amen, Phil.  do you know who wrote it.  Anyway, I'm passing this on.



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>From: Phil Scovell <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Electronic Church <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Snow Cone, Colorado
>Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 22:22:16 -0700
>
>Otherwise know as Denver.
>
>Weather Bulletin - Denver
>
>Up here, in the "Mile-Hi City", 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 Sean 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."
>
>I hope this gets passed on.
>
>Maybe SOME people will get the message.  The world does Not owe you a 
>living
>
>
>P.S.  Another one foot of snow is predicted for next week.  No fooling.
>
>
>
>Phil, but I didn't write this.