Month: August 2005

this diary is dedicated to all who suffer because of war and other disasters image: Iraqi police officers inspect the scene of a police shooting on a highway, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2005, in Baghdad, Iraq. Two Iraqi police officers...

Katrina’s, vast floodwaters bled, A cesspool, infection that spread, With levees eroded, Big Easy has coded, Will it e’er arise from the dead? (four more after the fold)Uncovering terrorist plots, FBI is worried a...

His callous indifference to the suffering of others was on display when he mocked a woman on death row when she pleaded for mercy. He has continued to display that trait in his treatment of the dead and injured soldiers in a war...

According to the AP this morning the Governor is calling for all people remaining in New Orleans to be evacuated, but she doesn’t say just how that is to be accomplished. “She said she wanted the Superdome evacuated...

The hurricane that struck Louisiana and Mississippi on Monday was nicknamed Katrina by the National Weather Service. Its real name is global warming. That’s how The Boston Globe puts it in a fresh article, by Ross...