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Miss South Carolina (Miss Teen USA pageant 2007) on the deficiencies of the US educational system in the areas of geography and stuff and you know, like...whatever

More Katrina Links

Five Days with Katrina: Slideshow Gallery

Common Bits: Jon Stewart Katrina Coverage Roundup

How Bush Blew It...an even handed retelling from Newsweek of the Federal (and local) breakdown and reasons for it.

Katrina Links

Video: Interesting first-person rescue story. (A bit suspicious that he doesn't have any footage of the people he rescued, but interesting none the less.)

Lots of video links to some of the more confrontational media footage on this blog.

From Slate: The Rebellion of the Talking Heads

New Orleans: A Geopolitical Prize

Flickr: Photos from Inside the Astrodome

Katrina Information Map This page is quite slow righ now but uses Google Maps to let people post info about various areas of New Orleans. Very interesting to be able to switch back and forth between pre- and post-Katrina satellite photos.

Video: Keith Olbermann on Countdown on the the failures of the Federal Government

Talk Like A Pirate Day - September 19

I was not aware and I haven't even brushed up on my "AARRRR" lately. I was blessed with a good sounding name though, ARRRR I be Black Tom Rackham Avast ye scurvy dogs....or something to that effect.

"I hurt myself today..."

I had intended to link to this video after I first saw it several months ago. Director Mark Romanek did a fine job making a video which actually enhances the experience of the song....nearly unheard of these days. Then I thought about it again when MTV had it nominated for six Video Music Awards and rumors were swirling that it would win "Video of the Year" (which of course didn't happen.) It is all the more poignant and powerful now that he and June
are gone. If you haven't seen it yet then check it out!

Johnny Cash: An Interesting Retrospective

Man in Black was a Man of Substance
-via MandolinCafe

Our loss...

Johnny, thanks for the music and sharing your soul.
Link

Don't mess with me!

If you hate telemarketers (like I do) and have signed up for the National "Do Not Call" list then this and this may be be worthwhile reading.