Help house a family from New Orleans MoveOn.org has a fabulous website up — HurricaneHousing.org, to help coordinate offers of housing for evacuees from Katrina. I will Read More » 2005-09-06 14:08 No Comments
“Louisiana is a city that’s largely underwater” OK, I’ll cut Homeland (In)Security Secretary Jerkoff a little slack… it was just a slip of the tongue and not Read More » 2005-09-06 12:31 No Comments
Just a short list of FEMA’s response to Katrina One of the mantras of modern conservatism is that private industry can do it better and that government always gets Read More » 2005-09-06 11:54 No Comments
Barbara Bush (the old one): Let them eat cake Usually when I do these political cartoons, I have to think up some outrageously snide satirical quote to put in Read More » 2005-09-06 09:32 No Comments
Billmon wins the “Radical” Russ Nail on the Head Award for today Billmon over at Whiskey Bar notes how incredibly effective FEMA was during the triple-storm barrage of Charley, Frances, & Ivan Read More » 2005-09-05 18:10 No Comments
Will the government be “comin’ to get you” when YOUR natural disaster hits? “The guy who runs this building I’m in, emergency management, he’s responsible for everything. His mother was trapped in St. Read More » 2005-09-05 17:51 No Comments
You’re safer in Cuba At least if you’re a poor person hoping your government protects you from the ravages of a hurricane. By Marjorie Read More » 2005-09-05 13:18 No Comments
Portland to take in 1,000 Katrina evacuees I had made a comment on another blog that I would immediately open my home to house any evacuee who Read More » 2005-09-05 12:15 No Comments
NEVER FORGET I love the latest Rove Talking Point that we’ll be able to do an “after action report” later, we need Read More » 2005-09-05 11:12 No Comments
Red Cross not allowed in New Orleans From the American Red Cross website (emphasis mine): Hurricane Katrina: Why is the Red Cross not in New Orleans? * Read More » 2005-09-05 10:16 No Comments
$14B to repair the Gulf Coast… where have I heard that number before? From the September 4th edition of Press the Meat with Tim Russert: MR. RUSSERT: Mike Tidwell, you’ve written about it Read More » 2005-09-05 10:03 No Comments
Appearing Live on ORNORML Presents Today I’ll be appearing live today at 2PM on Multnomah Community Television (Channel 11, Comcast Cable in the Portland Area) for Read More » 2005-09-04 15:00 No Comments