Category: News

 From Left I on the News: [W]hile George Bush was still on vacation playing with his spiffy new guitar, and a day or two before the Secretary of State went shopping for shoes, Cuba contacted the State Department and offered no less than 1,100 doctors to assist in dealing with the crisis. And we didn’t […]

Senator, I’m sorry… for the last four days, I have been seeing dead bodies here in the streets of Mississippi and to listen to politicians thanking each other and complimenting each other — I have to tell you, there are people here who are very upset and angry, and when they hear politicians thanking one […]

From Daily Kos The administration specifically cut the funds to fix these specific levees, in order to specifically divert that Corps money to Iraq, despite urgent warnings and predictions of catastrophic disaster if the levees were breeched.  The administration specifically cancelled the Clinton-backed flood control program to preserve and restore the wetlands between New Orleans […]

It’s a Mad Mad Mad Max World The top Homeland Security official in New Orleans says bands of gunmen are roaming through New Orleans. The Times-Picayune newspaper reports the gun section at a new Wal-Mart has been cleaned out. And the thieves are apparently using their new guns, with shots heard through the night. Thank […]

Who the hell builds a city below sea-level anyway? And it sinks 3 feet lower every century. That’s my crass thought for the day. Along with lack of pity for the folks that stayed to ‘weather the storm’. Third Category Five hurricane in American history and they’re gonna tough it out. 

Expect the backlash soon: Texas becomes the fourth state where whites are the new minority. Dear Democrats: WAKE UP.

Sending John a little Google juice for a new podcast he’s launching in the Hokkien language. Get updates at http://penanghokkien.com/

Dispensing with the hagiography, Thomas would have been 50 yesterday. He is one of those folks that helped create an entire industry out of a singular larger-than-life vision (not dismissing the contributions of dozens of others). I always respected Thomas because he was completely out about his sexuality – and at the same time: rarely […]