Steelers lead 20-7 at halftime. Barring a disastrous second half, things look good for the good guys.
And if you are looking for other commentary, you might as well go read Jeff, who hast two posts up (here and here) dealing with the Katrina fall-out.
Sarah the Penguin
yes.
And I am willing to eat my words and spend the next week licking your balloon.
Boronx
“The federal government pretty much met its standard time lines, but the volume of support provided during the 72-96 hour was unprecedented. The federal response here was faster than Hugo, faster than Andrew, faster than Iniki, faster than Francine and Jeanne.”
Wonderful. FEMA is now slightly better than the absolute disaster it was before Clinton put Witt in charge. So the article ignores eight years of excellent disaster recovery during the Clinton era, and most tellingly, the great federal response to hurricanes last year.
What an honest and convincing “alternate story line”.
Joey
The Titans are either even more pathetic than I thought they would be, or the Steelers are far more good than I thought, and I figured they would be one of the top three or four teams in the league. My man Randle is having a great game :).
Jay
So the article ignores eight years of excellent disaster recovery during the Clinton era
Rigggght. Ask the victims of Hurricane Floyd and Hurricane Georges.
Cripes, you people would happily suck Clinton’s ass even if he had a knife in your back.
Far North
How come the Steelers always blow playoff games at home? BTW, its been 26 years since the Steelers were NFL champs. The Raiders have won two Super Bowls since then.
Joey
And the same can’t be said for Bush people, who actually has knifed this country in the back?
Back to the Steelers, I’m starting to think it’s both: The Titans are absolutely awful, and the Steelers are very very good. I look forward to the Steelers/Colts game. That should be a doozy.
Steve
Good start for the Steelers, but today I am a Saints fan.
Joey
Yeah, I too was happy to see the Saints win, though I wish they would have thrown to Horn more (On my fantasy team).
Kirk Spencer
What an intereting slice of time. The response in the 72-96 hour window was unprecedented. Cool, but I have to ask…
How did it compare in the pre-zero, the 0 to 24, the 24 to 48, and the 48 to 72 hour windows? As I recall (and since it’s memory it could be faulty) in all cases there was quite a bit of pre- or early post-response.
ppGaz
Heh.
Let me put it this way, Bushites:
We had a hurricane, and you lost.
Get over it.
Tim F
For the Steelers the MVP in today’s game was the Titans defense, followed closely by the Titans offense. Parker’s transcendent running game just rubbed salt into the wound.
kl
So that’s what you’re bitter about. That explains it.
Joey
Damn, looks like the Colts found a defense. Now I’m really looking forward to the Colts/Steelers game.
Andrei
Now that football is done, what will Cole say about these two articles?
The more you look, the worse it gets
Breakdowns marked path from hurricane to anarachy
ppGaz
1) Bad journalism?
2) We’re going to make him vote Republican again?
3) Your post was snide?
4) Let’s not play the Blame Game
5) What if Bush Ate a Baby?
Ancient Purple
Andrei,
I will see your two articles and raise you this one:
Patients Euthanized in New Orleans
Tim F
Folks, as long as you insist that the blogger monkey dance on command he probably won’t. Just a thought.
Scarpy
Congrats on the win. But you seem confused–the PATS are the good guys.
Just thought I’d clarify.
slide
What are the Steelers?
Vlad
I missed the game due to a work emergency, but at least I got to hear it on the radio. The boys sounded like they did pretty well.
I still miss Myron.
jg
Looks like I picked the right weekend to use the Steelers defense in my fantasy league.
Veeshir
Wow, Ben finally decided to be a QB. Last year he just didn’t lose games, until the playoffs. Maybe this year he’ll actually win them.
On a personal note, how bout them NY Football Giants? They actually looked like a professional football team. You know, one of the good ones.
And all without Manning even having to look good.