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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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Rob / AMERICAblog:
Donna Brazile - Stockholm Syndrome Victim — My friend Nick called me this morning incredulous at this OP/ED in today's Washington Post: … Read the whole thing, I'm not just pulling quotes out of context. — If ever did the psychology of Stockholm Syndrome come alive in American politics, it did for me reading this OP/ED.
Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:"I Will Rebuild With You, Mr. President"
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Mark / Mark in Mexico:Donna Brazile to be thrown out of Democratic Party
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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.
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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.
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 …
Fox News:
Sources: Pentagon Wants 'Able Danger' Hearings Closed — WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is pressuring the Senate Judiciary Committee to close to the public next week's hearings on a former secret military intelligence unit called "Able Danger," two congressional sources have confirmed to FOX News.
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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 …
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Michelle Malkin:
DRIVING MISS ARIANNA — Reader Doug, who posts at FreeRepublic.com, sent this photo, which he took while covering the Sierra Club's national summit in San Francisco last weekend. The handsome, full-size sport utility vehicle pictured above is a Chevy Suburban.
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 …
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! …
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GM Roper / GM's Corner:
THE EMPRESS OF FIFTEEN MINUTES — he Deceased Gentleman, whose portrait appears to the left of this paragraph is Napoleon II. He isn't much as historical folk go, he didn't last very long as is noted in this from Wikipedia: … For 16 days, Napoleon II was "Emperor" and the equivalent of todays …
The MinuteMan / JustOneMinute:
"I Thought That Was A Minor Detail" — NY Times Public Editor Byron Calame has a dispute with Paul Krugman about running a correction, and he takes it outside with two posts (11 and 12) at his site. — Don Luskin has been a tiger on this, and provides some background here …
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.
Jay / Stop the ACLU:
ACLU Wants To Let The Genie Out Of The Bottle — In its typical scare tactic way, the ACLU is fighting the Patriot Act over a librarian's name to be released over activities the FBI has found worthy of investigating. The ACLU is trying to take the FBI's efforts to protect Americans from terrorists and turn it into a terror itself.
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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.
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