FEMA director fired from previous job

the daily kos found out that FEMA director Mike Brown was fired from his last job managing the International Arabian Horse Association: Well, for 3 years Michael Brown was hired and then fired by our IAHA, the International Arabian Horse Assoc. He was an unmitigated, total fucking disaster. I was shocked as hell when captain …

bush jokes about lott’s house

As boing boing reports, Bush joked about Trent Lott’s new house during a press conference: We’ve got a lot of rebuilding to do. First, we’re going to save lives and stabilize the situation. And then we’re going to help these communities rebuild. The good news is — and it’s hard for some to see it …

bush, cheney, rice vacation while NOLA floods

what do you do in the face of one of the greatest natural disasters in the history of your country? go shoe shopping: The criticism is all the sharper because the President did nothing to alter his holiday schedule for 48 hours. Vice-President Dick Cheney remains on holiday in Wyoming. Condoleezza Rice, the Secretary of …

Clinton to smack Hastert

Hastert Tries Damage Control After Remarks Hit a Nerve: House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert began his day yesterday explaining that he really does not want to see New Orleans bulldozed, and he ended it defending his absence from the Capitol when Congress approved a $10.5 billion hurricane aid package. In Syracuse, N.Y., former president Bill …

most overvalued housing markets

Why Californians can’t afford to buy houses: Most of the most overvalued markets, according to DeKaser, are in California and Florida. Number one is Santa Barbara, where home prices, at a median of $564,100, are 69 percent higher than they should be. Close behind is another Golden State city, Salinas, where home prices, at $515,231, …