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More Info Damns Corps in New Orleans

With each passing day, it is becoming more evident that Hurricane Katrina did not flood New Orleans. This is probably the most bizarre thing I've ever blogged. It is completely…

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People With Guns Allowed To Break Curfew in New Orleans

Now here's an odd one: Hunters won't be held to curfew Duck hunters who feared they wouldn't be able to reach the marshes of St. Bernard and Plaquemines parishes because…

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Brian Williams: Katrina was all about ME ME ME ME

NBC's Brian Williams decided he didn't get enough face time during Katrina so he made a 30 minute TV special to highlight what a wonderful person he was. Ostensibly it…

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You Know You're From New Orleans When…

Chris Rose from the Times Pic is trying to steal my "You know your life is surreal when…" schtick. (Which I've renamed "You Know You're From New Orleans When…") Here's…

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Thousands of Armani Suits Ruined by Katrina

You might not know it from watching the images on television but before Katrina, New Orleans had the highest number of Armani suits per capita of any city in the…

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Quote Of The Day – I Am A Fashion God Edition

"Please roll up the sleeves of your shirt…all shirts. Even the President rolled his sleeves to just below the elbow. In this crises and on TV you just need to…

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FEMA Chief Worried About Dinner While New Orleans Starved

As part of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committees investigation into the preparation for and response to Hurricane Katrina, Chairman Susan Collins and Ranking Member Joseph Lieberman today held…

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Governor Blanco Addresses Hot Air Shortage in Louisiana

Almost two months after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the state, Governor Kathleen Blanco sought today to address the shortage of Advisory Boards, Task Forces, Steering Committees, Rebuilding Commissions, Advisory Panels and…

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New Orleans City Council Changes Rotation of Earth

Sometimes you just have to shake your head. Council seeks to keep daylight a while longer Keep clocks ahead to work, city pleads If the New Orleans City Council has…

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Ray Nagin: genius, idiot, or whackjob?

I kept hearing reports about New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin's latest outburst, but I didn't believe it. I couldn't believe that what he said got so little play, so I…

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Million Moonbat March

Million Moonbat March

Louis Farrakhan plans on commemorating the 10th anniversary of his Million Man March with a Washington, DC march called Millions More Movement. The event is scheduled for October 15,…

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150 More Buses Went Unused in New Orleans Evacuation

150 More Buses Went Unused in New Orleans Evacuation

If you were the Mayor of New Orleans and you needed busses fast to evacuate the city, would you: A) Get on the radio and whine that the Federal Government…

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Never Flooded New Orleans Buses Not Used For Evacuation

Never Flooded New Orleans Buses Not Used For Evacuation

Remember this gut-wrenching picture? (AP Photo/Phil Coale) It was a picture of what was left of the Orleans Parish school systems bus fleet that was supposed to be used to…

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Katrina a Category 1 When it Hit New Orleans?!?

It's been getting more widely accepted that Katrina was NOT a Category 4 storm, especially by the time it hit New Orleans. Now we get more data that is just…

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The Story Behind The Katrina Story

The Story Behind The Katrina Story

Forget the Superdome and a few thousand people who were uncomfortable for a few days. The real story of Katrina has yet to be told. How did a "State of…

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Mayor Nagin to White people: Screw You

Mayor Nagin, who owes his term in office to support from most of the white community in New Orleans, has officially told them to go to hell. Lakeview has 18,000…

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Ray Nagin- Driving New Orleans to Oblivion

Well, Hizzonor the Mayor has establish a panel to rebuild New Orleans. The newspaper report does not give all the names of those involved but from what they do list,…

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The voice of experience

The other day, I heard a Public Service Announcement from the Massachusetts Attorney General's office. They were warning consumers to watch out for used cars that had been brought up…

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HELP WANTED: CDL Drivers Needed

If you've got a CDL, then you've got a job waiting in New Orleans. Just start on the west side of town and go east. Look for the hand painted…

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A modern-day horror story

Last week, the Boston Globe ran a touching story of a Hurricane Katrina refugee. Dionne White, 37, who was pregnant when she fled, gave birth to a son that she…

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Corp of Engineers Told Levee "Weak" In 1994

NBC's Lisa Myers found a set of 1998 court transcripts from a dispute over contract costs between the US Army Corp of Engineers and a New Orleans construction firm contracted…

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Why No One Takes Salon Seriously

Leaving aside the fact that Salon doesn't even attempt to hide their decidedly liberal viewpoints, what passes as reporting is at times positively juvenile in it's ineptitude. Case in point,…

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I guess it's the thought that counts…

The U-Haul Store in downtown Lawrence, MA is offering one free month of storage rental to any victim of Hurricane Katrina. It's rather rude of me, but I HAD to…

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Rewriting History – Katrina Media Myths Exposed

Remember the good 'ol days (last month), when TV and print media were slapping each others back – congratulating each other on what great work they'd done in reporting on…

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Katrina Brings Out the Double Moonbats

Before reading this story, I thought the global warming crowd was the most wacky group stirred up by Katrina's winds…. It just goes to show, never underestimate the moonbats. Armed…

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