the Gulf of Mexico

When are Americans going to begin asking the obvious question: "Is this how the much-vaunted Homeland Security Department handles a real disaster?" WWLTV.com | News for New Orleans, Louisiana | Local News (AP) The evacuation of the Superdome was suspended Thursday...

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Proof that theft doesn’t work

Charles Featherstone on the LRC Blog: It's going to be a very busy and very interesting day for world energy markets today. The NY light, sweet crude contract has already traded at $70 in Singapore. The results of Katrina are likely to make things much, much...

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The Pro-War Republicans in Crawford

t r u t h o u t  has an interesting video of some interviews with the pro-war people rallying in Crawford. Pro-Bush / Pro-War Rally Coverage 08.27.05 QuickTimeDSL | 56KWindows MediaDSL | 56K RealMedia DSL | 56K

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FReepers score own goals in Crawford

Via Atrios, professional Freeper agitator Kristinn Taylor tried to distance FR from a fellow pro-war protestor in Crawford yesterday:A handful also got themselves arrested, including a protester whose anti-Sheehan sign was deemed unnecessarily offensive by organizers...

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