Author: polydactyl

Guantanamo on the Bayou

Originally posted at New International Times Some three weeks after Katrina made landfall, I referenced (at the NIT)the complete collapse of the judicial system in Orleans and the surrounding parishes.  There were some...

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FEMA’S NOT My Big Pimp Sugar Daddy

I’m talking at ya’ll as a proud woman from Louisiana working hard to do my part in my state’s recovery and I’m feeling like a crack whore that’s been kicked to the curb. Louisiana gotta $3.75...

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Gulf Coast Recovery: Are We Committed?

In his speech to the nation from Jackson Square in New Orleans on September 15th, Bush said: “It is now clear that a challenge on this scale requires greater federal authority and a broader role for the armed forces...

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RANT ROOM: Bush’s Political Expediency

Over at the New International Times, I have built myself a special place called The Rant Room.  It is specially designed to be sound proof, as to not disturb the rest of the members when I get off the leash.  The INT...

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