A little late, Eddie. At least he can be chauffered in a plane.
This is what happens when people rely too much on government. Nanny state can't take care of you all the time. A little ice and snow and the state is apologizing. Geesh. Then they wonder why taxes are so high. Connect the dots idiots.
Does anyone know how to post an image of a map of the affected area? Thank you.
In this case, the state might have done a better job mitigating the effects of this snow storm, but there's a trend in the public perception of holding government responsible for natural events. It all seemed to have started a few years back with the heat wave in Chicago that killed 50 people, and more recently with the hurricanes Katrina and Rita. This perception reinforces the notion of an infinitely capable caretaker government with infinite resources, if only it was more competently run. More fodder for the concept of the nanny state.
This will give him an excuse to raise taxes.
Thanks Eddie. That makes it OK.
When Democrats go bad...
The good people of Pennsylvania are getting what they paid for.
What happens when you pick your highway managers on the basis of the political support they give you.
I am amazed that FEMA has not been blamed and there is no mention of George's Fault. So ... if such a large area of weather disaster is the state's problem in Penn., why wouldn't the same apply to Louisiana?
A typical dim response to a crisis.
We had to go to the bathroom in a plastic bin and dump it out the door. Had to take the dog into the drifts.
Finally after 7 hours, they let us move, but by that time the snow was so deep, there was only one path two follow, I only had a lowly Sable wagon (now I'm a rich Republican with an evil SUV that'll go through any snowstorm easily) and it was getting close to dark. So, I went up the entrance ramp to get to some shelter and the PA Trooper told me to go back down. I tried to explain I had little kids and had to find a place for the night, but he made me turn around, even in my duress (oh well). We ended up going one exit, but that ended up being the army depot and I could not find anywhere to stay and almost went off the country road.
So we doubled back to Mt Pocono, looked quite a while for a place to stay and could not find any motels. Was about to park and spend the blizzard night in between some trucks at a KMart but figured to give one more try. The kids and the wife were crying.
Just before dark I turned off the main drag and low and behold we saw a light and followed it. It ended up being the Mt Pocono Inn and they were our saviors.
The road remained closed until the following afternoon. And I never got an apology from the PA Governor!
Obviously God wants PA to be a chocolate state.
It's a quagmire! I heard that Murtha's demanding that the National Guard be redeployed to Okinawa!
Mark
I used to live right off of I-78, and there have been MUCH worse storms in the past without a problem. This is a total disgrace and all involved should be ashamed. Especially that POS governor. But the sheeple will still vote for him, at least the city folk will, since they are the beneficiaries of all the Taxes.
Pennsylvania is falling apart under DemocRAT rule. Hopefully, voters in PA will learn the lesson.
You mean the rats blew it BIG TIME in their response to a weather-related natural disaster?
I hope the Republicans drag Rendell and the rats through the mud for the next two years.
Welcome to the new Democrat majority.
I would like Ed Rendell to replace Schwartzie as the governor of CA. There are 10 lane freeways here that are stopped when just a few drops of rain come down. Trucks seem to land on their side on the 405 between Santa Clarita and Van Nuys. The best accident I know of is when a truckful of live chichens overturned. Hundreds of them ran around and stopped traffic for miles.