#katrina

"A year after the storm, the federal government has proven slow and unreliable in keeping the president's promises."

"If I was the government, I couldn't sleep at night."

Doesn't resignation mean... er... "I quit" and then you find a new job? "The former head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency on Wednesday defended the agency's decision to keep him on the job another 30 days as a "completely legitimate thing to d

What. The. Fuck?! "Republicans said Karl Rove, the White House deputy chief of staff and Mr. Bush's chief political adviser, was in charge of the reconstruction effort, which reaches across many agencies of government and includes the direct involvemen

"Welcome to upside-down-land: the areas at risk for Katrina were quite remarkably the areas not included in Bush's declaration of emergency."

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"Amidst the horror, American broadcast journalism just might have grown its spine back, thanks to Katrina."

"But to my country I want to say this: During this crisis you failed us."

"A major hurricane could swamp New Orleans under 20 feet of water, killing thousands. Human activities along the Mississippi River have dramatically increased the risk, and now only massive reengineering of southeastern Louisiana can save the city"

"Floodwaters from Hurricane Katrina surround homes near downtown New Orleans, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2005."