Category Archive

I didn’t see it, but apparently the CNN people were unimpressed (via Americablog): Daryn Kagen [Rush Limbaugh’s squeeze]:  I gotta say that was rather an odd thing to be watching. The president finally making it to the gulf coast after five days, and then spending a big chunk of time, when he could be out seeing the devastation, getting a … Read More

Yes, Bush really said this: We’ve got a lot of rebuilding to do. First, we’re going to save lives and stabilize the situation. And then we’re going to help these communities rebuild. The good news is — and it’s hard for some to see it now — that out of this chaos is going to come a fantastic Gulf Coast, … Read More

Josh Marshall makes an interesting point here, which I will attempt to paraphrase. Certain government officials like FEMA director Michael Brown are insinuating that New Orleanians who ignored the warnings to evacuate are somewhat responsible for the predicament in which they now find themselves.  (I’ll leave aside the obvious point that many of those left behind simply didn’t not have … Read More

Read Krugman.  Now.

says the New York Times … but Cheney is still on vacation!

Bush eats cake and plays the guitar, and Condi buys shoes.  From Steve Soto From the Gawker.com website today: According to Drudge, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has recently enjoyed a little Broadway entertainment. And Page Six reports that she’s also working on her backhand with Monica Seles. So the Gulf Coast has gone all Mad Max, women are being … Read More

Bob Martinez, former governor of Florida (today’s NYT): "The great thing about this president is that he doesn’t try to use tragedy to gain immediate attention for himself" Banner on White House Hurricane Relief Page:

One of the things I write about often is how the Bush Adminsitration often fires (or marginalizes) knowledgeable people who contradict made-up policy with annoying things like facts, common sense, and honest-to-god expertise and experience.  I wonder if one of those guys was Mike Parker, a former Republican congressman from Mississippi who briefly served as head of the Army Corps … Read More

UPDATE:  Don’t miss Kevin Drum’s chronology of FEMA as it relates to flood control projects (or, alternatively, take a peak below the fold here). Atrios: Someone emails Josh Marshall a question a bunch of people have been raising in comments and email. The emergency preparedness for a medium scale biological or chemical attack, or the "dirty bomb" scenario, would be … Read More

I couldn’t believe it.  I heard it in my car this morning, but apparently on this morning’s "Good Morning America", George Bush spoke to Diane Sawyer and said, "I don’t think anyone anticipated the breach of the levees." (I’ll try to get a transcript link when/if it becomes available, but you can see the video replay of the interview here). … Read More

Perhaps responding to the criticism that Bush has been largely AWOL on Katrina, even though hundreds if not thousands of Americans have died, the White House has now put up its "hurricane relief" page, which you can see here. Right now, the photo on the page shows Bush engaging in (according to the caption) a "video teleconference with federal and … Read More