Initial Katrina Quick Links

From June, 2005, an article about the New Orleans area Corps of Engineers facing their largest budget cut ever. From the article:

... the Bush administration is not making Corps of Engineers funding a priority.

I think it's extremely shortsighted, Landrieu said. When the Corps of Engineers' budget is cut, Louisiana bleeds. These projects are literally life-and-death projects to the people of south Louisiana and they are (of) vital economic interest to the entire nation.

USA Today - Brace for more Katrinas, warn experts

IHT - Hurricane Katrina's real name

You Might Be an American If...

You think Muslims do not decry terrorism vociferously enough but only consider Pat Robertson's comments about assasinating the Venezualan president "inappropriate".

You think roadside and suicide bombs are cowardly but agree with Paul Harvey in that the U.S. should use nuclear and biological weapons in the current global war struggle against terrorism.

You want a Consitutional Amendment to ban flag burning but don't mind when people shoot the Quaran or flush it down the toilet.

You think Terry Shiavo's parents in their time of grief could not have their morality questioned but Cindy Sheehan is a traitor and puppet of the left.

Here's what Cindy says.

I'll add more as I think of them...

Pinedale Housing Prices Show No Signs of a Bubble

Boom pushing price of homes ever higher

Buffalo Street BBQ, Ithaca, NY

Update from A!

"What a ******* idiot...brisket isn't supposed to have sauce on it...that's why we serve it on the side. The important thing with bbq is the meat...not the sauce.

...Don't believe "chillynuts" or whatever his name is...the brunswick stew is incredible."

A local reviews A and J's new endeavor

Vegetarians won't find any entrees here, at least not yet.

What Goes Up Comes Back Down

Letter from Wyoming: A sense of deja boom

"Wyoming's legacy has been an inability to plan ahead and to diversify its economy,"