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New Orleans Police Chief Details Hostage Try Amid the chaos and fear that marked the first days after Hurricane Katrina struck, several "gangsters" at the convention center tried to take the city's police chief hostage, he said in a Thursday interview with The Early Show co-anchor Harry Smith....
Posted: Thu, Sep 8, 2005 12:42pm PDT
Victims feel forgotten in southeastern Louisiana CHALMETTE, Louisana (AP) -- The cars were swallowed, the homes shattered and the people left clinging for life. Survivors waited for help, but it seemed like so little, so late....
Posted: Thu, Sep 8, 2005 8:10am PDT
U.S. offers Katrina survivors $2,000 each Dispossessed victims of Hurricane Katrina will receive debit cards good for $2,000 to spend on clothing and other immediate needs, the Bush administration announced Wednesday, working to recast a relief effort drawing scant praise from Republicans and scathing criticism from top congressional Democrats....
Posted: Thu, Sep 8, 2005 8:08am PDT
Depleted Disaster Aid: Rejecting International Donations and the Using Resources in Iraq While international donations have been pouring in for victims of hurricane Katrina, the Bush administration has been somewhat reluctant to accept offers from countries like Cuba and Venezuela. We speak with Phyllis Bennis of the Institute for Policy Studies about international donations and how essential resources have been stretched thin by the war in Iraq. International donations have been pouring in for victims of hurricane Katrina. Countries across the political and economic spectrum hav...
Posted: Thu, Sep 8, 2005 8:04am PDT
The Deadly Floodwaters of New Orleans As the toxicity of the New Orleans' floodwaters grows worse, we look at the environmental and public health dangers looming in the city. We speak with a chemical toxicologist and independent water-consultant about the problems brewing in the water of New Orleans. As the fallout from Hurricane Katrina continues, more is being revealed about FEMA's role in handling the catastrophe and the qualifications of the people in charge of the agency. Michael Brown heads FEMA and his official title is Un...
Posted: Thu, Sep 8, 2005 8:03am PDT
Why FEMA Failed: The Bush Administration and Disaster Relief As Republican leaders announced a joint House-Senate inquiry into failures surrounding the response to Hurricane Katrina, we take a look at why FEMA failed with Salon.com staff writer Farhad Manjoo who writes, "Ideologically opposed to a strong federal role in disaster relief and obsessed with terrorism, the Bush administration let a once-admired agency fall apart." In Washington, Republican leaders on Wednesday announced a joint House-Senate inquiry into failures surrounding the re...
Posted: Thu, Sep 8, 2005 8:00am PDT
FEMA Chief Brown: Former head of the Arabian Horse Association Qualified to Manage Agency We speak with Judd Legum from the Center of American Progress about FEMA's role in handling the catastrophe in the wake of hurricane Katrina. As the fallout from Hurricane Katrina continues, more is being revealed about FEMA's role in handling the catastrophe and the qualifications of the people in charge of the agency. Michael Brown heads FEMA and his official title is Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Emergency Preparedness and Response. President Bush merged the agency with the Depa...
Posted: Thu, Sep 8, 2005 7:59am PDT
25,000 body bags reflect worst-case scenario Louisiana has them ready as New Orleans continues voluntary evacuations...
Posted: Thu, Sep 8, 2005 7:58am PDT
Photos of the Genocide in New Orleans While the US Gestapo, FEMA, illegally attempts to thwart photography of the dead of New Orleans, photos are being taken and published around the world of the genocide perpetrated by the US Government, with malice aforethought....
Posted: Thu, Sep 8, 2005 6:34am PDT
BCA E-Newsletter September 2005 1. IN THE NEWS: FDA Issues Warning on Herceptin; FDA Official Resigns over Emergency
Contraception Delay; New York Passes Legislation for Healthier Schools
2. TAKE ACTION: Tell Governor Schwarzenegger to Sign the California Safe Cosmetics
Act; Register to Vote
3. SAVE THE DATE: Celebrating Activism – a Benefit for Breast Cancer Action’s
15th Anniversary, October 15, San Francisco; San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium,
December 8-11, San Antonio
4. FAQ OF THE MONTH: What's the difference...
Posted: Wed, Sep 7, 2005 10:31pm PDT
New Orleans becomes a war zone A dress rehearsal for martial law?...
Posted: Wed, Sep 7, 2005 9:38pm PDT
Timeline of the levee breach Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans with a double blow when it made landfall Aug. 29. First, storm surge waters from the east rapidly swamped St. Bernard Parish and eastern New Orleans before the eye of the storm had passed the city around 9 a.m. Within hours, surge waters collapsed city canal floodwalls and began to “fill the bowl,” while top officials continued to operate for a full day under the mistaken belief that the danger had passed....
Posted: Wed, Sep 7, 2005 9:35pm PDT
Government will have to answer for what they did and didn’t do People at all levels of government will have to answer for what they did and didn’t do in the days before and after Hurricane Katrina. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has earned scorching criticism for its day-late-and-billions-short response to the ghastly crisis in New Orleans. And maybe it was only a matter of time before officials at FEMA and its parent organization, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, began looking for others to blame....
Posted: Wed, Sep 7, 2005 9:32pm PDT
NEO ORLEANS TRAGEDY: ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL BONANZA FOR BUSH &Co. Don't let the result of 4 years of neglect turns to an economic and political bonanza for Bush & Co.! Republican pundits, public relation firms and embedded corporate media publicists are already changing the debate about dereliction of duty of Bush administration and its years of neglect in providing the necessary fund for the repair of the levees into a photo opportunity session for the administration officials to present themselves as crusaders for health and welfare of citizens of Neo Orl...
Posted: Wed, Sep 7, 2005 8:55pm PDT
Pet owners refusing to leave homes from a rescuer: "FEMA has told us we cannot take the pets. They told that we could not take one cat or dog in our boats ... It's a stupid rule. More people are going to die because of that."...
Posted: Wed, Sep 7, 2005 8:34pm PDT
New Black Panther Party Search and Rescue Mission Proves Successful On September 3rd the New Black Panther Party launched a search and rescue mission in the core of New Orleans. There efforts resulted in over 500 people being rescued and provided with food, clothing, and other relief supplies....
Posted: Wed, Sep 7, 2005 5:37pm PDT
Mass. Attorney General Gets it Wrong! We are very disappointed with Massachusetts Attorney General Tom Reilly's decision
today to certify the anti-gay, anti-marriage equality ballot question intended to
reverse Goodridge in November 2008....
Posted: Wed, Sep 7, 2005 5:08pm PDT
TV coverage of Katrina animal tragedies and rescues DawnWatch: Oprah (Tues) and Larry King (Thurs) on Katrina animal issues 9/6 - 9/8/05...
Posted: Wed, Sep 7, 2005 4:55pm PDT
HSUS Pleads with Federal, State, Local Agencies HSUS Pleads with Federal, State, Local Agencies to Help Rescue Thousands of Stranded Pets...
Posted: Wed, Sep 7, 2005 1:41pm PDT
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