Townhall’s Steve Muscatello is hearing unconfirmed reports that Nagin has resigned—possible, though I saw him delivering a news conference earlier today and he seemed much calmer than anytime in the last few days (for what that’s worth). Secondly, rls notes : I was listening to the radio last night, some woman sitting in for L. Ingram (Iknow, Radio Free Nazi) and she was saying that the Bush Admin legal request

“Fucking glorified thunderstorm… This Gulf disaster is all Rove’s doing, Billy.  To take the spotlight off the peace movement.  You realize that, right?” * “Sure.  And for the record, the neocons are damn lucky that Kung-fu mysticism doesn’t work on hurricanes.  Else my feet of fury would’ve been all over Katrina like ten deadly piggies of white on rice!”*

MSNBC’s Bloggermann: Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff said it all, starting his news briefing Saturday afternoon: “Louisiana is a city that is largely underwater…” Well there’s your problem right there. If ever a slip-of-the-tongue defined a government’s response to a crisis, this was it. Translated Keith:  Who cares what he does.  It’s what he says that I find troublesome.  I mean, clearly he’s not a polished public speaker, and

From the Telegraph UK, Liberal Harvard history professor Niall Ferguson looks at reaction to Katrina and it’s aftermath: Disasters happen. Two hundred and fifty years ago, on November 1, 1755, the Portuguese capital, Lisbon, was flattened by an earthquake that killed thousands of its inhabitants. Like the hurricane that inundated New Orleans last week, the calamity inspired not only awe at the power of nature and sympathy for the helpless