Month: September 2005

It’s long been feared that the City of New Orleans would take a direct hit from a hurricane.  What made it such a danger was not the prospect of hurricane force winds directly hitting a densely populated region...

Almost all of the coverage in New Orleans is about the condition of the people in the Super Dome and then later  the New Orleans Convention Center where large groups of people were “discovered” and found to...

It never ends. It is not ending. Last night in New Orleans was just as bad as the night before but we aren’t hearing it except for Geraldo’s pleas. It goes on. And on. These people are being treated as less than...

Something strange appears to be happening. I was going to post about a report of the suspension of oil exports from the Kirkuk oil fields today. The report is now no longer on the list of stories on the phone site which I...

Cross posted at my blog. George W. Bush has brought me to tears like no other politician.  He has brought me to rage, to depression.  I try to keep him out of my life, to stay out of depression and rage.  But just...