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1. | article from the New York Times
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| | ....An article from the New York Times gives what seems to be the only tantalizing speck of information regarding Cheney’s whereabouts at any time since August 18..... | 
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2. | American Red Cross - Preparing Communities for Emergencies and Keeping People Safe - Preparedness
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American Red Cross - you can donate as little as 5 dollars online.... |
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3. | For some reason, I wondered where she went or if she was ok.
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For some reason, I wondered where she went or if she was ok.
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4. | Many Evacuated, but Thousands Still Waiting
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| | .... a damn thing until the local officials request help.
No troops.
No food.
No aid.
They sit there waiting and waiting, until requested. Thats how the system works.
Any normal governor/mayor would quickly ask for the aid, and it would be there. But no. They were playing political games with everyone’s lives down there.
Behind the scenes, a power struggle emerged, as federal officials tried to wrest authority .... |
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5. | Eject! Eject! Eject!: TRIBES
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| | ....His latest essay, "Tribes", is excellent reading..... |
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6. | PeopleFinderVolunteer - Katrina Help Wiki
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| | .... working to organize a master database of all the Katrina "missing" and "safe/found" information scattered around the web.What they need are volunteers to do data entry of information off of message boards, 25-item sets at a time. Go here for details on exactly how the project works. Then go here to claim a set and get to work. [I checked .... |
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7. | Transcript for September 4 - Meet the Press, online at MSNBC - MSNBC.com
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From the September 4th edition of Press the Meat with Tim Russert:
MR. RUSSERT: Mike Tidwell, you've written about it as well, and you say that in order to rebuild, there's going to have to be some serious undertakings in recognition .... |
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8. | CNN.com - Bush nominates Roberts as chief justice - Sep 5, 2005
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| | ....This morning, President Bush nominated John Roberts for the Chief Justice position directly. It’s probably a smart move politically, since it appears that Roberts is set to sail through the confirmation .... |
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9. | Herald Sun: Sean Penn's rescue bid sinks [05sep05]
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| | ....Herald Sun: Sean Penn’s rescue bid sinks [05sep05].... |
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10. | BostonHerald.com - Business News: Brown pushed from last job: Horse group: FEMA chief had to be `asked to resign'
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| | .... commissioner of judges and stewards for the International Arabian Horse Association. But he was there, alright. And, according to the Boston Herald, a spate of lawsuits stemming from a series of "alleged supervision failures" led to his being asked to resign.
Brown’s competence has been called into question, to put it mildly, following FEMA’s abject bungling of the emergency relief efforts in Louisiana and .... |
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11. | logical result of 30 years of right-wing anti-government propaganda
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| | ....The massive destruction is the logical result of 30 years of right-wing anti-government propaganda, manifest in among other things the complete destruction of the wetlands protecting New Orleans. The perfectly predictable .... |
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12. | HoustonChronicle.com - AROUND THE REGION
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A friend sent me this brief, with the tagline "Let the *real* looting begin." Couldn't have said it better myself...Halliburton hired for storm cleanup
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13. | Whatever: Being Poor
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Whatever: Being PoorBeing poor is using only half a packet of ramen seasoning, because the other half can go on tomorrow's spaghetti noodles.Being poor is feeling guilty for having epilepsy .... |
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14. | Louisiana's Wetlands @ National Geographic Magazine
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National Geographic foretold the flood in New Orleans nearly a year ago.....
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15. | Bush Chooses Roberts, Weighs Other Vacancy - Yahoo! News
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| | ....Bush Nominates Roberts for Chief Justice — AP.... |
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16. | nominated
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| | ....Today, the President nominated John Roberts as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Previously Roberts had been nominated as an Associate Justice to replace the retiring Sandra Day .... |
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17. | Taking refuge in the Astrodome - NEWSCHANNEL 5
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| | ....From New Channel 5 in Texas, dated September 1st….... |
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18. | ABC News: Poll: Bush Not Taking Brunt of Katrina Criticism
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| | ....Looks like the American public isnt blaming Bush for the disaster:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/HurricaneKatrina/...=1094262&page=1
It appears that people who didnt like Bush before still dont like Bush but no one has been turned .... |
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19. | DirectNIC
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| | ....http://mgno.com/.... |
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20. | Crooks and Liars
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President of Jefferson Parish on the utter fuckups, from FEMA cutting communications lines to a drowning grandmother.Enough said.Criminal negligence or criminal incompetence.Heads must .... |
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21. | HurricaneHousing.org - Hurricane Katrina Housing and Disaster Relief Help
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| | ...."On Thursday, MoveOn.org Civic Action, formerly known as MoveOn.org, created a new web site, asking its 3.3 million members and the public to post any available housing for the thousands of people left homeless by Hurricane Katrina. In just four days, people across the country opened their .... |
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22. | Roberts has indeed been nominated as Chief Justice
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08:55 UPDATE I: Alert blogger and buddy Jim Lynch at
bRight & Early
just informed me that Roberts has indeed been nominated as Chief Justice. May the mayhem begin..... |
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23. | President Bush: Sell the Ranch
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| | ....Sell The Ranch..... |
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24. | Bob Herbert presents us with Exhibit A
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| | ....Bob Herbert presents us with Exhibit A (or B or C, depending on whether you think Frank Rich or Paul Krugman are more foolish) in the case that the New York Times as a news organization/editorial .... |
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25. | Army Times - News - More News
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| | ....Army Times - Troops begin combat operations in New Orleans.... |
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26. | Bush Nominates Roberts as Chief Justice
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| | ....Today, the President nominated John Roberts as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Previously Roberts had been nominated as an Associate Justice to replace the retiring Sandra Day O'Connor. .... |
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27. | An Angry 'Times-Picayune' Calls for Firing of FEMA Chief and Others in Open Letter to President On Sunday
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Open Letter to Bush from the Times Picayune (New Orleans newspaper):.... |
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28. | Insurgents Seize Key Town in Iraq
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| | ....Iraq continues to be lost more each day:.... |
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29. | The Bursting Point - New York Times
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| | ....The Bursting Point - New York Times (I'm not a fan of Brooks per se, but this was very well done.).... |
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30. | Hurricane Katrina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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| | ....Like most, I'm a jumble of emotions and opinions with respect to Hurricane Katrina. I'm sad, angry, frustrated, furious, and just a little bit hopeful as well..... |
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31. | This is unconscionable
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| | ....This is unconscionable:.... |
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32. | Katrina Relief: Add Your Contribution
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| | .... you, kind reader, to support the victims of Hurricane Katrina. We’re sponsoring
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which has “the largest private network of social service organizations in the United States.”
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33. | French Quarter Holdouts Create 'Tribes' - Yahoo! News
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This is closer to the New Orleans I know.
I like that story better than all the ones about the dead bodies.
I'm feeling a little bit better now for .... |
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34. | War and Piece:
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| | ....Remember seeing Bush "on the scene"? Well, it seems that it was all a pose -- which was not missed by foreign news orgs. For instance, via havecoffeewillwrite.com we learn that War and Piece reports that "Dutch viewer Frank Tiggelaar writes":.... |
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35. | THE NEWS BLOG
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| | ....A note to our conservative friends: WE TOLD YOU SO..... |
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36. | American Red Cross
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From the American Red Cross website (emphasis mine):
Hurricane Katrina: Why is the Red Cross not in New Orleans?
* Acess to New Orleans is controlled by the National Guard and local authorities .... |
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37. | Times-Picayune
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| | ....This week everyone I know has become a news junky, watching the reports from New Orleans and the area devastated by hurricane Katrina. The most outstanding coverage has come from the flagship newspaper in New Orleans, the Times-Picayune. The staff had to abandon their offices and production facilities on Tuesday when the city filled with water. The editorial staff moved to makeshift office space made available by a Baton Rouge paper, and .... |
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38. | CNN.com - The big disconnect on New Orleans - Sep 2, 2005
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| | .... job well done when he just saw rats eating a woman's body in the street of Biloxi."CNN also reported that official reports diverge significantly from what is being reported by the people actually out there. FEMA chief Brown seems particularly on the ball...On conditions in the Convention Center:"We learned about that (Thursday), so I have directed that we have all available resources to get that convention center .... |
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39. | Mayor Nagin says I'm going to Vegas!
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| | ....NOPD Officer: Mayor Nagin says I'm going to Vegas!.... |
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40. | Bush chooses Roberts to replace Rehnquist - The Changing Court - MSNBC.com
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| | ....And let the games begin.
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