Commenter Abby mentioned it before; now Reuters has the story:WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bush administration funding cutsforced federal engineers to delay improvements on the levees,floodgates and pumping stations that failed to protect … [Read more...]
Chertoff must resign.
Just heard NPR's Robert Siegel interviewing Homeland Security chief Michael Chertoff. Chertoff suggested that the report by NPR's John Burnett that 2,000 people without food or water, "living like animals" at the Convention Center … [Read more...]
Jehlen vs. White is *September 27th*
Important to note: election day for that 2nd Middlesex Senate race is September 27, not in November. (Apparently even Joe Mackey missed that on Tuesday night in his concession.)Back to the disaster, already in progress... … [Read more...]
No one deserves this.
Hat tip to Kos: President Bush plays a guitar presented to him by Country Singer MarkWills, right, backstage following his visit to Naval Base Coronado,Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005. Bush visited the base to deliver remarks on … [Read more...]
Arch-conservative Manchester Union-Leader doesn’t like the $@%@ guitar, either.
Link:A better leader would have flownstraight to the disaster zone and announced the immediate mobilizationof every available resource to rescue the stranded, find and bury thedead, and keep the survivors fed, clothed, sheltered and free … [Read more...]
Patrick cuts back
This is a little strange...BOSTON -- Deval Patrick is spending more moneythan he's raising in his campaign for next year's Democraticgubernatorial nomination and has stopped paying or cut the salaries ofsome of his top staffers.Now, Patrick … [Read more...]
It’s time to ACT
I'm just gonna steal this post wholesale from Health Care for All:--- Bookmark this Site: The MassACT Ballot Initiative TheMassachusetts Affordable Care Today campaign to put real health reformon the 2006 state ballot has … [Read more...]
Numbers of uninsured grows in MA
Bad news, and what one would have expected:The federal Census Bureau reported yesterday that the number ofuninsured residents in Massachusetts grew to 748,000 last year, up by66,000 people from 2003. Massachusetts healthcare organizations … [Read more...]
Help out New Orleans and Mississippi
While we've been having fun with a relatively normal primary up here, New Orleans is essentially underwater. It's getting worse.Donate to the Red Cross here. I heard a story on NPR about some Massachusetts folks who saved 42 people today … [Read more...]
Somerville News calls it: Jehlen wins
Link. Mackey gave concession at Orleans restaurant.I'm looking around for confirmation -- anyone hear anything?UPDATE: Somerville News also says high voter turnout. Maybe it was the progressive elves working for Jehlen... or just good solid … [Read more...]
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