In my email today

[jeezeweeze]

Denver Post:
> >
> > This text is from a county emergency manager out in
> > the central part of
> > Colorado after todays 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.
> >
> > 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 Barbra 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.
> >
> > "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.
> >
> >

[lurker]

I happened upon 19 Mennonite men from Greensburg who came to Dodge just to help wherever they could.... I'm sure there were more.

[jeezeweeze]

Wow...
That just blows my mind..
Tough people just get tougher...and pull together....Its good to know there are still some good souls around ....
I just sent the email I got to the Glen Beck show ....if nothing else....SOMEONE there will read it...

[lurker]

It blows my mind how some will extend their hand (palm up and open) while only wanting money with a promise to help others.... like the google ad I saw on the top of this thread offering an opportunity to "make your donation today" to help rebuild lives and property in hurricane areas. It linked to the 'BushClintonKatrinaFund'.org.

[wordsmythe]

This same thing was posted on the Wichita Eagle Blog and received this comment.

Sollie--

I guess you missed the news last night showing National Guard helicopters choppering in giant hay bales to feed snowbound livestock.

Or the dairy farmer who has to run tons of milk into the storm drain because the milk truck can't make it . . . fortunately, 90 percent of his losses are covered.

Western ranchers and farmers are already so heavily subsidized by taxpayers, it's hard to know where gov't help ends and private enterprise starts . . .

Posted by: CapnAmerica | January 05, 2007 at 10:48 AM

And all the wonderful things listed as human compassion in this forward are good deeds that should be recognized. I'd be willing to bet that with some diggin you'd find similar things in other disasters you're belittling.

[Made in the USA]

Weezie----Where's my government credit card for 2 grand?? I got a bar tab to pay, and I hear there is some new porno out. Also, Uncle Festus needs some new "smoke"!! Dang "Southerners" get all the good stuff!!

[TexKan]

That's cause our offices are never closed due to weather!!! LOL

[lurker]

We're all in the same boat unless you're very close to Canada (49 degrees North Latitude).

> > "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.

Dodge City's 37.75 degrees North.