Well put!.....Jim On Feb 2, 8:39 pm, Ohio mark <[email protected]> wrote: > with the messiah in office there will be no criticism, no crying, no > need to care about the people of kentucky. it can't be used as a > political football against the republicans, because the dems are in > charge. > > On Feb 2, 9:18 pm, Jim Willis <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > To watch the mainstream media, “from our Illinois perspective” one > > might conclude that Kentucky is merely struggling a bit amidst a > > winter wonderland of sunshine and lollipops. Having visited the > > bluegrass state over the weekend I can attest to the complete disaster > > visited upon them a full week ago. > > > Kentucky was victimized last Monday by an ice storm, “3 inches” that > > effectively shut the state down. To date; there remains gas lines, > > food shortages, water outages and almost 300,000 households without > > electricity. Kentucky’s Governor, Steve Beshear, Democrat, has been > > quick to complain about everything except the federal response. > > > Yet, the residents we spoke to railed against FEMA and the federal > > response in general. Megan Gore, of the Paducah area noted that as > > soon as FEMA showed up, the gas and kerosene dried up. Electric > > generators ceased to exist, electronic purchases halted and even the > > local WAL-MART had to have security usher twenty-five shoppers in at a > > time, to a store without power. > > > Here in Springfield we confirmed that only one store had generators in > > stock and their supply was dwindling to three units. We were told > > that every generator was headed to Kentucky. And; they weren’t being > > purchased by FEMA. > > > It’s little wonder that the freshly minted Obama administration hasn’t > > broken a sweat for a state he lost by twenty points and it’s even less > > of a surprise that the Democrat Governor hasn’t taken the leader of > > his party to task for his inaction. After all; there’s infrastructure > > money for the states to be had and it’s a safe bet Governor Beshear > > doesn’t want to lose his place in line. > > > Still, as of today, at least twenty deaths are attributed to the after > > effects of the storm, Many due to ill vented kerosene heaters and > > hypothermia. But, as residents in Graves and McCracken counties told > > us; wait until they go door to door. > > > Much of Kentucky is rural and elderly. Many of these people have been > > living without electricity, water, food or heat for more than a week. > > They expect the death toll to go much higher. > > > All the while Governor Beshear puts lipstick on this pig; as people > > die. What we want to know is this; Where are the Charlie Gibson’s, the > > Katie Couric’s, the Shepard Smith’s crying on the overpass asking > > where are the FEDS? Where is Obama’s FEMA and where’s Obama? > > > The only positive in this story are the people of Kentucky themselves. > > Antidotal as our observations were, we suspect what we noticed is in > > fact statewide. Nobody was waiting for FEMA and it’s a good thing. We > > saw people with chainsaws, neighbors helping each other and a grit > > unseen in New Orleans. We saw Americans; we saw what founded this > > country and made it into what it is today. We saw spirit and guts. We > > saw. > > > Conservative Springfield Staff 02FEB09 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum
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