Category Archives: Katrina

Not Katrina

Posted on April 30, 2010 by Jeff Fecke

This is not the finest hour of the Obama administration. The spreading oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico is an environmental catastrophe, and the Obama administration’s initial willingness to trust BP’s word on the severity of the accident wasted … Continue reading →

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Four Years Ago Today

Posted on August 29, 2009 by Jeff Fecke
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Worst Bush Moments #3: Strumming While New Orleans Flooded

Posted on January 19, 2009 by Jeff Fecke

As the 9th Street Levee was gushing forth a torrent of water, water that was filling up New Orleans like a soup bowl, our president was doing this: Now, remember, this was after Katrina had hit, after we knew that, … Continue reading →

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Worst Bush Moments: #6, "Heckuva Job, Brownie"

Posted on January 18, 2009 by Jeff Fecke

I actually have some sympathy for Mike Brown. By all accounts, he meant well. He simply wasn’t qualified to serve as the director of FEMA. He was an attorney and a judge of horse shows; he had no experience running … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, Senator McCain!

Posted on August 29, 2008 by Jeff Fecke

Happy 72nd birthday, Johnny Mac! Here, just for fun I found some pictures from your 69th birthday, which was three years ago, August 29, 2005.   Huh. August 29, 2005. Something else happened that day, I think. But what could … Continue reading →

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Department of Things I Can't Write About Without Resorting to Profanity

Posted on August 28, 2008 by Jeff Fecke

Fuck you, Karl Rove:  “The Republicans can’t seem to get a break when it comes to August and when it comes to the weather,” said Rove, a FOX News analyst. “I know this is being thought a lot about in … Continue reading →

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New Orleans Suicide Rate Up…Needs Better Sample, but if True It's Called Anomie

Posted on September 15, 2006 by Rachel S.

Here’s a mini-sociology lesson. I found this article today, which includes the following quote: Dr. Raoult Ratard took a unique approach to studying the suicide rate because there have been no reliable estimates of how many people have returned since … Continue reading →

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Blaming Bush for Natural Disasters

Posted on July 6, 2006 by Stentor

John McGrath makes an offhand remark citing Hurricane Katrina as evidence that Bush’s climate change policies have led to disaster (analogous to the way his WMD policy led to the disaster in Iraq). I agree that Bush’s policies on climate … Continue reading →

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"Louisiana was dysfunctional"–Michael Brown

Posted on September 27, 2005 by Pseudo-Adrienne

Former head of FEMA, Michael Brown, testified today on issues surrounding FEMA’s handling of the Katrina disaster, and blamed local officials for the poor response. Surprised? WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The former head of the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency, who … Continue reading →

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Links here, links there, links everywhere

Posted on September 23, 2005 by Ampersand

My desktop is getting cluttered with links that I won’t have time to blog about…. Heidi at Letters of Marque on What Women Want: “In short, what this particular woman wants is a wife. And I resent (in a vague … Continue reading →

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