Louisianans rebuild the Dakotas. NOT

[alabama]

> THINK ABOUT THIS FOR A MOMENT
>
> North Dakota News
>
> 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 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's 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 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'Rielly, No Oprah, No Chris Mathews and No
> Geraldo Rivera
>
>
> No Shaun Penn, No Barbara Striesand, No Hollywood types to be found
>
> And 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
> an 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% 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....

[Juan]

Thanks so much for this post Alabama.I'm sending this to a bunch of people.

[CattleRMe]

Very true.

[ranchwife]

verrrrrrry true!!!!!