It wasn’t until after my presentation that I had a chance to see the city. And I have to admit it was so depressing that I’ve been having trouble writing about it. I have a sick interest in abandoned theme parks and the like, but seeing the neighborhoods of all classes so destroyed, the symbols [...]

Posted July 17, 2007 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Politics & Controversy, Travel. Tags: hurricane katrina, memorial, new orleans, nola, recovery. 3 Comments.

(about the photo)
The following report comes from CosmoBaker.com, which includes this preamble:
EDIT: The following is an email that was sent to my mother from one of her colleagues. Although I cannot substantiate the contents, after all the horror stories that I’ve heard so far, I though that this one was important to tell. Stand up [...]

Posted September 14, 2005 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Politics & Controversy. Tags: bush, catastrophe, dead bodies, email, email forward, eyewitness account, eyewitness report, forward, george bush, george w bush, hurricane, hurricane katrina, katrina, louisiana, new orleans, new orleans louisiana, nola, police brutality, shame, w. 5 Comments.

Reuters: FEMA accused of censorship:
“It’s impossible for me to imagine how you report a story whose subject is death without allowing the public to see images of the subject of the story,” said Larry Siems of the PEN American Center, an authors’ group that defends free expression.
Brian Williams’ MSNBC Nightly News Blog:
While we were attempting [...]

Posted September 9, 2005 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Politics & Controversy. Tags: brian williams, bush, bushh, catastrophe, censor, censor this, censorship, dead bodies, death, fema, george bush, george w bush, government, government censors, government censorship, hurricane, hurricane katrina, joshua micah marshall, katrina, louisiana, media, msnbc nightly news, national guard, new orleans, nola, pen american center, shame, talking points memo, w. 2 Comments.