I agree with Newt

Well, there truly is no doubt now that the end times are near, because I agree with Newt Gingrich.

"I think it puts into question all of the Homeland Security and Northern Command planning for the last four years, because if we can't respond faster than this to an event we saw coming across the Gulf for days, then why do we think we're prepared to respond to a nuclear or biological attack?"
- Newt Gingrich, former House Speaker

Someone Else's Rant

If you're livid, but don't have the energy to vent, you might want to read this rant. Language is "intense."

http://stevegilliard.blogspot.com/2005/09/we-told-you-so.html

Oil Prices

Steve Forbes thinks oil prices will go bust before the end of the year. He says the oil price bubble is going to be like the tech bubble was a few years ago and when it goes it will be big. He says maybe half what it is now... We can only hope he's right.

Read more...

http://heraldsun.news.com.au/
common/story_page/
0,5478,16441087^664,00.html

Quote of the Day

Creativity is the power to connect the seemingly unconnected.
--William Plomer

Fragile

Life is fragile. We all know it, but it's easy to forget. In the wake of Katrina, we've all been reminded. Tell someone you love that you're thinking of them today. Because life is fragile...

Recognizing a Failure

"Our government failed those people."

That's what Bill Clinton said about the Katrina victims on Labor Day. Apparently he had not heard that 46% of people (margin of error 4% - so could be 42% or could be 50%) approve of how this has been handled. He said, "I take it now there is no dispute about it. 100% of the people recognize that it was a failure."

I know, that's what all thinking, reasonable, kind people would believe.

But the surveys tell a different story. You know how that works - surveys where people can say what they REALLY think/feel without having to defend it. Nor surprisingly, it's right down party lines.

Conservatives think everything went fine - no problems - A-OK - ship shape. It's OK to leave victims of a hurricane without food or water for five days - as long as they're people who CHOSE to stay behind because they chose to be poor. Let them live in squalid conditions at the SuperDome, drown in their homes, be without medication and die from exposure. It's all fine. The administration did a great job.

Honest to God, I truly don't know what kind of cruel,heartless, cold people I'm living with in this country. All I know is there are more of them than there are of me and I'm scared. Very scared.

Anyone who's not one of them should be. And - yes - it is an us/them thing. Gone are the days when it was just a disagreement about how to solve our problems. They don't think there ARE any problems.

46% Say Bush Handled Crisis Well

An ABC-Washington Post poll shows that 46% of Americans approve of how Bush has handled this disaster.

We are a heartless nation - at least 46% of us. And everyone of them votes apparently.

The man was on vacation playing guitar while people were dying. http://hughesforamerica.typepad.com/
hughes_for_america/2005/08/august_2930_200.html to see photos of what Bush was doing during the crisis.

People think this is an appropriate response. It was along party lines, so I guess I should say that Republicans think this is appropriate.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/03/AR2005090301164.html