The “Rebuild New Orleans” elephant is still sitting on the table, but folks are starting to nibble at the edges. One big chunk – whether to build the entire city or just some - has even been carved out, and lots of people are starting to chew there in earnest.
There’s a huge piece of the […]
I’m sick of the tired choices we’re always presented with in American presidential elections. For the last several “go ‘roundsâ€?, my vote has ended up cast as either against a candidate, or for some “lesser of two evils”. There never seems to be a good, clear choice. It would be oh-so-refreshing to have candidates who […]
Rebuilding recommendations are starting to come out, now, from commissions and experts, and the proverbial “doo doo” is about to hit the fan. It’s been coming, of course, and everybody has been gearing up for this for weeks.
While yesterday’s proposal contains many excellent ideas that are likely to be widely embraced, I doubt that they […]
Wow. I continue to be floored by the idiocy of bureaucracy.
It seems that right after the hurricane(s), Fannie Mae offered 1500 housing units to evacuees, but were rejected by FEMA. Best of all, they were offered rent-free for up to 18 months!.
FEMA housing spokesman James McIntyre acknowledged that the agency has so far not put […]
Sorry, Kansas. Even the director of the Vatican Observatory doesn’t think Intelligent Design should be confused with science.
From the Catholic World News:
“Intelligent design isn’t science, even if it pretends to be,” said Father George Coyne. He said that if the theory is introduced in schools, it should be taught in religion classes, not science classes. […]
If you’re the parent of a teenager (particularly a teen girl), then you have a much better chance than most at understanding what’s going with this mom in Oklahoma: Mom Makes Teen Stand on Street With Sign
It will come as no surprise that the teen is 14. It will also shock no-one to hear that […]
There is something inherently idiotic about the elected American leadership. Here we are, thousands of lives into a poorly planned and ideologically motivated war, and the leaders are proving (yet again) that they do not understand the region, the people, or their own responsibilities.
This is not an “I’m sorry, I’ll go away nowâ€? situation. The […]
Okay – this is a rant. If you are a supporter of war (in general) in Iraq (in particular), then you should skip this particular blog entry.
For the last week or so, the MSM has been letting us know that we (the US) used white phosphorous as a weapon in Fallujah. Astounding. But it doesn’t […]
On December 1, hurricane evacuees have to be gone from the temporary hotel rooms. (Actually, FEMA will just stop paying for them…).
“FEMA-Think” says that three months is plenty of time to find a job and get going. The evacuees still in these rooms just need a motivational “nudge�?.
Will this help get people back on their […]
This has always been a stumper for me. How is it that Louisiana can have so many honest, non-corrupt individuals (I promise! They really are there!), yet continue to produce situations like this?
I looked all over this motorcycle company’s website and sure ‘nuff, not a mention anywhere of travel trailers - used or new. Pretty […]