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and where, exactly, were you, flyboy?

April 24, 2008 – 3:30 pm

Sen. John McCain on Thursday blasted the Bush administration and all levels of government for the failed response to Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.
“We know we didn’t have the right kind of leadership … where government agencies were getting information from watching cable television rather than have a flow of information,” McCain said during an [...]

By slim | Also posted in 2008 Election, Republicans | Comments (0)

those bush couldn’t drown, he’ll poison

January 30, 2008 – 11:28 am

Our fair Chimperor is treating the population of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast like a litter of unwanted kittens:
“It was not until Dec. 21 that the Centers for Disease Control actually began testing formaldehyde levels in travel trailers and mobile homes,” said [House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Bennie] Thompson. “That is over a year [...]

By slim | Also posted in Gov Acctability | Comments (0)

the best gift

December 26, 2007 – 9:00 am

J. has a hard time buying gifts for me. Even when I say I don’t need anything, or ask for something that can’t be bought (this year I asked that we adopt the stray cat that’s been camped out on our front porch for a month), he thinks he needs to get me something. [...]

By slim | Also posted in Economic justice | Comments (0)

on healthcare, iraq, soldiers returning with ptsd, and so much else

December 13, 2007 – 11:43 am

Sometimes to find hope for the future we have to look to the past. In the excellent book Jewish Travellers, you can read the travelogue of Rabbi Benjamin ben Jonah of Tudela in Navarre, the most famous of Jewish travellers in the late Middle Ages. He finished the travels he describes in 1173:
[The [...]

By slim | Also posted in Bush crime family, Healthcare, Human rights, Iraq, Middle East conflicts, Peace, Religion | Comments (0)

unclear on the fucking concept

November 19, 2007 – 4:33 pm

From Scout we learn that:
A national commission today rejected New Orleans’ bid to host a 2008 presidential debate, deciding that the city was not sufficiently recovered from Hurricane Katrina to handle such an important event.
You complete morons.
You don’t hold a Presidential Debate in New Orleans because it’s a world-class city - though it is.
You hold [...]

By slim | Also posted in 2008 Election, Economic justice | Comments (0)

the good:

October 15, 2007 – 12:00 pm

Last week I posted on Miracle Lewis and her family’s second loss of their New Orleans house, first to the post-Katrina flood and then, just as they were ready to move back in, to arson.
Friday I received an update from Scout at First-Draft:
…$3,070 in donations have been raised since yesterday. It is wonderful and the [...]

By slim | Comments (0)

and the i-can’t-bear-to-look:

October 15, 2007 – 11:58 am

I have been reading Naomi Klien’s The Shock Doctrine, but I haven’t finished it yet.
Why?
It is the only book I’ve ever read where the facts are so horrendous that I have to put the book down to keep from becoming physically ill.
I think this is because when I read most books about geopolitical atrocities, they [...]

By slim | Also posted in Corporate control, Economic justice, Fascism, Money Party | Comments (0)

miracle needs our help

October 11, 2007 – 12:06 pm

I know many of us are short of funds these days, but it’s hard not to help when you know what other people are surviving in New Orleans. From the website Hope in Grace, set up by Tulane med students:
On a fresh late-summer’s afternoon of the 22nd of September, 2007, Miracle Lewis came down [...]

By slim | Also posted in Economic justice | Comments (0)

Katrina, Two Years Later

August 29, 2007 – 7:55 am

KBOO dedicates a full day of special programming to coincide with the anniversary of the Hurricane Katrina disaster of 2005.
We will feature a diverse array of public affairs and music programs that focus on New Orleans, the history and aftermath of Katrina, as well as current events and other relevant issues.
Topics to be covered include:

Pre-Katrina [...]

By Rich | Also posted in Civil rights, Culture, Economic justice, Environment, Media | Comments (0)

Pit Bull lovers r us

June 13, 2007 – 2:53 pm

Since dogs have been on my mind lately and contrary to what is implied in this Columbian article with a very misleading headline (the article itself says the judge didn’t specify a legal difference between pit bulls or any other breed), here is some solid information about one of my favorite breeds of dog:

Ten Facts [...]

By bushtool | Also posted in Animal rights, Columbian, The | Comments (1)

Why Bush 41 cries.

December 8, 2006 – 1:27 am

The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry. I don’t think this has anything to do with Jeb.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzPwUKwqRSM


By bushtool | Also posted in Bush crime family, Foreign policy, Republicans, War on terror | Comments (1)

VFP Film Nite, “Left Behind”

November 26, 2006 – 5:33 pm

[ November 28, 2006; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Vancouver for Peace Film Nite, “Left Behind”, about injustices done to Katrina survivors; St Luke’s Episcopal Parish, Fourth Plain near F, parking lot reached from F

By admin | Also posted in Events | Comments (0)