It looks like we’ll have a new system of alerting us in case of disasters or terrorist attacks: Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski said Monday that the Commercial Mobile Alert System will direct emergency messages to cell phones in case of a terrorist attack, natural disaster or other serious emergencies. The alert plan was […]
There has been a lot of talk about President Obama needing to get angry over the oil spill. Finally, when reading this post by Greg Sargent, I got really thinking about it. Here’s what Greg said: Sorry Mr. President, your latest display of anger about the Gulf spill, in a new interview with Larry King, […]
From Politico: Alaska’s senior senator blocked legislation Thursday that would have dramatically increased liability caps on oil companies, in the wake of one of the industry’s biggest disasters. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) objected to a voice vote request by Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) on the bill, which would have spiked the maximum liability for oil […]
Here is an article conservatives are using today to point to Obama being at fault for the oil spill: If U.S. officials had followed up on a 1994 response plan for a major Gulf oil spill, it is possible that the spill could have been kept under control and far from land. The problem: The […]
Yeah the poor oil company couldn’t afford the 2.5 billion for their disasters spill of the Valdez. Instead they only have to pay $500 million. In other SCOTUS news, no death penalty for child rapists.
Homeland Security and FEMA’s failures in Katrina are now getting another round of attention from the President. Actually he is using the failures to support his long time plan of getting “faith based” and “community initiative” programs to take a larger roll in disaster relief. He did this by executive order today: By the authority […]
Newsweek has obtained new e-mails that Michael Brown turned over to Congress regarding Katrina. These emails show a White House in “Chaos” following the storm: Brown, now trying to restore his image, gave Congress a set of e-mails sent as the catastrophe unfolded. The e-mails, obtained by NEWSWEEK, provide the latestâ€â€Âthough still incompleteâ€â€Âpicture of senior […]
Hmm does this really shock anyone? From this morning’s New York Times: The Bush administration is rebuffing requests from members of the Senate Judiciary Committee for its classified legal opinions on President Bush’s domestic spying program, setting up a confrontation in advance of a hearing scheduled for next week, administration and Congressional officials said Wednesday. […]
Mike Brown now has his new career ahead of him. That career is a consulting business on how to handle disasters. This from Scripps Howard: Ousted FEMA director Michael Brown, who was vilified over his handling of the Hurricane Katrina disaster, plans to make a fresh start in Colorado, selling his expertise about how emergency […]