I can’t even watch the footage anymore, it is too upsetting. I think we have lost a city. Just go donate.
Archives for August 2005
Really- Just a Grieving Mother
Maha Cindy speaks: While George golfed yesterday, the worst hurricane ever struck New Orleans; oil went up to over 68.00/barrel; and an American soldier was killed in the charade and cataclysmic occupation of Iraq. The soldier’s family doesn’t even know what’s going to hit them yet. The death is “Pending Notification.” I continually ask myself: …
The Levee Broke
It looks like New Orleans is dealing with the worst case scenario: Rescuers worked through the night to reach hundreds of people stranded after Hurricane Katrina ripped across the Gulf Coast killing dozens of people, destroying countless homes and leaving more than a million people without power in three states. And authorities said they would …
George Will Gets Snarky
Mr. Will with some ‘intelligently designed’ snark: This summer’s movie stars are not the usual bipeds, but other animals — emperor penguins and grizzly bears. Their performances are pertinent to some ongoing arguments. “March of the Penguins” raises this question: If an Intelligent Designer designed nature, why did it decide to make breeding so tedious …
Ruthless Gangsta, Definition Villain
This seems to me to be wildly irresponsible rhetoric coming from Haley Barbour: Barbour and other officials had a harsh warning for those thinking of looting. “I’ve urged the highway patrol and national guard to treat looters ruthlessly,” Barbour said, “The rules of engagement will be as ruthless as the law allows.” I can understand …
Possible Flasher Caught
Thanks to the Intertrons, the notorious NYC subway flasher may have been, ahem, fingered: Cops want to question a Manhattan restaurant owner after getting numerous tips that he’s the subway flasher caught in the act by camera phone, police sources said last night. Nearly two dozen people have phoned the Daily News and the NYPD …
Building a Community
I am pretty harsh on Kos and company a lot of the time, but I thought his latest advertising campaign was a classy touch. Go check out the third blogad (“Support Your Favorite Bloggers”) on Ezra’s site. Read it, and click the ad. But read Ezra’s post on the Gas tax v. CAFE standards first.