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michaelmoore.com:
A Bright Spot in Bush World  —  Amid the Miserable Failures on the Same Planet  —  It has been one month and one week since I sat in a ditch in Crawford, Tx.  I can hardly believe it when I think of it myself.  So much has happened in that time, and really, so little.
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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.
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Jerry Mitchell / Clarion-Ledger:
E-mail suggests government seeking to blame groups  —  Federal officials appear to be seeking proof to blame the flood of New Orleans on environmental groups, documents show.  —  The Clarion-Ledger has obtained a copy of an internal e-mail the U.S. Department of Justice sent out this week …
Discussion: Pacific Views and Pandagon
grandforks.com:
Report: Feds documenting environmentalist opposition on levees  —  JACKSON, Miss. - The federal government is trying to find evidence of any past efforts by environmental groups to block work on New Orleans' levees, according to a published report.  —  The Clarion-Ledger said Friday it obtained …
Shakespeare's Sister:   Kicked When He's Down  —  John at AMERICAblog points …
Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
A light goes on — then off — in New Orleans
Discussion: The Heretik and Demagogue
Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Bush Rules Out Tax Hike to Fund Recovery  —  President Bush on Friday ruled out raising taxes to pay for Gulf Coast reconstruction, saying other government spending must be cut.  "You bet it will cost money, but I'm confident we can handle it," he said.  —  "It's going to cost whatever it's …
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David Stout / New York Times:
Bush Rules Out Tax Increases to Pay for Hurricane Recovery  —  WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 - President Bush ruled out tax increases to pay for hurricane and flood recovery today, saying instead that federal spending would have to be cut to help the Gulf Coast recover.
Discussion: the talking dog
The Nation:
MAX BLUMENTHAL  —  On the first day of hearings on Judge John G. Roberts Jr.'s nomination to Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court, before a Russell Senate Office Building Caucus Room overflowing with members of the media and Congressional staffers, with klieg lights shining and flashbulbs popping all around …
Discussion: MyDD
Philip Johnston / Telegraph:
Clarke bungle reveals his doubts over terror law  —  Sweeping new powers to hold terrorist suspects for three months without charge and crack down on extremist preachers who glorify atrocities were published yesterday.  —  But the hopes of Charles Clarke, the Home Secretary …
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Lou Dolinar / realclearpolitics.com:
Katrina, What Went Right  —  With body recovery teams in New Orleans finding far fewer than the expected 10,000 to 25,000 dead, despite the flooding of 80 percent of the city, it is time to ask: What went right?  —  Largely invisible to the media's radar, a broad-based rescue effort by federal …
Donald Sensing / One Hand Clapping:
Katrina a poor model for terrorism response  —  There has been a lot of discussion about the federal military becoming closer to first responder in domestic disasters.  President Bush said last night in his national address that it should be so. … A lot of the criticism the administration …
James Pinkerton / Tech Central Station:
Tony Blair Pulls the Plug on Kyoto at Clinton Summit  —  NEW YORK - Kyoto Treaty RIP.  That's not the headline in any newspaper this morning emerging from the first day of the Clinton Global Initiative, but it could have been — and should have been.  —  Onstage with former president Bill Clinton …
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:   Clinton Gathers World Leaders
Jay Rosen / PressThink:
The Net Knows More Than You: An Open Letter to the People of CBS News  —  It's the anniversary of the big collapse at CBS over the National Guard Memos.  "People of CBS News, you've had a year to think about it.  How, if you are dedicated to truthtelling, could you have permitted …
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Mary Ann Glendon / Opinion Journal:
Judicial Tourism  —  What's wrong with the U.S. Supreme Court citing foreign law.  —  References to foreign law in Supreme Court opinions have become controversial.  Nevertheless, it was startling when Sen. Tom Coburn suggested in the Roberts confirmation hearings that justices who cite foreign authority might deserve impeachment.
Discussion: Hugh Hewitt and Confirm Them
Deborah Mathews / 198.65.14.85:
Camp Casey Memorial Stolen  —  Casey Sheehan's Boots Are Gone  —  CRAWFORD — The Camp Casey Memorial on Prairie Chapel Road was removed by thieves earlier today.  Not a single item is left at the memorial site.  —  Crew members working for McLennan County said they witnessed items …
Discussion: Today in Iraq and Mark in Mexico
Jillian Bandes / dailytarheel.com:
DTH not transparent about controversial termination  —  TO THE EDITOR:  —  I was fired because my editors said that I implied that the three sources I quoted had agreed to be characterized as agreeing with the statement, "Yes, we want to be stripped naked and sexed up in an airport."
Discussion: lgf and Poynter Online
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Jesus' General:   She's like Ann Coulter without the penis
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Social Security Legislation Could Be Shelved  —  National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Thomas M. Reynolds will recommend to the House Republican leadership that the party drop its effort to restructure Social Security, at least for this year, House Republican aides confirmed yesterday.
Media Matters for America:
Bill O'Reilly's continuing obsession with inter-species marriages  —  On his September 14 radio show, Fox News host Bill O'Reilly insisted that the secular progressive movement "would like to have marriage abolished ... because it is not diverse enough."  He explained, "That's what this gay marriage thing is all about."
Discussion: Daily Kos and Democratic Veteran
Tony Snow / Townhall.com:
Fear is a waste of time  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — My doctor has tried manfully over the years to talk seriously about important health matters, usually with mixed success.  But he really grabbed my attention when he called just before Valentine's Day and said two little words.  —  "It's cancer."

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