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Lara Jakes Jordan / Associated Press:
FEMA Chief Relieved of Katrina Command  —  WASHINGTON - Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Michael Brown is being relieved of his command of the Bush administration's Hurricane Katrina onsite relief efforts, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff announced Friday.
Time:
How Reliable Is Brown's Resume?  —  A TIME investigation reveals discrepancies in the FEMA chief's official biographies … When President Bush nominated Michael Brown to head the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in 2003, Brown's boss at the time, Joe Allbaugh, declared …
ABCNEWS:
FEMA Director to Be Out Soon, Sources Say  —  Under Scrutiny, Mike Brown to Leave Post  —  Sept. 9, 2005 — Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Michael Brown, under criticism due to his management of Hurricane Katrina as well as reported discrepancies on his resume …
Lara Jakes Jordan / breitbart.com:   FEMA Chief Relieved of Katrina Duties
Paula Reed Ward / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Flight 93 marker design picked  —  Maple trees, wind chimes honor those who died  —  WASHINGTON — It will serve as a living tribute.  With each wind, each breeze, a set of chimes housed in a 93-foot tower will create a different song in memory of the 40 people who sacrificed their lives trying to save the lives of others.
Discussion: RealClearPolitics and Donklephant
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Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Clueless Memorial Design, Take 2  —  The designers of the Flight 93 memorial at the impact site unveiled their effort yesterday.  In what seems to be a typical case of cluelessness among memorial designers, the site will prominently feature the religious symbol of the attackers themselves (via Michelle Malkin):
Michelle Malkin:
FLIGHT 93 MEMORIAL: CONTROVERSY  —  The Flight 93 Memorial design, titled "The Crescent of Embrace," was unveiled this week.  —  Take a close look:  —  Remind you of anything?  —  Tom Bevan at the indispensable Real Clear Politics gently raises some questions about the design.
B. Preston / JunkYardBlog:   NOT ONE DIME
Ace / Ace of Spades HQ:   Flight 93 "Memorial:" The Crescent of Dhimmitude
Will Lester / Associated Press:
In Poll, Most Say Abandon Flooded Areas  —  WASHINGTON - More than half the people in this country say the flooded areas of New Orleans lying below sea level should be abandoned and rebuilt on higher ground.  —  An AP-Ipsos poll found that 54 percent of Americans want the vast sections …
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Petula Dvorak / Washington Post:
Tight Constraints on Pentagon's Freedom Walk  —  Event Remembering 9/11, Troops to Be Kept 'Sterile,' Limited to Preregistered  —  Organizers of the Pentagon's 9/11 memorial Freedom Walk on Sunday are taking extraordinary measures to control participation in the march and concert …
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Padilla's detention upheld  —  The Fourth Circuit ruled Friday that President Bush's power to order the detention of suspected terrorists extends to seizures of U.S. citizens inside this country.  The ruling against Jose Padilla is directly contrary to a victory Padilla won in the Second Circuit …
Discussion: Balkinization and Power Line
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Shaun Waterman / Washington Times:
Cops trapped survivors in New Orleans  —  Police from surrounding jurisdictions shut down several access points to one of the only ways out of New Orleans last week, effectively trapping victims of Hurricane Katrina in the flooded and devastated city.  —  An eyewitness account …
USA Today:
A compassionate Bush was absent right after Katrina  —  News analysis by Judy Keen and Richard Benedetto, USA TODAY  —  WASHINGTON — President Bush has shown that he can be empathetic, sensitive and decisive.  But those qualities eluded him for days after Hurricane Katrina …
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CNN:
FEMA director Brown recalled to Washington  —  Official: Coast Guard admiral to coordinate Katrina relief efforts  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Coast Guard Vice Adm. Thad Allen will replace Michael Brown, the embattled FEMA director, as the on-site head of hurricane relief operations in the Gulf Coast …
Discussion: PunditGuy
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New York Times:
Political Issues Snarled Plans for Troop Aid  —  WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 - As New Orleans descended into chaos last week and Louisiana's governor asked for 40,000 soldiers, President Bush's senior advisers debated whether the president should speed the arrival of active-duty troops by seizing control …
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Daniel Henninger / Opinion Journal:
Who Calls the Cavalry?  —  The Pentagon was prepared for Hurricane Katrina.
Discussion: Rantingprofs
Washington Post:
Head of Federal Katrina Relief Effort Replaced  —  Death Toll May Not Be as High as Originally Feared  —  Authorities in New Orleans today wrapped up a search for survivors of Hurricane Katrina and launched a concerted operation to recover the bodies of people who perished in the flooding caused …
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
The Party of Performance  —  In the aftermath of Katrina, there's an opening for a different kind of politics in America.  The new politics isn't about values; it isn't about settling scores.  It's about performance.  It's about putting a wounded, shaken country back on its feet …
Hindrocket / Power Line:
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, GUYS  —  Today is September 9, the first anniversary of "Rathergate."  It was at 7:51 on the morning of Sept. 9, 2004, that Scott hit the "save" button on the original version of "The Sixty-First Minute," that discussed the 60 Minutes program on President Bush's National Guard service …
Discussion: Ed Driscoll.com
Steve Fainaru / Washington Post:
For a U.S. Platoon in Iraq, Merciless Missions  —  Days Are Spent Pursuing Enemy, Fending Off Death  —  BALAD, Iraq — On an asphalt road surrounded by apple trees and date palms, a bomb went off beneath an armored Humvee leading a midnight patrol.  The towering fireball, followed by an explosion …
Discussion: Rantingprofs and Mudville Gazette

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Russ / MemoryBlog:
Infectious Disease Research in and Around New Orleans
Discussion: Defense Tech and Making Light
Thomas / The Galvin Opinion:
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Tom Utley / Telegraph:
Middle age? It's a state of constant irritation
E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Inescapable Accountability
Jonah Goldberg / The Corner on National Review Online:
THE PELOSI DISAPPOINTMENT  —  I feel a bit sorry for liberals …
Mark Helprin / Opinion Journal:
'They Are All So Wrong'
Los Angeles Times:
A Barrier That Could Have Been  —  Congress OKd a project …
Jack Shafer / slate.com:
Don't Refloat  —  The case against rebuilding the sunken city of New Orleans.
Chris Bertram / Crooked Timber:
Education, education, education?  —  Maria's post about America got …
Discussion: The American Scene

Earlier Picks:

George W. Bush / White House:
Proclamation by the President: National Day of Prayer and Remembrance for the Victims of Hurricane Katrina
Los Angeles Times:
Bush Pledges Aid for 'Long Haul'
Times-Picayune Breaking News Weblog:
Three FEMA contractors arrested for looting in Plaquemines Parish
Opinion Journal:
Oil for Food as Usual
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Where to Point the Fingers  —  In less enlightened times …
Thomas Lipscomb / Tech Central Station:
The Machine Stops  —  As Lake Ponchatrain's waters began …
Mick Fealty / Slugger O'Toole:
Ill wind may not blow to the Whitehouse
Discussion: BrothersJudd Blog
Reuters:
Bush lifts wage rules for Katrina
 
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