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New Orleans Head of Operations Calls Emergency Disaster Relief Efforts a Disgrace!!!/Troops in New Orleans have "Shoot to Kill" Orders!

September 1, 2005 @ 10:39 pm

A particularly scary aspect of this is that many of these troops spent time in Afghanistan and/or Iraq. They may be all too ready to shoot first and ask questions later of suspicious looking “hoodlums.” Playing Devil’s Advocate, however, NO is in chaos, quite a few residents are armed and dangerous, and there have been [...]

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Example of Central Planning at Work

September 1, 2005 @ 9:37 pm

Knowing the problems of statist central planning in theory does not compare to seeing it unfold in real life. Check out the link above for a moving example of what happens under statist central planning. A word on military and military-related acronyms: SNAFU: Situation Normal All F**ked Up CF: Charlie Foxtrot, or Clusterf**k, which is [...]

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House Speaker Dennis Hastert on Rebuilding New Orleans: "It doesn't make sense to me."

September 1, 2005 @ 11:50 am
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"Civil Unrest" in Baton Rouge

September 1, 2005 @ 11:35 am

This just in via email from the LSU Chancellor, and former NASA Chief, Sean O’Keefe. (Hey, that rhymes.) There have been confirmed reports of civil unrest in the Baton Rouge area this morning. These incidents appear to be confined to specific areas in the downtown Baton Rouge area and specific locations around the community. At [...]

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Lord of the Flies II: Escape from New Orleans

September 1, 2005 @ 8:01 am

David Heinrich, whom I met at Mises University 2005, has links to Michael Barnett’s blog of live events in New Orleans, complete with pictures and a live webcam feed. Check it out. Update (11:15 am): Barnett’s livejournal blog has even been noticed by The Register in the UK. Check it out. I don’t have cable [...]

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Katrina: The Aftermath

August 29, 2005 @ 3:16 pm

Well, Saj and I came out of the hurricane all right, as did most of Baton Rouge I think. All we got was some really strong wind and some rain…not even much in the way of flooding. The last minute easterly turn of Katrina helped, but even if that had not happened I don’t think [...]

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Katrina Cometh!

August 28, 2005 @ 4:18 pm

I live in Baton Rouge and it looks like Hurricane Katrina is heading right for us. We could lose power or internet access, for a day or a week, so I may not be blogging for a while. See you on the other side! Update (9:31 pm): Vodkapundit has some information on Katrina, the damage [...]

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The Fall semester is about to begin…

August 20, 2005 @ 9:04 am

…and it looks like I’ll have a lot on my plate this semester and in the Spring as well. I’ll probably be taking my comprehensive exams toward the end of the Spring semester, while I’m taking what will probably be my last graduate-level class: a philosophy seminar. As for this semester: I’m teaching Intro. to [...]

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