Let's get this out of the way

[erikred]

According to Talking Points Memo, Newsweek recently said:

"Louisiana Gov. Kathleen Babineaux Blanco seemed uncertain and sluggish, hesitant to declare martial law or a state of emergency, which would have opened the door to more Pentagon help."

Let's nip this in the bud. Blanco proclaimed a state of emergency on August 26, when the hurricane was about to hit, to extend to September 25.

So, if you catch someone at the watercooler saying that the reason the Feds reacted slowly is because Blanco didn't declare a state of emergency, print out the declaration and slap them with it.

Comments

[ophymirage.livejournal.com]

Oh, I know Kos isn't unbiased. I was also reading Red State until recently - I've been bothered by their disabling of comments for a while, but one of the founders' recent defections put the site's disintegration into Freeperism in perspective.

kos posters seem to be the most widespread, though, and while the signal to noise ratio can be poor, they had better and faster updates, and stayed well on top of everything through the whole disaster. (In fact, I often get news there 1-2 days before CNN and the rest of the media get it.)