Daily Archives: September 2nd, 2005 «

 

Bush personally appealed for a mandatory evacuation

Posted by: ST on September 2, 2005 at 11:25 pm » 16 Comments

…per La. Governor Blanco (emphasis added): NEW ORLEANS (AP) — In the face of a catastrophic Hurricane Katrina, a mandatory evacuation was ordered Sunday for New Orleans by Mayor Ray Nagin. Acknowledging that large numbers of people, many of them stranded tourists, would be unable to leave, the city set up 10 places of last [...]

 

The race card is officially on the table

Posted by: ST on September 2, 2005 at 9:23 pm » 6 Comments

You knew it was bound to happen.  First, Rev. Jesse Jackson played the race card on the response to Hurricane Katrina: Civil Rights leader Jesse Jackson fired off a fierce attack on President George W. Bush over Hurricane Katrina and claimed black people were being locked out of top relief roles. Jackson raised the sensitive issue [...]

 

More than 50 countries offer aid to the US

Posted by: ST on September 2, 2005 at 6:36 pm » 14 Comments

On Wednesday, I posted a message discussing international aid and the implications in, ahem, certain circles (you know which ones) that we shouldn’t fault other countries for not offering assistance to us, considering how we ‘bad mouthed’ them in the run up to (and after) the war in Iraq. Well, it looks like many many [...]

 

TGIF

Posted by: ST on September 2, 2005 at 12:30 pm » Comments Off

Hi everyone.  Just wanted to let you know that today is going to be a light blogging day – I’m off work (actually been off the last couple of days) and I’ve got some errands to run and also want to get out and enjoy this beautiful weather.  And I’ve got to get away from [...]

 

Corps officials: Funding levels not to blame for flooding

Posted by: ST on September 2, 2005 at 12:05 am » 8 Comments

Earlier today, I blogged about an article from the Chicago Tribune that discussed how the US Army Corps of Engineers had been the target of funding cuts since 1965 (you had to dig that out of the article, but it was there). If you’ve done any travelling around the lefty blogosphere today you’ve probably seen [...]