Why I Believe Bush Must Go
Nixon Was Bad. These Guys Are Worse.

[SourceBy George McGovern ( Read more... )

Ouch! Looks like it wasn't "no one" who could have predicted the breach of the levees after all. It appears that Bush's advisors told him that was a grave concern the day before it happened. That seems to directly contradict what Bush said just days later. Bush, a liar ( Read more... )

I know that my constant harping on politics isn't winning any awards (or friends) here on livejournal. But since it's Friday, and Friday is poetry day, I thought this statement from Michael Brown was ironic and poetic (justice) enough that it warranted a post:

"I certainly feel somewhat abandoned" [by the Bush administration] -- Michael Brown, Ex ( Read more... )

The federal government let out a sigh of relief when in fact it should have been sounding an "all hands on deck" alarm, the investigators have found.Representative Thomas M. Davis III, Republican of Virginia, chairman of the special House committee investigating the hurricane response, said the only government agency that performed well was the ( Read more... )

"George Bush does not care about black people."
--Kanye West

I'm not saying Earl is a visionary, which he is, but it's absurd for George W. Bush to go on TV and say, "No one could have expected the levees to break."http://www.blumenauer.house.gov/issues/FloorSpeechSummary.aspx?NewsID=1227&IssueID=0

September 3, 2005

United States of ShameBy MAUREEN DOWD ( Read more... )

I cannot even begin to put into words my feelings about people who have looted stores for guns, who then fire those guns at helicopters attempting to deliver much needed food and medical supplies to hospitals in New Orleans ( Read more... )

Look, the flooding is bad. Looting is terrible and morally reprehensible, and as I pointed out in a comment on someone else's journal, not even a good plan at the moment: where are you going to bring that stuff that you're stealing? Back to your no-longer-existent house where the flood waters are still rising ( Read more... )

It's time to step up and help your fellow human beings. The American Red Cross needs supplies, volunteers, money and blood to help the recovery from Hurricane Katrina. In case you haven't been following along, Hurricane Katrina came ashore Monday and has caused extensive damage to Louisianna, Mississippi, and parts of Alabama, leaving millions ( Read more... )