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Hey, It's Nawlins. What Do You Expect?

> A group of female hurricane survivors were told to show their breasts if they wanted to be rescued, a British holidaymaker has revealed.Ged Scott watched as American rescuers turned their boat around and sped off when the the women refused. Link [http://uk.news.yahoo.com/06092005/140/

Overview

If you, like me, skipped the telethon last night for other things (like sleep), the Washington Post has run an overview of last night's fundraiser. Link [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/10/AR2005091000080.html?nav=rss_nation/special] . Excerpts: > "George Bush

Q News

The "queer Dan Rather"? Yikes, that's like wanting to be the tuberculous Stalin. > Back when he was a field reporter at Orlando's Fox affiliate, Josh Fountain says he mostly stayed in the closet when it came to his sexuality. > As of this

Blessed Are the Chinese Poor

> Local authorities yesterday seized a rural activist who has been leading a high-profile legal campaign against the use of forced sterilization and abortion in China, in an apparent effort to block him from meeting with senior government officials who had expressed support for his cause. > The detention

Priorities in Order

CNN this afternoon ran a story about a bar in the French Quarter that is open for business, even though they have no power. In fact, the owner claims they never closed. It's hard to believe, but this story from last Sunday lends credence. Link [http://edition.cnn.

New Orleans and Subsidiarity

Catholic Exchange has run a piece today by Bishop Rene Henry Gracida about local responsibility for what happened in Nawlins. Link [http://www.catholicexchange.com/vm/index.asp?vm_id=1&art_id=29978]. Excerpts: > It was the responsibility of the City of New Orleans government to provide

A Needed Corrective

I earlier wrote a post, asking "What the heck is going on?" in New Orleans. Everyone in the press pointed fingers at FEMA. Now, it appears the real story is coming out: it was a local failure, at least in large part. WSJ Link [http://www.opinionjournal.com/

In Belgium?

We appreciate the effort, but isn't this kind of like the Nazis marching in Skokie, in reverse? > A pro-family group has organized a march to protest a Belgian Parliament draft proposal to legalize homosexual adoption. Although Belgium has had legal same-sex “marriage” since 2003, the

Ham Radio in Vogue

> In an age of high-tech, real-time gadgetry, it's the decidedly unsexy ham radio -- whose technology has changed little since World War II -- that is in high demand in ravaged New Orleans and environs. The Red Cross issued a request for about 500 amateur radio operators

Important Symbolism

> Pope Benedict XVI is sending a personal donation to relief efforts for the victims of hurricane Katrina. > The Holy Father has dispatched Archbishop Paul Josef Cordes, the head of the pontifical charity Cor Unum, to deliver the aid and to express the Pope's sympathy to the