Katrina and the Oil Spill
June 13th, 2010
By Tom Carter Hurricane Katrina and the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico are very different kinds of disasters. However, there’s one glaring similarity — both showed that government can’t do everything. Sometimes it can’t do very much at all. At best it’s reactive, especially in the face of large-scale natural disasters. At worst […]
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Tags: BP, Bush, Gulf, Katrina, Obama, oil spill, partisan politics
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Hollywood to the Rescue
June 9th, 2010
By Tom Carter Any time there’s a disaster with lots of cameras around and a chance to promote ultra-leftist ideas, we can expect the Hollywood elites to show up saying and doing stupid things. They were out in force for Hurricane Katrina, and a number of them showed up for the Haiti earthquake, but they […]
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Tags: BP, Congress, Gulf, Kevin Costner, oil spill, solution, testimony
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