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practicing the arts of cogitation since the late 1900s.

um, wow

UPDATE: http://www.snopes.com/politics/katrina/robertson.asp
but after the Hugo Chavez thing I figured him capable of anything.
ROBERTSON BLAMES HURRICANE ON CHOICE OF ELLEN DEGENERES TO HOST EMMYS
Lesbian is New Orleans native
Hollywood – Pat Robertson on Sunday said that Hurricane Katrina was God’s way of expressing its anger at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for its selection of [...]

Katrina’s Forgotten Victims: Native American Tribes

By C. Stone Brown
© 2005 DiversityInc.com®
September 09, 2005
(http://www.diversityinc.com/members/17137print.cfm)
The early news headlines for Hurricane Katrina highlighted some black New Orleans residents “taking” goods from businesses. Days later, the coverage shifted from “looting” to sympathetic coverage of black evacuees and criticism of President Bush and the Federal Emergency Management Agency. But [...]

’nuff said

kanye west is my hero

If you don’t have a TV (like me), you can watch the clip here: http://movies.crooksandliars.com/Kayne-West-Bush-Black-People.wmv
Tuesday, September 6, 2005
4:00 p.m. CST outside the Reliance Center at Kirby and McNee
New Orleans Black Community Leaders Charge Racism in Government Neglect of Hurricane Survivors
Press conference to announce plan to save lives and demand role in rebuilding effort
HOUSTON – A [...]

inevitable

The Navy has hired Houston-based Halliburton Co. to restore electric power, repair roofs and remove debris
at three naval facilities in Mississippi damaged by Hurricane Katrina.
Halliburton subsidiary KBR will also perform damage assessments at other naval installations in New Orleans as soon as it is safe to do so.
KBR was assigned the work under a “construction [...]

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