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Brent Baker / NewsBusters.org:
To ABC's Surprise, Katrina Victims Praise Bush and Blame Nagin  —  ABC News producers probably didn't hear what they expected when they sent Dean Reynolds to the Houston Astrodome's parking lot to get reaction to President Bush's speech from black evacuees from New Orleans.
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La Shawn / La Shawn Barber's Corner:
Bush the Sugar Daddy  —  I didn't listen to George Bush's speech last night, but I'm told he plans to do what he does best: spend, spend, spend other people's money.  True?  —  And he didn't sufficiently address the rampant Hurricane Katrina race-baiting.  If he didn't, that's his fault.
Lorie Byrd / PoliPundit.com:
Hell, Yes!  —  ***UPDATE (2:15 a.m.): I found the video!  (Thanks Technorati).  If you have not seen it, go watch it now.  If you saw it I am sure you are already clicking on the link to watch it again.  A transcript is also provided.  —  The Political Teen now has video here.
Bill / PunditGuy:
President Sugar Daddy
Discussion: The Political Teen and Pandagon
Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Bush Vows New Orleans Will Rise Again In Massive Gulf Coast Reconstruction
Discussion: Donklephant
John from WuzzaDem / WuzzaDem:
Dean and Ted's Excellent Surprise
Discussion: The Therapist, ayc and basil's blog
Ian / The Political Teen:
ABC Uses Bush-bashing Baiting Questions, Fails (VIDEO)
Discussion: WunderKraut.com
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:   LAURA BUSH told Popular Mechanics today that she supports rebuilding …
B. Preston / JunkYardBlog:
EXTREME MAKEOVER: KATRINA EDITION
Discussion: Sister Toldjah
White House:
President Discusses Hurricane Relief in Address to the Nation  —  Fact Sheet: President Bush Addresses the Nation on Recovery From Katrina  —  THE PRESIDENT: Good evening.  I'm speaking to you from the city of New Orleans — nearly empty, still partly under water, and waiting for life and hope to return.
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Warkin / Early Warning by William M. Arkin:
A broader role for the armed forces?
Avman / Louisiana Conservative:
One Louisianan perspective of Bush's speech
Discussion: dartblog.com
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
A Bid to Repair a Presidency  —  The main text of President Bush's nationally televised address last night was the rebuilding of New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, but the clear subtext was the rebuilding of a presidency that is now at its lowest point ever, confronted by huge and simultaneous challenges …
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Washington Post:
Bush Pledges Historic Effort To Help Gulf Coast Recover  —  President Says U.S. Will Learn From Mistakes  —  NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 15 — President Bush, summoning the American spirit and "a faith in God no storm can take away," vowed from the heart of the Hurricane Katrina disaster zone Thursday night …
CNN:
Bush pledges nation's help for Gulf Coast
Washington Post:
Some of the Uprooted Won't Go Home Again  —  HOUSTON, Sept. 15 — Fewer than half of all New Orleans evacuees living in emergency shelters here said they will move back home, while two-thirds of those who want to relocate planned to settle permanently in the Houston area …
Dean / Dean's World:
Clearing the Record  —  Several people seem to think my earlier piece today indicates that I am angry with LaShawn Barber.  I certainly am not.  I think she's wrong about the ancient Romans, and about America in the past.  Prior to the advent of the Roman Empire, the Roman Republic was a savage …
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cdc.gov:
Sexual Behavior and Selected Health Measures: Men and Women 15-44 Years of Age, United States, 2002  —  Advance Data 362.  Sexual Behavior and Selected Health Measures: Men and Women 15-44 Years of Age, United States, 2002. 56 pp.  (PHS) 2003-1250.  —  View/download PDF 1.2 MB
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Washington Post:
Study: Half of All Teens Have Had Oral Sex
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Roe v. Roberts  —  In our lifetime has there been a more politically poisonous Supreme Court decision than Roe v. Wade ?  Set aside for a moment your thoughts on the substance of the ruling.  (I happen to be a supporter of legalized abortion.)  I'm talking about the continuing damage to the republic …
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The MaryHunter / TMH's Bacon Bits:   Chief Justice Roberts Will Not Overturn Roe
MSNBC:
Friday morning (power) line  —  I am duty-bound to report the talk of the New Orleans warehouse district last night: there was rejoicing (well, there would have been without the curfew, but the few people I saw on the streets were excited) when the power came back on for blocks on end.
Discussion: Basie!
David Usborne / Independent:
Hitchens vs Galloway: The big debate  —  Christopher Hitchens, vocal supporter of the Iraq war, against George Galloway, indefatigable enemy of the war  —  The George Galloway Tour had arrived in town and things were running a little late.  The queue to get into the 1,000-seat auditorium …
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Harry / Harry's Place:
Ever had the feeling you've been cheated?
Discussion: Kesher Talk and Dodgeblogium
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Let's see.  What was the problem with Michael Brown exactly?  Let's see.  No expertise or experience for the job.  Got the gig because he was pals with Bush's political fixer.  Also a political loyalist.  —  So to learn the lesson and get back on track, to run the recovery, President Bush picks Karl Rove.
Discussion: Ezra Klein
Representative John Conyers Jr / commondreams.org:
Conyers Statement on Valerie Plame Resolution  —  Committee on the Judiciary  —  H. Res. 420, Resolution of Inquiry to Attorney General Regarding CIA Leak  —  We are here because the Bush administration refuses to police itself in the midst of criminal and ethical misconduct.
Discussion: The Huffington Post and TalkLeft
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Murray Waas / whatever already!:
House Intelligence committee votes down Plame "resolution of inquiry"
Discussion: Reuters and TalkLeft
City Journal:
The Racism Charges Won't Wash  —  The Katrina donations—$788 million-worth—are colorblind.  If the government's failure to get help instantly to Katrina victims reflects American racism, why have the images of thousands of poor, displaced blacks triggered the greatest outpouring of charity in American history?
Discussion: QandO
Peter Savodnik / The Hill:
Casey widens gap over Santorum to 14 points  —  Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) is losing ground to his Democratic challenger, state Treasurer Bob Casey, a GOP poll to be released today shows.  —  The Strategic Vision survey, conducted Saturday through Monday, gives Casey a 14-point lead …
Donna De La Cruz / Associated Press:
Weldon: Atta Papers Destroyed on Orders  —  WASHINGTON - A Pentagon employee was ordered to destroy documents that identified Mohamed Atta as a terrorist two years before the 2001 attacks, a congressman said Thursday.  —  The employee is prepared to testify next week before the Senate Judiciary Committee …

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