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A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....08-31-06...JH2 - Weakling Ernesto Steals Katrina's Thunder
John Huang2; DollyCali; All of the Finest | August 31, 2006 | JohnHuang2

Posted on 08/31/2006 1:54:38 AM PDT by DollyCali



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Weakling Ernesto steals Katrina's thunder


I was petrified by early forecast models that had Hurricane Ernesto slamming into Louisiana around the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and what the political fallout would be, then it dawned on me -- call Karl Rove! It worked. After some up-and-down, left-and-right nudging of that powerful control stick on his trusty remote, Rove's steered this thing well away from Louisiana -- in our direction, toward Florida. Whadda guy. At press time, Ernesto appears to have spared Gitmo. Wouldn't want to run afoul of the Geneva Conventions.





Democrats have been waiting so eagerly for the one-year anniversary of Katrina they practically moved into the Bayou state months ago. They're complaining that not much has changed. That the recovery effort is going too slow. That not many businesses have reopened. That only half of the population of New Orleans has returned. Next door, in Mississippi, which got the brunt of Katrina, the recovery effort is going swimmingly. Electric power is back to pre-Katrina levels. Almost all schools have reopened. Businesses are coming back. Mississippi is run by Republicans. Louisiana is run by Democrats. Question: Would you rather have Haley Barbour or Kathleen Blanco in charge after a major hurricane? Take your time. Pretty tricky question, I know.





Over the weekend, when Ernesto was projected to hit Louisiana, before it was projected to hit Mississippi, which was before it was projected to hit Alabama, just before it was projected to hit southern Florida, Democrats seized on a story published in New Orleans' Times-Picayune entitled, Engineers: Levees might not hold in another big storm this year, which cited the head of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers conceding that despite an all-out effort to fix the levee system, it still wasn't clear whether the system could handle another of Rove's Category 3 hurricanes.

Instantly, the press was filled with deja vu stories speculating about breached levees, bodies stacking up at the Superdome, flooded streets teeming with hungry Wal-Mart executives dressed up as fierce alligators devouring gays and union workers -- all of this happening "again" just 2 months before the elections.





Then Ernesto changed course. Instead of Louisiana grabbing the spotlight all week, it's Florida and Gov. Jeb Bush getting all the attention. Since Ernesto's no longer threatening oil rigs and refineries on the U.S. Gulf Coast, oil prices dropped like a rock, which fueled a market rally. In effect, the storm which was supposed to sweep Democrats to power ended up helping the Republicans.




It wasn't that long ago when the GOP's 'Culture of Corruption' was supposed to sweep Democrats to power. When that didn't work, Fitzmas was supposed to sweep Democrats to power. When that didn't work, Bush's NSA "wiretapping" "scandal" was supposed to sweep Democrats to power. When that didn't work, Bush's snooping on al-Qaeda's bank records was supposed to sweep Democrats to power. Didn't work either. Then it was back to Iraq, but Iraq isn't working either. Sadly for Democrats, violence is way down in Baghdad after the launching of a new U.S. offensive. Baghdad no longer looks like Chicago!




Even worse for libbies, the Democrats' "insurmountable lead" over Republicans for control of Congress in "generic ballot" polls has evaporated. In a "generic ballot" poll, a pollster will ask some guy in Minnesota how he plans to vote in November in order to find out how voters in some district in Florida plan to vote in November. "Generic ballot" polls have never been reliable, so they're closely watched. They're unreliable because there's no candidate named 'generic' running in November. One Blogger shows that when pollsters ask respondents the "head-to-head question, such as, 'In November, do you plan to vote for Republican [Candidate's name] or Democrat [Candidate's name]?", the response is remarkably different -- much more pro-GOP -- than when the question is posed 'generically': Do you plan to vote for the Republican or for the Democrat in November? The blogger cites a number of examples of this. In Pennsylvania's 8th district, if you ask the 'generic ballot' question, the GOP trails by 12 points. But when you go for the head-to-head question (name the candidates), the GOP candidate leads by 10 points. Same deal in Virginia's 2nd district. The GOP trails by 12 points in the 'generic ballot' question, but leads by 14 points in the head-to-head question.




Like I said, Democrats will be crying in their beer again this November.

Anyway, that's...
My Two Cents...

"JohnHuang2"













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1 posted on 08/31/2006 1:54:41 AM PDT by DollyCali
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To: ST.LOUIE1; Billie; dutchess; DollyCali; GodBlessUSA; JustAmy; Mama_Bear; The Mayor; Aquamarine; ...


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2 posted on 08/31/2006 2:01:20 AM PDT by DollyCali (Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)
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To: pookie18
Thanks again for providing all the great toons that we all here as hosts/hostess can "raid" & use on our threads!


3 posted on 08/31/2006 2:06:24 AM PDT by DollyCali (Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)
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Our Dear Father, creator and Lord of great love - we ask that you keep the men and women of our military in Your protective care. May the families be immersed with peace and comfort as they proudly know their loved ones are serving for the things that are dear to all of us. AMEN
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Below are names of some of our FReepers' loved ones who are serving our country. If you have someone you would like to add, please address a post to Billie; Mama_Bear; Dutchess; The Mayor; GodBlessUSA; DollyCali, and we will add their name to this list. As we pray for them, we pray also for all our nation’s leaders, and military personnel, and their families and friends. May God hold them close to His heart.





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4 posted on 08/31/2006 2:09:37 AM PDT by DollyCali (Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)
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To: DollyCali

Good morning. Great review of the MSM's Katrina 1st Anniversary celebration!


5 posted on 08/31/2006 2:45:03 AM PDT by NautiNurse
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Hah !! Now, that was funny. I suppose if I was a lib and had tenure and my future life style guaranteed - I could sit down and dream things. Got my thoughts wandering....to here:

Einstein died searching for the theory of everything (gravity, Newton, Quantum theories didn't play together nice).

We know that 100% of dumb people vote for Dems. And most of the education crowd. Throw in the government employees, seniors, evironmentalists, and peace-niks and that's a lot of people.

Where does that leave us? We the people who pay for all of this? Well....we have the theory of everything already !! They don't. And we have the guns - but they'll take them soon - along with your wallet.

But the Dems are like Einstein's puzzle to me. Why on earth don't people see through that gobbly gook?

Whoops - I have to go to work.


6 posted on 08/31/2006 3:07:53 AM PDT by The Raven (There is no left and right - just up and down - Ronald Reagan)
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To: DollyCali
Thanks again for providing all the great toons that we all here as hosts/hostess can "raid" & use on our threads!

Hi, hostess with the mostest. Everything's meant to be shared & dispersed widely. Was going to post a few more relevant toons here, but the Cagle site is down so I've yet to post today's toons & have viewers staring at too many red x boxes :-(


7 posted on 08/31/2006 3:36:43 AM PDT by pookie18 ([Hillary Rotten] Clinton Happens...as does Dr. Demento Dean, Bela Pelosi & Benedick Durbin!!)
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To: DollyCali

Good morning, Dolly - getting ready to head out to the Office.


8 posted on 08/31/2006 3:57:46 AM PDT by ConorMacNessa (HM/2 USN, 3rd Bn. 5th Marines, RVN 1969. St. Michael the Archangel defend us in battle!)
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To: DollyCali

http://www.thepeoplescube.com/red/viewtopic.php?t=813


9 posted on 08/31/2006 4:40:31 AM PDT by pookie18 ([Hillary Rotten] Clinton Happens...as does Dr. Demento Dean, Bela Pelosi & Benedick Durbin!!)
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To: DollyCali


10 posted on 08/31/2006 4:41:50 AM PDT by pookie18 ([Hillary Rotten] Clinton Happens...as does Dr. Demento Dean, Bela Pelosi & Benedick Durbin!!)
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Cagle still dead?


11 posted on 08/31/2006 4:43:41 AM PDT by NonLinear (He's dead, Jim)
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To: DollyCali

Thanks, Dolly; and bump for later reading!


12 posted on 08/31/2006 4:51:56 AM PDT by alwaysconservative (Sometimes you're the bug, sometimes you're the windshield..)
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To: NonLinear
Yes :-( I'm trying to redo today's set with all non-Cagle stuff...if I can do it, could be a while :-( Woof :-(


13 posted on 08/31/2006 4:57:27 AM PDT by pookie18 ([Hillary Rotten] Clinton Happens...as does Dr. Demento Dean, Bela Pelosi & Benedick Durbin!!)
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To: pookie18; NautiNurse; Howlin; ConorMacNessa; alwaysconservative; Peach; The Raven; All
Good morning to all who have checked in thus far... I caught a couple hours sleep before tackling the job of mowing before the remnants of Ernesto visit us in NE Ohio ... but I wanted to make note of two things: Last years 2 day thread of memory & prayer for Katrina vicitims...

Katrina ~ A Nation in Prayer and Sorrow


and a B-I-G thank you to our own NautiNurse(Ms. Hurricane) for this graphic below. I found it at pookie's toons & w/o signature thought it was from one of the syndicates. Great Work Ma'am!!!



If you don't follow the hurricane threads or even know about them, there is great information on the storms paths as well as some light hearted "stuff" during the slow times. A lot of good FR minds contribute along the way. It was a sad irony that another major storm threatened our shores on the anniversary of Katrina.

Tropical Storm (again) Ernesto (aka Cat 5 Media Frenzy)



Okay, now to the lawnmower!!!!!
14 posted on 08/31/2006 5:54:07 AM PDT by DollyCali (Don't tell GOD how big your storm is -- Tell the storm how B-I-G your God is!)
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To: ST.LOUIE1; Billie; dutchess; DollyCali; GodBlessUSA; Mama_Bear; Aquamarine; JustAmy; deadhead; ...

August 31, 2006

The Last Word

READ: John 11:17-27

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life.” —John 11:25

When Walter Bouman, a retired seminary professor, learned that the cancer in his body had spread and that he had perhaps 9 months to live, he pondered many things. One was comedian Johnny Carson’s quip: “It is true that for several days after you die, your hair and fingernails keep on growing, but the phone calls taper off.” He found that humor to be a wonderful tonic, but it was something far deeper that sustained his soul.

In Bouman’s newspaper column, he wrote of his greatest source of encouragement: “The Christian good news is that Jesus of Nazareth has been raised from death, that death no longer has dominion over Him. I have bet my living, and now I am called to bet my dying, that Jesus will have the last word.”

In John 11, we read what Jesus said to Martha, a close friend who was grieving the death of her brother. He said: “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die” (vv.25-26).

For each “today” we are given, and for the inevitable “tomorrow” that will come, we don’t have to be afraid. Jesus Christ is with all who trust Him, and He will have the last word. David C. McCasland

To Him I trust my soul, my dust,
When flesh and spirit sever;
The Christ we sing has plucked the sting
Away from death forever.  —Anon.

Because Jesus has risen from the dead, He has the last word in life and in death.

Bible in One Year: Bible in One Year:   Psalms 132-134; 1 Corinthians 11:17-34


15 posted on 08/31/2006 6:34:43 AM PDT by The Mayor ( http://albanysinsanity.com/)
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Excellent Pledge Dolly. This is an awesome essay.


16 posted on 08/31/2006 7:15:16 AM PDT by GodBlessUSA (US Troops, Past, Present and Future, God Bless You and Thank You! Prayers said for our Heroes!)
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To: DollyCali; JohnHuang2
Great commentary, great illustrations!

Just what I needed to go with my coffee this morning. Thank you both.


17 posted on 08/31/2006 7:55:17 AM PDT by Mama_Bear (My heroes wear camouflage)
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To: DollyCali; JohnHuang2

GREAt essay and presentation..Just outstanding..Thank you!
Love your pledge also!

The media is a disgrace and dims are worse!


18 posted on 08/31/2006 7:57:30 AM PDT by MEG33 (GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES.)
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Happy John Huang Day!

May God Protect Our Nation And Our Troops

19 posted on 08/31/2006 8:06:01 AM PDT by MEG33 (GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES.)
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Good Morning Dolly and John.
Wonderful essay.


20 posted on 08/31/2006 8:08:02 AM PDT by Mrs.Nooseman (Proud supporter of our Troops and President GW!!!)
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