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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) said the Democrats are one bill away from completing President Barack Obama’s “blueprint for American prosperity.”

These blasphemers just don't know when to quit. And right on the eve of her district's anniversary of... needing a new blueprint.

The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 was a major earthquake that struck San Francisco, California, and the coast of Northern California at 5:12 a.m. on Wednesday, April 18, 1906.[3] The most widely accepted estimate for the magnitude of the earthquake is a moment magnitude (Mw) of 7.9;[1] however, other values have been proposed, from 7.7 to as high as 8.25.[4] The main shock epicenter occurred offshore about 2 miles (3 km) from the city, near Mussel Rock. It ruptured along the San Andreas Fault both northward and southward for a total of 296 miles (477 km).[5] Shaking was felt from Oregon to Los Angeles, and inland as far as central Nevada. The earthquake and resulting fire are remembered as the worst natural disaster in the history of the United States alongside the Galveston Hurricane of 1900. The death toll from the earthquake and resulting fire, estimated to be above 3,000,[6] is the greatest loss of life from a natural disaster in California's history. The economic impact has been compared with the more recent Hurricane Katrina.[7]

1906 San Francisco earthquake

37 posted on 04/17/2010 6:12:14 PM PDT by Ezekiel (The Obama-nation began with the Inauguration of Desolation.)
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To: Ezekiel

Samson the Nazarite put his hands between 2 pillars and pushed with all the strength God gave him ( his hair had begun to grow back) He brought the temple down and destroyed more of his enemies that day than in his whole battle career,

Not comparing Pelosi with Samson by any stretch- the only correlation being that they were both blind.

Its also interesting to me as Samson’s was the only suicide in the Bible I recall for a righteous purpose. Other than unsuccessful battle heroics.

Just a side observation- the pillars got my attention.


62 posted on 04/17/2010 7:28:33 PM PDT by One Name
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“The San Francisco earthquake of 1906 was a major earthquake that struck San Francisco...”

And the entire city was rebuilt using private money. Newspapers of that era carried stories of school children dropping pennies and dimes into glass jars and sending them to SF. Businesses across the country wrote checks and mailed them to SF. It’s a good story showing how America worked before government got big.


94 posted on 04/18/2010 5:42:27 AM PDT by sergeantdave
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“The earthquake and resulting fire are remembered as the worst natural disaster in the history of the United States”

The damage caused by Nancy Pelosi surely has been far greater. Thus, SF has spawned 2 of the greatest disasters this nation has ever seen. We’ll have to leave it to scientists to figure out how to avoid or mitigate damage from any future earthquake. But Nancy Pelosi’s fate lies in the hands of all voters—not just those in her district. A Republican majority in the House will strip her of the power she’s used to steer the U.S. ship of state way too far in the leftward direction.


99 posted on 04/18/2010 6:19:29 AM PDT by DrC
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