Archives for September 2005

“I decided to make it a woman so that I wouldn’t have to pay the model as much.” Click here for a brief history of this American holiday. Read more.

Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist of the United States Supreme Court died of cancer last night at his home in the Washington DC suburb of Arlington, Virginia. He was 80 years old. May he rest in peace! (Please click here to read his obituary.) Note: For those of us who decry the racial politics that… Read more.

Much has been made of the looting in New Orleans this week. And, true to form, the pictures American media decided to broadcast told a very misleading story. But here are a few points of clarification: Blacks comprise nearly 70% of the population of New Orleans and the vast majority of them chose not to… Read more.

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has been here three days, yet there is no command and control. We can send massive amounts of aid to tsunami victims but we can’t bail out the city of New Orleans. It’s a national disgrace. [Terry Ebbert, director of FEMA New Orleans] Enough said? Well, just a final thought:… Read more.

President Bush assures hurricane victims that the cavalry is on the way – as his Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff, director of the government’s relief efforts, looks on… Yesterday, President Bush made his first address to the nation on the ravages of Hurricane Katrina from the splendor of his rose garden at the White… Read more.

Rev. Jesse Jackson and Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez: Holding a joint news conference on Monday at Chavez’s Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela. Jackson seized the opportunity to condemn as a “criminal act” Rev. Pat Robertson’s call last week for America to take out Chavez; and, to reject as “politically motivated” President Bush’s claim that Chavez… Read more.