I would think staying original would be the hardest thing about blogging, I think that is why conservative blogging is so much easier as they just repeat what everyone else says. The one conservative site where the guy does say some original stuff is right thinking and that is usually when they have a melt down.

As a footnote to all of this, that trully is a kick in the nuts. karl, what did you think of my new piece? Since it’s Friday night, there won’t be much of a response. I always seem to come up with my juciest ones on the weekend…should do like Lee at RtFtLc and wait until the start of the business week.

The problem is with that stuff, there are 100 sites making the same point in the same way, whereas I’m trying to get my stuff out before the ideas are all over the place.

I’ve got a couple other right wing sites I haven’t been to in a while, so I’m sure there will be some overflow from there as well. It’s you and I against the world now!

I just heard that Haliburton got the reconstruction contract.

I take back the nice things I said about Bush, even when he has a chance to do the right thing he finds a way to screw it up.

BTW I like the new site with all the people posting, you should pick more fights. Take care

Rev. Bill Shanks, pastor of New Covenant Fellowship of New Orleans, also sees God’s mercy in the aftermath of Katrina — but in a different way. Shanks says the hurricane has wiped out much of the rampant sin common to the city.

The pastor explains that for years he has warned people that unless Christians in New Orleans took a strong stand against such things as local abortion clinics, the yearly Mardi Gras celebrations, and the annual event known as “Southern Decadence” — an annual six-day “gay pride” event scheduled to be hosted by the city this week — God’s judgment would be felt.

“New Orleans now is abortion free. New Orleans now is Mardi Gras free. New Orleans now is free of Southern Decadence and the sodomites, the witchcraft workers, false religion — it’s free of all of those things now,” Shanks says. “God simply, I believe, in His mercy purged all of that stuff out of there — and now we’re going to start over again.”

The New Orleans pastor is adamant. Christians, he says, need to confront sin. “It’s time for us to stand up against wickedness so that God won’t have to deal with that wickedness,” he says.

Believers, he says, are God’s “authorized representatives on the face of the Earth” and should say they “don’t want unrighteous men in office,” for example. In addition, he says Christians should not hesitate to voice their opinions about such things as abortion, prayer, and homosexual marriage. “We don’t want a Supreme Court that is going to say it’s all right to kill little boys and girls, … it’s all right to take prayer out of schools, and it’s all right to legalize sodomy, opening the door for same-sex marriage and all of that.”

As for the evacuation of New Orleans, it would not have required helicopters had they helped people before the Hurricane got there, of course that would have required planning.

The Democrats did not have the votes to stop the cuts in FEMA, hopefully in the next election cycle that will change and then the Democrats can go back to saving the republicans from themselves.

One thing I will say about Bush is that he seems to be handling the situation well, I get the impression that once he saw the seriousness of the situation he got serious about helping and hopefully people are no longer dieing in the convention center. I hope at some point I actually say Bush did a good job.

First. Chris, it’s impossible to reference anything related to the rescue effort by writing “AK-47’s aside”. Guns are in play. Rescuers cannot pretend they’re not being shot at. New Orleans is arguably the most undereducated major city in the nation. The majority of those who stayed behind possessed nothing PRIOR to the hurricane – neither money nor Hope. What transpired post mortem was a cross between Darwinism and Machiavelli. Survival of the fittest meets King for a day. This isn’t a blanket statement for ALL those whom stayed behind, merely the few meatheads shooting up hospitals and helicopters. The teenagers raping children and sniping National Guardsmen weren’t readying a run for politcal office prior to the flooding so they’re ignorantly seizing an adulterated opportunity. For the first time in their lives they face no consequences for the chaos they’re adding too. They know they’ll receive more respect from their peers for toting a gun than collecting bottled water for the sick and frail. A bad decision, yes, but in the short run, a self-serving one that’ll give ‘em props. Essentially, education leads to intelligence. Sans education equates to ignorance. Ignorance leads to bad decisions (in reference to shooting and SOME cases of people staying in New Orleans). It doesn’t matter if we’re talking about blacks, whites, Canadians or purple Mexicans. Bottom line, New Orleans is a very uneducated city that has become a victim of it’s culture.

Second. Bush should quit the Enrique Inglesias karaoke act and immediately appoint Rudy Guilliani as overseer of this disaster. Politics aside, Rudy told it like it was during 9/11. Honesty is the only hope for this situation. The partisan bickering that’s ensued on the national level is disgusting. You’ve all brought out great points above. My favorite was RFK Jr is sending off letters regarding Kyoto the day following the hurricane instead of donating $X, $Y or $Z of his riches. The blame game must stop immediately.

Third. Declare Marshall Law. It’s not democratic. But look at the situation. The person currently in charge in the region is the man with the biggest gun and/or gang.

Fourth. I’m leery of an outside attack from an isolationist nation such as North Korea or Venezuela. Foreign nations are watching this unfold with a sick chuckle. The fact that the greatest nation has yet to mobilize forces into the area is quite unsettling. We’re currently working on two fronts – Iraq and New Orleans. If al quedane were to blow up the Saudi oil fields I’m not sure we could handle a third deployment.

Great, how about yerself? Yeah, it’s hard to find my comments and then find the responses so I can respond back. An exciting few days, huh?

So somehow the Democrats forced Bush to cut FEMA funding.

They didn’t say no and haven’t worked on the problem since it started in 1965. They didn’t make any suggestions or offer any other programs to cut instead of FEMA. Sitting in silence watching it happen, then bitching about it later isn’t something I’d call innocence.

guess it was one of the few Democrats who made it so the Republicans could not help transport people out of New Orleans.

No, the hurricane did that. How many trips in 10 or so helicoters would it take to move 100,000+ people if each helicopter can hold 3 refugees? Don’t forget the fuel breaks every 2 hours.

As for Social Security the repubs have a majority in both Congress and the Senate plus the president, they can pass anything thet want,

One word, Filibuster.

Bush can call for a draft if he is concerned about troop strength.

Or we can all come together and try to get this thing taken care of. So far liberals want only republicans to protect this nation so they have the time to go protest stuff.

All these things would require unpopular decisions.

Not if liberals would think of the nation first and their political careers and ideology.

Don’t blame the Democrats, you guys have the votes but not the cajones.

We don’t have the votes or everything would be ok now.

How are you? it is hard to find your comments now that the site is getting so many hits.

So somehow the Democrats forced Bush to cut FEMA funding. I guess it was one of the few Democrats who made it so the Republicans could not help transport people out of New Orleans. As for Social Security the repubs have a majority in both Congress and the Senate plus the president, they can pass anything thet want, and Bush can call for a draft if he is concerned about troop strength. All these things would require unpopular decisions. Don’t blame the Democrats, you guys have the votes but not the cajones.

The obstructionists in the government have made it very difficult for elected officials and government agencies to be successful buecause they not only have to do their jobs but also have drag a “child in full temper tantrum mode” around with them. Democrats are like a big weight trying to hold everyone and everything down.

They have a blanket filibuster policy in force, they criticize everything without adding their own ideas or constructive ideas. They are always on the offensive, always agressive, always unsportsmanlike and difficult to work with.

Had Democrats helped get the troop numbers up, whether it needed it or not, and helped get Social Security fixed and helped deal with nations abroad then maybe one segment of the population wouldn’t have to do all the work. Bush gets an A++ in my book because he is able to be successful when all the odds are against him. Clinton, on the other hand, had everything and he threw it away. Bush is 50 times the President Clinton was.