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Hindrocket / Power Line:
BROWNIE KICKS BUTT — I've just watched the entire appearance of Michael Brown before the House committee investigating Hurricane Katrina—OK, not the whole thing, but they're taking a break now and it's all I can stand. On the whole, Brown did an excellent job.
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Think Progress, The Mahablog, The Democratic Party, Oliver Willis, Martini Republic and MSNBC
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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
The (Self) Political Rehabilitation Of FEMA's Michael Brown — I was on a long drive but kept glued to a zillion stations to listen to what seemed to be a political train wreck occurring in slow motion hosted by GOPers in Congress: former FEMA chief Michael Brown's testimony where he defended himself, FEMA and his world-famous resume.
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Blanton's and Ashton's, The Political Teen, Middle Earth Journal, The Left Coaster and Martini Republic
Mac Ranger / Macsmind:Brown Slams Back and he's right!
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The Strata-Sphere, Gateway Pundit, bRight & Early, Orcinus, Don Surber, Michelle Malkin and ACSBlog
Larry Margasak / Associated Press:
DeLay Probe Winds Down; Charges May Loom — WASHINGTON - A Texas grand jury's recent interest in conspiracy charges could lead to last-minute criminal indictments — possibly against House Majority Leader Tom DeLay — as it wraps up its investigation Wednesday into DeLay's state political organization …
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MyDD, Daily Kos, The Left Coaster, Talking Points Memo, TalkLeft, Mathew Gross, The Carpetbagger Report and Hellblazer
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Laylan Copelin / statesman.com:Conspiracy charge a possibility for DeLay
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David Morgan / Reuters:
Zarqawi emerging as self-sustained force-US intel — WASHINGTON, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's network of al Qaeda-linked insurgents is emerging as a self-sustaining force, despite repeated blows by U.S. forces and the reported death of his second-in-command, U.S. intelligence officials and other experts say.
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Dean / Dean's World:
What the F___ Huh? What the F___ing F__k??? — I'm sorry, I posted about this earlier but few seem to be reacting to it. So let's lay it out again to get your attention: — Dead babies stuffed in ice coolers. Women, children, and babies of all ages raped. Cannibalism. Shootings everywhere.
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Gateway Pundit:
More Hurricane Katrina: Folklore vs. Fact — Folklore: Hurricane Katrina was the worst natural disaster in the country's history — Fact: Hurricane Katrina is the seventh worst natural disaster in US history. — Folklore: Ray Nagin said on September 5th on the Oprah Show, "They're murdering people in there (the Superdome)."
BBC:
Blogging v dogging — More people know what dogging is than blogging, according to a survey which suggests that Brits are not as tech-savvy as might be expected. — Most metrosexuals will know that blogging about their podcasting is perhaps a bit passé, while flashmobbing is decidedly retro.
Washington Post:
Filibuster Showdown Looms In Senate — The upcoming battle over a successor to Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor threatens to plunge the Senate into another bitter confrontation over filibusters and the "nuclear option," with Democrats already threatening to use any means possible …
New Orleans Times-Picayune:
COMPASS RESIGNS — Abrupt departure comes as NOPD Katrina response is questioned — New Orleans Police Superintendent Eddie Compass, whose emotional media appearances since Hurricane Katrina made him one of the city's most recognizable figures nationwide, abruptly announced his retirement Tuesday.
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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
$236 Million Cruise Ship Deal Criticized — On Sept. 1, as tens of thousands of desperate Louisianans packed the New Orleans Superdome and convention center, the Federal Emergency Management Agency pleaded with the U.S. Military Sealift Command: The government needed 10,000 berths …
Capt. Ian Fishback / Washington Post:
A Matter of Honor — The following letter was sent to Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on Sept. 16: — Dear Senator McCain: — I am a graduate of West Point currently serving as a Captain in the U.S. Army Infantry. I have served two combat tours with the 82nd Airborne Division, one each in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Richard A. Serrano / Los Angeles Times:Captain sidesteps Army in abuse case
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Jennifer Talhelm / Associated Press:
'Peace Mom' Cindy Sheehan Meets McCain — WASHINGTON — Peace mom Cindy Sheehan didn't change her opposition to the war in Iraq after meeting Tuesday with one of its supporters, Sen. John McCain, a Vietnam veteran whom she called "a warmonger." — Sheehan thanked McCain for meeting with her, but she came away disappointed.
Michael Crowley / The New Republic:
Second Coming — It was almost midnight at the Manhattan sushi hotspot Nobu Fifty Seven, and Bill Clinton was briefing Elvis Costello on the future of New Orleans. "First you've got to flush the lake. Just flush it," Clinton explained. Between the low thrum of club music …
Edward Morrissey / Weekly Standard:
The Man in the Mirror — SENATOR CHUCK SCHUMER had just finished his last sputtering of outrage at the nomination of John Roberts to the Supreme Court when news broke that the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, which he chairs, had a small problem. Newsday and the New York Post …
Financial Times:
Rita causes record damage to oil rigs — By Carola Hoyos in London, Sheila McNulty in Houston and Thomas Catan in Johannesburg — Hurricane Rita has caused more damage to oil rigs than any other storm in history and will force companies to delay drilling for oil in the US and as far away …
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Houston's Clear Thinkers
