Hello all,
A lot has happened to be thankful for since my last Free Republic post:
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Hurricane Katrina Live Thread, Part VI
Posted by Founding Father to sheikdetailfeather
On News/Activism 08/28/2005 9:31:16 PM CDT · 2,632 of 3,049
No more dry air to weaken; flood and tornado watch;eyewall still moving northwest;18-25 ft surge from the east pushing water into the lake;rain up to 5 inches per hour south of N.O.;huricane force winds hitting land now; 40 mph in city;shear markers noted--ripe for tornados;may have a new eyewall forming causing strengthening;100 mph winds about to move on land;eye zig-zaging now southwest of river mouth;Venice winds gusting to 75 mph;northshore and BR looking good for travellors; in two hours NO weather will rapidly deteriorate."
This post was from rural St. Bernard Parish where I had gone to retrieve my parents. Long story short, one is bed-ridden and both refused to leave. Anticipating that they would probably not leave, I had come semi-prepared for the long haul.
Thanks to much of what I had read here on TM I had some idea as to what I needed. About 10-15 minutes after the above post, we lost electricity and a few hours later the floods came. We spent a week in the crow's nest (small 3rd floor area) before some Canadian firefighters pulled us out (on Labor Day). A week of bottled juices and water, not to mention cans of tuna and chicken can leave one thankful, but sick of canned food (beef jerky was another favorite). While I remained locked and loaded, we were too far out and the devastation was too great for looters.
I appreciate the prayers and the advice from those here. This is not the time to assess blame, it took 70 years of failed government policies, state and fed, to get to where we are now, not to mention individual greed, corruption and ineptness.
Please don't waste space with replies, you can freepmail if you want. In a lot of regards, I'm still in shock, but mom and pops are doing OK, I feel like I served them well as their son AND WE ARE THANKFUL TO BE ALIVE IN THE GREATEST COUNTRY ON EARTH!
For my first contribution in a long while I've learned that "American Islam" is an evil moderate islam:
http://www.iranfocus.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=4575
Iran’s radical body calls for confrontation with U.S. over Iraq Fri. 25 Nov 2005
Iran Focus
Tehran, Iran, Nov. 25 – Radical Islamists allied with hard-line Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called this week for Iran to confront United States forces in Iraq.
Ansar-e Hezbollah, an ultra-conservative government-run body fiercely loyal to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, wrote in the latest edition of its weekly paper Yatharat al-Hossein that Iran had a religious duty to defend the “occupied lands of Iraq”.
“Our strategy in the occupied lands of Iraq, taking into consideration the efforts by America to take complete control of the country with the second largest oil reserves of the world, make our duties for the region clear in the present circumstances”, the group wrote in its weekly publication.
The group said that the U.S. was introducing “American Islam” in Iraq in place of theocratic Islam, citing recent remarks by Iraqi President Jalal Talabani who visited Iran earlier this week, as a “negative example” of the effects of moderate Islam.
“Based on the teachings of pure Islam and without any moderate posturing, we must oppose deviant currents in this arena and fight off the aggressors in Islamic lands following the teachings of the Quran. Of course, we are ready to carry out the orders of the Supreme Leader as a priority”.