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Private Enterprise

January 2001: Bush appoints Joe Allbaugh, a crony from Texas, as head of FEMA. Allbaugh has no previous experience in disaster management. April 2001: Budget Director Mitch Daniels announces the Bush administration’s goal of...

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Dutch Courage

Specialists in the Netherlands expressed surprise that New Orleans’s flood systems were unable to restrain the raging waters … “I don’t want to sound overly critical, but it’s hard to imagine that [the damage...

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No Help Please, We’re Americans

Venezuela, a target of frequent criticism by the Bush administration, offered humanitarian aid and fuel. Venezuela’s Citgo Petroleum Corp. pledged a $1 million donation for hurricane aid … in Moscow, a Russian official said...

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Childlike Innocence

[US President George Bush]”I don’t think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees.” Obviously not a subscriber to Scientific American.

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Closed Captioning

I wrote the caption about the two people who ‘found’ the items. I believed in my opinion, that they did simply find them, and not ‘looted’ them in the definition of the word. The...

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More Semantics

Black people “Loot”. White people “Find”. City Officials “Empty”. City officials were taking advantage of the state of emergency to empty an Office Depot, which already had been looted, of supplies they needed for...

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Early Warning – October 2001

If a big, slow-moving hurricane crossed the Gulf of Mexico on the right track, it would drive a sea surge that would drown New Orleans under 20 feet of water.

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Fear of a Black Planet

Black Man… “Looting” Black Man… “Looter” White Couple… “Finding” Black man, black woman, black baby White man, white woman, white baby Black man, white woman, black baby White man, black woman, black baby More...

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Stay The Course

Bush’s August average rating is the lowest for any re-elected president since World War II at a similar point after their re-election, with the exception of Richard Nixon. He’s now more unpopular than FDR,...

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Whitest Guy in Kauai

Just back from a mammoth holiday. Michigan, then Ohio, then San Francisco, then a big chunk in gorgeous Kauai, where I spent a lot of time swimming with the fishes. Went for a thrilling...