Posts tagged Katrina

• 21 Aug

  Episode: TPMtv

  TPMtv: A Chat with John Barry

  A Chat with John BarryYour Daily Politics Video Blog: Saturday will be the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's initial formation over the Bahamas. When she washed over Mississippi and Louisiana six days later, on Aug. 29, 2005, she breached critical levees that were supposed to protect New Orle

• 24 Apr

  Blog: Veracifier

  McCain criticizes Bush admin. for Katrina aftermath

  Sen. John McCain, who is in New Orleans today, said that he would have handled Katrina differently if he had been president. He was openly critical of the Bush administration. From the New York Times:Mr. McCain, who was on the fourth day of a tour of America’s “forgotten places” to try to prov

• 05 Mar

  Episode: TPMtv

  TPMtv: McCain Can't Quit John Hagee

  McCain Can't Quit John HageeYour Daily Politics Video Blog: There's been a lot of chatter over the last few days about John McCain's embrace of Pastor John Hagee, who's well-known for a history of anti-Catholicism and claims that God will send terrorists to create a "bloodbath" in America for its su

• 14 Dec

  Episode: Ground Hounds

  Ground Hounds: From Evacuation to Eviction

  Ground Hound Teresa Marshall shows us the devastation created by the neo-liberal agenda, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Featuring analysis by author Naomi Klein “The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism” and returning New Orleans residents.

• 23 Jul

  Blog: TPMtv

  If the Water Didn't Kill Ya, the Formaldehyde Could

  “How many times can the federal government let down the victims of the hurricanes that ravaged the Gulf Coast two years ago?”That is the question posed by an editorial in the Sunday NYTimes. Everyone is perhaps too aware of the answer. The Gulf Coast is housing 66,000 Katrina victims