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Scott Ott is always a great read. His satire always matches my own thoughts o…

… with this:
Illegal immigrants helping to rebuild this shattered city are working in hazardous conditions without protective gear and earning far less than their legal counterparts, a study says.
That’s how the article starts. It just gets worse from there.
Nearly one-third of the illegal immigrants interviewed by researchers reported working with harmful substances and in dangerous [...]

This is not an entry in a recipe contest. In fact you may not want to read it immediately after a meal. No, the stuffed pork I’m refering to here is Senator Mary Landrieu’s shopping list for Katrina relief money. Veronique de Rugy, a researcher at the American Enterprise Institute examined the 440 page legislation [...]

First it was the local officials and the press. The left wasn’t far behind (if at all), and even comments from the right started early. Now Congress is weighing in. Democrats are mostly sitting this phase out, not because they don’t think it’s right, but because they don’t think it will be mean enough. So [...]

RITA BUMP: In light of hurricane Rita heading for Texas and the fact that people are still showing an interest in getting these on their sites, I am bumping this back to the top. Many of you have already made contributions, if possible please give again. If you haven’t given yet, please do if at [...]

No, not the USA. Country music.
NEW ORLEANS (AP)
The Wal-Mart store in uptown New Orleans, built within the last year, survived the storm but was destroyed by looters.
“They took everything - all the electronics, the food, the bikes,” said John Stonaker, a Wal-Mart security officer. “People left their old clothes on the floor when they [...]

You need a little bacon with your breakfast, especially on a Saturday morning. The MaryHunter and his cohort Bergbikr have FOUR posts that I found interesting over at TMH’s Bacon Bits.
TMH examines an article by Charles Krauthammer about the Roberts’ confirmation. He then turns his keyboard to Tony Blair’s changed take on Kyoto. His blog [...]

Byron York takes a look at the MorOn.org Katrina Protest in a piece on NRO.
Their effort will not be turned into a case study of how to stage a successful protest.
The rally — designed to “tell President Bush to stop blaming local officials for his mistakes and acknowledge that budget cuts and indifference by [...]

From AHN
Thousands of soldiers from a New Orleans National Guard unit are leaving today to return to the U.S.
Guard officials say 80 percent of the soldiers lost homes and some have not heard from relatives since Hurricane Katrina.
The soldiers have been told if their homes are gone and their families scattered and homeless, the Army [...]

I know that local editors sometimes provide the headlines for wire stories. From my days in radio I know that there is usually an attached headline that goes out with the story. Two online sources have the same AP story with the same stupid headline, “FEMA Chief Sent Help Only When Storm Ended”. Well Hell’s [...]

The blogs participating in the Labor Day Weekend fund drive have raised over $1.1 Million Dollars for Katrina Relief. TTLB has tracked the donations, and quite frankly I’m sure the amount is understated as only those who donated and the logged the donation were included.
Remember, this is not going to be a short term [...]

Amidst the finger pointing there are two things to remember. Things are getting done, and people are helping out in dozens of ways.
All across the area hit by Katrina the beginning of the rebuilding process can be seen. In some areas power is starting to be restored. In Alabama, according to NBC13.com, Power has [...]