Storm Damage In Tampa
Here are a couple of pictures of probably the worse damage I’ve seen in our neighborhood. This is just about two blocks from the house. That was a motor home, and a lot of the branches have already been trimmed back.
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Homeland Security–Not So Secure
Though the Bush Administration has spent billions to deal with an imaginary threat in Iraq, it has not sufficiently funded, nor has it put forth realistic strategies to deal with, threats to America’s ports, railways, chemical plants and other infrastructure. It has also failed to secure America’s borders or establish effective terrorist watch lists.
Read moreStorm Weary
As you may have noted, I have not posted on the blog in a while. This is because I was cleaning up from Frances and preparing for Ivan, and dealing with some (probably) unrelated problems around the house over the previous week.
Read moreBush Crony Screws Us On Medicare Estimates-But Makes Out Himself
Less than two months after it was signed, the Bush administration officially changed its estimate to confirm closely with Foster’s own prediction, admitting the new law “would cost at least $530 billion over 10 years, or one-third more than the price tag used when Congress passed the legislation.”
Read moreAdministration Squelches Media Coverage of Iraq Death Toll
Journalist Josh Marshall points out how quick the Bush administration was in trying to squelch media coverage of the fact that 1,000 Americans have now been killed in Iraq. At 4:27 eastern time, AP put a story on its wire with the headline, “U.S. death toll in Iraq passes 1,000 mark.” Just 13 minutes later, a new AP headline read “Ridge: Terrorists hope to disrupt election” after a press conference by the Homeland Security secretary.
Read moreWhere Oh Where Did Georgie Go?
One day before CBS’s much-anticipated segment on President Bush’s record in the National Guard, the Boston Globe published a major
Read moreWhere Oh Where Have the Terrorists Gone?
According to George Bush, depending on the day, either two-thirds or three-fourths of them have been captured. Well, two-thirds or three-fourths of how many?
Read moreHurricane Watch III-Will It Ever End
The hurricanes seem to keep coming, friends needed a place to stay, and my vacation has now been officially ruined in its entirety thanks to Ivan.
Read moreHurricane Watch II-11:30 a.m. Monday
Thus far, we have survived. We have lots of sticks down, and only a couple of decent sized limbs in
Read moreHurricane Watch-Sunday 1:00pm
The winds are definitely kicking up and become more sustained. So far, the rain has not been that bad. We’ve had showers throughout the morning. There are have been some heavy showers, but those have not lasted more than a few minutes.
Read moreHurricane Watch II-Sunday, 9:00am
I woke up this morning to some strong wind and rain, but that was just a feeder-band moving through, and things are somewhat quiet again now.
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