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Read A false War Between the States in The Sun Herald.
I am so tired of hearing in the national news and magazines about New Orleans. Hurricane Katrina HIT MISSISSIPPI. But pictures of NOTHING (because the house that used to be there is GONE), apparently don't have the same impact as pictures of flooded homes. In Mississippi there were whole neighborhoods where there was NOTHING left.
- Purring For Wildlife
We wanted to ask everybody to purr for the 11 workers who are missing and presumed dead when the oil rig they were on off the coast of Louisiana burst into flames April 20 as well as the 17 other workers who were injured and the oil is still spewing...
- Education Needs After Katrina
The federal government's response to education needs after Hurricane Katrina has been "grossly inadequate," according to a national education group. The Southern Education Foundation released a report on the second anniversary of Katrina that said...
- From Daily Kos
A Breath Of Fresh Air In Post-Katrina Mississippi by Ana Maria Today’s a big day in Mississippi. While there are plenty of contested local races throughout the state—particularly on the Republican side, the insurance commissioner is the most important...
- Bio~lab + Hurricane = Disaster
A dozen states, including Mississippi, are competing intensely to play host to a government research lab full of killer germs like anthrax, avian flu and foot-and-mouth disease - a prospect some of their residents want to avoid like the plague. Opponents...
- How Could They Be So Wrong?
PolitiCalypso posted Insurance Industry Issues Veiled Threat to the Gulf Coast at DailyKos. Some of the comments were infuriating to say the least. Yes, State Farm made some serious mistakes in handling their Mississippi and Louisiana claims, but folks...
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A false War Between the States
Read A false War Between the States in The Sun Herald.
There is a particular sadness with which we consider the offensive launched against Mississippi survivors of Hurricane Katrina on the very somber second anniversary of the awful day in which the great storm devastated our state and caused a civil engineering failure of vast and deadly proportions in Louisiana.
I am so tired of hearing in the national news and magazines about New Orleans. Hurricane Katrina HIT MISSISSIPPI. But pictures of NOTHING (because the house that used to be there is GONE), apparently don't have the same impact as pictures of flooded homes. In Mississippi there were whole neighborhoods where there was NOTHING left.
- Purring For Wildlife
We wanted to ask everybody to purr for the 11 workers who are missing and presumed dead when the oil rig they were on off the coast of Louisiana burst into flames April 20 as well as the 17 other workers who were injured and the oil is still spewing...
- Education Needs After Katrina
The federal government's response to education needs after Hurricane Katrina has been "grossly inadequate," according to a national education group. The Southern Education Foundation released a report on the second anniversary of Katrina that said...
- From Daily Kos
A Breath Of Fresh Air In Post-Katrina Mississippi by Ana Maria Today’s a big day in Mississippi. While there are plenty of contested local races throughout the state—particularly on the Republican side, the insurance commissioner is the most important...
- Bio~lab + Hurricane = Disaster
A dozen states, including Mississippi, are competing intensely to play host to a government research lab full of killer germs like anthrax, avian flu and foot-and-mouth disease - a prospect some of their residents want to avoid like the plague. Opponents...
- How Could They Be So Wrong?
PolitiCalypso posted Insurance Industry Issues Veiled Threat to the Gulf Coast at DailyKos. Some of the comments were infuriating to say the least. Yes, State Farm made some serious mistakes in handling their Mississippi and Louisiana claims, but folks...