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All night I dreamt about New Orleans.

No, I've never been.

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Poll shows racial divide on storm response

Survival of the fittest? (thanks, ladyteal)

An Imperfect Storm: How race shaped Bush's response to Katrina

non-Katrina news (I've been neglecting this lately)

More Join Guantanamo Hunger Strike -- Let me say that forcefeeding a person on a hunger strike is highly unethical, if not illegal.

Children Made to Sleep in Cages in Ohio

Pentagon Revises Nuclear Strike Plan: Strategy Includes Preemptive Use Against Banned Weapons

Good God.

Nikki Davis Maute writes in the Hattiesburg (Miss.) American: "Shortly after Hurricane Katrina roared through South Mississippi knocking out electricity and communication systems, the White House ordered power restored to a pipeline that sends fuel to the Northeast.

"That order - to restart two power substations in Collins that serve Colonial Pipeline Co. - delayed efforts by at least 24 hours to restore power to two rural hospitals and a number of water systems in the Pine Belt. . . .

"Dan Jordan, manager of Southern Pines Electric Power Association, said Vice President Dick Cheney's office called and left voice mails twice shortly after the storm struck, saying the Collins substations needed power restored immediately."

from Was Kanye West Right?