Katrina Coverage

From this:
Shortly after Hurricane Katrina roared through South Mississippi knocking out electricity and communication systems, the White House ordered power restored to a pipeline that sends fuel to the Northeast.
That order - to restart two power substations in Collins that serve Colonial Pipeline Co. - delayed efforts by at least 24 hours to restore power […]

The Newsweek article How Bush Blew It accuses our leader of having surrounded himself with sycophantic slags, among other sins:
…When Hurricane Katrina struck, it appears there was no one to tell President Bush the plain truth: that the state and local governments had been overwhelmed, that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) was not up […]

"FEMA Chief Was Recalled After High-Level Meeting" has the who-really-cares details. But, oddly enough, it doesn't mention Bush being involved in the decision. Maybe he was MTBing at the time.

Reuters:
Companies with ties to the Bush White House and the former head of FEMA are clinching some of the administration's first disaster relief and reconstruction contracts in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
At least two major corporate clients of lobbyist Joe Allbaugh, President George W. Bush's former campaign manager and a former head of the Federal […]

Remember the guy who told our beloved Vice President, Dick Cheney, to "go fuck yourself?"
He's apparently an ER doctor named Dr. Ben Marble, and he's claiming that after the incident he was detained by "military police" for about 20 minutes, then not charged and released. And, he's also selling on eBay a video tape of […]

AFP offers us "Vice President Cheney heckled on hurricane tour", informing us that the VP was talking to reporters in Gulfport, MS when a bystander came up and, in AFP's words, said:
"Go f—(expletive) yourself Mr. Cheney!"
"Go f—(expletive) yourself!"
My sources inform me that the "f—" above is indeed the word "fuck."
Needless to say, those at Daily […]