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You might have heard that Tom Delay’s been indicted. You might have heard that a living giant squid was finally found and photographed. Here’s what you need to know about both stories:
The quarry was elusive, never quite getting caught despite an incredible ramp-up in scrutiny and press over the past few years. […]

From the AP:
WASHINGTON Sep 25, 2005 — Support for U.S. troops fighting abroad mixed with anger toward anti-war demonstrators at home as hundreds of people, far fewer than organizers had expected, rallied Sunday on the National Mall just a day after a massive protest against the war in Iraq…
About 400 people gathered near a stage […]

I’m once again constrained by my schedule today, so I won’t be able to produce any undying works of satire for you. Or even the dying kind. Fortunately, though, Robert Novak has done my work for me.
Enjoy. Novak is shocked that serious scientists don’t seem to approve of President Bush’s stance on […]

So, it seems that these two British agents in Iraq were stopped by police, shot at said police, were arrested, and HURRICANE RITA’S ON ITS WAY! IT’S A CATEGORY THREE AND GAINING STRENGTH!!
No seriously, these Brits actually killed an Iraqi policeman, were taken into custody, and, get this - HEADING FOR THE TEXAS […]

From Reuters, “Bush rules out tax hikes to pay for Katrina”
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush, facing alarm from conservatives over the soaring cost of post-Katrina rebuilding, said on Friday the U.S. budget could handle the expense and he would not raise taxes to pay for it.
“It’s going to cost whatever it costs,” Bush […]

I’m just stopping in to put you all on the forefront of a major movement. It’s something that happened to a friend of mine and his fiancee, and it’s a great opportunity to feel even better about your Katrina victims’ donations:

http://saabbumper.blogspot.com/
It seems so appropriate, though in an almost ineffable way. Go there, pledge […]

From Reuters:

Asked if Americans should be concerned their government remains unprepared to respond to another major disaster or a terrorist attack, Bush said: “Katrina exposed serious problems in our response capability at all levels of government, and to the extent that the federal government didn’t fully do its job right, I take responsibility.”

The President is […]

From Mediacorps News

In June 2004, southern Louisiana’s emergency management chief Walter Maestri told the local Time Picayune newspaper that federal funds appeared to have been diverted instead of paying for repairs the state’s dykes, designed to protect the low-lying region from flooding.
“Nobody locally is happy that the levees can’t be finished, and we are […]

Okay, brave fanathletes - these coming days might be a bit sparse from a blogging perspective. I’ve just gotten a writing job to go along with tomorrow’s “Wait Wait” in Chicago and the copy-editing of the novel (due next week). So I’m a little… overbooked.
I’ll be posting in the weeks to come, no […]

From Reuters and Japan Today

Visiting the devastated Gulf Coast last week, Bush expressed confidence in the FEMA head, saying: “Brownie, you’re doing a heck of a job.”
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The administration of President George W Bush cut the $27.1 million budget requested by the Corps of Engineers for improving the levees in 2005 by more than 80% to […]