Daily Archives: September 3rd, 2005 «

 

RIP, Justice Rehnquist

Posted by: ST on September 3, 2005 at 11:42 pm » 4 Comments

The Associated Press this evening is reporting that US Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist passed away at his Virginia home today.  He was diagnosed with  thyroid cancer last October. Chief Justice Rehnquist was 80 years old. Thoughts and prayers go to his family this evening.

 

As US struggles with Katrina, the world looks on

Posted by: ST on September 3, 2005 at 11:03 pm » 1 Comment

I was particularly struck by a quote I read in a Reuters article from someone in Sri Lanka who compared the post-tsunami atmosphere there with post-Katrina atmososphere in New Orleans. From the article: But many have also been shocked by the images of disorder beamed around the world — looters roaming the debris-strewn streets and [...]

 

About those levees

Posted by: ST on September 3, 2005 at 7:51 pm » 2 Comments

There’s been a lot of Bush-blaming going on in the last week by the usual suspects about the fact that funding for the US Army Corps of Engineers had been decreased by a substantial amount last year in favor of pumping more money into the Iraq war effort. The conclusion drawn from that from that [...]

 

US Katrina donations: over $200 million

Posted by: ST on September 3, 2005 at 1:58 pm » 3 Comments

Via AP: Americans are responding to Hurricane Katrina with a massive outpouring of giving, at times overwhelming call centers and computer servers set up by charities to field donations. Total donations passed the $200 million mark by Friday, four days after the storm slammed into the Gulf Coast. The bulk of those funds were collected [...]

 

Media pushes “white guilt” angle

Posted by: ST on September 3, 2005 at 3:36 am » 13 Comments

Thursday I asked the question: Looting: Is it as bad in Mississippi as it is in Louisiana?  I went on to ask more: All I’m hearing about are stories coming out of New Orleans of chaos and looting but not much out of the devastated areas of Mississippi.  Is this an example of the media’s [...]