Being Negative

I don't usually like to post two articles from the same blog, but Think Progress has a couple of very important posts.  Rant on, please. These focus on some really BAD radio guys:

Neal Boortz: If New Orleans is rebuilt, the ‘debris that Katrina chased out’ will return.

As the fourth anniversary of the Hurricane Katrina disaster approaches, hate-radio talk show host Neal Boortz mocked President Obama’s pledge to rebuild New Orleans, calling the victims human “debris.” This weekend, President Barack Obama told the New Orleans Times-Picayune that he “remains focused on rebuilding New Orleans and the Gulf Coast,” and anything less “would [...]

Andrew Breitbart Unleashes A Torrent Of Invective Against Sen. Ted Kennedy’s Legacy On Twitter

Early this morning, news broke that Sen. Ted Kennedy had passed away after serving in the U.S. Senate for nearly 50 years. Soon after, conservative commentator Andrew Breitbart began a sustained assault on Kennedy’s memory, tweeting “Rest in Chappaquiddick.” Over the course of the next three hours, Breitbart unapologetically attacked Kennedy, calling him a “villain,” “a [...]

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The Jindal Jiggle

Oh, this story just keeps getting better and better!

It's Jindalriffic!

Just out from the Times-Picayune ... Louisiana's transportation department plans to request federal dollars for a New Orleans to Baton Rouge passenger rail service from the same pot of railroad money in the president's economic stimulus package that Gov. Bobby [...]

Unbelievable Terror In New Orleans

Please tell me how the "real" law enforcement in New Orleans let this happen. I love that city, but this certainly paints a horrible picture of some of its residents.

In Katrina's wake, white neighborhood 'militia' murdered blacks

A.C. Thompson has a devastating piece in The Nation this week describing the all-white militia that took up arms to defend one of the few neighborhoods in New Orleans to stay dry after Hurricane Katrina broke the levees in 2005: "Facing an influx of refugees, the residents of Algiers Point could have pulled together food, water and medical supplies for the flood victims. Instead, [...]

 

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