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Hurricane Gustav

The Vicious Cycle of Partisanship

Joan E. Dowlin | Posted 10.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hurricane Gustav, Reagan, W Bush, Iran-Contra, Clinton, Economy, Palin, Carter, Iraq War, GHW Bush, 9/11, Obama, Watergate, Nixon, Gulf War, Olympic Bid, Politics News
Joan E. Dowlin

Some have said that the two party system is what makes us strong. They say it helps create a balance of power with one side keeping tabs on the other...

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Hurricane Victims Caught In A No Man's Land of Indifference [VIDEO]

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 07.25.2009 | World

Read More: Hurricane Gustav, Hurricane Ike, Cuba, Cuban Hurricane Victims, World News
Yoani Sanchez

2009-06-24-CALETONE.jpg Inhabitants of Caletone have been swept into a no man's land not only by hurricane-force winds, but by indifference.

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Cuban Priest to Castro: Obama Changed America, Now "You Must Have the Courage to Change"

Yoani Sanchez | Posted 03.14.2009 | World

Read More: Hurricane Gustav, Human Rights, Catholic Church, Fidel Castro, Latin America, Politics, Hurricane Ike, Raul Castro, Cuba, World, Father Jose Conrado, Civil Rights, World News
Yoani Sanchez

In his small church, Father Conrado addressed Raul Castro. His speech had the tone of a petition, which cannot, should not, wait any longer.

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A Presidential Rx to Improve Health in the New Year

Susan Blumenthal, M.D. | Posted 01.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: President-Elect Barack Obama, Nih, Telemedicine, Pepfar, Health Care Plan, U.S. Commissioned Corps, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, E-Prescribing, Prevention, Health, Hurricane Gustav, Health Care Budget, Federal Health Initiatives, Doctors, Medical Bills, Global Health, Medicare, Health Care Crisis, Aids, Surgeon General, Health Care, Medicine, Usaid, National Institutes of Healh, Electronic Medical Records, Ostp, Politics News
Susan Blumenthal, M.D.

Our country faces significant health challenges including skyrocketing costs, declining funding for scientific research, and lack of innovation in the government's response to emerging threats.

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Why Should Anyone Care About Louisiana?

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 11.23.2008 | Home

Read More: Louisiana, Bobby Jindal, Economy, Cancer Alley, Sugar Cane, Oil, Wetlands, Mccain, Pollution, Barack Obama, Delta, Hurricane Gustav, Home News
Georgianne Nienaber

It is highly unlikely that candidates will make appearances down here in the final two weeks of the election, even though many parts of the state are still reeling from... Hurricanes Gustav and Ike.

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Industrial Production Still Feeling Wrath Of Hurricanes

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 11.20.2008 | Business

Read More: Hurricane Ike, Hurricane Gustav, Industrial Production, Economy, Economic Downturn, Recession, Financial Crisis, Business News

WASHINGTON — Big industry production plunged in September by the most since late 1974, largely reflecting fallout from hurricanes Gustav and Ike...

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Nicaragua Ten Years After Hurricane Mitch

Richard Walden | Posted 11.14.2008 | Green

Read More: Earthquake, Obama, Tsunami, Operation Usa, Extreme Weather, Smart Aid, Nicaragua, Hurricane Mitch, Natural Disasters, Central America, Hurricane Ike, Microcredit Loan, Ngo, Red Cross, Hurricane Gustav, Hydropower, Hurricane Katrina, Santa Rosa, Economic Growth for Developing Countries, Green News
Richard Walden

It's important to understand that the immediacy of a disaster response can also be followed by a long term recovery period that leaves those affected by Mother Nature better off than they were before.

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Atlanta is Burning: Where's the Gas?!?

Ben Arnon | Posted 10.30.2008 | Green

Read More: Hurricane Ike, Gas Shortage, U.S. Economy, Gas, Atlanta, Economy, Hurricane Gustav, Georgia, Gas Prices, Green News
Ben Arnon

After listening all weekend to friends' stories about waiting in long lines to fill up their cars, it was finally my time to experience this situation first-hand yesterday.

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Navigating the Cone of Uncertainty

Shelley Hendrix Reynolds | Posted 10.26.2008 | Living

Read More: John McCain, Baton Rouge, New Orleans Recovery, Autism Vaccine Mercury, Hurricane Gustav, Autism, Autism Vaccines, Barack Obama, Gulf Coast, Weather Channel, Living News
Shelley Hendrix Reynolds

Riding out the storm is one thing. Picking up the aftermath of the storm is quite another.

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"St. John McCain" Has A Nice Ring To It

Disgrasian | Posted 10.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, Bailout, Campaign Delay, Rnc, Hurricane Gustav, $700 Billion Bailout, Presidential Debates, Barack Obama, Politics News
Disgrasian

He will stop thinking about being president to go to the Senate and save the day. The American day, not the Republican or Democratic day.

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McCain Requests to Cancel Friday's Debate. Is he an Unstable Single Track Man in A Multiple Track World?

Rob Kall | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Debates, Hurricane Gustav, John Mccain Debate, Wall Street Crisis, John McCain Wall Street Crisis, John Mccain Postpone Debate, Politics News
Rob Kall

McCain seems willing to pull these "let's not be partisan" moments when it is convenient. Does this show that McCain can't handle dealing with more than one issue, one crisis at a time?

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Two Worlds

Sam Greenfield | Posted 10.23.2008 | Media

Read More: Texas, National Association of Broadcasters, Hurricane Ike, Disaster Relief, Hurricane Gustav, Media News
Sam Greenfield

They looked like they didn't have a lot of money. They didn't look like they were there for the NAB. They weren't. They were victims of Hurricane Ike.

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Ike and Gustav Reveal America Is Unready to Protect Children During Disasters

Mark Shriver | Posted 10.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hurricane Ike, Fema, Hurricanes, Disaster Relief, Children, Earthquakes, Hurricane Gustav, Politics News
Mark Shriver

While the federal disaster relief agencies are there to protect us, there is one tragic and gaping hole in our disaster relief system: the protection of our kids.

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Former Shell Exec Says U.S. Needs Gas Rationing

Washington Times | David M. Dickson | Posted 10.16.2008 | Business

Read More: Hurricane Ike, Hurricanes, Gas, Gas Rationing, Economy, John Hofmeister, Hurricane Gustav, Oil, Gasoline Rationing, Business News

John Hofmeister, the former president of Shell Oil Co. and one of the most influential voices in the oil industry, called for short-term gasoline rati...

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Hurricane Relief Will be Hampered By SBA Budget Cuts

Lloyd Chapman | Posted 10.16.2008 | Business

Read More: Small Busniess Administration, Small Business, Disaster Relief, Economy, Middle Class, Hurricane Gustav, Hurricane Ike, Sba, Disaster Loans, Asbl, American Small Business League, Business News
Lloyd Chapman

Relief to small businesses and homeowners recovering from this season's round of hurricanes will be dramatically hampered by a series of severe Bush A...

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CNBC's Fawning Coverage Helping Bond Billionaires Fleece Main Street

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 10.16.2008 | Business

Read More: Hurricane Gustav, Goldman Sachs, Cnbc, Nazis, Hank Paulson, Freddie Mac, New York Sun, Bill Gross, Federal Reserve, Fannie Mae, Pimco, Wall Street Journal, Allianz, Nyjets, Nygiants, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

No matter the cost, no matter the damage to the public weal, there are always some who through access and sheer financial wherewithal will turn a national disaster to profitable gain.

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Hurricane Ike Upon Us: Cuba, Haiti, Texas Need Help!

Richard Walden | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Political Campaigns, Philanthropy, Ike, Hurricane Gustav, Hurricane Ike, Cuba, Giving, Gulf Coast, Haiti, Politics News
Richard Walden

It's hard to pay attention unless you are living at ground zero.

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Lessons for Hospitals from Hurricane Gustav

Sheri Fink | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hurricane Ike, Hurricane Gustav, Evacuation, Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana, Hospitals, Politics News
Sheri Fink

Cross-posted with ProPublica As Hurricane Gustav approached the southern Louisiana coastline late last month, an estimated 10,000 hospital, nursing h...

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Right-Wing Extremists Unmoved by Devastation in Cuba

Joe Garcia | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Joe Garcia, Caribbean, Hurricane Relief, Hurricane Gustav, Hurricane Ike, Cuba, Gustav, Cuban Americans, Politics News
Joe Garcia

The greatest impediment to the wellbeing of the Cuban people is the Cuban government itself. But this fact does not give us license to throw our hands in the air and not offer our help.

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GOP Attention Diminishes With The Winds Of Hurricane Gustav

Christopher Fink | Posted 10.10.2008 | Home

Read More: RNC Gustav, Hurricane Gustav, Bush New Orleaans, Mccain Gustav, Fema Gustav, Mccain Hurricane Gustav, GOP Hurricane Gustav, Bush Katrina, GOP Gustav, Bush Gustav, Gustav, McCain New Orleans, Home News
Christopher Fink

The best bet to weather natural disasters may be to live in an election swing state, then what happens in the the weeks after the disasters hit might really matter.

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How Mean Can the Bush Administration Be?

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Disaster Relief, Cuba, Hurricane Gustav, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Ike, Foreign Aid, US Foreign Aid, Condi Rice, Hurricane, Embargo, Fidel Castro, Cuban Relief Aid, Disaster Aid, Relief Aid, Cuban Aid, Hurricane Aid, Politics News
Blake Fleetwood

The Bush administration has offered $100,000 worth of aid to hurricane-battered Cuba; this is but a pittance compared to what is needed by one of our closest neighbors. Someone should remind Bush that the Cold War is over.

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Cuba Needs Emergency Aid After Hurricanes Gustav and Ike

Richard Walden | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hurricane Ike, Hurricane Gustav, Condoleeza Rice, Cuba, Humanitarian Aid, Trade Embargo, Operation Usa, Politics News
Richard Walden

With even Miami's hardline Congressional delegation asking for official US assistance, Rice stands alone in her obstinacy towards Cuba.

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All But Ignored: Gustav Deals Major Blow to Baton Rouge and Indian Tribes in South Louisiana

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 10.07.2008 | Media

Read More: Hurricane Gustav, Terrebonne Parish, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Landrieu, Disaster, Disaster Relief, Media News
Georgianne Nienaber

Local radio coverage is "pathetic," Wirt said in frustration, urging citizens journalists to try to make contact with the Terrebonne Indian tribe "who did not dodge a bullet."

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The Ol' Boys of Braithwaite

Randy Fertel | Posted 10.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Katrina, Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, Louisiana, Gustav, Hurricane Gustav, Politics News
Randy Fertel

Monday morning New Orleans breathed a sigh of relief. Only, there was this: we had breathed the same sigh and indulged in the same cliché on an all-too-similar Monday morning three years before.

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New Orleans Immigrants Weather the Storm

Angela Kelley | Posted 10.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, Raids, Bush Administration, Hurricane Katrina, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Hurricane Gustav, Politics News
Angela Kelley

The response of New Orleans' immigrants to Hurricane Gustav is just another gross example of how attrition through enforcement doesn't work. A growin...

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