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This entry was posted by co-blogger Dick, a writer and former squadron mate: Hindsight is always twenty-twenty, and we’re just now getting a fuller perspective on what went wrong with the initial response to Katrina. At this point, I think it is safe to say the first response was a massive failure on the part […]
Remember this entry? Who dares question my Jeanne Dixon-like powers? From Military.com: Gas Shortages Hit Some AAFES Stations The closure of refineries and offshore oil platforms as well as oil pipeline failures in the Southeastern United States are impacting fuel availability at Army & Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) gas stations. Citing the destruction left […]
It’s been four years since the terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington DC. No American reading this blog can ever forget waking up on the morning of 9/11/2001 and learning that our collective national future had been suddenly and forever changed. I certainly never will. I was shaving, listening to NPR on my […]
During the response to Hurricane Katrina, three important people said three incredible things. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Richard Myers: “The headline, of course, in most of the papers on Tuesday – ‘New Orleans Dodged a Bullet,’ or words to that effect.” Department of Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff: “I have not […]
(apologies to H.G. Wells) Yesterday the pumps went dry at both gas stations on Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. Although most military families in Tucson buy gas on base, this doesn’t create a hardship, since we can buy gas at the same discounted price at Costco and other civilian discount stations around town. At the moment, […]
This entry was posted by co-blogger Dick, a writer and former squadron mate: The scale, the magnitude of Katrina is so overwhelming that I can’t find the right adjectives to describe what I’m seeing, much less fully understand what has happened. I’m told the geographical extent is approximately 90,000 square miles. Okay, I understand that. […]
Belle Waring says: Say what you like about casting blame for the unfolding tragedy in NO, the bare facts of the matter are these: America suffered a serious attack on Sept. 11, 2001. That was four years ago. I think we had all assumed that in the meantime a lot of wargaming and disaster-mitigation planning […]
Cindy Sheehan has left the building. If it hasn’t already happened, mainstream media coverage of the protest at George W. Bush’s ranch will soon dwindle to the level given missing black women, and we can all quit thinking about dead and wounded Americans and Iraqis. My friend Dick says democracies can’t fight long wars. I […]