Governors Resist Shifting Authority Over Guard

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 14 - In an unusual act of bipartisan and regional unanimity, 51 governors have joined to voice their strong opposition to legislation to let the president federalize National Guard troops in a disaster without local authorities’ consent.As I recall, President Bush was pilloried over ( Read more... )

Shana found a barbeque place in Vienna that she wanted to try. It was sort of a southern, open-pit BBQ. Seemed to be run by a Korean couple. Fox News was on the television in the back. Now, all day one of the big things on multiple TV and radio channels was the fact that grateful people in Houston said the locals were treating evacuees like ( Read more... )

I was watching dateline... ok. Shana turned the TV on and it was on NBC. On Dateline was a story with which I was very impressed ( Read more... )

wow. The huge skylift that has been going on all morning is really impressive ( Read more... )

On television right now you can see convoys of vehicles entering the city of New Orleans. There are buses to move people, 18 wheelers full of food and water, fire engines, trucks and SUVs pulling boats... They didn't show up one or two at a time (where they would have been stolen) there were hundreds of vehicles at a time. They came with ( Read more... )