THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IN NEW ORLEANS WAS GOVERNMENT
Government agencies constantly stopped people from being helped or helping themselves. Just one tiny excerpt from a detailed article:
“Yet, for all of the public angst over the federal government’s – and especially FEMA’s – post-disaster response, most observers have missed what is painfully obvious: the government’s response [...]

THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IN NEW ORLEANS WAS GOVERNMENT
Government agencies constantly stopped people from being helped or helping themselves. Just one tiny excerpt from a detailed article:
“Yet, for all of the public angst over the federal government’s – and especially FEMA’s – post-disaster response, most observers have missed what is painfully obvious: the government’s response [...]

Well, once again some political apparatchik is weighing in and grandstanding on a child support issue, this time Right-Wing Liberal Todd Spitzer from the People’s Republik of Kalifornia. Ah, you can always tell when an election looms, when all the politicians come around, mounting their mighty steeds of self-righteousness and tilting mightily at the [...]

By Al Pessin
The top U.S. general in Iraq says the country’s new constitution has created a divisiveness that makes it more difficult to predict when coalition forces might be able to leave the country. In addition, the general says, he wants to defeat al-Qaida and other foreign elements before handing security control to Iraq’s new [...]

by Bill Bonner
It is early spring in the southern hemisphere. A fresh warm breeze blows across the Rio Plata. Trees along Buenos Aires’ broad boulevards are budding out. Cherry trees are in bloom. Here and there, groups of American tourists peer in shop windows. Birds sing. Lovers stroll arm in arm. It looks as though [...]

By David Gollust
The Bush administration has put off for six months a decision on whether to sanction Saudi Arabia for violations of religious freedom. The key U.S. ally was cited as a country of particular concern on the issue in a State Department report a year ago.
Officials here say Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has [...]

Some Suggestions for the Network Execs
I’ve been watching as much of the new TV shows as I can stand- usually about the first 5 to 6 minutes – commercials included.
Having subjected myself to that torment, I feel entitled to make a few suggestions. (No extra charge, of course !)
The Ghost Whisperer: Let’s liven thing up [...]

With the recent indictment of Tom DeLay for conspiracy, other corruption has become apparent such as with Harry Reid. Tom DeLay engaged in travel plans some consider unethical, however, in the aftermath of that scandal over 200 Congressmen (from both parties) has to “revise” their travel documentation. Regardless of party, one does not [...]

India’s most overlooked asset class is changing – for the better.
by Sala Kannan

A trip to a real estate agent’s office in Chennai, India, was quite an eye-opener. We arrived five minutes early for our appointment. Outside the agent’s office building, we saw a man in white pants and a white shirt. He was lazily pacing [...]

At a townhall style meeting voicing opposition to California Prop. 75, actor/director Rob Reiner was open to the idea of a future candidacy.
Reiner’s always been poltically active, but most liberal entertainers almost always merely entertain the idea of running for office for fear of embarrassment at the polls, which is almost inevitable. They opt instead [...]

UK Father Claims Organized Miscarriage of Justice

California Assemblyman “Outraged” by MND Op/Ed

Pakistan women in soccer punch-up

Update: We have now been approached by Newsmax with interest for an advertisment. Their cost is the same, but will reach more people. We still want to put an ad in the Washinton Times, but we would also love to have one with Newsmax. So, we will shoot for double the original goal, but once [...]

Where in the HELL is Peter Funt? This has absolutely *GOT* to be a Candid Camera trick, designed specifically to find me flabbergasted.
I swear to God, some people are too stupid to live.
Okay – it seems that Dwight ‘Chimurenga’ Waller, a black candidate for city council and president of the Uhuru [...]

by Steve Kellmeyer
Bill Bennett has committed the horrendous crime of agreeing with professors from Stanford university and the University of Chicago. After all, it was only six years ago that Dr. John J. Donohue 3rd of Stanford Law School and Dr. Steven D. Levitt of the University of Chicago publicly argued that the high percentage [...]

FDNY Chaplain Resigns After 9/11 Remarks – Yahoo! News
Good. He’s an ignorant Islamofascist, and needs to be deported. Asswipe.

I’m sure most of you have heard about Bill Bennett’s explosive comments regarding the long term social effects of abortion:
http://www.nationalreview.com/mccarthy/mccarthy200509301104.asp
“I do know that it’s true that if you wanted to reduce crime, you could — if that were your sole purpose — you could abort every black baby in this country, and your crime rate [...]

From Yahoo! News
Except, of course, that the comment – as people having their ass on their shoulders report – is out of context, and inaccurate, and those quoting it know it, and is therefore untrue – IOW, what we like to call “A LIE.”
Oh, but he said the “b” word – you know, “Black,” while [...]

My latest Daily Illini column “Leave it to Parents” is posted n the state of public education.

Blogger Bill Keezer comments on a recent piece on evolution and ID:
In fairness, there are some adherents of ID that believe in evolution, just not the start of it.
True enough.
Certainly, Michael Behe has stated in his book, Darwin’s Black Box, that he accepts the notion of common descent. His issue has to do with [...]

You can read the post I put up about it here.

Just added to the blog roll….
Tammy Bruce
Tammy Bruce is a talk radio host and author of:

(PDF file)

I first encountered Tammy Bruce when her show occupied the time slot following the Saturday repeat of Rush Limbaugh. She succeeded Bill Press, former chairman of the California Democratic Party, in that time slot.
In contrast to Bill Press, [...]

Media Blog opines that all Ronnie Earle wanted was the indictment so DeLay would step down from his leadership position. Earle knows that he can’t convict DeLay since DeLay didn’t violate the law, but he can bust DeLay’s chops for a few months until DeLay gets acquitted.
This is the key to understanding the DeLay indictment: [...]

International Men’s Movement Blog Formed on MND

Commander in Chief: Chick Flick

Marriage on the rocks as fewer say “I do”

Chicago looks likely to start an indoor smoking ban in restaurants and bars and almost all indoor areas next Spring. Businesses that can prove conclusively that they’ve suffered more than a 15% drop in revenue will be able to get a temporary stay of the ban as long as they provide an adequate non-smoking area
With [...]

Two Islamist mosque leaders from my old stomping grounds in Albany, New York have been indicted on charges of money laundering and conspiracy to support terrorism. Albany is not a town where I would naturally expect this sort of activity, but it just goes to show you how dangerous and insidious this terrorist threat [...]

U.S. teen pregnancy, birth rates, and abortions have sunk to all-time lows. This according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta.
You know you’re dealing with a dehumanizing public bureaucracy when the monitoring of the spread of babies falls under the umbrella of the “disease control” department.
This news has to really tick off the [...]