Year: 2005

“If we weren’t prepared, and we didn’t do our part, no amount of work by FEMA could overcome the lack of preparation.” — Jeb Bush Since Katrina hit, the partisan mainstream media has spent a great deal of time trying to exploit the hurricane to attack the Bush administration. So, while Kathleen Blanco & Ray […]

Currently, hurricane Ophelia is hovering off the NC/SC Coast. While the path the hurricane is going to take is uncertain, it looks as if it’s either going to hit the area I live in or maybe, just maybe, it’s going to make landfall to our north. In any case, I am planning to hang around […]

This week-end, as I pondered the massive political spin the Democrats & their allies in the mainstream media engaged in after hurricane Katrina, I had an epiphany. Bush started campaigning in early 2004, continued right up to the elections, then Bush moved on from there to governing. However, that’s not the case for the Democrats […]

This is beyond pathetic: “Appearing on NBC’s “Dateline,” Nagin was asked by host Stone Phillips: “What was mobilized? I mean were national guard troops in position. Were helicopters standing by? Were buses ready to take people away?” “No. None of that,” the Big Easy mayor replied. “Why is that?” an incredulous Phillips asked. Nagin replied: […]

“… In the dark days of our revolution, George Washington’s army had been decimated in New York. A British admiral told three of our founding fathers that the revolutionaries could have peace if only they would reject the Declaration of Independence and give up their rebellion. To many it might have seemed a tempting offer. […]

Foreign Blair Assassination Plot American Al Qaeda Operative Threatens New Attacks Against Cities In The Us And Australia Israeli Troops Left The Gaza Strip On Sunday Iran Military Says Katrina Showed U.S. Could Be Turned Into “War Zone” Iraqis, GIs Raid ‘Qaeda’ Town Iraq Constitution Talks Go On As Referendum Nears Baghdad Airport Closed By […]

That’s it for Q&A Friday folks! RWN returns on Monday. Until then, enjoy the links below & consider this to be an open thread. Cake Eater Chronicles Donate To The Humane Society For Katrina Animal Rescue FEMA’s Response Time After Hurricane Floyd In 1999: Nearly A Month Discovery Channel: The Flight That Fought Back — […]

Question: “Who will be the Rep nom in 08, and will they be to theh right or left of Bush?” — D-Vega Answer: It’s too early to know whom the nominee will be. However, assuming the GOP doesn’t bomb out in 2006 (and I don’t think we will), I expect a nominee more conservative than […]

Question: “Seriously, John, I think you may be going off the deep end. You’re very, very bright and have great ideas. Please go back to putting forth your views with your logical arguments and style…and stop giving airtime to the DU nitwits. Thanks for considering this! I have to third(?) this we see loons here […]

Question: “What mistakes, if any, do you think the right made during the failed nomination of Robert Bork to the Supreme Court in 1987, and what should they do differently this time in the event of another highly controversial nominee?” — maledicta Answer: If you ask me, Bork was “Borked” for 3 reasons. 1) The […]

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Question: “Who do you think would be a good potential nominee for President Bush to pick as a justice to the Supreme Court?” — sproe98 Answer: There are a lot of great candidates out there and I mentioned some of them earlier this week. However, I’ve been thinking about it and have decided that Janice […]

Question: “Considering how loathe the SCOTUS is to overturn itself, how likely is it that Roe v. Wade will actually be overturned even with Bush’s new nominees?” — mightysamurai Answer: Scalia, Thomas, & hopefully Roberts and Pick #2 would still only add up to 4 votes against Roe v. Wade. In order to overturn Roe […]

Question: “Do you think climate change poses a significant long term threat to the United States?” — Uowe10000inBushdebt Answer: To me, there are two very important things to keep in mind about global warming: #1) Despite the fact that a lot of people talk very authoritatively about global warming, what the temperature is going to […]

Question: “I know Barbara Bush has gotten a lot of flack for her comment. I’ll admit it lacked tact, but, and it has to be said, is she really wrong? We have been hearing all along that many people didnt leave because they were dirt poor and couldnt afford cars or even a bus trip […]

Question: “Why is it that the Conservatives do not fire back with the same outrageous rhetoric that the Liberals use? This latest name calling of Bush, bombs, race, levees, etc is way “over the hill.” — Roy Hughes Answer: When a liberal says something outrageous, other liberals tend to either ignore it or circle the […]

Tomorrow will be Q&A Friday #22 at RWN. So, if there’s a subject you’ve been wanting me to tackle or an issue you want to hear my opinion on, just ask your question in the comments section. Your question can be about politics, ideology, history, blogging, RWN, from a liberal, conservative, or libertarian perspective; heck, […]

Hurricane Katrina Congress Approves $51.8 Billion In Katrina Aid Officials Prepare 25,000 Body Bags Retreating Waters Reveal Katrina’s Horrors. Seniors Die In Beds; Troops Find Beaten Bodies In Convention Centre’s Freezer Over The Five Years Of President Bush’s Administration, Louisiana Has Received Far More Money For Corps Civil Works Projects Than Any Other State, About […]

There’s no reason to hide it anymore. Even rap stars like Kanya West have figured it out. “George Bush doesn’t like black people.” Just ask Condi Rice, Rod Paige or Colin Powell. Air America’s Randi Rhodes knows it. She said the Bush is happy when black people are dying. That’s why he signed a bill […]

Here’s an interesting theoretical question: if you believe people who advocate sending the troops to war in Iraq are “chickenhawks” for not going themselves, then aren’t you a hypocrite if you advocate using the military and national guard to rescue people from the aftermath of Katrina without going yourself? Come to think of it, some […]

FEMA may think they’re being ultra-responsible and making sure that relief efforts are maximally efficient by telling people that they can’t bring their pets out of New Orleans, but I think they’re being foolish. Not only is it monstrously cruel to force people to leave their pets to die in that flooded, polluted, hellhole, there […]

Boy, it’s just fascinating what you can learn when you peruse the left side of the blogosphere. For example, at the most popular liberal blog on earth, The Daily Kos, I ran across a post called “Website Of The Day: Mercy Corps“. Brenda, whose motto on her posts in the comments section is: “Just because […]

Dear Families of Loved Ones Lost In Katrina: The Federal Emergency Management Agency has requested that photographers refrain from photographing the bodies of victims of Katrina: The Federal Emergency Management Agency, heavily criticized for its slow response to the devastation caused by the hurricane, rejected requests from journalists to accompany rescue boats as they went […]

There are lots of great links on my other blog, Conservative Grapevine, today. After you finish up with Right Wing News, head on over to read stories like: Katrina hatches new breed of chickenhawk =D Tom Ridge’s duct tape The best and worst performances of the press The “disaster porn” stars of cable news part […]

Hurricane Katrina The Administration Formally Asked Congress For $51.8 Billion In Relief And Recovery Expenses In Addition To $10.5 Billion Already Approved, Calling It The Latest Installment, But Not The Last Donations Top $500 Million In The First 10 Days: After 9/11 $263 Mil Was Raised. After The Tsunami $163 Mill In 9 Days FEMA […]

This is a blockbuster story: the Red Cross was ready to deliver supplies to the people in the Superdome on Monday/Tuesday of last week and were blocked from doing so by the local government. Here’s Fox’s Major Garrett discussing the story with Hugh Hewitt: Hugh Hewitt: You just broke a pretty big story. I was […]

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For all the carping and complaining about FEMA’s performance, they’ve actually done a good job in New Orleans. Yes, FEMA has proven itself to be slower than we’d like, mistake prone, and overly bureaucratic. Then again, what part of the Federal government does that not describe? The Post Office? The IRS? The Border Patrol? Despite […]

Because of all the focus on hurricane Katrina, there hasn’t been a lot of talk about Bush’s next appointment to the Supreme Court. The truth is that things haven’t changed all that much since Bush selected Roberts. There are still 55 Republican Senators and it’s likely that the GOP can still probably raise 50 votes […]