Hurricane Katrina

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• Problems of Brad Pitt: Pretty Lower Ninth Public Housing Pissing People Off? [Volunteerism]

  
  Gawker — Authority: 863
  Further proving the road to hell as indeed paved with good intentions—or in this case, "green" concrete— Brad Pitt s taking flack for building public housing in New Orleans Katrina-devastated Lower Ninth ward. The houses are dreamy . The reaction isnt. Brad Pitt, whos presumably done more for the city of New ...
  17 hours ago

• LIBTARD OF THE WEEK – HELEN THOMAS, THE RACIST

  
  Angry White Dude — Authority: 138
  BACK UNDER THE BRIDGE, HELEN! No one knows from under what bridge she crawled 200 years ago. Although it is rumored she eats young children who venture too close, Helen Thomas is given the honor of having the best seat and asking the first question during press conferences at the White House. Maybe everyone is ...
  23 hours ago

• THANKSGIVING: Top 10 News Stories We’re Thankful For

  
  NewsOne — Authority: 629
  2009 has been a pretty tough year. The honeymoon with President Obama came to a screeching halt, the economy remained in bad shape, and there was an avalanche of celebrity deaths this summer. But it wasn’t all bad news! In the spirit of the holiday, here are 10 news stories we were thankful to read this year: ...
  2 days ago

• McCain Silent on Global Warming Hoax Emails

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 175
  Attempts to locate a statement or press release from Senator John McCain concerning Climategate have, so far, met with negative results. Senator McCain’s website indicates that his most recent press release (Oct 19) was a joint statement issued with Senator Russ Feingold (D.WI) that begins: "A day after a U.S. ...
  3 days ago

• Editorial: Don’t Forget the Gulf States

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 906
  Unless Congress acts quickly, more than 6,000 housing units for poor families might never get built in the Katrina-ravaged Gulf states.
  4 days ago

• Eat Grilled Oysters with Garlic Butter to Live Forever

  
  FriendsEAT.com — Authority: 433
  My New Orleans: The Cookbook The healing properties of garlic date back over 5,000 years, and was used by ancient Egyptians. Garlic strengthens the immune system, reduces cholesterol, triglycerides and blood pressure and thins the blood to prevent heart attacks and strokes. It also acts as an expectorant and ...
  5 days ago

• Now, Democrats join Dick Cheneys dithering, amateurism critique of Obama

  
  Top of the Ticket — Authority: 817
  President Obama is set to grant a blanket pardon here shortly to this years White House turkey (No, not him , the genuine fowl).  But while Obama advised his cabinet Monday to take a little time off this week, presumably to give thanks and watch Detroit lose to Green Bay again, theres a real challenge for the ...
  5 days ago

• Hurricane Katrina Victims Win Big

  
  EUR This N That | Urban Black News Blog — Authority: 508
  Hurricane Katrina victims may be getting a new flood, but this time in dollars and cents.  According to a CNN report, a federal judge ruled in favor of the plaintiffs stating that “the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ failure to maintain a shipping channel led to catastrophic flooding during Hurricane ...
  5 days ago

• Brangelina ‘gave over $6.8mn to charity in 2008′

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Washington, Nov 24 (ANI): Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie reportedly contributed a whopping 6.8 million dollars to charities in 2008.According to the Hollywood Reporter, which has obtained a 2008 tax return for their Jolie-Pitt Foundation, the amount is double of what they donated in 2007, reports Us magazine.It has ...
  5 days ago

• Sleazy Lawyers: Hurricane Katrina was Manmade; Let’s Sue Oil Companies

  
  Debbie Schlussel — Authority: 624
  By Debbie SchlusselLeave it to sleazy trial lawyers to find a way to tie “climate change”/”global warming” BS with massive lawsuits and Hurricane Katrina.  It was bad enough when the liberal media, Louis Farrakhan, and every loon under the sun blamed the natural disaster of Hurricane Katrina on President ...
  5 days ago

• Hurricane Katrina Lawsuit Results in Damages Against Army Corps

  
  AboutLawsuits.com — Authority: 540
  A federal judge ruled last week in favor of residents from New Orlean’s Lower 9th Ward and St. Bernard Parish over the Army Corps of Engineers’ maintenance of the city’s levees, potentially exposing the government to liability in a number of Hurricane Katrina lawsuits. U.S. District Judge Stanwood R. Duval, ...
  6 days ago

• What The Corridor Can Learn From New Orleans

  
  POPULAR PROGRESSIVE — Authority: 121
  When Hurricane Katrina unleashed its fury, it was largely blamed for the monumental damage that followed in New Orleans and its neighbors. Further evidence showed that the failure of the levees were to blame and that the Army Corp of Engineers who manage those levees failed to upgrade them despite reports that ...
  6 days ago

• Hurricane Katrina & Flood Narratives at SBL

  
  pisteuomen : ?????????? - the weblog of t. michael w. halcomb — Authority: 518
  Ive been to four meetings of the Society of Biblical Literature and in those 4 years, Ive sat in a lot of sessions and have listened to a lot of scholarly papers. Never, though, have I been to a session like the one I attended tonight! Kudos to Boston Universitys Jennifer Knust for getting SBL to show one of the ...
  6 days ago

• New Orleans Mayor Praises Katrina Liability Ruling

  
  NewsOne — Authority: 629
  From CNN: Calling the ruling “huge,” New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin on Thursday reacted to a federal judge finding the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ failure to maintain a shipping channel led to catastrophic flooding during Hurricane Katrina. Nagin said he hopes the court decision will “open up the ...
  6 days ago

• Sunday Open Thread: Katrina Edition

  
  Big Government — Authority: 818
  Who knew that this was the beginning of government health care in this country? We may never fully appreciate the full costs of Hurricane Katrina.
  1 week ago

• Why do Americans who live near Niagra falls have flat foreheads and big ears? Every morning they wake up “F**k – what’s that noise – Oooh slap Niagra Falls.”

  
  Funny Emails — Authority: 145
  WASHINGTON – Despite the wall-to-wall coverage of the damage from Hurricane Katrina, nearly one-third of young Americans recently polled couldn’t locate Louisiana on a map and nearly half were unable to identify Mississippi.Americans between the ages of 18 and 24 fared even worse with foreign locations: six in 10 ...
  1 week ago

• Beauty Salon- 12 Tips They Don’t Want You To Know

  
  Wish Everyone Good Health. — Authority: 464
  Hair Care Professional- Breaking One InBeauty Salon- It is so important for us to find the right beauty salon so that we can have the right look at the right time. However, there are certain things that beauty salon owners don’t want you to know.According to the September 13, 2005 issue of the LA Times, [...]
  1 week ago

• The Neediest Cases: After Katrina, Struggle for High Ground

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 906
  Jennifer Hero and her son, Wells, in the living room of their home in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
  1 week ago

• Hurricane Katrina & Environmental Consciousness

  
  Silenced Majority Portal — Authority: 445
  It was pleasing to find that quite a number of New Orleans merchants were avoiding the use of plastic bags after having seen what happened after Hurricane Katrina. There had been documentary footage of countless plastic bags up in the...
  1 week ago

• Louisiana Purchase Landrieu Blames ABC Report of $100 Million Buyoff on Very Partisan Republican Bloggers

  
  Jeff Poor's blog — Authority: 684
  Whats $100 million of taxpayer money between a few U.S. Senators? After reports surfaced of $100 million for Louisiana was added to the Senates health care reform legislation, originally from ABC News , and subsequently commented upon by prominent lefties, like U.S. News and World Reports Bonnie Erbe as my ...
  1 week ago

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