Category Archives: Current Affairs

WTW: Clinton Did What During Floyd?

Well, y’all, I was working on putting some info together on what the Clinton Admin and the NC State government did after Floyd. Newsmax beat me to it. New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina and Florida were hit hard when Floyd slammed the coast on Sept. 16, 1999. It was the worst storm to hit the […]

Ray Nagin, Hero of New Orleans?

Found at NJ.com forums: Ray Nagin, the exhausted and fatigued mayor of New Orleans is a hero who should be getting the Congressional Medal of Honor for his nonstop efforts to save the people of New Orleans and his desperate call to the world, that finally shamed Bush and his FEMA administrators to finally enter […]

New Orleans Levee $$$$$

I just have to wonder: why is MY federal tax money being used to shore up the levee system around New Orleans? New Orleans is sinking. The levees are constantly sinking. "The system is in great shape, but the levees are sinking. Everything is sinking, and if we don’t get the money fast enough to […]

Katrina: Oh, Those Buses

Alot of folks have been intricantly involved in the "Sitting Buses of New Orleans" fiasco, laying out all the issues. Bryan Preston of Junk Yard Blog has been all over it, so much that he has exceeded his bandwith. Fortunately, Michelle Malkin has given him a home for the time being. The buses I mentioned […]

Sorta Blogless Sunday-Interlude on Katrina

What was going on in the Louisiana gov’t? (h/t to Little Green Footballs) Behind the scenes, a power struggle emerged, as federal officials tried to wrest authority from Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco (D). Shortly before midnight Friday, the Bush administration sent her a proposed legal memorandum asking her to request a federal takeover of […]

Keep The Aid Flowing!

According to N.Z.Bear, the Blogosphere has raised over $572,000!!!!!! Think about it: that is known contributions. That doesn’t count the folks that may have clicked through to a charity/relief agency and not recorded it. Awesome! Keep it coming. I know my company is still missing folks in the affected areas, particularly from New Orleans, as […]

Katrina Bloggin’: Have You Donated?

Hello you wonderful people dropping by. Have you donated to Katrina relief yet? Time to pony up, folks. We did our part for the tsunami, now it is time to do it for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. I have chosen the American Red Cross. They have done some great things over the years, and […]

Katrina: Blogging for Relief Day

Time to pony up, folks. We did our part for the tsunami, now it is time to do it for the victims of Hurricane Katrina. I have chosen the American Red Cross. They have done some great things over the years, and will continue to. Also, I know from previous experience that my company will […]

Dauphin Island Trashed

Not trying to toot my own horn, by any means, but this was the kind of stuff I was worried about when I was posting the data from a buoy 42040 (here and here) 64nm south of Dauphin Island: A runaway oil drilling platform that beached at Dauphin Island was carried more than 60 miles […]

Police Looting?

Still do not have the unedited video of several female police officers looting (there has been some speculation that they may have been security guards, but NBC’s Martin Savidge seemed pretty sure) that Jebediah mentioned, but, here is the transcript from Tucker Carlson’s The Situation: UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE:  (INAUDIBLE) UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE:  Hold on to it.  How […]

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