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Martin Longman a contributing editor at the Washington Monthly. He is also the founder of Booman Tribune and Progress Pond. He has a degree in philosophy from Western Michigan University.
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What’s going on?
Any other DC area BooTribbers around here? If so, your help is needed.
400 evacuees will be arriving in DC shortly and they need supplies.
Please help if you can.
Bush faked levee repair for photo op yesterday
by John in DC – 9/03/2005 06:29:00 PM
From a press release LA Senator Mary Landrieu sent out today:
But perhaps the greatest disappointment stands at the breached 17th Street levee. Touring this critical site yesterday with the President, I saw what I believed to be a real and significant effort to get a handle on a major cause of this catastrophe. Flying over this critical spot again this morning, less than 24 hours later, it became apparent that yesterday we witnessed a hastily prepared stage set for a Presidential photo opportunity; and the desperately needed resources we saw were this morning reduced to a single, lonely piece of equipment. The good and decent people of southeast Louisiana and the Gulf Coast – black and white, rich and poor, young and old – deserve far better from their national governmeent.
http://americablog.blogspot.com/2005/09/bush-faked-levee-repair-for-photo-op.html
Why am I not surprised that he faked a photo op? What I am surprised is that Mary Landrieu actually has the guts to call Bush out on it. She must of taken her bitch slapping by Anderson Cooper to heart.
The response on her Katherine Harris like interview with Cooper was a swift kick in the ass. Bush is not going help her keep her Senate seat nor is he going to be a welcome presence in LA anytime soon.
Maybe now she’ll rethink all her republican-lite votes. Especially the bankruptcy bill.
The only thing that surprises me is that anyone would even be surprised especially a democratic politician who should know better.
I know when I saw bush hugging those people I was thinking that they looked awfully clean and neat..no one really thinks he’d hug some of the unwashed smelly masses of this disaster do ya?(white or black-unless it would have been some of the people from the Ritz who got bumped up ahead of other evacuee’s to leave)
Why do democratic politicians keep almost willfully insisting on believing this stupid fucker on anything?
Wow…I did read it. I made note of it. But the significance didn’t really sink in…this should be spread far and wide…
I got another e-mail from John Edwards with his theme of two America’s…but what was even more interesting is the 3 links he has up for donations. First being Red Cross of course, then the Moveon hurricane housing deal..good for him and the last..the NAACP..I wouldn’t say for sure but I’d bet that he’s the only white person/politician who has done this?
Live Journal
The author is holed up in a building in New Orleans with his girlfriend and two colleagues. His site includes live cam and photos taken from the roof of his building showing action on the streets below.
Hallelujah! hallelujah!
Not one more dark night in that hell hole. Everyone is out.
http://tinyurl.com/7z9ox
The big thing on my mind is Frist pushing for a vote on ending the estate tax. My rant of the day is about that.
Is Frist clinically insane?
But I really want to do more than rant. I want us to defeat this insane, irresponsible, inhuman proposal with a resounding NO!! vote. I want it stomped into the ground.
I want us to grab America by the lapels, look it right in the eye and say we need to say no to this thing. Work with me, America! Everybody who is not in the top two percent in income should be outraged–as well as the good guys and gals who are in the top two percent–and Senate offices should be flooded with letters. How dare they throw away an important source of revenue when so many people are in such desperate need right now!
I have posted a letter to Congress for bankruptcy relief for all the victims of hurrican katrina.
Please take it, modify it and send it to your reps and senators.
On a slightly cheerful note: tonight the US men’s national soccer team officially qualified for the World Cup in Germany next summer by beating Mexico 2-0.
FIFA rankings aren’t really a true guage of how good a team is, but did you all realize we’re currently ranked sixth in the world? We’ve come a long way since Kyle Rote, Jr and Shep Messing.
I never liked her singing but watching her weep and rant tonight, I think she is a great person.
The “America Supports You Freedom Walk” is scheduled for Sunday Sept. 11 in Washington D.C., to be followed by a Clint Black concert on the National Mall.
I wonder if the Machine will be too stupid to cancel it.
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The woman described by those who should know as the best female hockey player in the world, Alyson Annan, has unashamedly revealed that she has fallen in love with Carole Thate, captain of the Dutch hockey team at the Sydney Olympics. The two are living together in Amsterdam.
The star Hockeyroo had been married to Argentinian national player Max Caldas, but after two years together the marriage fell apart, and the couple officially split just hours after Caldas joined the Hockeyroo gold medal win celebration. The marriage had been in trouble for more than a year, said Annan.
The International Player of the Year added that Carole had nothing to do with the collapse of her marriage, and that while she didn’t believe she was a lesbian, she was really happy in her first gay relationship and hoped her honesty about it would help others..
The Hague world class HCKZ field hockey club– with honorary chairman Ties Kruize– and many friends attended Allyson and Carole’s day of happiness, their marriage in Amsterdam.
Allyson is trainer/coach of a talented HCKZ top women’s team, while Max Caldas is employed as overall HCKZ youth trainer and coordiator – if the Netherlands represents a liberal society, then it is a demonstration of happiness and a community united!
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