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[theweaselking]

Ah, Bush, always thinking of the least fortunate and most important people affected by a disaster.

Bush slashes minimum wage requirements in hurricane-affected areas by Executive Order.

The Miami Herald thanks Cuba, even if the US government doesn't. Snarky and well worth the read.

Lafayette, LA is refusing to allow parades by "undesirable" and "immoral" groups. First Amend-what? Fair warning: link is to Agape, who are all insane

The state of the Cajundome blamed on the Red Cross - by the same Lafayette paper that Agape referenced, just above.

Speaking of the Dome, a story from the inside, in three parts.
Part Two. Part Three.

Tucson Weekly provides the Top Ten Censored News Stories of 2005.

Then there's The Rest Of The List and Censored Or Bogus?

Tom DeLay's PAC indicted on election fraud charges. Hands up from anyone who is surprised? Oh? No hands?

Gay activists posting the names and home addresses of anyone who signs the anti-gay marriage petition to the internet.
Some background on a similar case and more details and opinion.

Bill Moyers explains why fundies are insane.

Oklahoma minister takes on the irrational and hateful American Christians. PDF.

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[lurkerwithout.livejournal.com]

The Herald requires registration...

[torrain.livejournal.com]

FWIW, it does not appear to actually check your e-mail address, only asks you to provide one. An excerpt:

It's true that this recent hurricane caused a lot of pain locally.

But aside from the Army Corps of Engineers, The New Orleans Times-Picayune and the Louisiana delegation, who could have predicted it?

As Michael Chertoff, the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security told The New York Times: ''Nature was unhelpful.'' Blame her for not giving sufficient warning.

We're a great and powerful country. We've got great scientists, and so long as they are God-fearing, we heed their advice. Above all, we have great and visionary leaders.

...ow, the deadpan bitterness.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

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[torrain.livejournal.com]

ObQuibble: minimium wage or prevailing wage? It seems to apply to strictly to federal companies paying for construction and reconstruction in the area, and my impression is that that kind of work is not usually minimum wage.

(This is not to say I, with my economically undereducated POV, think this is a good idea. Merely that he doesn't seem to be lowering the minimum wage in the affected area--which would be impractical, since Louisiana doesn't have one.)

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

The minimum wage requirement for federal companies is the local wage. It is the minimum that they are allowed to pay, by law.

Bush has slashed that, and hence there is no longer a minimum wage for companies doing reconstruction work.

[torrain.livejournal.com]

Ah, gotcha. Thanks for clarifying; the way I read it, it carried implications of being hired for what would've been minimum-wage work in the area and going home with $1.60 an hour for restocking shelves, or something.