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GOP Partied with "Hookers & Blow" While the Gulf Coast Emptied & Braced for Gustav

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Posted on September 7, 2008 - 10:15pm at Enclave
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Last weekend while Gustav roared toward South Louisiana land fall and hundreds of thousands of evacuees were beating hasty retreats from the Gulf Coast, Republican delegates attended lavish, million dollar parties sponsored by lobbyists. Some who were caught on camera covered their faces with the pink boa party favors to avoid public scrutiny. Here's the ABCNews report:

Stop Talking about Using What We Learned from Katrina So We Can Start Learning from Our Gustav Failures

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Posted on September 2, 2008 - 9:30pm at Enclave
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One of the unfortunate consequences of being more prepared for Gustav and of having less urban destruction than Katrina's is complacency. It is the complacency of assuming we're fine and we don't have to learn from mistakes that were made in areas less populous than New Orleans.

New Orleans Currently on the Wrong Side of Gustav

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Posted on August 29, 2008 - 8:12am at Enclave
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Current computer models for Gustav landfall put it on track to hit Central Louisiana, west of New Orleans as a Category 3 Hurricane on Tuesday:

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