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Donna Brazile / Washington Post:
I Will Rebuild With You, Mr. President  —  New Orleans is my hometown.  It is the place where I grew up, where my family still lives.  For me, it is a place of comfort and memories.  It is home.  —  Now my home needs your help, and the help of every American.  Much of my city is still underwater.
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Massimo Calabresi / Time:
Looking for a Corpse to Make a Case  —  Senators look for a wealthy casualty of Katrina as evidence against the estate tax  —  Federal troops aren't the only ones looking for bodies on the Gulf Coast.  On Sept. 9, Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions called his old law professor Harold Apolinsky …
Los Angeles Times:
Louisiana Officials Indicted Before Katrina Hit  —  Federal audits found dubious expenditures by the state's emergency preparedness agency, which will administer FEMA hurricane aid.  —  WASHINGTON — Senior officials in Louisiana's emergency planning agency already were awaiting trial …
Greg Palast / gregpalast.com:
GALLOWAY: DEADLY ANTI-ABORTION THREATS FROM REPUBLICAN'S FAVORITE "LEFTIST"  —  Note: Palast and Cindy Sheehan will be speaking at the Operation Ceasefire concert sponsored by DC Anti-War Network and United for Peace and Justice — all day and night at the Washington Monument.
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AJStrata / The Strata-Sphere:
Thanks to Top Dog and his comment to this post, we learn two things in this Fox News story.  The first is the Pentagon is trying to close the hearings - which would be a big PR mistake. … We need to know what happened.  If they need a closed session to go into technical details which are classifed- fine.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
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The MinuteMan / JustOneMinute:
Able Danger - Closed Hearing?
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Andrew / www.AndrewSullivan.com:
HUGH AND SID:  —  My analogy seems to have hit a nerve.  Powerline provides ten reasons Hewitt isn't as slavishly pro-Bush as Blumenthal was slavishly pro-Clinton.  One is that Sid was on the Clinton pay-roll.  But Hewitt doesn't need to be on the Bush pay-roll.  He does it for free.
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Deacon / Power Line:
IS IT HUGH OR IS IT SID?  —  Here are the top ten reasons why, contrary to Andrew Sullivan's nasty aside, Hugh Hewitt is not the Sid Blumenthal of the Bush administration:  —  10. Hugh has not been called before a grand jury.  —  9. Hugh believes in people; Sid believes in conspiracies.
Jennifer Loven / Associated Press:
Bush Sees 'Bright Dawn' Emerging in Gulf  —  Appealing to God for help with "the difficult work that lies ahead," President Bush on Saturday painted a picture of a hopeful and vibrant future for the hurricane-battered Gulf Coast and the people there who lost family, jobs, communities and everything they own in the storm.
Discussion: Sadly, No! and Presstitutes
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Washington Post:
Bush Says Spending Cuts Will Be Needed  —  Tax Increase Not Part Of His Gulf Relief Plan  —  One day after pledging to undertake one of history's largest reconstruction efforts, President Bush served notice yesterday that rebuilding the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast will require spending cuts elsewhere in the federal budget.
Associated Press:
Son of Florida Gov. Bush Arrested  —  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The youngest son of Florida Gov. Jeb Bush was arrested early Friday and charged with public intoxication and resisting arrest, law enforcement officials said.  —  John Ellis Bush, 21, was arrested by agents of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission …
Discussion: PoliBlog and WTF Is It Now??
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Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:
Bush's Nephew Arrested
Discussion: Daily Kos
Democracy Now:
The Militarization of New Orleans: Jeremy Scahill Reports from Louisiana  —  Watch 128k stream Watch 256k stream Read Transcript  —  Help Printer-friendly version Email to a friend Purchase Video/CD  —  We go to Louisiana to speak with Democracy Now! …
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Saudi Women To Vote, Hold Office  —  The Saudi kingdom has begun to offer elections at the local level in order to move towards moderation and limited democracy for the past several months.  However, in a major shift for the highly repressive Wahhabist society, the monarchy …
Discussion: Gates of Vienna
Hullabaloo:
Boondoggle Part Deux  —  Yesterday morning a friend sent me the following article from the Wall Street Journal: … Then last night Bush gave a speech which many liberals are lauding, and conservatives are decrying, as a capitulation to liberal ideals.  They seem to be convinced that our man Bush …
Discussion: corrente and Eschaton
Mark Nickolas / BluegrassReport.org:
Discussion: Daily Kos and Swing State Project
Jack Army:
Time to restart this festival of fun!  If you sent in a post already and it wasn't put up, send me a reminder email and I'll get it up.  Mare, I have yours ready to go up on Monday.  Sorry, everyone for kinda pooping out for the last few weeks.  The hurricane took a lot of the wind out of my sails, as it were.
Discussion: Outside The Beltway and Jo's Cafe
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