In the Wake of Katrina, Gustav...
As the Gulf Coast picks itself up after Gustav, and the Atlantic coast gets ready for Hannah, Ike, and Josephine, I'm going to fall back on the adage ...
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Southeast braces for Hanna as Ike strengthens
AP | KEVIN MAURER | Posted 10.05.2008 | Green
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WILMINGTON, N.C. — Some Southeastern states declared emergencies and officials urged residents to head inland Thursday as Tropical Storm Hanna h...
After Gustav: Where's the Home in Homeland?
Linda Cronin-Gross | Posted 10.05.2008 | Green
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One would think that the relatively new federal department, Homeland Security, would be doing its best to defend our homes, to keep us where our heart and hearth reside.
Back in Illinois after Gustav, Next Stop New Orleans
Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 10.04.2008 | Chicago
I am beginning to realize there is a New Orleanean fear of going somewhere else, liking it, and not coming back. Here is what I can report from three years in exile.
RNC Celebrates Domestic Oil As Louisiana Wetlands Erode
Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 10.04.2008 | Home
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Hurricane Gustav may have largely missed New Orleans, but Louisiana's fragile wetlands got hit badly. Rather than focus national attention on the problem, the Republicans go on with the show.
Brief, big lessons learned from Hurricanes Katrina and Gustav
Craig Newmark | Posted 10.04.2008 | Media
A lot in a few words? -- from Katrina you learn that you need a good platform, a culture of trust, then get out of the way -- twitter and blogging, ...
I have Palinitus
Bil Browning | Posted 10.04.2008 | Politics
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Wow. Sarah Palin. Hurricane Gustav. Mitt Romney. The Republican convention. Tom Ridge. The plane circling LA with a broken wheel. John McCain. ...
New Orleans Reopens To Residents Who Fled Gustav
AP | MARY FOSTER and MELINDA DESLATTE | Posted 10.04.2008 | Home
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NEW ORLEANS — Thousands of people who fled Hurricane Gustav forced New Orleans to reluctantly open its doors Wednesday, but more than a million ...
US Taps Oil Reserves To Ward Off Shortages Due To Storms
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LONDON (AFP) - Oil prices fell on Wednesday as the US government decided to release crude stocks from its strategic reserve after Hurricane Gustav ha...
Storm-Heavy Year Expected To Stay Tumultuous
AP | SETH BORENSTEIN | Posted 10.04.2008 | Green
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WASHINGTON — The tropics seem to be going crazy what with the remnants of Gustav, the new threat from Hanna, a strengthening Ike and newcomer Jo...
The Storms Clouds Over McCain
Johann Hari | Posted 10.03.2008 | Politics
Will Hurricane Gustav blow over the Presidential election, or have the levees of Republicanism creaked a little more? The start of the Republican Nati...
Hurricanes, Three Years Later -- Five Truths
Carl Pope | Posted 10.03.2008 | Green
Hurricanes are big; nature is bigger. Natural systems, not engineered ones, are the only defenses big enough to rely on in a big storm.
Fossil Fuel Addicts Relentless in their Pursuit of Junk
Josh Nelson | Posted 10.03.2008 | Green
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Yet another weather-related disruption to domestic oil production really highlights the foolishness of the drill everywhere drill always crowd.
Gustav Damages Could Trigger $10 Billion In Insurance Claims
AP | MARK WILLIAMS and IEVA M. AUGSTUMS | Posted 10.03.2008 | Business
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BEAUMONT, Texas — Residential and commercial insurance claims could total $4 billion to $10 billion. More than a million customers, including so...
AP Asks: After Gustav, Is New Orleans Worth It?
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The AP asks the rather provocative question of, after hurricane Gustav, whether 'New Orleans is worth it?': Those who love New Orleans say Hurricane ...
The Uninvited Keynote Speaker at the GOP Convention
Ray Hanania | Posted 10.03.2008 | Politics
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Presumptive Republican party presidential candidate John McCain could determine who would be his vice president, but apparently, he has no control ove...
Gustav Raises The Question (Again): Is New Orleans Worth It?
AP | LARA JAKES JORDAN | Posted 10.03.2008 | Green
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WASHINGTON — Those who love New Orleans say Hurricane Gustav is proof that the billions of dollars spent to protect the city and bring it back t...
Emergency Response?
Henryk A. Kowalczyk | Posted 10.03.2008 | Home
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Bush should arrive in St. Paul and declare his confidence that in Louisiana competent people are doing their job. Instead, he is hovering in the affected areas, giving the people who are preparing for Gustav yet another thing to manage.
Bush: Answer To Gustav Is More Domestic Drilling
AP | DEB RIECHMANN | Posted 10.03.2008 | Politics
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WASHINGTON — President Bush said Tuesday he was grateful that Hurricane Gustav was nowhere near as destructive as Hurricane Katrina. He used Gus...
When the Levees Broke: Spike Lee's Sonogram of an American Stillbirth
Barry Michael Cooper | Posted 10.03.2008 | Entertainment
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If John McCain is smart, a viewing of When The Levees Broke might put his Straight Talk Express back on the right track. It might even find its way into his acceptance speech on Thursday night.
Tit for Tat
Giles Slade | Posted 10.03.2008 | Politics
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In the run-up to the federal election, signs of the republican's self-confidence are, to paraphrase Pete Townsend, 'f-f-f-fading away'. But let me re...
Hurricane Gustav Largely Spares New Orleans
AP | BECKY BOHRER and DOUG SIMPSON | Posted 10.03.2008 | Home
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NEW ORLEANS — Millions fled the Gulf Coast in fear of Hurricane Gustav, billed as the apocalyptic "mother of all storms." It didn't deliver. Now...
Networks, GOP Focus On Hurricane Over Convention
Hollywood Reporter | Paul J. Gough | Posted 10.03.2008 | Media
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- "It's like showing up at a party and realizing you're at the wrong place" is how CBS News Washington bureau chief Christopher Isham...
The Battle Between McCain and Bush: The Cancelled First Night, The "Furious" President and the Palin Gambit
Sidney Blumenthal | Posted 10.03.2008 | Home
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The McCain campaign and the Bush White House negotiated terms that unfolded as a script over the past several days, several sources told me.
GOP Wants Convention Back On Track After Scandal, Hurricane
AP | DAVID ESPO | Posted 10.03.2008 | Politics
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ST. PAUL, Minn. — Republicans assailed Barack Obama as the most liberal, least experienced White House nominee in history Tuesday night and enth...
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