Katrina's aftermath

It would have been easy to miss, Milo, but Blount upthread posted an article (linked to the words "aw shit" or something like that) which stated that the petro lines that go to Atlanta would be directly affected by the rigs affected by Katrina. So, it's a special case there, much to the misery of driving Atlantans' wallets.

I'm glad his pace his picking up.

Platoons of Christian soldiers were dispatched to the city's remaining Wendy's.

well it's not like they'd send him in the middle of the damn thing. not that i'd mind, but...

Otherwise, we just wasted a lot of fuel for some doof to go "Man, I guess that IS bad, huh?"

And don't get me started about how the first image of Bush coming back to Washington as thousands have died in a tragedy was him walking down the stairs of Air Force One with Barney tucked under his arm…

Just as I figured. Is there any reason this tradition exists? Ok.. granted, there are a gazillion dumb symbolism traditions in every country I suppose. I'm just pissed because we're dealing with a major tragedy where time's of the essence, and to have our president go into the air, and waste fuel, just so he can nod and go "yeah, shit be bad down there" just seems so incredibly fucking stupid.

Also, as tempting as it is to mock the feeble minded nutjobs, can we stop talking about what idiots like Falwell have to say? Or just leave any Christian talk out of this in general? Religion is obviously not figuring into the mess happening right now in Orleans.

Looting: The police are looting. This has been confirmed by several independent sources. Some of the looting might be "legitimate" in as much as that word has any meaning in this context. They have broken into ATMs and safes: confirmed. We have eyewitnesses to this. They have taken dozens of SUVs from dealerships ostensibly for official use. They have also looted gun stores and pawn shops for all the small arms, supposedly to prevent "criminals" from doing so. But who knows their true intentions. We have an inside source in the NOPD who says that command and control is in chaos. He reports that command lapses more than 24 hours between check-ins, and that most of the force are "like deer in the headlights." NOPD already had a reputation for corruption, but I am telling you now that the people we've been talking to say they are not recognizing the NOPD as a legitimate authority anymore, since cops have been seen looting in Walmarts and forcing people out of stores so they could back up SUVs and loot them. Don't shoot the messenger....

"The FUCK you lookin' at, man? This is as close as i'm gettin' that shit!"

xpost -- er, yes Kingfish...I linked to that edition and various nola.com stories throughout the day.

Yes, Baton Rouge. They evacuated there early yesterday.

say, anybody remember hearing two years ago about how, due to the shortage of armor, U.S. troops in Iraq were being allowed to "modify" humvees? i read rumors about how some of them took the opportunity to do full-on Mad Max jobs, but I never saw any photos of the results(assuming they'd ever get published).

"I can't wait to see the S. Korean Army on the streets of New Orleans keeping the peace."

"I for one think the Bush family and the Saudis should come help. After all, they have our Rent-A-Army over there..."

Now, this says to me that the viewers are very cynical. It also suggests that these are the only e-mails CNN has to run, which means that much of the country is a negative nancy when it comes to the Bush admin. and the prospect of foreign help...

Official Search and Rescue Center at the Louisiana Office of Emergency Preparedness

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Cell phone communication is extremely limited, but Text messaging on Verizon, Cingular and Sprint networks appear to be working.

Huh, guess where I have plans to be this weekend?

Well, let me join the dogpile. The more I think about that miserable laundry-list speech of his, the madder it makes me. I've been watching cable news and WWL's online stream for the past few days, and Bush's speech was as canned and unrealistic as if it had been phoned in from Mars. All day long, stories of incredible suffering, armed mobs of looters roaming the streets, babies and their mothers in desperate conditions ... and the president rattles off a policy speech in which he stops to thank a Texas county executive? Pod's right: the continued viability of his presidency depends on how he handles this thing. It will take nothing for the "Bush doesn't care" meme to circulate through the culture, especially as desperate Louisiana people start to grumble about all the Louisiana National Guardsmen serving over in Iraq instead of helping their own families and neighbors who have nothing.

They're running a couple of letters from people trying to argue differently almost as if they're fishing for them. It's a bizarre meltdown.

Bad conclusion. Imagine two gas stations across the street from one another. One selling unleaded for $2.49, the other selling unleaded for $2.79. Is the second one price-gouging? No. What happened is the first station is still selling the gas they bought four days ago. The second station ran out of the supply of gas they bought five days ago, and had to buy more gas yesterday. Gas prices went up 30 cents the day before yesterday, so the second station has to sell their gas for 30 cents more a gallon to clear the same profit.

That's not even taking into account the normal variation in price depending on location. Gas stations don't all pay the same rent just because they all sell gas.

Subtract the water, and rewind to April 29th, 1992...
The place is Los Angeles.

http://images.ibsys.com/2002/0426/1420892.jpg

"Hi, ny name is Reginald De... OW!"

Jesus, you look under the lowest sewer and they're still somewhere beneath, smirking.