Bob Morris @ Sep 13th 2004 15:38 - Category: Unfiled ;
Ivan now headed for New Orleans
A city which is below sea level, with dikes protecting it from the ocean. Not something you want to get hit by a huge storm surge. Yow.
And New Orleans launches into full-tilt mobilization…
Bob Morris @ Sep 13th 2004 10:05 - Category: Unfiled ;
Chilly weather returns to Los Angeles
Yes, it’s finally happened. The temperatures in the San Fernando Valley, the part of L.A. where I live, are plummenting. Today should be a mere 85, down from the week or so of 100 degree weather we’ve been having. If this trend continues, I’ll have to start wearing shoes and socks, not sandals, soon!
Ah, but September here can be a tease. The temperatures often drop the middle of September, lulling one into thinking Fall has arrived. Then, wham, along comes another week of 100 degree weather. But finally one day, when the heat seems too much, you wake up and it’s 65, not 100, and Fall has come for keeps.
And in completely unrelated news:
Avast me bilge rats, Aarrr! International Talk Like a Pirate Day is Sept. 19!
Bob Morris @ Sep 13th 2004 09:31 - Category: Unfiled ;
Nader says he’ll take on Democrats in swing states
2004 Petitioning/Ballot Status for President
In what could become a worst-case scenario for Democrats, Ralph Nader announced plans to launch a spirited new phase to his independent candidacy in swing states Thursday. At the same time, he is suggesting that part of its purpose would be to retaliate against Democrats who had fought his candidacy.
Someone should tell Nader that Bush, not Kerry, should be the target.
Ballot Access by state, includes Nader, Green, Libertarian, SWP, WW parties.
Via Political Wire
Bob Morris @ Sep 13th 2004 09:15 - Category: Unfiled ;
Amid cheers, terrorists have landed in the U.S.
Panamanian President Mireya Moscoso inexplicably pardoned four Cuban exiles convicted of “endangering public safety” for their role in an assassination plot against Fidel Castro during a 2000 international summit in Panama.
After their release, three of the four immediately flew via private jet to Miami, where they were greeted with a cheering fiesta organized by the hard-line anti-Castro community.
Shouldn’t President Bush have condemned Moscoso’s decision to release these terrorists? To protect the sanctity of U.S. borders and the security of Americans, shouldn’t the administration have taken all available steps to keep known terrorists out of the United States?
The decision to allow members of the Posada gang into this country, and the televised spectacle of Miamians applauding their return, sends a different and dangerous message: In a swing state, some terrorists are not only acceptable but welcome.
Meanwhile, the Cuban Five languish in US prisons serving long onerous sentences for doing nothing more than peacefully and non-violently infiltrating right wing anti-Cuban terrorists groups headquartered in Miami.
Bob Morris @ Sep 13th 2004 00:34 - Category: Unfiled ;
Disaster accomplished
Scores are dead after violence spreads in Iraq, NY Times
In a series of tightly sequenced attacks, at least 25 Iraqis were killed by suicide car bombings and a barrage of missile and mortar fire in several neighborhoods across Baghdad on Sunday.
The attacks were the most widespread in months, seeming to demonstrate the growing power of the insurgency and heightening the sense of uncertainty and chaos in the capital at a time when American forces have already ceded control to insurgents in a number of cities outside of Baghdad.
Interesting that the NY Times, who was a cheerleader for the war, is now admitting the US has lost several cities, with Baghdad itself now coming under serious attack.
Warlord’s removal as governor sparks riot in Afghan city
Hundreds of people rioted in the western city of Herat on Sunday, attacking United Nations offices and shouting anti-American slogans to protest a powerful warlord’s removal as provincial governor.
Various news agencies reported that three to eight people were killed and dozens injured in the rioting; Afghan government officials in Kabul had initially insisted that no one had died.
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