Colbert’s take
On our insightful media’s rush to judgment on the terrorism in Norway.
How they stole the election
You already know all about the irregularities in Ohio during the 2004 presidential “election.” Now read about how it was stolen.
Crash course
On SportsCenter last night, ESPN ran a segment on collisions at home plate. Runners attempting to score routinely crash into catchers blocking the plate in an attempt to separate them from the ball.
Why are the catcher and the plate dealt with differently than any other position and base? A runner who barrels into an infielder trying to turn a double play would be called out for interference (and so would the runner behind him). Imagine a would-be base stealer lowering his shoulder and crashing into the fielder. Should that be allowed? What if runners legging out infield grounders routinely tackled first basemen? What if a runner could shove a pitcher covering first base on a ground ball to the right side? What if every instance of opposing players coming into close proximity of one another carried the potential for violent collisions?
‘Pure ignorance’
I am not convinced that it’s “pure ignorance” that is driving young and poor white voters away from the Democratic party. I think voters who traditionally identify with Democrats have some legitimate gripes with the Obama administration. Sure,
This just out
GOP hypocrite Ken Mehlman, the modern-day Roy Cohn.
If Mehlman didn’t fan the flames of fear and hatred of homosexuals and homosexuality as Bush’s campaign manager and do nothing to soften the GOP’s position on gay issues as RNC chairman, this wouldn’t be news and I certainly wouldn’t post about it.
But he did. So I am.
Republicans have no principles. Everything they do is for their own personal gain. Remember that.
Post-Katrina Stress Disorder
Our country will be feeling the aftershocks of the disaster called the Bush administration for generations.
A startling number of Gulf coast area children displaced by Hurricane Katrina still have serious emotional or behavioral problems five years later, a new study found. More than one in three children studied – those forced to flee their homes because of the August 2005 storm – have since been diagnosed with mental health problems. These are children who moved to trailer parks and other emergency housing.
Nearly half of families studied still report household instability, researchers said.
“If children are bellwethers of recovery, then the social systems supporting affected Gulf Coast populations are still far from having recovered from Hurricane Katrina,” the researchers said.
[...] About 500,000 people, including more than 160,000 children, weren’t able to return to their homes for at least three months after the storm hit on Aug. 29, 2005.
At least 20,000 of those children still have serious emotional disorders or behavior problems, or don’t have a permanent home, the report suggests.
”Five years after Katrina, there are still tens of thousands of children and their families who are still living in limbo with a significant toll on their psychological well-being,” said co-author Irwin Redlener, also with the Columbia center. In addition, he is president of the Children’s Health Fund, an advocacy group that paid for the study.
Without significant government help, Redlener said, these children are likely to have even greater problems as adults.
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