Eight years of presidential press conferences, and this clown still hasn’t learned how to get through one without embarrassing himself over and over again.
Since this is apparently (see, I don’t trust him about anything at all) the last time I get to poke fun at a Bush presidential press conference, I’m going to go [...]
Unfortunately I wasn’t able to get back to New Orleans for the third anniversary of Katrina as I was for the first and second, but I haven’t forgotten. And with Gustav bearing down, residents are in my thoughts today.
I feel a bit guilty because I’ll be shooting the Long Beach Blues Festival instead of [...]
Some of my Katrina photos are going to be featured on Hardcore Sports Radio’s Drive This show this afternoon. They’ll be discussing the contributions of pro athletes to New Orleans’ recovery with sports columnist Dave Zirin. The show is simulcast on The Score television network from 4-6pm EDT (1-3pm PDT), which is where [...]
Five damn days, five long days
And at the end of the fifth you walkin in like, “Hey!”
Chillin on his vacation sittin patiently
Them black folks gotta hope, gotta wait and see
If FEMA really comes through in an emergency
But nobody seems to have a sense of urgency
K-Otix – “George Bush Doesn’t Care About Black People”
Last year, as [...]
(With this post, 1115.org welcomes our newest writer, New Orleans resident Nathan Seltzer. More from – and about – him soon.)
It is the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and all I see pouring out of national media outlets are stories about George Bush.
If you have not already heard, there has been an intense money [...]
I’ll have my Katrina anniversary photos up tomorrow with some thoughts about what’s going on here. For now, I’ll say it’s telling that the President made a point of making a lot of promises in a very public speech shortly after the storm. This year his schedule consisted of eating dinner with some [...]
When Senator Trent Lott found himself as one of the unfortunate people who lost their homes during Hurricane Katrina, he received a lot of attention; after all, President Bush didn’t wax poetic about sitting on anyone else’s front porch. But then came the reality check, when Lott realized that his status as a United States [...]
Renewal Money for New Orleans Bypasses Renters (NYT):
As billions in housing aid begins to flow here in the next few weeks, most of it will go to homeowners, who have been appointed by city officials as the true architects of this city’s recovery, despite the fact that roughly half the city’s residents rented housing before [...]
A follow up to my Katrina post:
First, thanks to everyone who helped spread the word through email/blog links. Due to support from our readers, the post and photos were picked up all over the place including the Washington Post’s Express section, the Philadelphia Daily News‘ blog, and more.
The response has been overwhelmingly positive, and [...]
Bush’s latest Gulf Coast trip was his 13th trip to the region since Katrina struck.
In many countries, the established political convention is that some window-dressing type improvements would have been made in badly affected areas, just so that the leader of the country could point to them, and truthfully claim that progress was [...]
