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John McCain as a Hood Ornament

Bella DePaulo | Posted 08.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Good Government, Cronyism, Ronald Reagan, Liberals, George W. Bush, Marital Status, Bullies, Iraq, 2008 Presidential Election, Media, Michelle Malkin, Maggie Gallagher, Wall Street Journal, Michael McManus, Conservatives, Ceos, Pat Roberson, Katrina, George Allen, Wrecking Crew, John McCain, Regulatory Agencies, Rush Limbaugh, Brownie, Science, Fema, Gipper, Monica Goodling, Mary Matalin, Gangsters, Barack Obama, Thomas Frank, Armstrong Williams, Gingrich Revolution, Baghdad, New York Times, Lobbying Reform, William Kristol, Bill O'Reilly, Politics News

The New York Times has William Kristol on its opinion page, and the Wall Street Journal now has Thomas Frank. What Kristol writes could be called scho...

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Louisiana's Landrieu Dogs FEMA and Protects Fourth Estate

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 07.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Congress, Fema Trailers, Fema, Freedom of Press, Mary Landrieu, Louisiana, Accountability, Politics News

As a journalist who works regularly in Africa, I take press freedoms pretty seriously.

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Ban Ki-moon's Novel Idea: Countries Should Be Prepared For Disasters

DotEarth | Andrew C. Revkin | Posted 07.30.2008 | Green

Read More: Floods, Hurricanes, Natural Disasters, Earthquakes, Ban Ki-Moon, Disaster Damage, United Nations, Disaster Victims, Fema, Extreme Weather, Green News

After touring disaster zones on the wave-swept coasts of Myanmar and in the crumbled hills of China's Sichuan Province, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon ...

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Hurricane Katrina, Three Years Later

Rep. Steve Israel | Posted 07.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Long Island, Fema, New York, Hurricane Katrina, Katrina, FEMA Hurricane Katrina, Politics News

Three years after Hurricane Katrina washed homes from their foundations, ended lives and scattered families, the progress is, at best, erratic.

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Louisiana's "Road Home"--the Goalposts Keep Moving

Harry Shearer | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Federal Aid to Katrina Victims, New Orleans Housing, Katrina, Fema, Times-Picayune, Politics News

For those outside New Orleans who ask, "what happened to all the Federal money down there?", a guide appears in the Times-Picayune explaining the labyrinth homeowners have had to navigate to get their Road Home grant.

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The F Word: Homes not Hearings

Laura Flanders | Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Live From Main Street, Grittv, Flanders, Gulf Coast, Trailer, Fema, Housing Crisis, FEMA Hurricane Katrina, Politics News

Democrats and Republicans played out a partisan fight Wednesday over who is to blame for housing hurricane victims in toxic trailers. Over one millio...

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FEMA's Trailers: The Cheapest, The Most Toxic

Harry Shearer | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Fema Trailers, Fema, Fema Formaldehyde, Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Katrina Mismanagement, Katrina, Formaldehyde Fumes, Politics News

Another shoe dropped in the FEMA trailer scandal this week, with the publication of a report pinpointing why so many New Orleanians inhaled such high levels of formaldehyde fumes for so long.

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Since Bad Government Costs the Same as Good, Let's Choose Good

Jared Bernstein | Posted 06.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Economy, Fema, John McCain, Unemployment Insurance, Foreclosure, Small Government, Fda, Politics News

Under a McCain or any other modern conservative administration, it's not that there would be noticeably less government -- it's that there would be worse government.

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The Libertarian Disaster Recovery Fallacy

John McQuaid | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Fema, Hurricane Katrina, Midwest Flooding, Iowa Flooding, Disaster Recovery, Politics News

As disasters get bigger and more complicated, the role of government in disaster recovery and urban planning will have to grow.

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Why Giuliani Is The Perfect Choice To Defend McCain's Views

Jackson Williams | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, John McCain, Rudy Giuliani, Homeland Security, McCain Campaign, Fema, Joe Allbaugh, Politics News

There's a debate over whether it's wise to have Giuliani as McCain's campaign surrogate on matters of terrorism and homeland security. Obviously McCain thinks so, but last September he didn't sound so sure.

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Women Get Respect -- Part 2

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 06.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Women & Girls Collective Action Network, The Jewish Women's Archive, Migrant Health Promotion, The White House Project, Gloria Steinem, Barbara Dobkin, Fema, Ms. Foundation for Women, Marie C. Wilson, Suzanne Braun Levine, Women's Voices for Change, Ms. Magazine, Feminism, Gloria Steinem New York Times, United Houma Nation, The International Museum of Women, Democratic Primary, Politics News

For countless women, Gloria Steinem is the personification of their own struggle with gender issues. From the stage, she paid homage to women of accomplishment in their respective fields that were in the audience.

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FEMA Says Will Use Toxic Trailers Again

Grist | Posted 06.04.2008 | Green

Read More: Katrina, Fema, Formaldehyde, Green News

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has promised it will never again use formaldehyde-tainted trailers to house victims of a natural disaster -- u...

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FEMA Draft Plan: Trailers May Be Used In New Disaster

AP | EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 06.02.2008 | Home

Read More: Fema, Fema Trailers, Hurricanes, Fema Hurricanes, Fema Plan, Fema Preparedness Plan, Home News

WASHINGTON — The government may house disaster victims in trailers this hurricane season as a last resort, despite promises never to use them ag...

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Active Illness in Children due to Passive Politics: Is This Another Tuskegee Experiment?

Robin Wilson | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Fema, Formaldehyde Cancer, Katrina, Carcinogens, Fema Trailers, Cancer, Formaldehyde, Politics News

The trailers FEMA sent to Katrina refugees were taxpayer-funded carcinogen containers -- with air quality so poor that the agency was issued an order to stop using them due to the high levels of formaldehyde.

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Friday Talking Points [29] -- Pennsylvania Fallout

Chris Weigant | Posted 04.25.2008 | Politics

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It was a telling sign that neither Democratic candidate saw fit to visit Punxsutawney before the Pennsylvania primary. Nobody wanted the press to rem...

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Government Floods City, Then Poisons Survivors

Harry Shearer | Posted 04.03.2008 | Media

Read More: New Orleans, Fema, Harry Shearer on New Orleans, New Orleans Housing, Katrina, Fema Trailers, Hurricane Katrina, Rebuilding New Orleans, Media News

That would be the tabloid, but not entirely inaccurate, version of the New Orleans story to date.

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Henry, You're Doing a Heckuva Job

Linda Keenan | Posted 03.18.2008 | Business

Read More: Treasury Secretary, Bear Stearns, Michael Brown, Hurricane Katrina, Fema, Heckuva Job, Recession, Ben Bernanke, Iraq War, Henry Paulson, Interest Rate Cuts, 401k, Federal Reserve, Market Crisis, Brownie, Bear Stears Bailout, Fed Rate Cuts, Stock Market, Business News

I've been reading and re-reading this quote from President Bush, above the fold of the New York Times: "I want to thank you, Mr. Secretary, for workin...

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The Department of Homeland (In)Security and Friends

Carl Pope | Posted 02.16.2008 | Home

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If you didn't already fully grasp just how eager the reactionary right is to take risks with your life and that of your family, for the most absurd an...

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Friday Talking Points [19] -- A "Rare Uprising" Of Democrats

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.15.2008 | Politics

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It's been a busy week for Democrats, with a lot to cover. There has been good news and bad, but on the whole I'd have to judge the week a success for...

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The Other Shoe Drops on the FEMA Trailers

Harry Shearer | Posted 02.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Fema, Formaldehyde Fumes, Politics News

The Centers for Disease Control came out with the results of testing on the formaldehyde levels in the FEMA trailers on the Gulf Coast, and the bottom line is: get the people out of those trailers.

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FEMA Covered Up Cancer Risks To Katrina Victims

Salon | Sheila Kaplan | Posted 01.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Katrina, Hurricane Katrina, Fema Trailers, Fema, FEMA Hurricane Katrina, Politics News

Last summer, the Federal Emergency Management Agency was publicly shamed when lawmakers revealed the agency, to avoid lawsuits, put off testing traile...

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The New Orleans Trailer Story Gets Worse

Harry Shearer | Posted 01.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Fema, Formaldehyde, Politics News

FEMA opted to spend far more money on last-minute purchases of trailers, some of which were delivered before their interiors were allowed to "cure", thereby dissipating the formaldehyde fumes within.

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Giuliani Creates 'Catastrophe Committee,' Appoints Bush Loyalist As Its Head

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 01.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Michael Brown, Giuliani Committee, Rudy Giuliani, Giuliani Campaign, Catastrophe Advisory Committee, Bush Loyalist, Fema, Joe Allbaugh, President Bush, Obscure Committe, Politics News

Rudy Giuliani's presidential campaign announced on Thursday the formulation of a Catastrophe Advisory Committee, designed to provide the former New Yo...

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My "McLaughlin Awards" For 2007 [Part 2]

Chris Weigant | Posted 12.28.2007 | Politics

Read More: Stuart Bowden, Hong Kong, Ron Paul, Pakistan, Darfur, Bhutto, Best Government Dollar Spent, Mercenary, Primary Schedule, Do-Nothing Congress, Euro, China, Worst Political Theater, Wide Stance, CAFE Standards, President, Most Overreported Story, Surge, Mercenaries, Dollar, Blackwater, Worst Political Scandal, John Edwards, Katrina, Gas Mileage, Sorry to See You Go, Global Warming, Mark Foley, Airport Bathroom, Kurt Vonnegut, MoveOn.Org, Ethnic Cleansing, Democrat, Fema, Most Underrated, Private Security, Democrats, Barack Obama, Best Idea, Predictions, John Murtha, Oprah Winfrey, Don't Tase Me Bro, Bomb Iran, Honorable Mention, 15 Minutes of Fame, Fred Thompson, Schip, Edwards Hair Cut, Oprah, Hillary Clinton, Best Spin, Hail Eris, Senate, Steve Fossett, Taiwan, Destined for Political Oblivion, Cloture, Cia, Do-Nothing, Sidney Sheldon, Beijing, Molly Ivins, Cheney, Filibuster, Robert Anton Wilson, Iraq, Most Overrated, Larry Craig, Bush, Iran, Destined for Political Stardom, Biggest Government Waste, Obstructionism, Fake News Conference, Scooter Libby, Sectarian Cleansing, Evel Knievel, Hair Cut, Most Underreported Story, Best Political Theater, Boldest Political Tactic, Roadblock Republicans, Nie, Olympics, Fake News, Rudy Giuliani, Musharraf, Ahmadinejad, Columbia University, Oil, Most Honest Person, Fema Trailers, Worst Idea, $400 Hair Cut, Discordianism, Politics News

OK, here we go with Part 2 of my annual McLaughlin Awards. Last week's column covered the first half of these awards. Unfortunately (as of this writi...

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FEMA Ranks Lowest In Public Approval

AP | EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 12.20.2007 | Politics

Read More: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Public Approval, Fema, FEMA Public Approval, FEMA Hurricane Katrina, Politics News

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has yet to shake its poor reputation, more than two years after its mishandling of Hurricane Katrina, a poll s...

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