Daily Archives: September 23rd, 2005 «

 

Blogging Rita

Posted by: ST on September 23, 2005 at 12:20 pm » Comments Off

ST reader and commenter TTyler is riding out Rita in his home which is in the hurricane’s projected path.  He is blogging here along with others in the area.  Please make sure to check that site often for updates.  Tom, take care! I wish you would have left, but I hope you and those who [...]

 

Water pouring over levees in N.O.

Posted by: ST on September 23, 2005 at 11:05 am » 2 Comments

Fox News is reporting with this headline (no story just yet): Water Pours Over Levee in New Orleans The email notification from Fox said "dozens of blocks underwater." I’ll post more here as it becomes available. Update: Here’s the story: NEW ORLEANS  — Water poured over a patched levee Friday, cascading into one of the city’s [...]

 

More nonsense from Charlie Rangel

Posted by: ST on September 23, 2005 at 10:49 am » 10 Comments

Calling President Bush ‘Our Bull Connor’: WASHINGTON – Comparing President Bush to the Birmingham, Ala., police commissioner whose resistance to the civil rights movement became synonymous with Southern racism, Rep. Charles Rangel said yesterday of the president: "George Bush is our Bull Connor." Mr. Rangel’s metaphoric linkage of Mr. Bush to the late Theophilus "Bull" [...]

 

Evacuee bus explodes near Dallas

Posted by: ST on September 23, 2005 at 8:55 am » 4 Comments

The AP is reporting: DALLAS — A sheriff’s official in Texas said a bus that was apparently carrying Hurricane Rita evacuees has exploded on a highway near Dallas. Officials said at least one person is dead and others are injured. Aerial images show emergency crews examining people near the bus, which was fully engulfed in [...]

 

Issues pinging to Technorati

Posted by: ST on September 23, 2005 at 8:42 am » 11 Comments

Have any of my fellow bloggers out there been experiencing any pinging issues with Technorati? It just came to my attention yesterday from a kind blogger that my posts are not showing up at Technorati, even though when I update with new content, I am set up to ping Technorati, in addition to Blogrolling, Weblogs [...]