Cursor's Media Patrol - 09/14/05

As 'Katrina spills into Senate's Iraq war debate,' the 'Achilles heel for Bush' is Iraq, not Katrina, argues Peter Canellos, and Maureen Dowd wonders, "How many places will be in shambles by the time the Bush crew leaves office?"

'The Reconstruction of New Oraq' Tom Engelhardt and Nick Turse see Iraq and New Orleans "morphing into a single entity ... to be devoured by the same limited set of corporations, let loose and overseen by the same small set of Bush administration officials." Plus: 'Is the SBA the Next Scandal?'

As 'Another GOP talking point bites the dust,' USA Today presents a tale of two governors, one of whom "couldn't get through to Bush and didn't get a callback," while the other said that "I never called him. He always called me."

Although no one would take the call when the Hattiesburg American inquired about a directive from Vice President Cheney's office to make fixing a gas pipeline a national priority, three cabinet members were on hand to thank the workers who dropped everything else.