Pssst…Paul at Wizbang has the whole story, and no one seems to care. It might ruin the existing narratives, you know. (H/T GatewayPundit.
Paul asks an important question - WHY did Congress hide information? Clearly something/someone being protected. Can’t be Bush - if it could have hurt Bush it would have been used along with everything else they threw at him re Katrina. But Mary Landreiu and others got a lot of money outta congress to take care of the levees, and they clearly were not taken care of. Clinton spent lots of money on the levees…Bush spent even more…but the work was apparently left undone. Corruption? Yes. Congress knew? Probably.
Pat at Stubborn Facts has a completely non-political Must Read on Katrina with great pictures.
Jon Swift says the president deserves props for what is going right in NOLA.
Gateway has an acerbic roundup of what we have learned from Katrina
Siggy has what promises to be a multi-parter on Katrina relief. Part II is here. Part III is here! (The boyz are writing!)
Brendan Loy has much, much more.
And here is postive Katrina news and news stories which you very likely never heard about.
In retrospect:100 Hours after Stormfall.
And Dick Little notices that the press and New Orleans looooove to play the blame gameA year ago:
Both Parties Entwined in Mediocrity
Katrina Facts and Fiction
NOLA deaths greatly exaggerated
Blanco’s refusal at the core of the chaos
No, the MSM will not, Captain, Sorry
“Reality Based” madness
Katrina and the Racism Rehash
NOLA turned down help?
Katrina/Rita.
August 29th, 2006 at 9:43 am
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August 29th, 2006 at 9:49 am
Paul does have a tendency to use some incendiary rhetoric, but his prose aside, he is making a very compelling argument. Whether NOLA should be rebuilt is a whole nother story, but the question has been asked and remains: WHY was congress hiding information? WHO was being protected by that action?
August 29th, 2006 at 9:50 am
(reconstructing a post that went missing)
I would be more likely to listen to Paul if he would do two things: Be gracious to people who disagree with his opinions, and quit saying outrageous things as fact that arent, such as: “The Corps of Engineers, not Katrina, flooded New Orleans.” Taking responsibility for a disaster, as the Corps did for its poor construction/maintenance of the New Orleans levees, is not the same thing as causing it.
There should be no megacity there within the crescent of the Mississippi. There shouldn’t have been one before Katrina, and there shouldn’t be one now, built with taxpayer dollars.
August 29th, 2006 at 9:53 am
Incendiary is one thing, calling anyone and everyone who disagrees with you an idiot or worse, and editing comments, is another. You’ve been a wonderful advocate for respectful disagreement, Anchoress, and I wish you’d not support his nastiness now.
August 29th, 2006 at 9:59 am
Thanks for the kind words, Bitti. Please please don’t hold me responsible for the way other bloggers comport themselves simply because I link to something they’ve written. Paul’s habits and manner are not to everyone’s liking all the time (including mine) but that doesn’t negate the fact that he’s put up a substantial piece of work that deserves some attention.
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If I have to limit myself to linking only to bloggers who behave like ladies and gentleman, we’d be missing a lot of things we oughtn’t!
August 29th, 2006 at 7:36 pm
Here are some links to articles about Katrina that tell the real story:
Katrina: What the Media Missed, Lou Dolinar Real Clear Politics 5/23/2006
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2006/05/katrina_what_the_media_missed.html
What We Signed Up For, John Hill, Louisiana Life 5/06
http://louisianalife.com/news/news/8220-what-we-signed-up-for-8221-1052.html
AP Weekend Clarification of misleading story on Bush, 3/6/06.
http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2006/03/weekend_update_.html
August 31st, 2006 at 10:21 am
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