Malcolm Gladwell, writing in The New Yorker: The Moral-Hazard Myth: The bad idea behind our failed health-care system: The U. S. health-care system, according to “Uninsured in America,†has created a group of people who increasingly look different from others and suffer in ways that others do not. The leading cause of personal bankruptcy in …
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bush’s visit completely stages, aid left with him
The Washington Monthly: There was a striking dicrepancy between the CNN International report on the Bush visit to the New Orleans disaster zone, yesterday, and reports of the same event by German TV. ZDF News reported that the president’s visit was a completely staged event. Their crew witnessed how the open air food distribution point …
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bush’s response, in pictures
Daily Kos: Bush’s response, in pictures.
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katrina help wiki
The Katrina Help Wiki is here. There are a few tasks to be done: scraping structured data hand entering unstructured data building a web site marketing/publicizing the site For more details, see the wiki.
Katrina Tech Resources
if you’re a geek and want to help, head over to the Katrina Tech Resources wiki and see what’s going on and join the list. Update: More on Chris Holland’s blog. Also see the Katrina Help Wiki.
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 …
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Nero fiddled while Rome burned
Nero fiddled while Rome burned Originally uploaded by asmythie. Unbelievable…. President Bush plays a guitar presented to him by Country Singer Mark Wills, right, backstage following his visit to Naval Base Coronado, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2005. Bush visited the base to deliver remarks on V-J Commemoration Day. (AP Photo/ABC News, Martha Raddatz)