Now is not the time to nominnate a Supreme Court Justice!

CNN.com - Bush nominates Roberts as chief justice - Sep 5, 2005There is a time and place to nominate a neocon to the supreme court. During a national crisis is surely not the time.

The Observer | International | You're on your own, Britain's victims told

British families trapped in New Orleans last night claimed that US authorities had refused to evacuate them as Hurricane Katrina approached the city.
Although assistance was offered to US residents, British nationals were told they would have to fend for themselves. According to those who remain stranded in the stricken city, police had visited hotels and guest houses on the eve of the hurricane offering to evacuate Americans, but not Britons.