Lenny
Lovin' being Texican
Just got his from my SIL in Nebraska. I wonder how may of the Progressive MPDs on here will be upset. 
This text is from a county emergency manager out in the
central part of Colorado after today's snowstorm.
WEATHER BULLETIN
Up here, in the Northern Plains, 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.
&n bsp; 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 h ow 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. Maybe SOME people will get the
message. The world does Not owe you a living.
This text is from a county emergency manager out in the
central part of Colorado after today's snowstorm.
WEATHER BULLETIN
Up here, in the Northern Plains, 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.
&n bsp; 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 h ow 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. Maybe SOME people will get the
message. The world does Not owe you a living.
It's still partially true.