Your federal government working for you.
 

Awfully bold assumption in that last sentence.

S_A_M

the worm continues to turn towards Nagin
 

From the ultra conservative BBC:

There are questions for the mayor, dubbed heroic by some, to answer.

The evacuation

It was announced at a news conference by the Mayor Ray Nagin on Sunday 28 August, less than 24 hours before the hurricane struck early the next morning.

The question has to be asked: Why was it not ordered earlier?

The Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco said at the same news conference that President Bush had called and personally appealed for a mandatory evacuation.

The night before, National Hurricane Director Max Mayfield had called Mayor Nagin to tell him that an evacuation was needed. Why were these calls necessary?


School buses still lined up after the hurricane

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/image...5970_buses.jpg


Again, as with Fema, the New Orleans mayor would or should have known that on the Saturday, Katrina was strengthening.

It was already clear on the Sunday that the evacuation would not cover many of the poor, the sick and those who did not pay heed.

The mayor said people going to the Superdome, a sports venue named as an alternative destination for those unable to leave, should bring supplies for several days. He also said police could commandeer any vehicle for the evacuation.

But how much support was there at the Superdome? And how much city transport was actually used? There is a photo showing city school buses still lined up, in waterlogged parking lots, after the hurricane.

ID. Superchunky.

Your federal government working for you.
 

Is that a reference to mcbvr6?

killer wind
 

From OpinionJournal Best of the Web:

Notable and Quotable

"What the American people have seen is this incredible disparity in which those people who had cars and money got out and those people who were impoverished died."--Fat Teddy K on Hurricane Katrina

" "--Mary Jo Kopechne on Hurricane Katrina

The biggest shame in all of this is that Katrina didn't hit DC.

Or Seattle.

Katrina Donations
 

FWIW, inspired by Weed, I've volunteered to sponsor the site for one month if Katrina donations hit $2,500 and another month if they hit the $3,000 mark.

So keep it coming and try to turn me into a DebtSlave again.

BR(er, no pressure, anyone)C

this makes no sense. This is the land of your comrades. I am the token Patriot. Plus I am well armed and a very good swimmer, relatively.

eta: ntm, without microsoft tech support and starbucks, y'all'd be in a world of hurt

Whatever happened to......
 

the shrilly shreiking harpy Cindy Sheehan?


http://www.strangepolitics.com/image...ent/109872.jpg

I believe ncs said Seattle, not Bangalore.

And for the other, we have Peet's.

I am not generally case sensitive, however in light of the similarity of monikers, perhaps you should put NCS when talking about the squirrel and ncs for me. I was confused as to what I purportedly said there for a moment. That is all. Carry on.

Can you please provide a scenario under which the average poster would have some reason to refer to NutCS?

Please, just call me NUTS! Or, wait, did Penske invent that?

And acorns to you, ncs.

Are cute little squirrels running around ever infected with rabies, or did I make that up?