…yeah, it’s a flak jacket. It’s total anarchy down here, with the right wing, neo-con, Halliburton controlled government doing nothing to stop the peaceful victims of this terrible and devastating tragedy from randomly shooting the relief workers,”…

There ’s another poll out which reconfirms my faith in this country:

A CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll of 609 adults taken September 5-6 shows:

Blame Game — 13% said George W. Bush is “most responsible for the problems in New Orleans after the hurri…

Much has been written about Sean Penn & his efforts to relieve New Orleans, especially his little red cup. Granted, I don’t like his politics one bit, but you have to applaud the guy for making an effort to help out (though with his naval s…

“Shocked by the Military Rolling In?” by our PolarBear
An Unnatural Disaster: A Hurricane Exposes the Man-Made Disaster of the Welfare State (Disagree with some language in this — I think some people have no other alternative but w…

Today’s dose of NIF – News, Interesting & Funny … It’s Kerry-180 Tuesday (but it feels like Monday)

The real Gilligan, Bob Denver, passed away today due to complications from cancer treatment he was receiving. He was 70. Rest in peace, sir, and thank you for bringing laughter into homes across the world for decades.

This just in…..and not from The Onion, either: An attempt by Sean Penn, the outspoken Hollywood actor, to stage a personal mission to help victims of Hurricane Katrina descended into farce when his rescue boat sprang a leak. The…

How in the world did I miss this yesterday?
Movie star and political activist Penn, 45, was in the collapsing city to aid stranded victims of flooding sparked by Hurricane Katrina, but the small boat he was piloting to launch a rescue attempt sprang a…

Now, Sean, was that eight hours bailing out the boat and an hour or so paddling around?

…Michelle Malkin checked in today on the failed Penn mission in her post titled JOHN WAYNE VS. JEFF SPICOLI. Check it out.

Water levels in flooded New Orleans, Louisiana, dropped 1/32,000 of a centimeter, today, after actor and activist Sean Penn advised the Bush Administration on how to fix the problem.

Thanks to Michelle Malkin.
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Now that it seems everyone who is going to be rescued from New Orleans has been and the clean-up operation has begun, it’s time for an after-action report on what is and what is not to blame. This is probably going to be my last and most complete post …

Armed with nothing more than a red plastic party cup.

AFP reports: Hollywood activist, Sean Penn, was planning a heroic rescue mission in flooded New Orleans, “but apparently forgot to plug a hole in the bottom of the vessel, which began taking wate…

Efforts by Hollywood actor Sean Penn to aid New Orleans victims stranded by Hurricane Katrina foundered badly overnight, when the boat he was piloting to launch a rescue attempt sprang a leak.

Leadership is setting the strategic direction; Management is getting things done. Katrina’s havoc shows us that government bureaucracies do not perform well in large scale emergencies where people are dying. From Reasoned Audacity,Pundit Guy gives us t…