Comments on: Rita’s Victims Wealthier Than Katrina’s

By: buzz

buzz — Sun, 25 Sep 2005 19:31:33 +0000

I saw a picture of a line of school buses leaving Houston. So people own their own school buses there? Or, just maybe, the city was busing people out of town who didnt own cars. Something that didnt happen in NO.

By: PoliBlog: Politics is the Master Science

PoliBlog: Politics is the Master Science — Sun, 25 Sep 2005 16:55:14 +0000

Fighting the Last Hurricane

It is often said that the Pentagon is always “fighting the last war”–i.e., that policy moving forward is always shaped by our most recent experiences.
Certainly that same logic can be applied to the way that we deal with hurricanes ...

By: PoliBlog: Politics is the Master Science

PoliBlog: Politics is the Master Science — Sun, 25 Sep 2005 15:59:08 +0000

Can You Say “Marketing”? Yes, I Think you Can

Hmm, the three most prominent NYT columnists just happen to be on MTP this week, and Tim makes the comment about how we’re getting them all free today, instead of paying to read them online.
Coincidence? I think not. Indeed, I predict seeing ...

By: DL

DL — Sun, 25 Sep 2005 13:22:47 +0000

It may, more than money and class, represent the failure of the government to take responibility for the individual. There is no power for a politician if everyone is capable of taking care of theirself - at all class levels. Government, and regulation by bureaucratic agencies of the government, as well as their lawyer and eco-facist friends, breed terrible economic demands on the poorest among us. That is the real tragedy!