Everyone hop over to Erick Erickson’s site and say congrats, because his wife gave birth to a baby girl last night. Picture here.
Congrats, Erick.
RINO Sightings
The Big Cat Chronicles is hosting the current RINO Sightings.
I am too wrapped up watching the Hurricane coverage to be of much use to you all right now.
It looks like New Orleans had some small fortune in that thes storm weakened slighlty and turned eastward, but there are reports of levee’s failing. I have also heard that the Superdome roof has not necessarily failed, but part of a covering of the roof (not structural, but waterproofing and weatherproofing) has been peeled back.
Not Leaving
I just heard on the news that some people are refusing to evacuate New Orleans. This can’t be true, can it?
I understand some people can’t be evacuated. But refusing to leave?
BTW- In the aftermath of the hurricane, when Bush goes to Louisiana, who do you think will be the first to say ‘Bush will take time from his vacation to see these victims, but he won’t take time from his vacation to meet Cindy Sheehan, a victim of his policies?’
Your choices:
1.) Someone at the DU.
2.) Someone at dKos.
3.) A front pager at dKos.
4.) Some random blogger.
5.) Someone at the Camp Crawford circus.
6.) Cynthia McKinney.
After further thought, my guess is someone at the HuffPo.
*** Update ***
The natives are restless and cussing out Fox News.
*** Update ***
Who will be the first to blame this on the nation’s moral slide?
Congrats Are In Order
There is now a Mrs. Belgravia Dispatch.
Tough Times for the Big Easy
Looks like New Orleans is going to get hit hard:
Emergency officials along the Gulf Coast urged residents to move to safer ground as powerful Hurricane Katrina churned toward shore with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph.
The National Hurricane Center in Miami said low-lying areas along the Gulf Coast could expect storm surges of up to 25 feet as the Category 5 storm makes landfall early Monday.
Florida- I couldn’t care less about. New Orleans, on the other hand, is a national treasure.
World’s Shortest Personality Test
For your entertainment.
 You are dependable, popular, and observant. Deep and thoughtful, you are prone to moodiness. In fact, your emotions tend to influence everything you do. You are unique, creative, and expressive. |
From the look of my results, I think we can all agree the test is hopelessly flawed.
The Perils of Flying
This does not inspire confidence:
Illegal immigrants threw rocks at a Border Patrol helicopter, forcing the pilot to make an emergency landing when one of the rocks damaged the rotor, the agency said.
Neither the pilot nor the Border Patrol observer was injured.
The A-Star helicopter was two miles west of the U.S. Port of Entry in Andrade, Calif., on Tuesday when a group of immigrants began throwing rocks at the aircraft.
I think helicopters are fascinating, and have flown in them numerous times, but I don’t think most people know how easy it is to bring them down. I know some people who swear that helicopters are the one machine out there that actively fights you when you use it as designed.