”citizens, the Ministry of Love has an important message...”
Posted on 05/19/2008 7:18:29 AM PDT by ozark hilljilly
NEOSHO, Mo. -- Missouri's two U.S. senators toured tornado-damaged areas of Newton County on Friday. A reporter asked about the possibility of federal aid to help people install tornado shelters or buy weather alert radios for their homes.
"At some point, you've got to take some responsibility. The federal federal government, unless you're in need, is not going to buy your lunch for you; it's not going to buy your TV set, and a weather radio is probably something a provident, responsible family should do," said Sen. Kit Bond.
"The important thing is to make sure they have the accurate information on there. We do fund the National Weather Service, make sure they have the experts, the satellite photographs," said Sen. Claire McCaskill.
"We're not going to go out and buy everybody a radio -- come on," said Bond.
”citizens, the Ministry of Love has an important message...”
I’m sure Kit Bond will be pilloried for this callous and “old school” thinking about individual responsibility.
And then the Dems will probably say: “Why should we only provide weather radios for our own citizens... what about the poor people in Miramar/Burma? We really are callous and uncaring thinking only about ourselves... Weather radios for everyone!”
If the poorest America has, can talk on cell phones as they use their lone star card...they can afford to by their own radio.
The most frustrating thing about a weather radio is living close enough to an ocean to get marine advisories. There's nothing like being wakened at three in the morning to be told to get my boat to safe harbor.
Bill
On the outskirts of Pasadena we still have the siren tests every Thursday.
Let me get this straight. This means I’m not going to get a free pony?
Mr. Loaf-You get cable and yet your area has NO local weather transmitter??! Weird.
Personally, I think it can’t be that rural if you get cable. The nearest town (and of course, gas station and grocery store) for us is 25 miles away...that’s rural! We will never get cable, or DSL, or broadband out here...ever.
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