clubtan1

This text is from a county emergency manager out in the eastern part of
North Dakota after the recent snow storm.

BULLETIN

Up here in the Northern Plains we just recovered from an historic event may
I even say a "weather event" of "biblical proportions" --- with an 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 nor Al Sharpton visited;

Our Mayor's did not blame Bush nor anyone else;

Our Governor did not blame Bush nor anyone else;

CNN, ABC, CBS, FOX, or NBC did not visit - nor report on this category 5
snow storm;

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'Reilly, No Oprah, No Chris Mathews, and No Geraldo
Rivera;

No Sean Penn, No Barbara Streisand, 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 snow bound 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 43
degrees North Latitude, 90% most 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....

electricbeach2

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