“POLITICAL PORNOGRAPHY:” Gerard van der Leun, himself a magazine editor of note, comments: “To say Ms. Greenberg’s use of this material in this way is ‘unprofessional’ and does the subject (John McCain) and the client (The Atlantic Monthly) a disservice is to vastly understate the case. Not only has Ms. Greenberg exposed The Atlantic to charges of bias it may well have not intended, it turns out she was engaged in dealing with Senator McCain falsely as well. She has, indeed, bragged about it to PDNPulse, a professional photographers’ journal.”
DON’T TRUST THE MEDIA (CONT’D): “Controversial celebrity photographer Jill Greenberg, a self-professed ‘hard-core Dem,’ deliberately took a series of unflattering shots of Republican nominee John McCain for the current cover of The Atlantic - and then bragged about it on a blog.” The Atlantic has a brand that most magazines envy. But recent behavior is putting it at risk. I guess it’s gone from bring your own camera, to bring your own photographer. The Atlantic’s editor, James Bennet, — who I know somewhat and think is an honest guy — says they don’t vet photographers for their politics, and they shouldn’t. But this kind of pettiness and unprofessionalism is absolutely beyond the pale. Sadly, it’s marked much of the media this election cycle.
As Andrew Breitbart said on PJTV the other night, you can hardly overstate the extent to which Big Media and the Democratic Party are one and the same these days.
OFFSHORE DRILLING COMING TO A VOTE: “Congressional Democrats, balancing political reality against a policy they have long opposed, are on the cusp of approving legislation that would open the Atlantic and Pacific oceans to oil drilling as close as 50 miles offshore.” Seems like one thing we want to do is to avoid having too much of our drilling concentrated in the Gulf of Mexico, where one hurricane can disrupt a big fraction of the production. Also, 50 miles seems pretty far offshore to me.
THINGS YOU MIGHT WANT TO PRINT OUT, OR AT LEAST ABSORB, when you have power:
Survival Guide: Living Without Power.
Some Tips to Make Your Life Bearable After the Storm.
Here’s another blackout survival guide. And here’s some advice on home generator safety.
Hurricane Ike wreaks havoc; up to 4.5 million face power outages
By Michelle Malkin • September 12, 2008 11:35 PM
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Map via Wunderground
Thoughts and prayers go out to the residents of Houston, Galveston, and other parts of Texas getting slammed by Hurricane Ike. The Weather Nerd is calling it the “Great Galveston Hurricane of 2008.” He’s also got a live Storm Surge page.
The adjective everyone is using: “Monstrous.”
The Houston Chronicle is liveblogging and reports power outages spreading.
Galveston Daily News is on the scene.
So is blogger Dr. Melissa Clouthier, who I met in Texas at the Americans For Prosperity summit. Stay safe, Melissa! Also in that pic is blogger Robbie Cooper, who has family in Houston, and blogger Rightwingsparkle, who is north of Houston and starting to feel winds. You take care, too, girl.
Blogger Jason Smith is also liveblogging as he rides out the storm.
And so is the staff of the Lone Star Times, with folks stationed all around the Houston area.
Troy Burwell has an excellent Flickr photostream.
Shelters are filling up in Tyler.
Another good resource: Stormlook.
And Glenn Reynolds has a huge link round-up.
PJTV is running a Disaster Watch initiative.
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This is not good:
GALVESTON — Despite a mandatory evacuation and ominous forecasts of a killer storm, police, firefighters and the Galveston Beach Patrol rescued dozens of residents Friday from the rising tides brought on by Hurricane Ike as it bears down on Galveston Island.
Many had stayed on the island through numerous other hurricanes and were surprised by the height of the tidal surge. Others were mentally impaired, homeless or decrepit.
Police used a boat to rescue Ken Rygaard, 65, and his wife Jesse, 52, after the tide flooded the second story of the house on 67th Street near Stewart Road.
Rygaard said he has ridden out every storm over the last 43 years. “During (1983 Hurricane) Alicia, we only had a little bit of water,” Rygaard said “but nothing up to the second level.”
The Rygaards and others were taken to Ball High School on 43rd Street, which became a shelter of last resort. The city warned residents that there would be no shelters because all residents were expected to leave the island.
But city officials estimated that as many as 40 percent of the island’s about 60,000 residents remained in their homes.
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Watch the refineries. Melissa spells it out: “We have many friends and contacts within the oil industry and they feed me information every so often. I think people need to understand how profoundly the refining being down is going to affect the nation. Even if the refineries could get back going the minute the storm passes, it will take at least a week to get going again. And, it should be noted, the refineries will not get going the minute the storm passes. America needs to build more.”
Update: More than 1.3 million are now without power.
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A Coast Guard HU-25 Falcon jet crew flew over Galveston Island near Bolivar Point.
Post # 1774 aerial views of Bolivar. Tragic.
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Pictures of Hurricane Ike’s Devastation in Houston - 09/14
THINGS YOU MIGHT WANT TO PRINT OUT, OR AT LEAST ABSORB, when you have power:
Survival Guide: Living Without Power.
Some Tips to Make Your Life Bearable After the Storm.
Here's another blackout survival guide. And here's some advice on home generator safety.