On Tuesday 28 March 2006 19:30, Collins Richey wrote: > Got this from several friends at the place I used to work. > > Worth a read. >
Mostly true. But not completely. http://www.snopes.com/katrina/soapbox/dakota.asp > ---- > This text is from a county emergency manager out in the western part > of North Dakota state after the recent snow storm. > > >> WEATHER 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 tens of thousands. > > >> F Y I: > >> > >> 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 Mayors 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.... > >> > >> 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 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....... > > -- > Collins Richey > If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries > of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for. > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] > Unsub/Pause/Etc : > http://mail.linux-sxs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/general _______________________________________________ [email protected] Unsub/Pause/Etc : http://mail.linux-sxs.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/general
