Public Image of George W. Bush: George W. Bush, Criticism of government response to Hurricane Katrina, Opposition to the Iraq War, Guantanamo Bay detention camp, Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse
Mondo Visione (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged a Dallas and New Orleans-based hurricane restoration company and several executives for lying about non-existent business deals in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, and fraudulently inflating the company's stock price before the company's CEO sold millions of dollars in company shares.
Marc Ambinder (Free subscription) | yesterday
It's World AIDS Day, a time to reflect and act on this disease that's ravaged our planet and loved ones. I support all the efforts to promote prevention, cures, awareness, sympathy. One campaign that's well-intentioned and provocative but I think misses the mark is the AIDS is DC's Katrina campaign, sponsored by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation. The campaign notes the incredibly high rates of...
JURIST (Free subscription) | 01/12/2009
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has ruled that several contractors responsible for dredging the Mississippi River, which some claim exacerbated damage from Hurricane Katrina, cannot be held liable since the contractors were acting under Congress' express authorization. The plaintiffs' suit claimed that dredging in the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MRGO) compromised...
NewsInferno (Free subscription) | 30/11/2009
Some Hurricane Katrina flooding victims in Louisiana could be eligible for compensation from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, thanks to a recent decision by a federal judge in New Orleans. On November 18, 2009, Judge Stanwood R. Duval, Jr. of the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana, issued a ruling finding the [...]
U.S. News (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Poor crisis leadership was on display after Hurricane Katrina and during the financial crisis.
NewsBusters (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
... who ultimately resigns. He also spun Gore as a quick acting President who took action after Hurricane Katrina and kept the death count down to 17 people: Aug. 29, 2005: Hurricane Katrina strikes Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, and Alabama, with winds of up to 140 miles per hour. Although meteorologically one of the most significant storms in decades, the surge of water...
Vulture (Free subscription) | 01/12/2009
... jokes comparing indies to Hollywood films. (“Spike Lee made When the Levees Broke about Hurricane Katrina. The most realistic movie to come out of Hollywood about Hurricane Katrina? The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ... It’s the most money ever spent on Hurricane Katrina.”) Unlike previous years, when half-drunk presenters halfheartedly...
kearneym7040 | 4 hours ago
NEW ORLEANS – Wearing a floor-length pastel striped evening gown, Sandra Bullock walked the red carpet in New Orleans Thursday for a special premiere of her latest film, "The Blind Side." Besides promoting the sports drama, which opens in theaters nationwide on Friday, the event also served as a fundraiser for a New Orleans high school flooded by Hurricane Katrina. Since
hsuperpolitical (Free subscription) | yesterday
... and as rights violator. It is the government of the DMV, of Vietnam, of lazy teachers, of FEMA and Hurricane Katrina. More important than ideology for these Americans is how facts on the ground seem to reaffirm one story or the other. [...] The public’s willingness to wait for progress [...] will depend in large part on their belief in the competence of this administration to...
the transport politic (Free subscription) | yesterday
» Announcement in New Orleans suggests that city will receive funds for its planned French Quarter streetcar line. Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans hard — harder than any American city has been hit by natural disaster for decades. Yet if the storm put the town on its death bed, to pretend that it wad in [...]
NewsInferno (Free subscription) | 01/12/2009
Last month’s decision in a MRGO (Mississippi River Gulf Outlet) lawsuit that found the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers liable for much of the Hurricane Katrina flooding that occurred in Louisiana could ultimately mean that the federal government will have to foot some of the bill for the destruction of property that accompanied the [...]
Newswise (Free subscription) | 01/12/2009
The levee failures during Hurricane Katrina are still fresh in the American mind. Homeland Security's Wil Laska wants to make sure that if we cannot completely prevent levee breaches, we have a fast remedy for when they DO occur.
Newswise (Free subscription) | 01/12/2009
The levee failures during Hurricane Katrina are still fresh in the American mind. Homeland Security's Wil Laska wants to make sure that if we cannot completely prevent levee breaches, we have a fast remedy for when they DO occur.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 01/12/2009
Broadway shows are finally back in New Orleans for the first time since Hurricane Katrina four years ago, and at least one - "The Color Purple" - is giving something back to the recovering city.
Examiner (Free subscription) | 01/12/2009
Broadway shows are finally back in New Orleans for the first time since Hurricane Katrina four years ago, and at least one - "The Color Purple" - is giving something back to the recovering city.
