Where does one start writing about this event?
Well, lets start at the top. “Where was Bush?” should be a question which is asked a lot when reviewing the first few days of the tragedy when immediate action was needed. A lot of people despised Michael Moore’s “Fahrenheit 911″, but the similarity of W’s response in the initial aftermath of that event (as portrayed in the movie, anyway) and to Katrina are strangely similar. Hey, he was on vacation, godamnit!
I’ll give him credit for going down there, but it was too little too late. And the barrage of talking points his handlers have him emit just make him sound less and less credible over time.
I don’t know about everyone else, but I for one became positively sick of seeing everything from lunch meats to vodka bragging about how it supported the “Atkins-Approved” “Low-Carb Lifestyle.” It’s good to see these greedheads go under.
Atkins Nutritionals Goes Belly-Up (08.01.05)
(forbes.com) Atkins Nutrionals, the New York company founded in 1989 by the late Dr. Robert Atkins to cash in on his low-carb diet, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection yesterday. The company cited weakening demand for its products. Ironically, the Atkins diet–affectionately known by some as the “cheeseburger-hold-the-bun” diet–had been blamed in recent years for earnings shortfalls in companies ranging from Krispy Kreme Doughnuts (nyse: KKD) to Kraft Foods (nyse: KFT ) to Interstate Bakeries (the maker of Wonder Bread and Twinkies).
As Stalin once said: “Death solves all problems – no man, no problem.” This must be one of the most pristine examples of his axiom at work.
Russia’s Biggest Spammer Brutally Murdered in Apartment
MosNews.com — Created: 25.07.2005 13:14 MSK (GMT +3)
Vardan Kushnir, notorious for sending spam to each and every citizen of Russia who appeared to have an e-mail, was found dead in his Moscow apartment on Sunday, Interfax reported Monday. He died after suffering repeated blows to the head.
Jon Stewart had Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on The Daily Show last night, talking about his findings about the link between vaccinations in the late 80′s and early 90′s and the shocking jump in the rate of autism and learning disorders in children born in those years. According to the article: “Since 1991, when the CDC and the FDA had recommended that three additional vaccines laced with the preservative be given to extremely young infants — in one case, within hours of birth — the estimated number of cases of autism had increased fifteenfold, from one in every 2,500 children to one in 166 children.”
What’s shocking is not just that this has happened, but the scope and scale of the cover-up. I guess “shocking” isn’t the right word – I’m not really surprised by it at all. “Disgusting” is a better adjective.
Well, if this issue starts to pick up momentum, look out for some lawsuits that would bankrupt…
This is scary on multiple fronts. First and foremost that the concept of a loyalty oath is even being broached in an American election. Next, that these jerkwads see running this country as so much of a game as to pull this kind of garbage – while our troops are still dying in Iraq. And, lastly, that their brain-trust couldn’t even do a decent job with the spelling, grammar, or completeness of the oath.
Republicans Sign Along the Dotted Line
washingtonpost.com
Sun Aug 1, 1:00 AM ET
By Dana MilbankI pledge allegiance to the . . . candidate?
Political campaigns are always eager to keep hecklers out of their pep rallies, but the Republican National Committee took that desire to a new level last week, requiring supporters to sign an oath of loyalty before receiving tickets to Saturday’s New Mexico rally featuring Vice President Cheney.
The Albuquerque Journal reported on Friday that people seeking tickets to the Cheney
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