Monthly Archives: August 2005

New Orleans

August 30, 2005 – 1:22 pm

From Brendan Loy:
WWL-TV: “Break in 17th Street Canal Levee is now 200 feet wide and slowly flooding the City of New Orleans. Huge sand bags are being airlifted to try to stem the rush of water in that area. The expectations are that the water will not stop until it reaches lake level.”
In other […]

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End of summer

August 24, 2005 – 11:52 am

I didn’t get to Lilek’s Monday Bleat until today. When I finally did, it rang true, and not just because I read it out loud to Emma over our breakfast this morning.
I’m not ready for summer to leave. Whenever you say that, you suspect it’s already on the way out. Summer never leaves like a […]

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This isn’t a correction…

August 23, 2005 – 11:32 am

it’s a slap down. If you don’t read anything else today, read this.

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August Straw Poll

August 23, 2005 – 9:34 am

Patrick Ruffini has a new poll up. Go vote! Bill Frist should be paying attention.

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In Iraq

August 22, 2005 – 1:45 pm

I had the distinct pleasure of meeting a gentleman recently returned from Iraq - Sadr City, to be specific. His company is one of the American contractors that, thanks to American “intervention,” is helping to make Iraq a better place. I’ll write about him in the next few days, as I get time. In the […]

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