During this week of unfathomable loss, a remembrance of American service personnel who have died in the Iraq war, whose number is now over 2000.
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Daily Archives: September 4, 2005
Disaster Planning Documents Benchmark Government Expectations and Warn of Outcomes
Via TMP Cafe, this link to the Dept. of Homeland Security National Response Plan (Base Plan, 114 pages, PDF and the full version, 426 pages, PDF), implemented December 2004: “The National Response Plan establishes a comprehensive all-hazards approach to enhance the ability of the United States to manage domestic incidents. The plan incorporates best practices… Continue Reading
Significant Questions Concerning Scientific Integrity in Federal Research Persist
New York Times Magazine, September 4, 2005: Political Science Related references: Questions Surround Editing of U.S. Report on Global Warming Science Advisor to President Works Amidst Controversy Continue Reading
Unfunded Louisiana Coastal Area (LCA) Project and Dire Ramifications
Statement by President Bush during an interview with Diane Sawyer, Good Morning America, September 1, 2005: “I don’t think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees. They did appreciate a serious storm but these levees got breached and as a result much of New Orleans is flooded and now we’re having to deal with it… Continue Reading
Landrieu Calls for Appointment of Cabinet Level Official to Oversee Hurricane Recovery
Press release September 3, Senator Mary Landrieu: Landrieu Implores President to “Relieve Unmitigated Suffering;” End FEMA’s “Abject Failures” “”But perhaps the greatest disappointment stands at the breached 17th Street levee. Touring this critical site yesterday with the President, I saw what I believed to be a real and significant effort to get a handle on… Continue Reading
List of Resources to Assist in the Recovery and in Vetting Charities
Online Resources and How to Help, Compiled from Staff and Wire Reports, Washington Post. Hurricane Katrina: Make sure your donations get to the right place Continue Reading
Chief Justice Rehnquist Has Died
From the Sunday New York Times, William H. Rehnquist, Chief Justice of Supreme Court, Is Dead at 80. From the Oyez Project, see this resource on William H. Rehnquist that includes his biography and a chronology of case participation (with links to full-text) Lawmakers Scramble to Replace Rehnquist Rehnquist Led Court on Conservative Path Press… Continue Reading
