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1 posted on 05/10/2011 8:27:12 AM PDT by george76
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Is LA a must-win state for The Won?

If not, hard cheese folks. You on you own.

2 posted on 05/10/2011 8:30:00 AM PDT by skeeter
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Huh?

Nonsense.

I see abundant flood coverage on TV, newspaper, and internet.

Quit trying to politicize Mother Nature. We’ve had enough of that already.


3 posted on 05/10/2011 8:33:03 AM PDT by Jedidah
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To: Pride in the USA; Stillwaters

ping


4 posted on 05/10/2011 8:33:25 AM PDT by lonevoice (Where the Welfare State is on the march, the Police State is not far behind)
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Chicago way.


5 posted on 05/10/2011 8:33:25 AM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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i am kinda indifferent to this too - we came to concordia parish louisiana to help move people out - now that we are here, no one wants to make the decision

they are confident the levees will hold (if no one tampers with them) - the seepage under the levees won't be as bad as 1973 (the crest this time will be higher) - and the sand boils are nothing to worry about

we are leaving soon - my fear is when the water begins to crest here, the roads will be closed (some are now), no trucks will be available and no storage facilities will be available

good luck to all the coonasses (and no - coonass is not an insulting word to a coonass - so don't go hypersensitive on me here)

6 posted on 05/10/2011 8:36:51 AM PDT by sloop (don't touch my junk)
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???It’s been all over the news.


9 posted on 05/10/2011 8:41:38 AM PDT by stuartcr
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There needs to be an agenda-pushing liberal angle or it's not a story.

Well, there's also the "hot missing probably murdered white lady" angle, but that doesn't apply here either.

10 posted on 05/10/2011 8:45:41 AM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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I think this guy is right. This is a historic high in the River. There certainly has been some news reporting on it, but not nearly as much or as breathless as you would expect.

Compare this to Bush’s NOLA hurricane. In fact, I’m kind of surprised that they haven’t blamed Bush for leaving Obama with inadequate levees.


11 posted on 05/10/2011 8:46:32 AM PDT by Cicero
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“Is it because the people mostly affected by the Great Mississippi Flood of 2011 are Republican?”

Memphis and New Orleans are not Republican. The basis of this article is nonsense.


12 posted on 05/10/2011 8:47:24 AM PDT by caver (Obama: Home of the Whopper)
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Diane Sawyer was on location from Memphis last evening.


24 posted on 05/10/2011 9:26:17 AM PDT by ichabod1 (Hail Mary Full of Grace, The Lord Is With Thee...)
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If Il Douche were any more detached from the country he was elected to govern, the laws of gravity wouldn’t apply to him.

Sheesh! If this had been “W” [think Katrina], the MSM would be on it like buzzards on a gut wagon.


26 posted on 05/10/2011 9:37:10 AM PDT by PzLdr ("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
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To: george76

Very little being said about it.
If a Republican were in office, the press wopuld be claiming that the President MADE the river flood.


27 posted on 05/10/2011 9:39:42 AM PDT by Darksheare (You will never defeat Bok Choy!)
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Thank God we have Bobby Jindal.


30 posted on 05/10/2011 9:45:38 AM PDT by trillabodilla (Jesus Saves)
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So? He is a lying lawyer - and that is remarkable in what way?


32 posted on 05/10/2011 9:57:06 AM PDT by GladesGuru (In a society predicated upon freedom, it is essential to examine principles,)
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Is CNN going wall-to-wall?

Nope.

Of course not. What does it matter what happens in the howling flyover wilderness?
33 posted on 05/10/2011 10:04:41 AM PDT by Lee N. Field (Never argue eschatology with a crazy person.)
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Foxnews just said that the river is at 48’ above flood level at Memphis and the water hasn’t stopped rising yet.


39 posted on 05/10/2011 10:21:13 AM PDT by chris_bdba
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To: george76

I’m seeing it talked about even on sports talk shows, I think it’s getting plenty of coverage.


40 posted on 05/10/2011 10:23:37 AM PDT by discostu (Come on Punky, get Funky)
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I read an article about the floods and barge transportation on the river. They said that although the large numbers of barges on the river have a tendency to raise the water level, the transportation dept had no plans to curtail or slow down the barge traffic because it would slow the economy. The barges carry ore, coal, grain and auto parts.

It’s crony capitalism trumping the red statevoters and farming.


42 posted on 05/10/2011 10:36:23 AM PDT by Eva
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If the Mississippi River levees would fail around NOLA, Katrina would be remembered as a tea party.


43 posted on 05/10/2011 11:01:25 AM PDT by wordsofearnest (Evan Bayh gave Indiana a twofer.)
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