Wednesday, September 01, 2010
Video: President Obama's Address On the 5th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina
Last Sunday on The Kitchen:
A Look Back on the Fifth Anniversary at Hurricane Katrina.
Labels: Barack Obama, Hurricane Katrina
Sunday, August 29, 2010
A Look Back on the Fifth Anniversary at Hurricane Katrina
Louisianians Give Bush Higher Marks Than Obama for Crisis Response. [AOL Politics Daily]
Really?? Have people already forgotten how incompetently Bush handled this tragedy?? Let me refresh your memory...
"Why is no one in charge?"
"I done called for a shelter, I done called for help. There ain't none. No one answers...."
"You don't want to be here at night....."
A lot of people are ashamed of what is happening in this country right now...."
"These people are dying for no other reason than the lack of organization...."
"Lives were lost that did not need to be lost...."
New Orleans: Two Years Later.
Katrina “Has Fallen So Far Off The Radar Screen, You Can’t Find It”
"To the extent the federal government didn't fully do its job right, I take responsibility...."
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Labels: Barack Obama, George Bush, GOP incompetence, Hurricane Katrina, WTF
Friday, February 19, 2010
Video: Jay Electronica - Exhibit A Live at the Jazz Cafe in London
Semtex on the video:
"Seeing Jay Electronica live is an expericnce to say the least, I can’t admit to seeing every major Hip Hop artist of recent history perform but I have seen a lot of them. Jay Electronica is different though, his performance, intelligence, word play and general charisma make for an unforgettable show, its shows like tonight that make me love hip hop. Jay Elec tore down the Jazz Cafe in London tonight [Feb 18], his 2nd show, both shows were sold out. 1 person actually tried to pay £500 to get into the venue to see Jay Elec perform."
Ha! A lot of you know I'm from the T.dot and lived in NYC forever but how many of you know I was actually born in England?? Now the cylce is complete!
I don't normally give conspircay theories much air time but newshounds, is there anything to what Jay is talking about WRT Hurricane Katrina when he stops the song halfway through the video?
Labels: DJ Semtex, Hurricane Katrina, Jay Electronica
Thursday, February 11, 2010
MTV Video: Lil Wayne Keeps it Super Real on New Orleans
“I think it’s amazing what’s been done for Haiti. But I also think it’s amazing what hasn’t been done for New Orleans.“
The realest sh-t he ever spoke....
[via Rap Radar]
Labels: charity, Hurricane Katrina, Lil Wayne
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
New Documentary on DVD: Trouble the Water
About Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath! Watch the trailer here.
Online:
Trouble the Water - Website | Facebook
Labels: GOP incompetence, Hurricane Katrina, Republican f-ckery, US race relations
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Was Kanye West Responsible for George Bush's Lowest Point in Office?
So claims Bush (indirectly) on his 'exit interview' with CNN's Larry King last week - WTF??!! (And LOL!)
Remember when....
Kanye West said: George Bush doesn't care about Black People? [YouTube video]
Ah, the memories....
Labels: George Bush, GOP incompetence, Humor, Hurricane Katrina, Kanye West, US race relations, WTF
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Documentary: Katrina's Hidden Race War
All these recent shootings and in particular, the Adolph Grimes III one prompted me to post this even though it came out a few weeks ago:
Read more here at The Nation.
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Read more here at The Nation.
Labels: Documentary, Hurricane Katrina, US race relations
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Hurricane Ike is here....
Bush, get it right this time, I pray...
Labels: George Bush, GOP incompetence, Hurricane Katrina
Sunday, October 28, 2007
FEMA at it again??!!!
MSNBC's Keith Olbermann & WaPo's EJ Dionne ripping FEMA a new one....
They mangled Katrina. So how'd FEMA do on the California wildfire crisis? Hard to tell since there were no real reporters at their 'news conference.' FEMA: faking the funk yet again? How does this happen barely two years after the last debacle??
Labels: FEMA, GOP incompetence, Hurricane Katrina
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Blackwater faces illegal weapons smuggling investigation
DON'T F-CK AROUND, read this entire post and forget about the petty hip hop BS like whether Jay-Z is gonna make a comeback with American Gangster for a minute.
To begin with, a little background info on Blackwater, the 'Shadow Army' of America from VideoNation, the Nation magazine's YouTube channel:
And also via YouTube: Blackwater, America's Private Army.
But getting to current events now: Iraq Orders Blackwater USA Contractors Out.
And from CNN.com:
"Federal prosecutors are investigating allegations that employees of Blackwater -- the security firm accused of killing up to 20 Iraqi civilians -- illegally smuggled weapons into Iraq, according to U.S. government sources.
Security operations by North Carolina-based Blackwater USA, which is hired by the U.S. State Department to guard U.S. staff in Iraq, were suspended this week amid concerns by Iraqi and U.S. government officials over the shootings in Baghdad last weekend."
Click here for more.
Related:
Salon.com: "From Blackwater to CACI, mercenary companies in Iraq have a warm and cozy relationship with the Republican politicians who are employing them." Click here for the full article.
And also from CNN.com: " Wounded Iraqis: 'No one did anything' to provoke Blackwater."
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To begin with, a little background info on Blackwater, the 'Shadow Army' of America from VideoNation, the Nation magazine's YouTube channel:
And also via YouTube: Blackwater, America's Private Army.
But getting to current events now: Iraq Orders Blackwater USA Contractors Out.
And from CNN.com:
"Federal prosecutors are investigating allegations that employees of Blackwater -- the security firm accused of killing up to 20 Iraqi civilians -- illegally smuggled weapons into Iraq, according to U.S. government sources.
Security operations by North Carolina-based Blackwater USA, which is hired by the U.S. State Department to guard U.S. staff in Iraq, were suspended this week amid concerns by Iraqi and U.S. government officials over the shootings in Baghdad last weekend."
Click here for more.
Related:
Salon.com: "From Blackwater to CACI, mercenary companies in Iraq have a warm and cozy relationship with the Republican politicians who are employing them." Click here for the full article.
And also from CNN.com: " Wounded Iraqis: 'No one did anything' to provoke Blackwater."
Labels: Blackwater, GOP corruption, Hurricane Katrina, Iraq war, New Orleans, War on Terror
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
New Orleans: Two Years Later
And from an AP article by Mary Foster titled, "New Orleans Marks Katrina Anniversary":
"Prayers, protests and a lingering disgust with the government's response to Hurricane Katrina marked the disaster's second anniversary Wednesday, with a presidential visit doing little to mollify those still displaced by the storm.
Clarence Russ, 64, took a dim view of politicians' promises as he tried to put the finishing touches on his repaired home in the city's devastated Lower 9th Ward.
"There was supposed to be all this money, but where'd it go? None of us got any," said Russ, whose house was the only restored home on an otherwise desolate block.
Not far away, President Bush visited a school. "We're still paying attention. We understand," he said before heading to the Mississippi Gulf Coast, also devastated by Katrina.
But Gina Martin, who is still living in Houston after Katrina destroyed her New Orleans home, was unconvinced. "Bush was down here again making more promises he isn't going to keep. The government has failed all of us. It's got to stop," she said."
Click here for the full story.
More:
Americablog: Katrina, two years later
Labels: George Bush, GOP incompetence, Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans
Sunday, August 05, 2007
Minneapolis on the Bayou?
Bush visits the Minneapolis bridge collapse site and promises a 'robust response' to rebuild the Interstate 35W bridge. As the poster of the above YouTube video notes though, "[Bush] then goes on to slam the Democrats for not passing his spending bill yet. The irony of slamming government spending just after a bridge collapsed seems to be lost on [him]..." (to say nothing of the difference here in comparison to his government's response to the Hurricane Katrina disaster). Let me just try to be optimistic though and say that maybe Bush at least learned his lesson from what will go down as one of the two biggest failures during his administration?
Labels: George Bush, GOP incompetence, Hurricane Katrina, Minneapolis bridge collapse, New Orleans
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Here We Go Again?
Thank God, we got lucky last year. Will it be the same this hurricane season?
"The 2007 Atlantic hurricane season will be more active than normal due to warmer ocean waters, with as many as ten hurricanes, and three to five of them could be major, the U.S. government's top climate agency predicted on Tuesday.Click here for more from the Reuters article "Active Atlantic hurricane season seen" as seen in Scientific American.
"We are right now in ... a period of more active hurricane seasons," said Conrad Lautenbacher, head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. "It just takes one hurricane to make it a bad year for everyone here."
NOAA foresees 13 to 17 tropical storms this season, with seven to 10 developing into hurricanes. Three to five could be major ones of Category 3 or higher with winds over 110 mph (177 kmh), the agency said in its annual forecast.
An average Atlantic hurricane season brings 11 tropical storms, of which six reach hurricane wind speed of 74 mph (119 kph), including two major hurricanes, NOAA said. The hurricane season, which officially starts on June 1, typically peaks between August 1 and late October.
Earlier forecasts for the season also have predicted the return of an active pattern this year. A year ago, just 10 storms formed and no major hurricanes reached the United States."
More: The Kitchen previously on Hurricane Katrina here.
Labels: George Bush, GOP incompetence, Hurricane Katrina, Michael Brown
Monday, February 12, 2007
New Orleans: the forgotten city?
The courageous run of the Saints notwithstanding, have New Orleans and the victims of Hurricane Katrina been completely forgotten by George Bush and the rest of us?
"The empty streets, deserted avenues and abandoned houses prompt a gnawing question, nearly 17 months after Hurricane Katrina: Is this what New Orleans has come to — a city half its old size?
Over and over, the city’s leaders reassure citizens that better days and, above all, more people are in the future. Their destiny will not merely be to reside in a smaller city with a few good restaurants and curious local customs, the citizens are told.
But some economists and demographers are beginning to wonder whether New Orleans will top out at about half its prestorm population of about 444,000, already in a steep decline from its peak of 627,525 in the 1960 Census. At the moment, the population is well below half, and future gains are likely to be small."
Click here to read more from "New Orleans of Future May Stay Half Its Old Size."
"White House officials told CNN that President Bush’s State of the Union will not contain a single mention of Hurricane Katrina or the ongoing Gulf Coast reconstruction effort."
Katrina Victims Outraged Over Bush Katrina Snub in SOTU address.
Vik on Bush's great SOTU shame.
Of course some people are more outraged by more "serious" race-related issues like the use of the term 'wigger'!
Labels: George Bush, Hurricane Katrina, Jay-Z, Minority Report, New Orleans, State of the Union
