Earth to D.C.

Anger spreads across New Orleans “There are people just taking potshots at police and at helicopters, telling them, ‘You better come get my family.’”  A National Guard military policeman was shot in the leg as the two scuffled for the…

Why city’s defenses were down

Cuts in spending to raise levees blamed on cost of war in Iraq. U.S. won’t relocate soldiers for Katrina. Billions for war, and screw the people. Let’s make the Sept. 24 antiwar protests massive and huge.

Superdome evacuation halted amid gunfire

The evacuation of the Superdome was suspended Thursday after shots were reported fired at a military helicopter and arson fires broke out outside the arena. No immediate injuries were reported.  He said the National Guard told him that it was…

Gas shortages are already happening

In places like Arizona, Wisconsin, Maryland, and Michigan too. Natural gas prices will spike even more than gasoline. The above links are from TheOilDrum.com who reported on the missing offshore rigs long before major media did. They were first to…

Looting or hungry?

Sure, some in New Orleans are breaking into jewelry stores, but this account seems more like desperate and hungry people than bad guys trying to make a buck (and as the mayor said, where they going to sell the stuff…

Red-baiting the antiwar movement

We heard this crap during the Vietnam war protests, and we’re still hearing it. If you oppose the insane wars of the US, you must be communist. (and so what if you are? In Europe, communists are members of parliament…

Oil: many production platforms are missing

From TheOilDrum (keep trying, their servers are overloaded) Newest (and very informative and very scary) report from an anonymous insider This is from an oil industry insider I consider quite credible. She was definitely right about everything in her last…