Current Affairs

A bi-partisan monster? We're anxious to know what happened in N.O. > President Carter's 1979 executive order merged many of the separate disaster-related responsibilities into a new Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Among other agencies, FEMA absorbed: the Federal Insurance Administration, the National Fire Prevention

Michael Barone's thoughts on the future rebuilding effort. Link [http://www.townhall.com/columnists/michaelbarone/mb20050905.shtml]. Excerpt: > [S]ome parts of that fabric are not worth restoring. The city of New Orleans has had a horrifyingly high crime rate in recent years, and after disaster hit,

I don't want to jump on the Castrate FEMA Bandwagon (yet), but the stuff I'm hearing? Yikes. This is an excerpt from an interview with Aaron Broussard, president of Jefferson Parish on Meet the Press about FEMA's efforts to block relief: > Three quick

> Bestselling author John Grisham and his wife are contributing $5 million to help Mississippians rebuild after Hurricane Katrina – more than the donations of the NBA, Major League Baseball and Wal-Mart combined. Link [http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050904/NEWS0110/509040381/1260] . Aside: I heard on

George Neumayr at The American Spectator makes some interesting observations about New Orleans. They're good points, but I wonder how much of this could be said about every major U.S. city? Link [http://www.americanprowler.com/dsp_article.asp?art_id=8684]. Excerpts: > New Orleans has

Did the poor refuse to leave New Orleans or did they lack the means? I honestly don't know the answer, but earlier in the week, the consensus seemed to be that they stayed on purpose (see, for example, this post [https://thedailyeudemon.com/2239/]). But now, more and

I'm not sure I agree with everything he says. To be honest, my mind is spinning from this whole Katrina fall-out. It'll probably provide fodder for rumination for many years. Rockwell appears to make some good points, though, and he provides some solid facts: > The

I heard the "racism" allegations. Now, certain quarters are referring to the poor response time as genocide. Link [http://news.ncmonline.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=540b370519e0aeb3d1558b121761454e] . Excerpt: > The Republicans and Democrats didn't do anything to prevent this or plan for it and

I've been amused by the allegations that the press says black people "loot" and white people "find." As far as I can tell, it's almost entirely based on two photos and their captions. Snopes has a pretty good analysis of those two