Why did FEMA block Wal-Mart shipments of water to the New Orleans area? Why did FEMA block fuel shipments to the New Orleans area? Why did FEMA cut emergency communication lines from the New Orleans area? Why wouldn't FEMA let the Red Cross deliver food to the New...
Stop Him Before He Confuses Himself Again
Steven Plaut, wrong once more. UPDATE: A fan of Plaut's splits hairs in his defense. Give it a rest. If you refer simply to "al-Jazeera," the implication is that you're referring to the TV network or its Web site. To borrow one of Glenn Reynolds' stock phrases, Plaut...
Christopher Hitchens: F*ck You, America
Christopher Hitchens:What I cannot understand is why the people of Baghdad and Basra should be punished for a meteorological catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico. We should get out and leave them to their own devices. We need the stuff at home, goddamn it. This has all...
Bumbling Bureaucracy
As has always been the case, bigger government with its limitless bureaucracy only results in bumbling on a much grander and more expensive scale. From the Washington Post today: "Bureaucracy has murdered people in the greater New Orleans area," Aaron Broussard,...
When the Going Gets Weird…
The weird get going – straight to David Horowitz. And what are the prerequisites for becoming one of Horowitz's shock troops? 1) Violent fanaticism 2) Schizophrenia Turns out Michael Lopez-Calderon, a public school teacher in Maryland who recently issued a death...
Mayor ready for armed standoff with FEMA
WWLTV.com | News for New Orleans, Louisiana | Local News 3:32 P.M. Ben Morris, Slidell mayor: We are still hampered by some of the most stupid, idiotic regulations by FEMA. They have turned away generators, we've heard that they've gone around seizing equipment from...
Americans last
Rightie bloggers are trying to put a positive spin on the appalling pictures coming out of New Orleans, the most striking features of which are the unbroken seas of black faces staring at the cameras from the hellish, stinking concentration camps at the Superdome and...
Helping Out
Now that most of the refugees have finally been moved out of New Orleans, and we have a better idea of where resources are most needed, I recommend a donation to the Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank. Baton Rouge has become one of the primary relocation centers and is...
Armed ‘Police’ Take Over Hotel, Eject Guests
From an Associated Press report:Police came through commandeering drivable vehicles and siphoning gas. Officials took over a hotel and ejected the guests. An officer pumped his shotgun at a group trying to return to their hotel on Chartres Street. "This is our block,"...
The Cavalry can’t get past FEMA
Aaron Broussard, president of Jefferson Parish on Meet the Press:Sir, they were told like me. Every single day. The cavalry is coming. On the federal level. The cavalry is coming. The cavalry is coming. The cavalry is coming. I have just begun to hear the hooves...
