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Well earlier today there was talk of a "rate hike or no" thread. I suppose to discuss whether there should, and whether there would, be one, and what the ramifications would be. I was looking forward to that because it sounds like it would be a good source thread (i.e edumacational). Don't know why no thread yet, though....

The suffering in New Orleans is truely a shame...

From another website:

“Much of the suffering in New Orleans was avoidable. LOCAL authorities were slow with the evacuation order, and did not utilize resources at hand to evacuate those who lacked transportation.

Perhaps they were concerned that once they had evacuees on busses they had no plan for where to take them.”

http://www.city-journal.org/html/eon_09_01_05ng.html

http://instapundit.com/archives/025310.php

The city had countless buses in the city that they just parked and left to be flooded.

Well earlier today there was talk of a “rate hike or no” thread. I suppose to discuss whether there should, and whether there would, be one, and what the ramifications would be. I was looking forward to that because it sounds like it would be a good source thread (i.e edumacational). Don’t know why no thread yet, though….

The main thread masters have been away today, but I can put one up. In terms of rate hikes, are we speaking in response to Katrina, or do you want to address other factors?

Actually never mind. I went ahead and created a new thread. It's basic but we need to move on.

astrid, I will miss your presence, but agree that it is probably a good idea to cool off for a bit. Maybe not weeks, but however long you feel like you need.

This is not a political blog, per se, and I would hate to see it turn into one. There is plenty of that out there.

My politics are pretty close to yours, but I came from the other end. I grew up poor and was practically an anarchist in college. Now I consider myself progressive socially and pragmatic fiscally.