Month: September 2005

This commentary attempts to make of a small offering of art as a brief respite from all the horrific news from the gulf coast. Quick Background: Tired of waiting for any of the criminals to be “frog marched” out of...

“I don’t want to go to no Astrodome.”: Victim of the Superdome catacomb. This former Big Easy jewel, Now just a giant pustule, Renamed the Louisiana Comedo-me…? (four more after the fold)”Hello,...

<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/katrina/story/0,16441,1562005,00.html"”Criticism of Bush mounts as more than 10,000 feared dead,” The Guardian. The story’s subtitles: Governor threatens looters...

[From the diaries by susanhu, with addition below.] After Hastert’s insensitive comments about bulldozing NO, he failed to show up to vote on the $10.5B aid package. Instead he was off to another of those incessant Repub...

Two of my sons and us are headed for Mississippi. The damage is too extensive along the Coast and dangerous for us to deal with but the damage from the storm goes far inland and people are hurting. We’ll have chain saws, a...