New Orleans' Health System Faces Crisis

This city's health care facilities have been shattered to an extent unmatched in U.S. history, and its hospital system faces grave challenges as residents begin returning, the vice president of the National Hospital Accreditation Organization said Sunday.

"Essentially the health care infrastructure of New Orleans is gone - it no longer exists," said Cappiello

That doesn't bother Mayor Nagin though !

Nagin's plan is to start repopulating the city neighborhood by neighborhood, starting Monday with the Algiers section, across the Mississippi River from downtown New Orleans. Over the next week and a half, the Garden District and the French Quarter, the city's historic heart, are due to open to residents and businesses.

"I hope there's someone looking at all the health care assets and making sound decisions as the mayor faces overwhelming political pressure to let people back in," Cappiello said. "The federal government needs to go in there and make sure the hospitals are a safe environment before they're reopened."

In other words, someone needs to stop that idiot Mayor from making things worse... again.

Chavez: U.S. Plans To Invade Venezuela

"We are coming up with the counter-Balboa plan. That is to say if the government of the United States attempts to commit the foolhardy enterprise of attacking us, it would be embarked on a 100-year war. We are prepared."

Isn't that pretty much the same thing that the Taliban and Saddam Hussein said ?

ABC News Transcript: Hugo Chavez Interview

Sudan Government, Rebels Launch Talks

Rebels from ethnic African tribes in Darfur - a region the size of France - took up arms in February 2003, complaining of oppression by Sudan's Arab-dominated government.

African Union mediators expressed hope the government and rebels could make a deal at this new round of talks - the sixth so far. Earlier peace efforts have broken down with cease-fires repeatedly violated.

I don't see how this conflict can end any time soon given the background.

Mugabe: Let Them Eat Potatoes

The African leader some call a hero and others a destructive despot suggests people in his country aren't hungry, they just can't eat their favorite food.

Zimbabwe became one of Africa's most vibrant economies under Mugabe, who was elected in landslide 1979 elections after a seven-year guerrilla war forced an end to white minority rule in Rhodesia, once a British colony.

Zimbabwe became the regional bread basket, with some 5,000 white commercial farmers growing enough to feed the nation and export.

That changed in the 1990s. Mugabe's rule became increasingly repressive against a growingly vociferous opposition and corruption grew rampant. Mugabe then seized on an issue that long has preoccupied Africans - land ownership.

Pointing to a distribution that had a few thousand whites owning tens of thousands of acres of rich lands, the government began appropriating white farms in a violent campaign in which some white farmers were killed.

Tens of thousands of farmworkers lost their jobs and most land was distributed to the family and friends of politically connected Zimbabweans, though some ordinary people got small plots.

Last week, the Commercial Farmers' Union said fewer than 1,000 white commercial farmers remain, working a fraction of land they once sowed. A parliamentary committee said there would be no farming season this year, even if the drought breaks, because there are no seeds, no agricultural chemicals because there's no foreign currency, and no fuel to transport products or work tractors.

Everyday in Zimbabwe queues more than a mile long form for basics like bread and gasoline.

The age old lesson of Class Envy and Redistribution of Wealth, everyone becomes equally miserable.

Afghan Polls Close Without Much Violence

Afghans chose a legislature for the first time in decades Sunday, embracing their newly recovered democratic rights and braving threats of Taliban attacks to cast votes in schools, tents and mosques.

The MSM of course will yawn.

I Guess Democrats Are The Same In Every Country

Germany's Schroeder Refuses To Concede

Gerhard Schroeder, written off as a lame duck a few weeks ago, finished stronger than expected and refused to concede defeat, saying he could still theoretically remain in power if talks with other parties were successful.

But Merkel claimed her party received a mandate from voters to form a new coalition government to carry out her plan to mend frayed ties with the United States. "What is important now is to form a stable government for the people in Germany, and we ... quite clearly have the mandate to do that," she said.

Both Schroeder and Merkel said they would talk to all parties except the new Left Party, a combination of ex-communists and renegade Social Democrats.

Well, at least they have the good sense to ignore the fringe left, unlike here where they're elevated to the status of demi-gods by our press.

Here We Go Again ?

Hey Mayor Nagin ! You might want to check with the National Hurricane Center before telling people to come back to New Orleans !

Tourists were told to evacuate the lower Florida Keys on Sunday as a new tropical depression strengthened over the Bahamas and moved toward the vulnerable, low-lying island chain.

Long-term forecasts show the system heading generally toward the west in the Gulf of Mexico toward Texas or Mexico later in the week, but such forecasts are subject to large errors. That means that areas ravaged by Hurricane Katrina could potentially be in the storm's path.

Tropical Depression Moves Over Bahamas

Mayor Ray Nagin Acting Irresponsible Again ?

Mayor Ray Nagin defended his plan to return up to 180,000 people to the city within a week and a half despite concerns about the short supply of drinking water and heavily polluted floodwaters.

Coast Guard Vice Adm. Thad Allen, head of the federal disaster relief effort, said Saturday that Nagin's idea is both "extremely ambitious and "extremely problematic."

Allen said a prime public health concern is the tap water, which in most of the city remains unfit for drinking and bathing. He said he was concerned about the difficulties of communicating the risk of using the water to people who return and might run out of bottled water.

Another concern is the risk of another storm hitting the region, threatening an already delicate levee system and possibly requiring residents to be evacuated again, he said.

Jockeying Over Return to Big Easy Ongoing

New Orleans' mayor has the authority to let residents return to his hurricane-damaged city, but the Coast Guard official in charge of the federal disaster response said Sunday that all the information from health and environmental experts recommends against it.

"We must offer the people of New Orleans every chance for a sense of closure and the opportunity for a new beginning," Nagin said.

I don't know if Nagin is stupid, crazy or both. It was this kind of nonchalance on his part that got his city into this mess to begin with.

Nagin's re-entry plan concerns federal official

An End To The Posse Comitatus Act ?

I have mixed feelings about that. After the appalling performance of Louisiana Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco and New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin; the MSM, Blanco, Nagin, most Democrats and Rabid Moonbats quick to blame the Federal Government for everything... we may have no choice but to repeal the Act. Let's hope it doesn't end up turning the United States into a Banana Republic.

Indonesia Withdraws Troops From Aceh

Aceh Flag
Note the Moon Symbol.

A peace agreement signed last month in Finland between the government and the rebels is seen as Aceh's best chance in years to bring a permanent end to three decades of fighting that has killed nearly 15,000 people.

Vote Seen As Breakthrough For Saudi Women

The flag of Saudi Arabia.
At least it's more imaginative than the flag of Libya

The Jiddah Trade and Industry Chamber had rejected the nominations of 10 businesswomen to run for the chamber's governing board. Trade Minister Hashem bin Abdullah Yamani overruled this decision, a Saudi official said Friday. The move is a small but unprecedented step in Saudi Arabia, where women are under heavy restrictions. They are barred from driving a car while a male guardian must give permission for women to get an education or job. The minister made his decision on Tuesday after receiving petitions from businesswomen asking to be allowed to run, the Saudi official said. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he wasn't permitted to speak to the media.

Huh.
Women can't vote.
Women can't run for office.
Women can't drive.
Women can't get an education or job.
A man isn't permitted to speak to the media.

Breakthrough ?
I guess you take your victories where you can.
How long do you think before Trade Minister Hashem bin Abdullah Yamani is condemned to death ?

Rice: U.S. Committed To Ties With Libya

The very creative flag of Libya
Who would have thought that we'd be talking about ties to Gadhafi's Government two years ago ? I wonder what brought them in line ?

Database Aims To Lower Firefighter Deaths

You come back from a call and you talk about something that happened and you learn," said John Tippett, a Montgomery County, Md., fire battalion chief who helped the group develop the site. "The guys on the next shift don't always hear about it, other companies don't hear about it."

This is a very worthwhile project. My hat's off to whoever dreamt this up.

Clark Moves Forward After New Zealand Win

She has a lot of work to do.

Afghans Brave Violence To Elect New Leaders

Some 12.4 million Afghans were registered to vote at more than 6,000 polling stations, guarded by some 100,000 Afghan police and soldiers and 30,000 foreign troops.

"Today is a magnificent day for Afghanistan," said Ali Safar, 62, who was standing in line to vote in the capital, Kabul. "We want dignity, we want stability and peace. Thirty years of war and poverty is enough."

The Lunatic Fringe

Every day we are witness to the growing insanity of the hysterical minions of the Left. Here are two simple and straightforward examples.

The rabid moonbats keep talking about using violence to achieve their ends.
Thank God we're the ones with the guns.

America Strikes Back At The Environment

President Bush has spoken to the nation from the rooftop of a flooded Seven Eleven in downtown New Orleans yesterday, vowing a swift and decisive response towards the environment. "We are up against ruthless weather systems that wish us harm," the President said. "But we are going to hunt them down and strike them at their bases. Make no mistake, and I want to be absolutely clear about it - this is not a war against all environment. We are not fighting animals and forest, just the weather."

Hat Tip: The Independent/NeoLibertarian Reader

Looks Like Everyone At BlogSpot Is Down

As you can tell from previous posts, the last couple of days have made this a very frustrating hobby.
We just lost phones and internet again thanks to the incompetence of Nuvox.
BlogSpot seems to be having their own problems as well.
Please stand by, I'm bitching at everyone I can to get the problems resolved.


This really sucks.

Damn Damn And Double Damn !

Now we're back to that insufferable error again !
WTF is going on with BlogSpot tonight ?

NeoCOUNTER

I added NeoCounter to the Blog. I think it's kinda kewl. You can see all the different countries people came from to see my humble Blog and see if there's someone else visiting at the same time. As Cartman would say, "Sweet !".

And My Blog Still Takes Forever To Load

I wonder how many people will never read my blog because of whatever the hell is going on at BlogSpot ?

001 java.io.IOException: EOF while reading from control connection

I've been trying to post a new entry for an hour now.
All I get is this error.
I try looking in BlogSpot's knowledgebase, but when I hit search... it just sits there.
I try contacting them... it just sits there.
I wonder if my Blog is even available, so I open a new browser and type in my URL... it just sits there.

This sucks.

Finally at 10:33 BlogSpot informed us that there was a problem (duh) and that a tech was on the way.

And now (10:37) We're back up.
I guess that's not a bad turn around.
It's just been frustrating these past two days what with Nuvox treating our connection like a yo-yo and now this.

Grrrrr !

Oh, Before You Get That Second Check...

What I'd like to see...

What ticks me off is I've seen pictures of a lot of strong bodies just sitting around.

A good thought from prying1.

Blog Free Or Die

As SilverBubble at Echoes Of Forever put it:

This is my blog. I link to whomever I damn well please. If I want to support a political candidate, then I will. You can't stop me. You won't stop me.

Hat Tip: Echoes Of Forever

What Happened To New Orleans ?

A hard hitting piece over at Dagney's Rant.

I will have to look into this further.

Fast-Moving Jeep Fixes Flying Cessna

Yesterday morning in Florida, the landing gear on a student-piloted Cessna failed to lock into place. After the plane circled for an hour, the airport president drove a Jeep underneath the plane at 80 mph while his passenger took a stick and knocked the wheels into place. And that, as they say in the business, was caught on tape.

Hat Tip: [basicblog]

Did Aaron Broussard Lie ?

Remember the weeping Broussard when he appeared on Meet The Press ?

It now turns out that the mother in question died before the hurricane hit, and the water trucks were sent to people who needed them. Neither story is true, but when did truth ever bother a Democrat?

Dead mother link

Wal-Mart link

Hat Tip: Dennis K @ The Flying Monkey-Right Blog


I need to look into this further and see if it's true.

09/19/2005 - Follow Up: Yep ! It's true.

Trying A New Layout

I'm trying out a three column layout for this Blog. Let me know what you think.

Nuvox Sucks

We were without phones or InterNet from 11:58 PM until 3:18 AM last night.
As all of the images and media files are stored and served from my computer at work, anyone visiting this Blog didn't see anything but text. Sorry for the inconvenience.

The Ultimate Hippie Vacation !

Jen at Jen's Horde found an excellent opportunity on eBay.

Star Wars Car

There are many ways to NEVER get laid out there. You can vomit on every woman that walks by. You can live with your parents for your whole life and wear a diaper, you can never shower, or you can turn your car into a Star Wars figher.

Hat Tip: Ensellitis (The site no longer exists, RIP)

U.S. Acts To Finish Divisive Border Fence

Leave it to the LA Times to editorialize in it's headline.

Finally the Bush Administration is doing something about the border. It's a small something, but it's a start.

We're Finally Going Back To The Moon

NASA to unveil moon plan

President George W. Bush called in January 2004 for the United States to return to the moon by 2020 as the first major step in a broader space exploration
vision aimed at extending the human presence throughout the solar system.

NASA's plan, according to briefing charts obtained by SPACE.com, envisions beginning a sustained lunar exploration campaign in 2018 by landing four astronauts on the Moon for a seven-day stay.

NASA to Unveil Plans to Send 4 Astronauts to Moon in 2018

We haven't been there since 1972. I always thought that was a tragedy. Hopefully we will get back on track.

New Orleans Hit By Hurricane Betsy In 1965

In 1965 Hurricane Betsy blasted the Gulf Coast, hitting New Orleans with winds of at least 200 km/h (125 mph). The storm surge left almost half the city flooded and 60,000 residents homeless.

A great post from The Uncooperative Blogger

President Bush Live From New Orleans Tonight

Tonight should be the final night that tells you who you will watch and what paper and magazines you will read, from this day forward, simply by how these producers and publishers report this night. If they report TRUTH I’m with them-- but if they try to report their left leaning views… not what the man actually said… well-- I hope you all stand with me and tell those in the MSM, that might do this-- YOU’RE FIRED!!!!!!

I fired SeeBS last year.

I've taken to watching these type of things via the CSPAN feed over the InterNet just so I don't have to listen to the inane commentary of the MSM.

A Boring Book ?

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Wiretap Mosques, Romney Suggests

Romney said in a speech to the Heritage Foundation that the United States needs to radically rethink how it guards itself against terrorism. ''How about people who are in settings -- mosques, for instance -- that may be teaching doctrines of hate and terror," Romney continued. ''Are we monitoring that? Are we wiretapping? Are we following what's going on?"

It's about time someone in Government started taking the Religion Of Hate seriously.

Follow Up: Romney Says Wiretap Even Mosques.

Finally someone talking some sense! I am sorry but we know, the world over, that terrorists use Mosques to teach their hatred. Why do people think this country is any different?

From Brian at The Uncooperative Blogger.

Republican Bill Offers Tax Breaks For New Refineries

It's about time, but then again what's the hurry ? We haven't built a new refinery in thirty years, why start now ?

Gov't may end refinery moratorium

Katrina prompts renewed energy debate

Candidate calls for increase in gasoline supply

Brian Kennedy, a Bettendorf lawyer, said Monday that relying on Gulf Coast-based refineries is “akin to the fleet being parked in a row at Pearl Harbor.”

Virgin plans oil refinery

That title is somewhat amusing...

Congressman Used National Guard To Visit Home

Rep. William Jefferson (D)

Two Heavy Trucks, Helicopter Were Involved in Lawmaker's Trip at Height of Crisis

Port Of New Orleans Reopens

More good news.

Senator Mary Landrieu (D- LA) Spins on FOX News Sunday

Thank God for tapes of Senator floor speeches

New Orleans Strip Joint Wants To Get Back To Work

There's no water for the "wash the girl of your choice" service and there aren't any girls either, but Big Daddy's strip club on New Orleans' Bourbon Street is getting ready to bring back erotic spectacle to the devastated city.

Well thank God someone has their priorities in order !

FEMA Chief Brown Resigns

Poor scapegoat.

Jack Kelly: No Shame

The federal response to Katrina was not as portrayed.

"We do not yet have teleporter or replicator technology like you saw on 'Star Trek' in college between hookah hits and waiting to pick up your worthless communications degree while the grown-ups actually engaged in the recovery effort were studying engineering."

Never Forget

Embattled Brown Taken Off Katrina Duty

New Katrina Chief Seen As Experienced

Who Calls the Cavalry ?

By Daniel Henninger.

Hat Tip: Neil Boortz.

Political Issues Snarled Plans For Military Help After Hurricane

A very well written piece explaining the issues presented by the hurricane.
From of all places, The New York Times !

Hat Tip: Neil Boortz

House Approves Emergency $51.8 Billion Katrina Relief Bill

The vote was 410 - 11, twelve did not vote.
The eleven who voted against it were:

1. Joe Barton (R - TX)
2. Jeff Flake (R - AZ)
3. Ann Foxx (R - NC)
4. E. Scott Garrett (R - NJ)
5. John N. Hostettler (R - IN)
6. Peter T. King (R - NY)
7. CL (Butch) Otter (R - ID) - Assistant Majority Whip
8. Ryan Paul (R - WI)
9. F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr (R - WI)
10. Tom Tancredo (R - CO)
11. Lynn Westmoreland (R - GA)

Follow Up: The Senate passed it unanimously and President Bush signed it.

Inside Air America: Al Franken's Lying Lies

Far from being an innocent party with no knowledge of Air America's money woes, Franken was a signatory to the agreement. The document, published here for the first time, exposes how Franken misled his listeners and the press about his knowledge of the charity loan.

Hat tip: The Cigar Intelligence Agency

John Travolta Delivers Food, Vaccines To Victims

Now this was a class act.

John Travolta and his wife, actress Kelly Preston, flew in their own private jet, on Monday, to deliver five tons of food for victims of Hurricane Katrina. Travolta, an experienced pilot, flew the supplies to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, then toured the flooded city of New Orleans and visited rescue workers and shelters for evacuees. The two movie stars also brought along 400 doses of tetanus vaccines for rescuers.

He did what he could do, and flew out when he was done, without sniping at others.
Class.

Follow Up: John Travolta - a class act.

And I don't usually like Travolta, but he and his wife proved to be a class act with this effort.

From Zendo Deb at TFS Magnum.

TRIBES

Warning: Strong language, but I believe used appropriately.

Follow up: This post was inspirational genius. It is a long post and not a word was wasted. This will be a post linked to for years. I am in awe.

Red Cross: "SUPERDOME DEBACLE BLANCO'S FAULT!"

Governor Blanco disgusts me more and more.

Schwarzenegger To Veto Gay Marriage

"We cannot have a system where the people vote and the Legislature derails that vote," the governor's press secretary, Margita Thompson, said in a statement. "Out of respect for the will of the people, the governor will veto (the bill)."

Good for him ! Derail the elitist bastards that think they know better than the voters.

Hat tip: TFS Magnum

Challenges to Prevention and Preparedness: Intelligence, Legal, Organizational, and Budgetary

A great site for people to learn the laws restricting use of federal and military power spelled out in plain English with links to the legal documents.
Thank God we have these laws.
Have you ever noticed how many times other countries have the military take over ?

Was President Bush forced to use the Insurrection Act?

I think she may be on to what was said in that private meeting on Air Force One.

Mayor And Governor Squabbling In Louisiana

Mayor Nagin ordered the forceful evacuation of those remaining in the city last night, but Governor Blanco is hesitating, and asserting that only she has the authority to issue such an order.

Unbelievable.
This Governor is still primarily interested in a turf war ?
See what would have happened if President Bush didn't follow protocol and the law ?
I need to look into this further and see if it's true.

Coaltion Forces Rescue Hostages

American Hostage Freed After 10 Months

Hat tip: Mudville Gazette

Dhimmitude Marches In On Australia And Canada

Muslim Leader in Australia Wants Islamic Law

Canadian pol: women's rights will be protected even if Sharia comes to Canada

Can we be far behind in this insanity ?

Follow Up: Heads-Up Australia

Ooooh, How Altruistic Of Planned Parenthood

People need food, water and housing, so the baby killers help out by handing out birth control pills and free abortions, how slimey can you get!

Am I surprised ?

No.

Of course they would want to spread more death in a place already neck deep in death. It's what they do.

Update:

Hurricane Katrina: Planned Parenthood on the Scene Making Sure Black People Don't Breed

Planned Parenthood Pads Its Pockets With Katrina Money

Planned Parenthood Offers Neither Food or Medicine to Katrina Victims

Imagining The Unimaginable

By Jack Kemp.

Hat tip: Dissecting Leftism which has a lot more to add.

Jesse Jackson and the N Word

Norma calls him what he is.

Found over at Collecting my Thoughts.

Man Survives Snooze Under Moving Train

"The young man lying between the rails did not wake up ... which apparently saved his life," said railway policeman Vladimir Slaby.

How To Make Stupid People Smart

Click on the pic to enlarge.

Why Didn't Louisiana Follow Its Required Emergency Plan ?

Good questions and required reading over at Free Republic.

Found via Little Green Footballs.

These are questions the MSM refuse to ask and information the MSM refuse to present.

Water Receding Noticeably In New Orleans

More good news.

In a herculean task that could take months, engineers struggled to pump out the flooded city Tuesday, and the filthy waters were dropping noticeably. "I'm
starting to see rays of light," the mayor said.

The Pentagon, meanwhile, began sending paratroopers from the Army's storied 82nd Airborne Division to New Orleans to use small boats, including inflatable Zodiac craft, to launch a new search-and-rescue effort in flooded sections of the city. Maj. Gen. William B. Caldwell IV, division commander, said about 5,000 paratroopers would be in place by Tuesday.

Nagin said some dry sections of the city may have running water within 36 hours.

Patrick Rhode, deputy director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, said evacuees would receive debit cards so that they could begin buying necessary personal items. He said the agency was going from shelter to shelter to make sure that evacuees received cards quickly and that the paperwork usually required would be reduced or eliminated.

The leader of troops patrolling New Orleans declared the city largely free of the lawlessness that plagued it in the days following the hurricane.

More Than 182,000 People Rescued

With so much focus on what's gone wrong, I thought it would be nice to see what's gone right.

Rescues performed 32,000
Shelters 559
People housed in shelters 182,000
FEMA responders 7,000
U.S. Coast Guard personnel 4,000
National Guard personnel 43,000
Active Duty Military 15,000
MREs provided (meals) 11.3 million
Water provided (liters) 18 million

Now that's pretty impressive.

Man Charged With Shooting At Helicopter

A New Orleans man was arrested and charged with shooting at a military rescue helicopter. Authorities said the bullets apparently did not hit anything. Wendell Bailey, 20, was taken into custody Monday night by agents with the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The agents were in the neighborhood to investigate neighbors' complaints of gunfire and heard shots from an apartment window as a helicopter flew over.

Why they didn't just put a few bullets in his head instead is beyond me.

Environmentalists Stopped Improvements For The New Orleans Levies !

Page Four.

In 1977, plans for hurricane protection structures at the Rigolets and Chef Menteur Pass were sunk when environmental groups sued the district. They believed that the environmental impact statement did not adequately address several potential problems, including impacts on Lake Pontchartrain’s ecosystem and damage to wetlands.

Well... now you have your precious wetlands you environmental fascists.
At the cost of an entire city.
Just as with the high gas prices, don't blame the evil Bush Administration, blame your friendly neighborhood Environmentalist.

OK, maybe they didn't cause the flood, but their actions certainly made it harder to fix the problem.

City of New Orleans Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan

The Mayor of what was New Orleans didn't follow his city's own guidelines.
Now... how exactly was this President Bush's fault ?

Living On...

Click the pic to enlarge.

Super Stick 'O Smartness

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If You Can, Please Donate

I've been waiting to see which of the organizations are doing the most good. From what I've read and seen the Salvation Army is the organization doing the most good. Therefore I'm placing their logo at the top of my site for the time being. From what I've read and seen the Red Cross is doing as much harm as good, just as in the aftermath of 9/11.

Correction: Governor Blanco HAD Declared State Of Emergency On Aug. 26

Thanks to Angie for pointing this out to me.

Governor Blanco asks President to Declare an Emergency for the State of Louisiana due to Hurricane Katrina

Residents Stay to Protect Neighborhood From Looters

The story of a few people in New Orleans with the fore-thought to provide for themselves and protect themselves.

An Unnatural Disaster: A Hurricane Exposes The Man-Made Disaster Of The Welfare State

By Robert Tracinski of The Intellectual Activist.

Get Off His Back (By Ben Stein)

A few truths, for those who have ears and eyes and care to know the truth.

Of course, Moonbats are never interested in the truth.

Troops Begin Combat Operations In New Orleans

“This is making a lot of us think about not reenlisting.” Ferguson said.
“You have to think about whether it is worth risking your neck for someone who will turn around and shoot at you. We didn’t come here to fight a war. We came here to help.”

Why Didn't You Deploy The Buses During The Mandatory Evacuation, Mayor ?

Louisiana disaster plan, pg 13, para 5 , dated 01/00

'The primary means of hurricane evacuation will be personal vehicles. School and municipal buses, government-owned vehicles and vehicles provided by volunteer agencies may be used to provide transportation for individuals who lack transportation and require assistance in evacuating'

The Ray Nagin Memorial Motor Pool. Hundreds of buses, abandoned and unused during the evacuation, now leaking tons of diesel fuel and motor oil into the already toxic water.

I guess it's Bush that failed to give the order to use those busses Mayor ? Maybe you're the racist here Mayor Nagin. Oh, that's right... Whites are the only ones that are capable of racism.
Typical Black Liberal mind set. Blame Whitey. Even though you were the one in control. You were the one with the resources. You were the one with the responsibility. Somehow it's Whitey's fault. I'm so sick of race-pimps like you Mr. Mayor I could spit.

Follow up:
New Orleans Mayor and Louisiana Governor Clueless from Dennis at The Flying Monkey-Right Blog.

Placing the Blame from Van Helsing at Moonbattery.

Buses Sitting Waiting For Someone to Call Them from Len Kutchma at Rite Turn Only.

Gunmen Attack Contractors On New Orleans Bridge

Police shot and killed at least five people Sunday after gunmen opened fire on a group of contractors traveling across a bridge on their way to make repairs, authorities said.

Deputy Police Chief W.J. Riley said police shot at eight people carrying guns, killing five or six.

To bad they didn't kill all of the S.O.B.s

New Orleans, The Tragedy

A good lesson provided by Thomas Lifson.

Gas Prices

Here's the text of an e-mail I received this week regarding gas prices.
It shows plainly that most people in America (having gone to public schools) still don't understand a damned thing.

IT HAS BEEN CALCULATED THAT IF EVERYONE IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA DID NOT PURCHASE A DROP OF GASOLINE FOR ONE DAY AND ALL AT THE SAME TIME, THE OIL COMPANIES WOULD CHOKE ON THEIR STOCKPILES.


AT THE SAME TIME IT WOULD HIT THE ENTIRE INDUSTRY WITH A NET LOSS OF OVER 4.6 BILLION DOLLARS WHICH AFFECTS THE BOTTOM LINES OF THE OIL COMPANIES.

THEREFORE SEPTEMBER 1st HAS BEEN FORMALLY DECLARED "STICK IT UP THEIR BEHIND " DAY AND THE PEOPLE OF THESE TWO NATIONS SHOULD NOT BUY A SINGLE DROP OF GASOLINE THAT DAY.

THE ONLY WAY THIS CAN BE DONE IS IF YOU FORWARD THIS E-MAIL TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU CAN AND AS QUICKLY AS YOU CAN TO GET THE WORD OUT.

WAITING ON THE GOVERNMENT TO STEP IN AND CONTROL THE PRICES IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE REDUCTION AND CONTROL IN PRICES THAT THE ARAB NATIONS PROMISED TWO WEEKS AGO?

REMEMBER ONE THING, NOT ONLY IS THE PRICE OF GASOLINE GOING UP BUT AT THE SAME TIME AIRLINES ARE FORCED TO RAISE THEIR PRICES, TRUCKING COMPANIES ARE FORCED TO RAISE THEIR PRICES WHICH EFFECTS PRICES ON EVERYTHING THAT IS SHIPPED. THINGS LIKE FOOD, CLOTHING, BUILDING MATERIALS, MEDICAL SUPPLIES ETC. WHO PAYS IN THE END? WE DO!

WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE. IF THEY DON'T GET THE MESSAGE AFTER ONE DAY, WE WILL DO IT AGAIN AND AGAIN.

SO DO YOUR PART AND SPREAD THE WORD. FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW. MARK YOUR CALENDARS AND MAKE SEPTEMBER 1ST A DAY THAT THE CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA SAY "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH"

Here's my response:

To quote Neil Boortz:

"Prices have shot up in the wake of Katrina because 10% of the United States' refining capacity has been knocked out. Those refineries are along the Gulf Coast. Since there are only 149 gasoline refineries in the United States, and since none have been built in the last 30 years, knocking a few offline means supply doesn't meet demand. Thus the price goes up.

The answer is to build more refineries...and fast. If we had enough refineries to pick up the slack and continue meeting the demand, the rest of the country wouldn't be paying so much at the pump right now. So who is to blame?

Your friendly neighborhood environmentalist, that's who. It takes years to get a permit to build a refinery, if it can be done at all. We haven't built any in so long because Democratic, liberal, leftist, socialist enviro-wackos are preventing the permits from being pulled. No new refineries means every last one is running at full capacity in the summer. A hiccup of any kind means an interruption in supply. It's made worse by the fact that the oil companies have to refine dozens of special environmental blends to satisfy the politicians in various cities.

So as you fill up today and tomorrow for your holiday weekend, just know that you are paying so much because of the radical environmental movement in this country."

I could not have said it better myself.
The evil oil companies are not to blame for this mess.
Your boycott is meaningless because you will have to buy gas the next day or the next. It won't cost them a thing. Besides you're punishing the wrong people.

Should I have been expected to instruct them as to the proper spelling of Canada ?

It's not global warming; just a natural storm cycle

From the International Herald Tribune.

Of course anyone with a basic understanding of science already knows that we don't cause Global Warming, Aliens Cause Global Warming.

That of course never stops idiots like Robert F. Kennedy Jr from blaming Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour and President Bush for Global Warming and in turn claiming that Global Warming caused the hurricane. Why do so many people take these Kennedy clowns seriously ? Are they really so mentally deficient ?

Liberalism's Destiny

You will be assimilated !

Great post from Oblogatory Anecdotes

Golfing Troubles

Found at Whoopity Doo.

Alien V.S. Predator II !

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6.4 MB version for Broadband connections.

772 KB version for Dial-Up connections.


From Robot Chicken

Alien V.S. Predator !

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From Robot Chicken

This Is Gonna Hurt

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From Robot Chicken

WhooHoo!

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From Robot Chicken

Behind The Music Presents: Electric Mayhem

Warning: The file is 15 MB
high speed is pretty much a must. (Windows Media Viewer).

5.9 MB version for Broadband connections.

716 KB version for Dial-Up connections.

From Robot Chicken.

Update 07/24/2008:
Ok.
It's been almost three years since I posted this.
I still get multiple hits a day on it.
What is it about "Behind The Music Presents: Electric Mayhem" that attracts so many people ?

Parking Expert 4

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Hat Tip: Fred

Parking Expert 3

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Parking Expert 2

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Parking Expert 1

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Smart (Patient) Dog

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Bicycle Dog

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Light That Travels ... Faster Than Light !

I always thought that having an "absolute" speed was inherently wrong. It just never made sense to me.

Why There Are No Unicorns

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My InterNet connection's been down a few days. Sorry for the lack of updates. Here's something I saw on Robot Chicken.

NARAL - National Association of Repugnant Asinine Liars

This is disgusting. A national add by NARAL trying to get away with slander and libel.

Announcer: "Seven years ago a bomb destroyed a woman's health clinic In Birmingham, Alabama."
Lyons: ""The bomb ripped my clinic. I almost lost my life. I will never be the same."
Announcer: ""Supreme Court nominee John Roberts filed court briefs supporting violent fringe groups and a convicted
clinic bomber."
Lyons: "I am determined to stop this violence, so I'm speaking out."

The brief Roberts filed as a "Friend Of The Court" had nothing to do with supporting violence.
The case that the brief was filed against had nothing to do with bombing or violence.
The Birmingham clinic was bombed seven years after Roberts signed the legal briefing the ad sites !
This is typical of Liberals. If you can't win an argument; Tell a bold faced lie and hope you scare enough people that are to stupid and/or lazy to look up the facts themselves.

Hat Tip Power Line.

CWA Says NARAL's Desperate Logic Suggests NOW Violence

NARAL ad rankles Roberts supporters

NARAL Falsely Accuses Supreme Court Nominee Roberts

In words and images, the ad conveys the idea that Roberts took a legal position excusing bombing of abortion clinics, which is false. To the contrary, during the Reagan administration when he was Associate Counsel to the President, Roberts drafted a memo saying abortion-clinic bombers "should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law." In the 1986 memo, Roberts called abortion bombers "criminals" and "misguided individuals," indicating that they would get no special treatment regarding requests for presidential pardons. Reagan in fact gave no pardons to abortion-clinic bombers.
The 1986 draft is on file at the Reagan library. The White House furnished a copy to FactCheck.org.

CABLE CONTROVERSY: CNN AGREES TO AIR BLOODY ABORTION AD ON JUDGE ROBERTS

Tell me CNN is fair an balanced. No wonder Fox News is kicking their arse.

Here's the text of an e-mail I sent to the "News" channel CNN:

I am disgusted that your network would run an add by NARAL that is so patently full of slander and libel. It is little wonder that Fox News continues to trounce your network in ratings. You should all be ashamed and embarrassed.
I will never watch any of your networks again and will encourage everyone I meet to stay away from you and your advertisers.

Feel free to use it and embellish.


BTW, just to show you how sleazy and deceptive NARAL is, they no longer even tell people what NARAL (the acronym) stands for, even on their own web site.

I'll tell you:
National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League.

This organization stands for abortion.
Any abortion.
For any reason.
By any means.

They have some nerve accusing Judge Roberts of advocating violence when they themselves have advocated violence against defenseless human beings for years.

Just A Nice Run In The Country

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Hat Tip Fred.