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Republicans don’t want investigation

Unbelievable. Absolutely unbelievable. The US Senate voted on a bid to establish an independent, bipartisan panel whose purpose was to investigate where failures occurred across the Federal, state and local governments, in regards to Hurricane Katrina. All the Democrats voted … Read more …

Timelines of events

From now on, instead of making up timelines based on the incomplete timelines of other websites, I'm going to do my own. Every time something major occurs, I'm going to keep my own notes of events around that disaster and … Read more …

The sadness that is New Orleans

Wht saddens me about the whole thing is the lack of official care and concern for the people of New Orleans. These people are victims of a disaster and they have been ignored or treated like criminals, or – worse … Read more …

Timeline of New Orleans debacle

I'm supplying here a comparison of two disasters. First the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, followed by the New Orleans Hurricane Katrina, 2005. The New Orleans timeline has been gathered by me from multiple sources on the internet. San Francisco … Read more …

Goodbye New Orleans… and George Bush?

I'm shocked, like most people, to see what's happened to New Orleans due to Hurricane Katrina. What's been shocking has been the extent of the damage, the flooding, the looting, and the recriminations that have bounced around the internet. What's … Read more …

Proud to be fat?

Are you fat, and proud of it? Over here, they are. And there's a whole bunch of other websites out there promoting being fat, supporting being fat, and proud to be fat. According to this BMI (Body to Mass Index) … Read more …

The facts come to light. All lies

When the Brazilian was shot and killed on 22nd July, the London police informed the world that he was a terrorist suspect, wearing a bulky jacket, acting suspicious, and ran away from police once challenged. We learn now that it's … Read more …

US about to attack Iran?

You know, on one hand we have America saying they must keep open their options to attack Iran, and that Iran rejected the United Nations nuclear agency urging it to halt the conversion of uranium into gas. On the other … Read more …

Injustice

One of my greatest frustrations in life is observing injustice. It frustrates me to see people hurting others, and other people allowing themselves to be hurt. I feel that the older I get the more compassionate I become. I care … Read more …

The law overrules media freedom

Yesterday a court ruling was made that forced a NZ TV station to have two political party leaders on a televised debate. The 6 highest-polling party leaders were invited onto a political debate for the upcoming election, and two political … Read more …

Multiculturalism

Back in very late 2003 – or was it very early 2004? Somewhere around there – I was seeing Jhen Jhen, a Chinese girl. On this one particular day, we went up the cable car to the top of the … Read more …

Whatever you want

It was about 10 years ago, while I was in Canberra. This was before dating websites were all the rage. It was when Netscape 3 was popular, and Internet Explorer was hardly heard of. ICQ and IRC were the chat … Read more …