Katrina

Hey Karl, Thanks

James Moore | Posted 11.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: U.S. Economy, Bush Administration, Karl Rove, Economy, Bush's Brain, Karl Rove Barack Obama, George W. Bush, James Moore, Katrina, Bush Ken Lay, Hurricane Katrina, President Bush, 2008 Election, HuffPost Election Reaction, Election Reaction, Politics News
James Moore

Dear Karl: Since I'm the guy largely responsible for giving you a reputation as being very smart, then it seems appropriate that I also deliver the news that, as it turns out, you aren't too bright.

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MacBush

Norman MacAfee | Posted 11.04.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: George Grosz, Josh Brolin, Richard Dreyfuss, Ronald Reagan, Hardball, Greenwich Village, Iraq, Jim Nolan, Movies, Grove Press, Rue McClanahan, Mission Accomplished, Katrina, Stacy Keach, Criterion Collection, Pier Paolo Pasolini, There Will Be Blood, Luis BuñUel, Cleavon Little, W., Barbara Garson, Macbeth, Oliver Stone, MacBird!, Kurt Jooss, Condoleeza Rice, Bertolt Brecht, Chris Matthews, Stanley Weiser, Jon Stewart, Salò: The 120 Days of Sodom, Thandie Newton, Paul Thomas Anderson, Lyndon Johnson, Willam Devane, Archilochus’s Hedgehog, Robert Kennedy, Entertainment News
Norman MacAfee

Stone assembled a game cast to play the characters who've wrought destruction upon the world in these past seven years. Except for two or three, they are bland and vague versions of the real.

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Applause for Obama's Thoughtful Stand on Infrastructure Investment

Steve Clemons | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sherle Schwenninger, Austan Goolsbee, Tom Coburn, Infrastructure Investment, Rachel Maddow, Bernard Schwartz, Electric Grid, Katrina, Barack Obama, Politics News
Steve Clemons

The New America Foundation's Sherle Schwenninger and industrialist and philanthropist Bernard Schwartz were out way ahead of the pack in calling for...

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Design Flaws: The Other (Minneapolis) Shoe Drops

Harry Shearer | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Katrina, New Orleans, Minnesota Bridge Collapse, Politics News
Harry Shearer

Both liberals and conservatives would prefer not to confront an uncomfortable fact: something in our system of providing for major infrastructure has gone terribly wrong.

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America is a Liberal Country

Cenk Uygur | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Social Security, Congressional Elections, Katrina, Cahrlie Cook, James Dobson, Liberal, Conservative, Democrats, Newsweek, Human Rights, United Nations, Nancy Pelosi, House GOP, Republican Party, Center-Right, Voting, Politics News
Cenk Uygur

The Republicans are about to lose another 20 to 34 seats in the House and at least seven seats in the Senate. It will take decades -- maybe even generations -- for them to recover from that.

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Forget the Yanks, Here Come the Dutch

Harry Shearer | Posted 10.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Presidential Debates, Katrina, Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans Levees, FEMA Hurricane Katrina, Politics News
Harry Shearer

New Orleans may be, according to the old slogan, "the city that care forgot", but, judging by this campaign, it's certainly the city America forgot.

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A Plague Upon the White House

Robert Scheer | Posted 10.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Religion, W, Oliver Stone, Oliver Stone W, Katrina, Hurricane Katrina, President Bush, Oliver Stone W Movie, Politics News
Robert Scheer

McCain evidences the underlying motivator attributed to Bush in Oliver Stone's movie: the distorted priorities of a son of privilege doing battle with the legacy of more gifted and responsible family ancestors.

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Come To Ohio! What We Can Learn From 2004 - And What We Can Do In 2008

Sandi DuBowski | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: 2004 Election, New Orleans, Inauguration Day, George W. Bush, Virgo, Mccain, Barack Obama, America Coming Together, Birthday Party, Activism, John Kerry, Voters, Ohio, Columbus Ohio, Vote Today Ohio, Katrina, Ken Salazar, Gwen Moore, Trembling Before G-D, Politics News
Sandi DuBowski

This election created a whole new generation of activists. We have energy and we have numbers. Justice will prevail. A people awakened cannot be put back to sleep.

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Katrina 2.0

Dave Winer | Posted 10.01.2008 | Business

Read More: Brownie, New Orleans, Katrina, Extreme Weather, Economy, Wall Street Crisis, Business News
Dave Winer

There will be no place to go if we wake up tomorrow to find the financial levees have broken and our nation is under water.

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Jed Lewison

Obama: McCain's Economic Crisis Response "Katrina-Like...Just Sorta Stood There"

HuffingtonPost.com | Jed Lewison | Posted 09.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics News, Video, John McCain, Financial Meltdown, Katrina, Bailout, Barack Obama, Crisis, Politics News

Barack Obama rolls out a new line during a rally in Michigan on Sunday, saying John McCain's response to the financial meltdown was "Katrina-like": S...

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The Trillion Dollar Wrong Thing

Larry Beinhart | Posted 09.26.2008 | Business

Read More: Government Bailout, Bush, Bailout, Economy, Economic Crisis, Individual Mortgages, Infrastructure, National Health, Coastlines, Fed Emergency Loans, Alternative Energy, Ike, Katrina, Larry Beinhart, Federal Bank, Business News
Larry Beinhart

The Big Big Bailout, as it is, will be crowning glory of Bushianity. One, gigantic theft of from real Americans to enrich the ruling class. It's a hell of trick.

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Sheltering Animals from the Storm

Michael Markarian | Posted 09.15.2008 | Politics

Read More: Pets, The Humane Society, Emergency, Ted Stevens, Louisiana, Gustav, Humane Society, Hanna, Texas, Tom Lantos, Christopher Shays, Animals, Frank Lautenberg, Disasters, Humane Society of the United States, Ike, Katrina, Hurricane, Politics News
Michael Markarian

Led by Senators Ted Stevens and Frank Lautenberg, and Reps. Tom Lantos and Chris Shays, the PETS Act set national policy on how to deal with animals in disasters in a post-Katrina environment.

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Georgy Girl

Justin Frank | Posted 09.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Katrina, John McCain, 2008, Sarah Palin, George W. Bush, Politics News
Justin Frank

This just went up on YouTube. Worth a visit, for sure. ...

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The Ol' Boys of Braithwaite

Randy Fertel | Posted 09.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Katrina, Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, Louisiana, Gustav, Hurricane Gustav, Politics News
Randy Fertel

Monday morning New Orleans breathed a sigh of relief. Only, there was this: we had breathed the same sigh and indulged in the same cliché on an all-too-similar Monday morning three years before.

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In the Wake of Katrina, Gustav...

Carl Pope | Posted 09.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Katrina, Hurricane, New Orleans, Hurricanes, Gustav, Hurricane Gustav, Politics News
Carl Pope

As the Gulf Coast picks itself up after Gustav, and the Atlantic coast gets ready for Hannah, Ike, and Josephine, I'm going to fall back on the adage ...

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After Gustav: Where's the Home in Homeland?

Linda Cronin-Gross | Posted 09.04.2008 | Green

Read More: New Orleans, Common Dreams, Hurricane, Gustav, Jazz, Homeland, Homeland Security, Molly Ivins, Hurricane Gustav, Katrina, Hurricane Katrina, Nola, Esquizito, Green News
Linda Cronin-Gross

One would think that the relatively new federal department, Homeland Security, would be doing its best to defend our homes, to keep us where our heart and hearth reside.

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The Uninvited Keynote Speaker at the GOP Convention

Ray Hanania | Posted 09.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Convention, Katrina, Hurricane Gustav, John McCain, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Republican Convention, Politics News
Ray Hanania

Presumptive Republican party presidential candidate John McCain could determine who would be his vice president, but apparently, he has no control ove...

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When the Levees Broke: Spike Lee's Sonogram of an American Stillbirth

Barry Michael Cooper | Posted 09.02.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: James Dobson, Spike Lee, John McCain, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Gustav, New Orleans, Katrina, Gustav, Entertainment News
Barry Michael Cooper

If John McCain is smart, a viewing of When The Levees Broke might put his Straight Talk Express back on the right track. It might even find its way into his acceptance speech on Thursday night.

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Framing Sarah Palin

Chris Weigant | Posted 09.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Troopergate, Vice President, Fired, Creamery Board, Ted Stevens, Small Town, Commander-in-Chief, Comics, Baby, Matanuska Maid, Cheney, Agriculture, Bristol Palin, Leno, Campaign, Bush-Mccain, Sarah Palin, Lieberman, Hail Mary, Brother-in-Law, Ted Stevens Excellence in Public Service, Hurricane, Vp, Miss Congeniality, Alaska First, Charisma, 2008, Katrina, 2008 Campaign, Country First, Matanuska Maid Dairy, Police Chief, John McCain, Alaska, Tax Increase, Dairy, Pregnant, Running Mate, Letterman, 2008 Elections, Fire, 08, Bridge to Nowhere, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Election, 08 Election, Elections, Muckraking, Gonzales, 08 Campaign, Tax, Palin, 2008 Presidential Race, Hypocrisy, 527, Alberto Gonzales, Alaska Independence Party, Republican National Convention, Earmark, Aip, Wasilla, Sarah Palin Reaction, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Democrats should stay away from the baby stories. They must resist the urge to comment at all on it. Let the media do the muckraking.

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The Rovian Politics of Choosing Sarah Palin

Paul Loeb | Posted 09.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Political Spin, Mccain, Karl Rove, Cynicism, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin Vice President, Sarah Palin Reaction, Gustav, Katrina, Hurricane Katrina, Hurrican Gustav, Global Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Global Warming, Politics News
Paul Loeb

Karl Rove's minions may be smiling at the brazen gamesmanship of this pick: but if Americans fall for it, they should know all too well what to expect.

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The Katrina Myth

Raymond Leon Roker | Posted 09.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Katrina, Natural Disasters, Hurricane Katrina, Extreme Weather, Gustav, Hurricane Gustav, Politics News
Raymond Leon Roker

Katrina was a natural disaster. (False) New Orleans is located in the wrong place and should be relocated. (False) New Orleans is entirely below sea level. (False)

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The Department of Labor: A Damage Assessment

Rep. George Miller | Posted 09.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Labor, Elaine Chao, Workers, Labor Day, Wages, Mining, Labor Department, Katrina, President Bush, Worker Safety, Politics News
Rep. George Miller

Our nation's workers, battered by unfair global competition, stagnant wages, declining benefits, and poor employer compliance with labor laws, deserve a Department of Labor that lives up to its name.

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Gustav and Oil Price Hysteria

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 09.01.2008 | Business

Read More: Energy, Iea, Katrina, Department of Energy, Gustav, Strategic Petroleum Reserve, Oil, Hurricane Gustav, Hurricane Gustav Oil, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

Why is it that our media hardly ever gets it right and lets the oil industry and the speculators run roughshod over our pocketbooks?

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Gustav Postpones RNC...And Ends Reagan Revolution

Marc Cooper | Posted 08.31.2008 | Home

Read More: John McCain, Mccain, Katrina, Obama, Marc Cooper, RNC Convention, Gustav, Palin, Home News
Marc Cooper

When the post-mortems are written on the now diseased McCain campaign and -- more generally -- on the demise of the Reagan Era, the three top contributing factors of death will be listed as Katrina, Sarah, and Gustav.

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In The Eye Of The Hurricane: More Storms Comin

Danny Schechter | Posted 08.31.2008 | Home

Read More: Katrina, Demorcatic Party, Plunder, Bloomberg News, Gustav, Ralph Nader, Economy, Home News
Danny Schechter

NEW YORK: The storm is coming. All eyes on the Doppler radar, the graphic swirls, the reporters bravely standing on Levee watch in New Orleans. This ...

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