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Not So Fast
01-12-2007, 02:52 PM
VERY interesting point of view ;) > >>Subject: Weather Bulletin- Denver
>>>
>>>
>>> > WEATHER BULLETIN
>>> >
>>> > Up here, in the "Mile-Hi City", we just recovered
>>> > from a Historic event---
>>> > may I even say a "Weather Event" of "Biblical
>>> > Proportions" --- with a
>>> > historic blizzard of up to 44" inches of snow and
>>> > winds to 90 MPH that broke
>>> > trees in half, knocked down utility poles, stranded
>>> > hundreds of motorists in
>>> > lethal snow banks, closed ALL roads, isolated scores
>>> > of communities and cut
>>> > power to 10's of thousands.
>>> >
>>> > FYI:
>>> >
>>> > George Bush did not come.
>>> >
>>> > FEMA did nothing.
>>> >
>>> > No one howled for the government.
>>> >
>>> > No one blamed the government.
>>> >
>>> > No one even uttered an expletive on TV.
>>> >
>>> > Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton did not visit.
>>> >
>>> > Our Mayor did not blame Bush or anyone else.
>>> >
>>> > Our Governor did not blame Bush or anyone else,
>>> > either.
>>> >
>>> > CNN, ABC, CBS, FOX or NBC did not visit - or report
>>> > on this category 5
>>> > snowstorm. Nobody demanded $2,000 debit cards.
>>> >
>>> > No one asked for a FEMA Trailer House.
>>> >
>>> > No one looted.
>>> >
>>> > Nobody - I mean Nobody demanded the government do
>>> > something.
>>> >
>>> > Nobody expected the government to do anything,
>>> > either.
>>> >
>>> > No Larry King, No Bill O'Rielly, No Oprah, No Chris
>>> > Mathews and No Geraldo
>>> > Rivera.
>>> >
>>> > No Shaun Penn, No Barbara Striesand, No Hollywood
>>> > types to be found.
>>> >
>>> > Nope, we just melted the snow for water.
>>> >
>>> > Sent out caravans of SUV's to pluck people out of
>>> > snow engulfed cars.
>>> >
>>> > The truck drivers pulled people out of snow banks
>>> > and didn't ask for a
>>> > penny.
>>> >
>>> > Local restaurants made food and the police and fire
>>> > departments delivered it
>>> > to the snowbound families.
>>> >
>>> > Families took in the stranded people - total
>>> > strangers.
>>> >
>>> > We fired up wood stoves, broke out coal oil lanterns
>>> > or Coleman lanterns.
>>> >
>>> > We put on extra layers of clothes because up here it
>>> > is "Work or Die".
>>> >
>>> > We did not wait for some affirmative action
>>> > government to get us out of a
>>> > mess created by being immobilized by a welfare
>>> > program that trades votes for
>>> > 'sittin at home' checks.
>>> >
>>> > Even though a Category "5" blizzard of this scale
>>> > has never fallen this
>>> > early, we know it can happen and how to deal with it
>>> > ourselves.
>>> >
>>> > "In my many travels, I have noticed that once one
>>> > gets north of about 48
>>> > degrees North Latitude, 90% of the world's social
>>> > problems evaporate."
>>> >
>>> > It does seem that way, at least to me.
>>> >
>>> > I hope this gets passed on.
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>>NSF
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