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Louisiana Goes After Federal Billions — Louisiana's congressional delegation has requested $40 billion for Army Corps of Engineers projects in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, about 10 times the annual Corps budget for the entire nation, or 16 times the amount the Corps has said it would need …
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John Fund / Opinion Journal:
A Swamp of Corruption — In Katrina's wake, Louisiana's political culture needs a cleanup too. — Perhaps no footage from Hurricane Katrina was replayed more often than the "Meet the Press" clip of Aaron Broussard, president of Jefferson Parish, La., telling Tim Russert that bureaucrats had …
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
IS THIS PORK? … This needs to be a non-starter. It is, to me, an open and under-debated question whether the federal government should fund the rebuilding of New Orleans — I'm inclined to agree with the polls that say it shouldn't — but this is a naked grab for money …
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Seattle Times:
Reports of anarchy at Superdome overstated — NEW ORLEANS — After five days managing near riots, medical horrors and unspeakable living conditions inside the Superdome, Louisiana National Guard Col. Thomas Beron prepared to hand over the dead to representatives of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
Correcting the facts and missing the truth — Three weeks ago, I linked to Jefferson Parish President Aaron Broussard's outburst on Meet the Press about the mother of a colleague who died, abandoned, in a flooded nursing home. Two weeks later, I said it was my responsibility to link to a correction about details of that story.
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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
Tim Russert's Effective Ambush — We have one thing to say about Tim Russert's almost cliched ambush of a guest from whom he did have a right to seek on-the-record clarifications: "Oye." — If a reporter gets a dramatic quote or piece of broadcast tape and runs it — and runs with it …
Steve Sabludowsky / bayoubuzz.com:Hurricane Rita Louisiana Damage: Broussard Meets Russert
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Let's return to the matter of Timothy E. Flanigan, currently awaiting confirmation as Deputy Attorney General of the United States, and Jack Abramoff. — To review the highlights of our story, Timothy Flanigan was appointed Deputy White House Counsel at the beginning of the Bush administration.
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National Review:
Inside the Antiwar Demo — Stop the war. Impeach Bush. Destroy Israel. Remember Katrina. And don't forget Florida and Ohio... Ramsey Clark, the attorney general of the United States from 1967 to 1969, was talking about the old days. Standing backstage at the antiwar rally held …
Associated Press:
Small Counter Rally Shows Support for Troops — WASHINGTON — Support for U.S. troops fighting abroad mixed with anger toward anti-war demonstrators at home as hundreds of people, far fewer than organizers had expected, rallied Sunday on the National Mall just a day after a massive protest against the war in Iraq.
John / AMERICAblog:
US soldiers allegedly trading pictures of dead Iraqis & Afghanis for porn — WARNING: The links in this story are to graphic, gruesome pictures of dead bodies, and some include graphic sexual content as well. — (This soldier is proudly presenting what appears to be a bloody dismembered human arm dangling …
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Robert Novak / Townhall.com:
GOP in turmoil — WASHINGTON — Rep. Mike Pence, a 46-year-old former radio talk show host from eastern Indiana serving his third term in Congress, is currently chairman of the conservative Republican Study Committee (RSC). He has tried hard to cooperate with the regular House Republican leadership rather than confront it.
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Massachusetts Governor Makes His State the Butt of His Jokes — Republican's Out-of-Town Act May Alienate Majority Democrats — BOSTON — Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, exploring a possible presidential run in 2008, has a message for his fellow Republicans. — Take my state. Please!
Smash / The Indepundit:
Fracture Lines — IT BEGINS, as these things always do, with a march through downtown. — Angry-looking youth in masks lead the way, waving their Palestinian, Iraqi, and anarchist flags behind a red banner that reads "Justice for Palestine, Justice for Immigrants, Justice for the Katrina Survivors."
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David Postman / Seattle Times:
11th commandment repealed — YAKIMA — State Republicans have decided that 10 commandments are enough. — The Republicans' 11th commandment — Thou shall not speak ill of other Republicans — was repealed at a weekend meeting of the party's executive committee.
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Pam / Pam's House Blend:
Iraqi women say freedoms are slipping away — Bringing freedom and democracy to Iraq. Wasn't that one of Chimpy's prime justifications to overthrowing Saddam? Women's rights groups have been warning that without specific constitutional protections, women in the "New Iraq" were going to suffer a rollback of rights.
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Mr. Right / The Right Place:
Angry Protesters Demand "U.S. Out of U.S. Now!" — During a much-publicized anti-war protest in our nation's capitol this past weekend, "Peace Mom" Cindy Sheehan, who previously demanded that President George W. Bush resign and withdraw his troops from occupied New Orleans …
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