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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.
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Warkin / Early Warning by William M. Arkin:
A broader role for the armed forces? — Amidst all of President Bush's proposals last night was one decree that the Commander-in-Chief can implement without Congressional or public intervention: "It is now clear that a challenge on this scale requires greater federal authority and a broader role …
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.
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.
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 …
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 …
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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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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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Dean / Dean's World:
Why I'm Not A Conservative: The "America Sucks" Right — I've always enjoyed LaShawn Barber's blog, but it's hard for me to find someone who I'm more often in disagreement with whenever it comes to social issues. Case in point: her assertion that America is a dying civilization. Why?
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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 …
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 …
Daily Kos:
OK, Fine. It's the Apocalypse. — The person who is being placed in charge of the Gulf Coast rebuilding effort, in the wake of stunning government bungling of a national disaster due to political patrons who had no expertise in their ostensible "duties" for which they were collecting paychecks: yes, Karl Rove.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:Who will push behind the spin? — I caught the latter part …
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No More Mister Nice Blog
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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The American Scene, Washington Post, www.AndrewSullivan.com, mediabistro and Classical Values
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 …
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Today in Iraq