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September 2005



CRONYISM AND CORRUPTION

Friday, 30 September 2005 4:50 P GMT-07
Economist Paul Krugman picks up on the same theme as yesterday's blog and raises the specter that the reconstruction of the Gulf Coast will follow the same course as the failed reconstruction of Iraq: it will be marked by cronyism and corruption.

CRONY CAPITALISM & THE NEW ROBBER BARONS

Thursday, 29 September 2005 11:10 A GMT-07
The Bush adminstration has turned the government into a glorified ATM machine for well-connected corporations.

BUSH'S PERPETUAL INCOMPETENCE

Wednesday, 28 September 2005 8:58 A GMT-07
The administration's response to Katrina has awakened the public and the press to Bush's perpetual incompetence.

LIFE UNDER THE 'GODS OF GREED'

Tuesday, 27 September 2005 4:11 P GMT-07
We saw in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina the fruits of a long time campaign by Republicans and some Democrats of bad-mouthing and denigrating the role of government in our society.

POLITICS TRUMPS POLICY -- AGAIN

Sunday, 25 September 2005 10:45 A GMT-07
Another example of how politics and ideology determine policy in this administration. In this case a policy of putting "pork before people."
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THE ICEMAN COMETH -- AND GOETH

Friday, 23 September 2005 11:27 A GMT-07
Or how about this one?  Shipping unneeded ice to the victims of Bush and the hurricane, then shipping it all the way to Maine for storage.  Well, at least it's made for good income for truck drivers. 
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MORE BUREAUCRATIC BUNGLING

Friday, 23 September 2005 10:49 A GMT-07
Want more evidence of incompetence on the part of the federal government under you know who?  Read this. Hundreds of tons of food sent from Britain, Israel, Italy and Spain for victims of Hurricane Katrina and George Bush is to be destroyed.

WANTED: NEW ENERGY POLICY

Wednesday, 21 September 2005 3:14 P GMT-07
The Bush administration's energy policy has been one of the major failures of the current regime in Washington. Conservation must become a major component of the nation's energy policy alond with reduced dependence on non-renewable fossil fuels.

THE POLITICS OF DISASTER

Wednesday, 21 September 2005 2:33 P GMT-07
Back from two weeks in England, Wales and Scotland.  In Britain the question on everyone's mind was about the New Orleans disaster.  "How could something like that happen in the richest most powerful country in the world?"

VACATION

Monday, 5 September 2005 4:13 P GMT-07
If you're wondering why this sudden flurry of blogs the last few days, it's because I'm trying to make up for what will be a break with no blogs for the next couple of weeks. No, I don't get to take a whole month off like the president, but I'll be

IT'S ABOUT COMPETENCE, NOT POLITICS

Monday, 5 September 2005 4:11 P GMT-07
What we witnessed, as clearly as the overwhelming agony of the city of New Orleans, was the dangerous incompetence and the staggering indifference to human suffering of the president and his administration.

BUSH'S SCIENTIFIC ILLITERACY

Monday, 5 September 2005 3:14 P GMT-07
Bush's statement endorsing the crackpot pseudo-scientific notion called "intelligent design" and calling for it to be taught in high schools, only illuminates his own scientific illiteracy.

WANTED: SINGLE-PAYER HEALTHCARE PLAN

Monday, 5 September 2005 1:24 P GMT-07
The lack of a universal, single-payer, publicly financed healthcare plan in the U.S. is a tragic shame.  That lack is killing far more Americans than terrorism.  The lack of such a plan is also one of the most difficult things to understand.
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5 YEARS -- 49 VACATIONS

Monday, 5 September 2005 12:29 P GMT-07
G.W. Bush might have a shot at the Guiness Book of Records as he ends his 49th vacation in Crawford, TX, during his  less than five years in office.  If you count short holidays in Camp David and Kennebunkport, he must surely have the record.  Syn
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BUSH IGNORED THREAT TO N.O.

Monday, 5 September 2005 11:32 A GMT-07
Vital measures to protect New Orleans from "catastrophic" hurricane damage were scrapped by the Bush administration to pay for its wars on terror and in Iraq, despite official warnings of impending disaster.
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UPDATE ON LAST BLOG

Sunday, 4 September 2005 12:49 P GMT-07
Well, fortunately, it's not as bad as the last blog indicated.  Although Bush initially made a statement that we could take care of ourselves, Condi Rice later said no offer of aid would be refused.

OFFERS OF HELP REFUSED?

Saturday, 3 September 2005 4:06 P GMT-07
Did you know that over 20 countries have offered to help with Gulf Coast disaster relief, but the offers have been refused, by the Bush administration? I haven't had time to verify this, but, if true it is totally inexcusable.

AN ADMINISTRATION OF DEATH, DISASTER, FEAR & WOE

Saturday, 3 September 2005 3:22 P GMT-07
The priorities of the Bush administration are wrongheaded and lead to policies that repeatedly produce tragic and disastrous results. The price of these policies is being paid in the blood of the poor, especially, and this has been going on far too

WE NEED ACCOUNTABILITY

Saturday, 3 September 2005 12:49 P GMT-07
Picking up the theme of Norm Solomon's article in the previous blog, Paul Krugman offers a searing indictment of the failures of the federal government that resulted in the New Orleans tragedy. We need to demand accountability for these failures.

TRUTH DEMANDS CONSEQUENCES

Saturday, 3 September 2005 12:20 P GMT-07
The problem of Bush's response (or lack of it) to the New Orleans debacle is due to "inhumanity, cruelty and greed" -- and, yes, incompetence as well. Bush's policies are set by his priorities and the truth about these demands consequences.

IRAQ: WHAT HATH BUSH WROUGHT?

Saturday, 3 September 2005 10:00 A GMT-07
Bush's policies managed to get rid of Saddam Hussein's government... and replace it with a government of "autocrats, theocrats and terrorists" that will be both repressive and unstable.

KATRINA+BUSH POLICIES=CALAMITY

Friday, 2 September 2005 2:32 P GMT-07
It's not too soon to point out how government policies bear major responsibility, as well as Mother Nature, for the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina.

HOW THE BUSHES HAVE PROTECTED TERRORISTS

Thursday, 1 September 2005 4:56 P GMT-07
For almost 30 years the Bush family has has built a record of helping and protecting terrorists. G.W. Bush seems to be continuing that policy. It seems that the president's "war" on terrorists doesn't include those who work against his "enemies."