The United Nations is offering help – We have yet to accept it. UNITED NATIONS OFFERS TO HELP HURRICANE VICTIMS IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE RegardingHurricane Katrina, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reports that it has been in contact with the United States Government. Emergency Relief Coordinator Jan Egeland, in a […]
From ABC News Australia Hurricane refuge like a ‘concentration camp’ The New Orleans Superdome was meant to be a hurricane refuge, but those who sought shelter there have described it as a lawless, squalid “concentration camp” where two children were reportedly raped and other refugees terrorised by rioters. Thousands are still waiting to be transferred […]
I removed the link for aide at the top and replaced it with the banner at the right. The top link went straight to FEMA’s page, where they were pushing donations to Operation Blessing which is ran by Pat Robertson. In a time of such a disaster, I would rather see the money go to […]
After writing my earlier post, just after midnight, about the lack of preparation on the Government’s part for the disaster in the Gulf, I received an email alert about a new article just released by Knight Ridder. “Federal government wasn’t ready for Katrina, disaster experts say†is the title of the article and it goes […]
From ABC News Australia Hurricane impacts on US grains, cotton markets Hurricane Katrina is wreaking havoc on the US grains market, with heavy selling overnight contributing to fears the export wheat crop could be held up by storm damage. New Orleans and the Gulf Coast are among the largest export and grain handling areas in […]
Saturday the National Hurricane Center was giving out information that Katrina would provide a devastating blow to the Gulf Coast. Sunday, the Mayor of New Orleans called for a total evacuation of the city, an extremely rare incident. Monday and hit and by Tuesday we were seeing the total devastation this storm has caused on […]
Jack Van Impe, a television evangelist on the Trinity Broadcasting Network blasted Pat Robertson this week over this comments about the needed assassination of Venezuelan President Hugo Chaves. Not only that, but Mr. Robertson, you are pro-life, and yet you wanted the members of the Supreme Court to die last year, and now the president […]
Following the worst hurricane on record, Bush is working to insure it happens again. His efforts to help the hurricanes out is simple – increase pollution. While there seems to be growing debate over the cause and effects of global warming, we are seeing the early signs of a climate shift. We have had a […]
While the south cleans up from the catastrophe we call Katrina, I sit here in a soaked Ohio wondering what the President will do to help. The region is already high in the poverty level and the early estimates are at $26 billion in damage. They are saying as many as one million people could […]
Via The Independent Iraqi activist taken up by Bush recants her views By Andrew Buncombe / The Independent She was the Iraqi activist who became a symbol of the possibility of a brighter future for Iraq. Back in February, with blue ink on her finger symbolising the recent Iraqi election in which she had just […]