Archive for August, 2007

And work your plan

Thursday, August 30th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

It's been two years - "Hillary Clinton has a plan to rebuild New Orleans":http://www.hillaryclinton.com/feature/katrina/?sc=8 It's been two years - "John Edwards has a plan to rebuild New Orleans":http://johnedwards.com/news/headlines/20070827-new-orleans-proposals/ It's been two years - "Barack Obama has a plan to rebuild New Orleans":http://www.barackobama.com/pdf/KatrinaFactSheetFinal.pdf ...

O Congressman! My Congressman!

Thursday, August 30th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

I had an interesting bit of serendipity today. I was getting ready to head out to take care of a few errands, and decided to check the local Help Wanted ads to see if there was anything I could ...

Operation: Who Woulda Thunk?

Thursday, August 30th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

You know, as long as the Chinese are financing this whole clusterfuck, why don't we just ask them to take over? How much worse could it be? "Chicago Tribune":http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-us-iraq,1,5304099.story?coll=chi_tab01_layout The Associated Press has learned the Government Accountability Office, or GAO, will ...

Abandoned, On the Run

Wednesday, August 29th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

!http://www.zencabin.com/Pics/nolaflag.jpg! (Graphic courtesy of "Suspect Device":http://www.suspect-device.com/blog/) "Safety was first and foremost, but we weren't going to let the terrorists win." - Christine Todd Whitman If there's one quote that neatly sums up the overarching philosophy of the Bush administration in ...

Bits and pieces

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007 Posted in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Some things I've come across today... "Nat Hentoff at The Village Voice, on torture":http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0734,hentoff,77589,2.html "Rick Perlstein talks about Katrina response at Tom Paine":http://www.tompaine.com/ "Human Rights First's report on torture: Leave No Marks":http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/us_law/etn/nomarks/index.asp Rip -