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...control and storm preparations, mangled the chain of command, missed every opportunity. And an angry debate opened about how much the demands of the Iraq war, on both the budget and the National Guard, were eating into the country's ability to protect itself at home. Louisiana Republican Congressman Jim McCrery--working the phones with FEMA, the Army, the White House, state officials--argues that Katrina revealed how much doesn't work. "Clearly, with all the money we've spent, all the focus we have put on homeland security, we are not prepared for a disaster of this proportion whether...
Where many boomers--as well as many Americans in general--are getting into trouble is in using their home as their personal ATM. "We're seeing more people get new mortgages in order to consolidate debt or buy a new car, for example," says Jim Nabors, president of the National Association of Mortgage Brokers. How do they intend to build equity? They are counting on escalating home values--not a smart plan...
Louisiana Representative Jim McCrery, chair of a powerful Ways and Means subcommittee, told TIME, "I've talked to the White House staff. I've talked to FEMA. I've talked with the Army. And, of course, I've talked with the state office of emergency preparedness. And nobody, federal or state, seems to know how to implement a decision, if we can get a decision." As in any war, the best weapons mean nothing without leadership and communication. On Friday, hours after even the President had shifted to calling the government's response "not acceptable," the No. 2 at FEMA...
...critics have also changed tack. The United Food and Commercial Workers, after failing to organize workers at Wal-Mart stores, is hoping to build national resistance to the retailer. The union hired Paul Blank, 29, former political director of Howard Dean's campaign, to lead Wake-Up Wal-Mart; Jim Jordan, who was one of John Kerry's campaign managers, is advising Wal-Mart Watch, a group affiliated with the Service Employees International Union. Wake-Up Wal-Mart is calling on parents to boycott the retailer as they shop for school supplies. The battle will heat up again in November...
...jamboree, the 13 scouts from Troop 797 camped with troops from the Houston area, and the Muslims' very presence provided a learning experience for the others. "I always thought most Boy Scouts were white, Christian boys," said Jim Scofield, 13, a lanky scout with a quick giggle whose troop is sponsored by a Catholic church. Matthew Griffin, 13, a Mormon scout, says he didn't know that "there are lots of different kinds of Muslims." The Troop 797 scouts are Ismailis, whose practices differ from those of other Muslims; for instance, they pray three times a day instead of five...