links for 2005-09-04

NYT > United States of Shame

Maureen Dowd weighs in

AP > Kanye West Rips Bush During NBC Concert

"George Bush doesn't care about black people"

BBC | New Orleans crisis shames Americans

National Geographic, 10/04 | Louisiana's Wetlands

no, no one expected the levees to be breached.

AP > New Orleans left to the dead and dying

"The first few days were a natural disaster. The last four days were a man-made disaster."

AMERICAblog:  Bush faked levee repair for photo op yesterday

excerpt from Landrieu press release

NOLA.com: Landrieu slams FEMA

Wired: The Epic, Tragic, Operatic Inside Story of Doctor Atomic

via aworks

Newsday: Rufus Wainwright at the Opera

"It's 'that which is moving' that gets me." via vilaine fille aka MLR

WP > White House Shifts Blame

don't look at us, we're just the federal government