4 posts tagged Hurricane Dennis

Political Memo : By CARL HULSE WASHINGTON — Senator John McCain’s recent harsh critique of the Republican-led response to Hurricane Katrina no doubt reminded some of his newfound allies in Congress that his independent image was often honed at his party’s expense. Mr.

Audio found here. Big h/t to Think Progress. John Sidney Hussein McAppalling is pleased as punch to have Pastor John Hagee’s endorsement. Anyone see much about this in the corporate media? I didn’t think so. However, the Reverend Jeremiah Wright story was everywhere, for weeks.

Barring unforeseen circumstances, this will be the final installment of the “Death Watch” series, as it was never intended to be a series at all. Fortunately, or unfortunately if you’re FoxNews, no 28 year old, liberal-minded people died today.

Smithfield Foods, king of factory-farmed pork, also is king of manure, this 2006 story reports. Toxic pig waste is stored in huge lagoons, which leak and flood and leach into air, wells, and waterways. The company, with 16 operations in 12 states, was fined by the EPA for 6,900 violations of Clean Water Act in Virginia alone.