Monthly Archives: September 2005

Terrorism, drugs, gun crime, poverty, white collar hedonism, trafficking of humans in the sex biz, unfunded guaranteed subsidies for the disabled (oh yes, we’ve got those too), identity theft, religious cults…and the attorney general’s hit list has pornography at the … Continue reading →

Some goodun’s Bush says spending choices, sacrifices, will have to accompany reconstruction of Gulf states Premium for Basic Medicare Increasing 13% Next Year Saddam’s Revenge Report rates Boston most expensive city That Sinking Feeling

Housing drives up cost of living

In Washington, it’s business as usual in the face of a national catastrophe. By Fareed Zakaria-Newsweek

Lost just won the Best Drama over Six Feet Under!

Can the press wake up and get on this story sometime before the next terrorist attack? Why do I feel like I’m at an AA meeting? “Hello, I’m Chris” -HI CHRIS- “Been wondering about that whole 9/11 thing.”

Precident states that a child must be “free from a coercive requirement to affirm God”. The parents want to raise their child with the belief that God doesn’t exist and when they go to school, that belief is challenged. I … Continue reading →

“Katrina exposed serious problems in our response capability at all levels of government, and to the extent that the federal government didn’t fully do its job right, I take responsibility…” – King George So much for the ‘100% of the … Continue reading →

Suits, Cronies and Spreadsheet Jockeys The United Chickenhawks of America Born Under Punches A Minefield of Quotas, Recruiters Beware Rogue Judges and Religious Oppression Crosseyed and Painless I’ve got a lot in the archives – Under Categories ‘Chris Austin Articles/Essays’. … Continue reading →

American Presidents of years past have all been politicians, but at times when the country needed a leader, the politician stepped back and a leader emerged. A politician takes account of a situation and knows what to say. A leader … Continue reading →

How Bush Blew It Bureaucratic timidity. Bad phone lines. And a failure of imagination. Why the government was so slow to respond to catastrophe.

Aftermath: CNN Wins Round One; Judge Grants Temporary Restraining Order

These two articles were sent to me while I was away (thought I’d have a PC to write on, but unfortunately it was busted) – and they detail exactally how the Mayor and Governor screwed the pooch in terms of … Continue reading →

Rolling Stone, the magazine that was home for years to Hunter S. Thompson, will publish a note written by the gonzo journalist days before he committed suicide in February.

“And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway, so this–this (she chuckles slightly) is working very well for them.”

Note: NorthCom’s mission is to protect the homeland.

1. Price Gouging GOOD for America! 2. Dennis Hassert Has the Right Idea 3. LA National Guard in Iraq Doesn’t Matter 4. WalMart’s Corporate Heroism

The initial framing of this tragedy I was acquainted with on the net was that the politics and blame are in bad taste.

In honor of the wackos out there telling people that Noah had baby dinosaurs on the Arc…