Polimom Says… will be moving here soon from Blogger. (I’m kinda tired of the unpredictability of blogger’s up/down-time.) When links, etc. are set up satisfactorily here, I’ll post a redirect entry at Polimom.blogspot.com, and start running the blog here. I will probably leave the old blogspot online, though - since there are wayyyyy too many […]
Sometimes, it’s hard to know what the actual context was for quotes rendered by the press. But even with the normal, skeptical filters in place, Rep. Tom Davis’ statements in this article set off alarms for me:
Echoing a common sentiment in Congress, Davis said that for the time being he was satisfied with the $2.9 […]
I’ve been thinking about Tim’s call to bloggers, asking for everyone to speak up about the need for much stronger levees for New Orleans. And while we’ve all been talking about the levee problems for months, he’s right - because EVERYTHING depends on strengthened levees for a safer city.
I spent two hours this morning, looking […]
Hurricane season starts again in 6 months and a few days. Think they’ll have the levees rebuilt by then? These folks don’t think so.
When Kemp heard that an official at the White House had promised to fix the levees by June 1, he was puzzled.
“I think it has to do with what he means by […]
My opinion on Monday’s shooting is likely to be unpopular…
Something is really starting to bother me about the NOPD’s situation, and I’m more worried about this than perhaps anything else that’s come up from Katrina to date.
Yes, the NOPD used lethal force on a man who lunged at them with a knife, but this is […]
At midnight on December 31, we get another chance… a new beginning that comes with the new year.
The truly idealistic might say that people have that chance every morning; that every day is a new opportunity for changing directions. That’s true, of course, but the clear line in the sand that we draw at midnight […]