Where’s the Outrage?

When is Michael Brown, former FEMA director, going to learn that we simply don’t care what he has to say. He has lied to us all a number of occasions. Someone needs to take the microphone away from this man.

The Associated Press has released a video which reveals that President Bush was briefed about the severity of hurricane Katrina. Again, this is not news. There was no doubt in my mind that he was briefed. The big question is did he hear and did he understand.

There are calls for a special commission to investigate the failures in Hurricane Katrina. There is no need for an investigation. We have all of the information that we need. Federal, State and local officials failed in planning and in implementing a plan to help the residents of the Gulf Coast. Republicans and Democrats failed.

The real tragedy is that the failure continues today. New Orleans is allowed to writh in agony. we either need to completely destroy it or rebuild it. Right now we’re doing neither and it is incredibly painful to watch and probably, most likely, more painful to live through.

 

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From CNN.com: 

Former Rep. Randy “Duke” Cunningham was sentenced Friday to eight years and four months in federal prison for collecting $2.4 million in homes, yachts, antique furnishings and other bribes on a scale unparalleled in the history of Congress.

It was the longest term ever meted out to a congressman. He was immediately taken into custody.

Cunningham, who resigned from Congress in disgrace last year, was spared the 10-year maximum by U.S. District Judge Larry Burns.

Cunningham, a Republican who resigned last year in disgrace, accepted money from defense contractors and others in exchange for steering government contracts their way and other favors.

Federal prosecutors sought the maximum and his attorneys asked for mercy.

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CNNMoney.com:

BlackBerry maker Research in Motion said Friday it agreed to pay $612.5 million to patent holding company NTP to settle a long-running dispute that had threatened to shut down the popular wireless e-mail service for its 3 million users.

Canadian-based Research in Motion (Research) announced the settlement late Friday ahead of a U.S. judge’s expected ruling on damages in the case.

Under the settlement, NTP granted RIM the right to keep running its BlackBerry business, the company said in a statement.

“The agreement has been finalized and NTP’s lawsuit against RIM has been dismissed by a court order,” the Canadian company said. “The settlement means no further court proceedings or decisions about damages are necessary.”

RIM also issued a warning Friday, lowering its 4th-quarter revenue projections.

“This is an extremely positive development for RIM. The settlement basically makes the pre-warning irrelevant,” said Peter Misek, an analyst with Canaccord Capital. “There’s a lot of pent-up demand for RIM products, and competitors have not been able to capitalize on this.”

“This settlement was less than Wall Street expected,” he said.

Steve Maebius, an intellectual property lawyer with Foley & Lardner, said that recent developments at the patent office may have influenced the suit to be settled for less than the $1 billion that NTP had once demanded.
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