Monday, August 28, 2006

TRUTHINESS* MATTERS

Lone Tree near Slab, Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans 8/2006
all reproduction rights reserved William Greiner

New Orleans Mayor , Ray Nagin, states that New Orleans population stands at 240,000 inhabitants, roughly half of the city's pre-storm population. Independant groups place the current number at more like, 170,000..

* Political satirist , Stephen Colbert , on his TV show "The Colbert Report" , has coined the word "truthiness" , which means "truth unencumbered by the facts."

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