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  • Nagin: Failed New Orleans School System to Blame for Body Miscounts

    09/20/2005 3:30:17 PM PDT · by pookie18 · 34 replies · 2,021+ views
    Chron Watch ^ | 9/20/05 | Jeremy Robb
    NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana --- The initial claims by New Orleans and Louisiana officials that tens of thousands of people were killed by Hurricane Katrina are apparently off by tens of thousands. When asked to explain such a huge discrepancy, Mayor Nagin of New Orleans blamed the failed school system that was destroyed by the Bush Administration. "If the school system here wasn't such a failure, then maybe our officials could count better," said Nagin. "Bush and his Administration destroyed our public school system by lowering taxes and passing No Child Left Behind. I even had trouble counting the number of...
  • John Bolton Named Ambassador, France Withdraws From UN

    08/02/2005 5:08:49 PM PDT · by writer33 · 137 replies · 2,832+ views
    National Ledger ^ | 08/02/2005 | Chris Davis
    Washington—In what appeared to be a shrewd Constitutional move, Bush appointed John Bolton as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, sticking it to Senate Democrats and forcing France to immediately withdraw. The sudden move stunned President Jacques Chirac, forcing him to tears. “I made the call to Kofi Annan,” cried Chirac. “I can’t believe Bush did this to us. With this bully in office, no country is safe from occupation!” Bush invoked his renegade constitutional authority to fill an open job while Congress was in recess, instead of reportedly trying to resolve a deadlock with senators who had called Bolton...