Remember the "superpredators"? They were the supposedly super-violent youngsters of dark complexion that conservatives kept screaming about in the 1990s. We were told they were about to unleash an unprecedented wave of vicious crime any day now.
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The Huffington Post reported last night on Sen. John McCain’s inaccurate claim that he supported “every” investigation into the response to Hurricane Katrina: Appearing at a press conference in Louisiana on Wednesday, McCain claimed that he had supported “every investigation” into the flawed response to Hurricane Katrina, when, in fact, he had twice voted against [...]
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My colleague Isaiah says McCain is offering nothing but “inaction” in his visit to New Orleans’ lower Ninth Ward, as McCain continues to offer another eight years of do-nothing conservatism from our government. But apparently he’s fine with certain kinds of government action, such as, tearing down the entire Ninth Ward. The CBS “From The [...]
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It’s been a long time since I blogged about Katrina or its aftermath. But I was reminded of it by the steady stream of Katrina-related headlines I’ve been reading lately. You know, the drumbeat of actual news that barely breaks through the din surrounding stories of which starlet was just hauled out of her house [...]
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