Stating the Obvious

Here we have the LA Times stating the obvious -- Jobless Rate in Gulf Coast Likely to Surge

Adapt and Overcome!

This guy that commandeered a school bus (Houston Chronicle) should be rewarded... This is taking initiative to save people when initiative was lacking.

The first busload of New Orleans refugees to reach the Reliant Astrodome overnight was a group of people who commandeered a school bus in the city ravaged by Hurricane Katrina and drove to Houston looking for shelter.
Jabbar Gibson, 20, said police in New Orleans told him and others to take the school bus and try to get out of the flooded city.
Gibson drove the bus from the flooded Crescent City, picking up stranded people, some of them infants, along the way. Some of those on board had been in the Superdome, among those who were supposed to be evacuated to Houston on more than 400 buses Wednesday and today. They couldn't wait.

and In Other News - Democrats are Proud

The democrats must be proud that their KKK member will attempt to stay. The Associated Press reports, Byrd likely to seek ninth senate term

Tom Gavin, a spokesman for Byrd, told The Associated Press on Thursday that the senator has 'every intention to seek re-election. But I'm going to let the senator make his own announcement.'

Just In-case You Needed a Schedule

It's Football Time in Tennessee! 12:30PM(est)

If You Missed the Polls -- Tennessee is Third

However, I am afraid it might be too early to put them that high -- but we can always hope!

Google Fights

To lighting the air -- thought some might find this entertaining.

Look God wins on the internet too -- like there was any doubt.

Photos From NOAA of The Devastation

Plenty of Charities - Pick One!

Instapudit.com has a huge list of charities -- so I will not reinvent the wheel. Please review and pick one if you can afford to give anything money, clothes, food, etc... Let's step up like the great nation we are. Click on the picture and review the list, please!

Dedicated to Hurricane Relief

Blog dedicated to the relief effort.

Just Me, or was This a Missed Opportunity?

Could these buses not have been used to get people that otherwise were stuck out? I agree with Glen Reynolds over at Instapundit.com.

Google Earth - New Orleans Devastated

If you have Google Earth you can obtain overlays and see the devastation - before and after.

Google Concerns Everyone

SKorea Discusses Google Security Concerns - Yahoo! News
Like Australia earlier this month South Korea voices concerns about images provided by Google Earth. Do you think these concerns are valid?

South Korean newspaper reports in recent days have noted that the Google Earth service provides images of the presidential blue house and military bases in the country, which remains technically at war with communist North Korea.

Fuel Prices Will Still Rise - Wanna Bet?

Bush releases oil from petroleum reserve

AUG. 31 3:25 P.M. ET The Bush administration agreed Wednesday to release oil from emergency stockpiles to help Gulf Coast refiners hobbled by a loss of shipments due to Hurricane Katrina. The administration also moved to temporarily ease some pollution standards on gasoline and diesel fuel to avert shortages.

Coulter Dumped

WorldNetDaily: Ann Coulter gets dumped
Although not a real fan I do find it interesting when a conservative columnist is dumped based on their opinions or style yet liberal columnist are free to spew any gibberish unless they are caught in a 'BIG' lie -- then some still are not dumped.

In a column announcing a wide range of changes in the paper's opinion pages yesterday, Editor and Publisher David Stoeffler revealed that the paper was making the change.
'Many readers find her shrill, bombastic, and mean-spirited,' the new executive at the paper wrote. 'And those are the words used by readers who identified themselves as conservatives.'

Blogger Commentary - La Shawn Barber

A nation of outlaws - The Washington Times
LaShawn Barber had a good piece in the Washington Times Sunday -- well worth the read.

In return for our allegiance to the United States, we certainly don't get the protection we're entitled to. Illegal immigration costs American taxpayers billions of dollars every year. In California alone the cost is $10.5 billion annually. The price for the rest of the country, especially border states, is staggeringly incomprehensible. Illegal immigration is also a public safety risk because aliens undergo no medical screening before entering. As a result, diseases once eradicated or virtually eradicated have resurged. Where is the so-called protection we're entitled to?

Sheenhan Meets Sheen

Well "whoopee do", Cindy meets Martin -- Martin Sheen you know another 'actor' that thinks he knows more then you or I... Well she did meet someone that 'portrays' a President and believes himself more important -- by the way, wasn't Martin Sheen suppose leave the country?
FOXNews.com - Martin Sheen Visits 'Camp Casey'

CRAWFORD, Texas -Cindy Sheehan hasn't achieved a meeting with the president during her three-week war protest, but she met a man who plays one on TV.
Martin Sheen, who portrays the president on NBC's 'The West Wing,' visited Sheehan's makeshift campsite Sunday.
'At least you've got the acting president of the United States,' Sheen said as the crowd of more than 300 people cheered. 'I think you know what I do for a living, but this is what I do to stay alive.'
Sheehan arrived in President Bush's adopted hometown Aug. 6 and promised to stay until she could question Bush about the war that has claimed more than 1,870 U.S. soldiers' lives - including her son Casey. Bush's vacation ends Friday.
She was among a group of grieving families who met President Bush about two months after her son died last year, before she became a vocal opponent of the war. Bush has said she has the right to protest and he sympathizes with her, but his aides have said there are no plans to change his schedule to meet with her again.

Alternate Charity Idea

Samaritan's Purse is one charity organization that you might considering donating to if you are so inclined.

Remembering Those in New Orleans!

Katrina Rips Gulf Coast With Wind, Floods

NEW ORLEANS - Hurricane Katrina plowed into the Gulf Coast at daybreak Monday with shrieking, 145-mph winds and blinding rain, submerging entire neighborhoods up to the rooflines in New Orleans, hurling boats onto land and sending water pouring into Mississippi's strip of beachfront casinos.

We need to remember the residents effected by this storm... If possible please make a donation -- although I have stated I do not support the Red Cross (dating back twenty years) all that matters is that what you donate gets to those that need it and used for the intended purpose...

A Picture of Political Correctness

(via Dissecting Leftism}