texas t
01-04-2007, 10:42 PM
I thought you guys would enjoy this.
>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 Category "5" 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, closed
>DIA and 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.
>
>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.
>
>Maybe SOME people will get the message. The world does Not owe you a
>living.
>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 Category "5" 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, closed
>DIA and 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.
>
>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.
>
>Maybe SOME people will get the message. The world does Not owe you a
>living.