M O N D A Y , S E P T E M B E R 0 5 , 2 0 0 5Hurricane Katrina: The Headlines Tell TheStoryby Michael in New York on 9/05/2005 10:35:00 PMSome of the headlines capturing the depth of the devastation:CRISIS BUILDS IN NEW ORLEANS -- USA TodayOUR TSUNAMI -- NY PostDAMAGE TO ECONOMY IS DEEP AND WIDE - NY Timesbusiness sectionPANIC DRIVES GAS PRICES, TEMPERS UP -- Atlanta Journal-Constitutionand then:NEW ORLEANS' NIGHTMARE GROWS -- USA TodayHELP US -- NY PostCHAOS GROWS IN NEW ORLEANS -- USA TodayNEW ORLEANS IN DESPERATION AND CHAOS -- LA TimesAnd then:DESPAIR AND LAWLESSNESS GRIP NEW ORLEANS ASTHOUSANDS REMAIN STRANDED IN SQUALOR -- NY TimesANGER, ANARCHY IN NEW ORLEANS -- USA TodayVIOLENCE, CHAOS MARK EXODUS FROM NEW ORLEANS --WaPoNO FOOD, WATER.</p><p> JUST CHAOS, FEAR. -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution`WORLD STUNNED AS US STRUGGLES WITH KATRINA --ReutersAnd now:RELIEF TRICKLES INTO NEW ORLEANS -- USA TodayDOME EFFORTS STALL, FIRES ERUPT -- USA TodayEMPTY, RUINED AND DESPERATE -- Guardian UKNEW ORLEANS BEGINS COUNTING ITS DEAD -- AtlantaJournal-ConstitutionAN AMERICAN TRAGEDY -- Time magazineHOW DID THIS HAPPEN? -- Time magazineA NATIONAL DISGRACE -- NY Daily News MORE POSTS ABOUT: KATRINA Daily KosPolling and Political Wrap-Up, 7/24/09 - While CNNwas busy trying to break the land speed record forthe flip-flopping away of journalistic integrity, therewas some actual electoral/political ...3 minutes ago HuffPost PoliticsCheney, Bush Officials, Considered Using TheMilitary To Arrest Terror Suspects In U.S. -WASHINGTON Top Bush administration officials in2002 debated testing the Constitution by sendingAmerican troops into the suburbs of Buffalo toarrest a grou...27 minutes ago FiredoglakeLate Night: MSNBC – Will Any RepublicanDenounce Rush Limbaugh? - I sure do remember atime when the GOP made Barack Obama denounceJeremiah Wright, insisting that if he didn't it wasan explicit endorsement of anything W...42 minutes ago Crooks and LiarsC&L's Late Nite Music Club - Friday Night Ripoffswith Green Day and Chicago - Title: Brain Stew vs.25 or 6 to 4 Artist: Green Day vs.</p><p> Chicago Chicago- 25 or 6 to 4 Green Day - Brain Stew This is thethird post in a series called ...43 minutes ago J O H N ' S P H OT O S AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth: Hurric...http://www.americablog.com/2005/09/hurricane-katrina-headlin... 1 of 57/25/09 12:16 AMAMERICAblog GayE.</p><p> Lynn Harris Dies - NYT: E.</p><p> Lynn Harris, thebest-selling author of novels that addressedquestions of identity and sexuality among blackmen, has died, his publicist told Th...3 hours agoShow AllA M E R I C A B L O G T V Visit our AMERICAblog TV site.see all 329 videos >I collect with vodpod Southern Poverty LawCenter calls on CNN to A two minute explanationof the warped and cynical The economy is better.But....</p><p> Judge order San Diego toget rid of the seals Massive brawl in SouthKorean parliament Mormons may havesecretly baptizedNext 6AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth: Hurric...http://www.americablog.com/2005/09/hurricane-katrina-headlin... 2 of 57/25/09 12:16 AMEzra KleinTab Dump4 hours agoWonk RoomF-22 Killed BySeven-Meme Voltron4 hours agoNYCeveHuge victories: Maloney& Pingree - Health CareHeroes, Clyburnreceives petition - video5 hours agoDaily DoseWill Doctors in theHouse, SenateInfluence Debate?6 hours agoThe TreatmentDoes the GOP ReallyHave an AlternativePlan in the Works?6 hours agoG AY P O L I T I C S Visit our new gay politicssection, AMERICAblog Gay.F E E D S Blog RSS AMERICAblog TV RSS Twitter RSSTwitter Feed Get the blog by email: Subscribe me! 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