No Longer "soon to be"

Ok. I’ve packed my life into two suitcases, a day pack, and a laptop case. Aside from a 5’ x 10’ storage locker, that is. And, after giving my desktop PC to a computerless Elma family, my computer system has been reduced to a 3 pound Sony laptop with a 10” screen [...]

Torture by U. S. Military Personnel is a Matter of Policy

The New York Times reports that torture by US military personnel is systemic, not due the “few bad apples” as the Dept. of War and Bush have assured us.
From the NYT article:
Captain Fishback said the investigators who have questioned him in the past 10 days seemed to be less interested in individuals he identified in [...]

Pat Tillman

Remember Pat Tillman? Tillman graduated summa cum lade from Arizona State; was a star high school and college football player; played professionally for the Arizona Cardinals; and, in the wake of the 9-11 attacks, passed on a lucrative Cardinals contract extension offer to enlist in the army to fight al Queda in Afghanistan.
Tillman was [...]

Urban Legend

Turns out that “99%” of the stories of shooting, murder, and rape in New Orleans in the wake of Katrina are BS. Read the story in the Time-Picayune.

Depths of Depravity

Is there no limits to the depth of depravity of President in Fact, Karl Rove? Remember that President, by Supreme Court edict, George Bush has appointed Rove to head the Katrina recovery effort.
From the Mississippi Clarion-Ledger. Full Story here.
“The Clarion-Ledger has obtained a copy of an internal e-mail the U.S. Department of Justice [...]

Bush Goes to the U.N. and Writes Note to Mommy Condi

I know Condi and George are close, but this is abit over the top. The President writing a note to his Secretary of State, during a U. N. confab indicating that he needs “a bathroom break” .
The Reuters caption.
“U.S. President George W. Bush writes a note to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during a [...]

Trogir Girl

Time for another photo so my two readers don’t grow weary of my ranting.I came upon this exceptionally cute Croatian girl while skulking the narrow byways of Trogir photographing the beautiful old buildings in the small town on a tiny island in the Adriatic not far from Split.

Speaking of Racism

Update: I found the photos; and, as you can see the photos are from different news agencies. None-the-less, given the fact that folks who were unable to leave were desperate for food and water I think AP still deserves condemnation for its photo caption. Click on image to view a larger version.
The Associated Press [...]

Bush Does Something Right

Bush has forced out his crony, Mike Brown, as FEMA director and replaced him with someone with some actual experience managing disaster response.
R. David Paulison, as chief of the Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Department, has led the U.S. Fire Administration division of FEMA since December 2001.
Now he should get rid of his cronies he appointed [...]

Don’t Let Them Into Our Neighborhood

Of all of disturbing stories of overt racism emanating from New Orleans in Katrina’s wake, this report of a suburban police chief ordering his troops to fire into the air to dissuade New Orleanians (primarily African-American, and a couple San Francisco paramedics) from escaping New Orleans could be the [...]

Katrina Response Investigations

What we hear these days coming from federal elected and appointed officials and the media: blah, blah, blah, Katrina, blah, blah, blah, FEMA, blah, blah, blah. Of course, with the change of two words, it’s pretty much all we here from those quarters.
I am certain that the 100,000, or so, who were left behind during [...]

Commenting and Spam

Since there have now been two automated spam comments posted here I have turned on the “word verification” function. Those posting comments will be required to type into a box the letters that appear on the screen. This requires the intervention of a human and will eliminate automated spam.

Once Again, Cuba Outdoes the U. S.

Thanks to Steve for passing on the following excellant article.The Two Americas
By Marjorie Cohn
09/03/05 “t r u t h o u t” — — Last September, a [...]

From the New Orleans Times-Picayune

Dear Mr. President:
We heard you loud and clear Friday when you visited our devastated city and the Gulf Coast and said, “What is not working, we’re going to make it right.”
Please forgive us if we wait to see proof of your promise before believing you. But we have good reason for our skepticism.
Bienville built New [...]

FEMA Incompetence

I did not start this web log as a forum to bash the President Bush and his administration; but, with the inept federal government response to the disaster in New Orleans, he and the cronies he appointed to head the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) warrant criticism. After all, it took the federal government [...]