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To: steve harris who wrote (318627)	1/4/2007 9:16:14 AM
From: Elroy	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1572507

North Dakota News This text is from a county emergency manager out in the western part of North Dakota state after a 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 Barbara 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.

To: steve harris who wrote (318627)	1/4/2007 6:42:32 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572507

Pelosi: Iraq is the president's responsibility Nancy Pelosi is delivering her first address as the speaker of the House of Representatives, and she's using the occasion to lay the problem of Iraq at the president's door. After vowing to work in a "partnership" with Republicans, after honoring the soldiers in the field and the new members of Congress, after paying tribute to Gerald R. Ford and talking of her own life story, after taking note that her election represents a "historic moment" for women in America, Pelosi said that November's election results show that the people want their country to change. And, she said, "nowhere were the American people more clear about the need for a change in direction than in the war in Iraq." But as soon as she said those words, Pelosi made it clear that the war is, first and foremost, George W. Bush's problem. Noting that Bush will likely address the nation next week on a new "way forward" in Iraq, Pelosi said: "It is the responsibility of the president to articulate a new plan for Iraq that makes it clear to the Iraqis that they must defend their own streets and their own security ... a plan that promotes stability in the region ... and a plan that allows us to responsibly redeploy our troops." Democrats in the chamber rose in sustained applause. For all of the talk about a new day in Washington, Republican members mostly sat on their hands. salon.com