What a day this was
So it seems like some of the news is contradicting previous news. Were shots really fired at aid workers in New Orleans? Is there martial law or not? (No) The governor did say that people would be shot, but this new National Guard commander dude told people to point their guns down as soon as he landed. Is it true that there is cannibalism?Mike Ruppert has some rad coverage of how FEMA and the US governments dropped the ball on relief. He also says, "Bottom line: my assessment is that New Orleans is never going to be rebuilt and that US domestic oil production will never again reach pre-Katrina levels." We'll see. My sweetie is a total peak oil/crisis skeptic. It is pretty funny to hear him talk about the news but not have the analysis that there is a problem.
Dr. Mess told me today that either on From the Wilderness or from Greg Palast (no, I think not him), or from Prison Planet or somewhere, he heard that it was weather engineering that brought Hurricane Katrina and its destruction to NOLA and the other areas.
There is also a widely circulated opinion that in addition officials not being ready for this disaster, it is possible that the poor folks in the South were sacrificed. Why did it take Bush two days to respond to the disaster and 4 days to even fly over the affected areas? And five days to visit? He looked so insincere with those women in his press opportunity.
Did Dick Cheney come back from vacation yet?
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It would be interesting to compare how Giuliani and the mayor of New Orleans have reacted to the crises in their cities. I think that the NOLA guy could get re-elected, just cuz he has shown chutzpah, or balls, or cojones, or whatever.
Btw, check out Urban Survival: Replaying 1929 Nice title, huh?
Ah, speaking of economic crises, everyone has made a big deal about SF MUNI fares going from $1.00 to $1.25, and labor problems there. Well, AC Transit (in the East Bay, SF's best suburbs) is going from $1.50 to $1.75. Come on! And we'll still have to pay for transfers. and don't think AC Transit doesn't have labor problems! Maybe AC Transit covers too wide an area (in spite of all the cut and decreased lines in the last few years) for people to organize effective resistance. But is the Muni Social Strike/Fare Strike going to be effective? It's hardly gotten any media coverage, so it's really hard to know.
posted by mahtin @ 11:46 PM
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