Author: Real History Lisa

(crossposted from Real History Blog) I’m thinking of another leader, who sat and fiddled while Rome burned. Bush finally decided it might be a good idea to cut short his vacation, a day into this terrible tragedy. I...

Wow – this is just like what I saw at the Oil Shockwave exercise a couple of weeks ago in Torrance, California. A single event can affect oil prices in dramatic ways. Katrina has just sent oil to $70/barrel, up from $65...

Crossposted from my Real History Blog. Okay – he’s still alive. But there’s got to be an award for this. Someone on Kos suggested calling it the “George W. Bush” award, which seems fitting....