Jessica,

I think Lott is in Mississippi still. So Rockefeller Center will do you no good right now.

She is *so* off the friends list.

First fandom_wank, now politico_wank....

Well, there is enough craxy for it.

I think Lott is in Mississippi still. So Rockefeller Center will do you no good right now.

Ah well, it was a nice thought anyway.

Instead, I think I'll go see Grizzly Man at the theatre up the street. This means I should probably put on a shirt.

3:32 P.M. Ben Morris, Slidell mayor: We are still hampered by some of the most stupid, idiotic regulations by FEMA. They have turned away generators, we've heard that they've gone around seizing equipment from our contractors. If they do so, they'd better be armed because I'll be damned if I'm going to let them deprive our citizens. I'm pissed off, and tired of this horse$#@@."

Good news.

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17th Street Canal breach fixed Monday, 1:55 p.m.

By Jeff Meitrodt Staff writer

With assistance from the Army Corps of Engineers, repairs have been completed to the 17th Street Canal breach, responsible for the post-Hurricane Katrina deluge into New Orleans, the state Department of Transportation and Development announced during its mid-day briefing.

The next step, transportation public affairs officer Cleo Allen said, is to get the floodwater out of the city. Authorities said the Mounes Pumping station has power and they expect to start it up this afternoon.

“We will get the smaller pumps, which should dry out the larger pumps,’’ he said.

Authorities are uncertain about the condition of the 17th Street Canal pumps, and Corps engineers are trying to determine whether the canal’s walls are stable, Allen said. “When that happens we will have considerable more capacity,’’ he said.

Crews will move next to the London Avenue canal, he said.

A trio of Duke University sophomores say they drove to New Orleans late last week, posed as journalists to slip inside the hurricane-soaked city twice, and evacuated seven people who weren't receiving help from authorities.

The group, led by South Carolina native Sonny Byrd, say they also managed to drive all the way to the New Orleans Convention Center, where they encountered scenes early Saturday evening that they say were disgraceful.

"We found it absolutely incredible that the authorities had no way to get there for four or five days, that they didn't go in and help these people, and we made it in a two-wheel-drive Hyundai," said Hans Buder, who made the trip with his roommate Byrd and another student, David Hankla.

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Blanco is saying she asked Bush to walk hand-in-hand with her at the church.

OOOH! HOT GOVERNOR ON PRESIDENT ACTION!!!

Also,

At the second stop -- a visit to an emergency operations center -- Bush kissed Blanco on the cheek, but it wasn't clear whether they had made up. The two said little publicly during the appearance.

I guess they have made up....

eta:

"I know I don't need to make any other introduction other than `Mr. President,' " Blanco said tersely, turning the microphone over to Bush after thanking emergency workers for their hard work.

I'm not in politics because it would be hard for me not to wipe my face with my hand if the Shrub attempted that.