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Stuck On StupidUh-oh: Kenner Mayor Phil Capitano suspended a top aide, Cedric Floyd, without pay on Wednesday amid an investigation into whether Floyd took more than his fair share of Hurricane Katrina relief supplies from the donation center he supervised. Police said...Comments on New Burton Movie
Federalization of Disasters'Corpse Bride' Stares Us Cold in the Face
The new movie "Corpse Bride" is getting great reviews. And it's probably destined for a pretty good take at the box office. But it could have been much more. If it had been more faithful to its source material, it would have been a profound film, not just an entertaining diversion. Indeed, if "CB" had been truer to its cultural and sociobiological roots, the film would have also made a signal contribution to Western Civilization.Hollywood stuff is not generally the type of thing that the Chief is inclined to pay a lot of attention to, but Jim Pinkerton's comments concerning Tim Burton's newest flick are worth reading and pondering.
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Captain's Quarters on Daschle's AmbitionsAnd those caissons go rolling along
The Chief posted a comment yesterday, with a negative response to Bush's proposal to federalize the responsibility for rapid if not first response in case of disasters.
It seems that my concerns about the further erosion of states' soveriegnty have been noticed elsewhere. This DC Times OpEd by Tony Blankley goes further in exploring this issue. Check it out.
Just When South Dakota Looked Safe appears on the very prominent blog, Captain's Quarters. It covers the story that SDP has been following closely. It seems clear that Daschle wants to be a player in politics, and he may well...Not Anti-War, Just Anti-U.S.
While most of the rest of us were working, a hundred thousand protesters armed with Ipods descended on the Mall in Washington D.C. Cindy Sheehan was there, of course, apparently complaining that everyone was paying too much attention to the...Rita
Hurricane Rita is warming up, and the city of Galveston isn't taking chances. Residents of this island city packed up mementoes and pets and started evacuating Wednesday as Hurricane Rita intensified into a Category 4 storm with 135 mph winds...International Answer
In an earlier post that attracted some attention, I quoted Christopher Hitchen's piece on the organizers of the anti-war rally in Washington. Hitchens points to David Corn's LA Weekly expose on International Answer, one of the two major sponsors of...Stuck on stupid
From Rush Limbaugh: The money sound bite is from Lieutenant General Russell Ragin' Cajun Honore. He has a press conference. (sigh) I guess I gotta play all of these. I don't want to play all of these. I got four...
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