Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Mardi

US Military rips away pet of deployed US Soldier shortly before Baghdad Pups can send puppy to safety in Minnesota

~Commanding officers ordered the confiscation of a dog, Ratchet, befriended by a group of soldiers during a 15th month of extended deployment.
Ratchet has been a lifeline to Sgt. Gwen Beberg. This morning, Ratchet was on his way to SPCA International rescue experts at the Baghdad Airport to be flown home to Gwen's parents in Minneapolis, when Sgt. Beberg's commanding officers ordered Ratchet confiscated and held in Iraq to face certain death.
~SPCA International
"Soldiers can face immediate court-marshal
[for befriending animals] and some even see their animals brutally murdered by a direct gunshot to the head from commanding officers who will not bend the rules."

Homeowners chafe at long wait for Blue Roof tarps
"Are you solving problems, or are you just signing people up?" Trellen Russey asked U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employees at an information center in a Pasadena mall. "I signed up three weeks ago, and now it's supposed to rain."
~Editilla gotta ax~
1)
Why are we required to sign over our property rights to the US Army Corps of Engineers?
2) What is the Exquixotic Corps of "Engineers" doing administering this expensive subcontracting program?
3) What does Roofing material have to do with Safe Flood Control.
4) Are they going to shoot my dog?


Deregulation, New Orleans Schools, and the Kindness of Strangers

Katrina's Children
~Professional educator Carolyn Gillman has been working in New Orleans’ Recovery School District for the past two years. Now, she’s hitting the road to raise awareness about the obstacles facing New Orleans’ school children. Her educational tour will feature the documentary film, “Katrina’s Children.”

Watchdog called lax in FEMA trailer fiasco~Bruce Alpert

Bling Killers~Jeremy Alford

Citizens increases rates by average of 14%~Ed Anderson

Hard drive recovery

Rep. LaBruzzo loses House vice-chair of the House Health and Welfare Committee over sterilization remarks

Microloans for the Gulf Coast?
~"We thought if you could do it in the developing world, there must be a way to do it in the US...
--for people who don't need millions and are often overlooked,"
says Simon Greer, president and CEO of Jewish Funds for Justice (JFSJ). "Their families' lives and their communities could be truly changed with relatively small loans."


Up and Down~1603 Katrina

Film Fest Premiere~Will Coviello

Leroy Jones: A New Orleans State of Mind ~Trish Richardson

New Orleans's musical scene that's Free and Freeing
~Louisiana Weekly

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