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Posted on 09/04/2005 6:14:35 PM PDT by NautiNurse
OK,OK, Howlin you were right. There I said it.
TK, I'm sure your son is fine. I will include an extra prayer for him tonight. I'm getting ready to hit the sack. I will get back to you by p-mail tomorrow. I've had to keep my freeping to a minimum this week so I want to catch up on old times.
TAW
I have been told by others (who understand this better than I) that all she requested was money, not really physical help with evacuation.
Hi, North Jersey! I agree.
(I'm from South Jersey.)
After a week of this, I just thought I'd post this; I think its apropos, just read "Liberal" for "Sons of Mary" and "Conservative" for "Sons of Martha".
The Sons Of Martha - Rudyard Kipling
The Sons of Mary seldom bother, for they have inherited that good part;
But the Sons of Martha favour their Mother of the careful soul and the troubled heart.
And because she lost her temper once, and because she was rude to the Lord her Guest,
Her Sons must wait upon Mary's Sons, world without end, reprieve, or rest.
It is their care in all the ages to take the buffet and cushion the shock.
It is their care that the gear engages; it is their care that the switches lock.
It is their care that the wheels run truly; it is their care to embark and entrain,
Tally, transport, and deliver duly the Sons of Mary by land and main.
They say to mountains ``Be ye removèd.'' They say to the lesser floods ``Be dry.''
Under their rods are the rocks reprovèd---they are not afraid of that which is high.
Then do the hill-tops shake to the summit---then is the bed of the deep laid bare,
That the Sons of Mary may overcome it, pleasantly sleeping and unaware.
They finger Death at their gloves' end where they piece and repiece the living wires.
He rears against the gates they tend: they feed him hungry behind their fires.
Early at dawn, ere men see clear, they stumble into his terrible stall,
And hale him forth like a haltered steer, and goad and turn him till evenfall.
To these from birth is Belief forbidden; from these till death is Relief afar.
They are concerned with matters hidden---under the earthline their altars are---
The secret fountains to follow up, waters withdrawn to restore to the mouth,
And gather the floods as in a cup, and pour them again at a city's drouth.
They do not preach that their God will rouse them a little before the nuts work loose.
They do not preach that His Pity allows them to drop their job when they damn-well choose.
As in the thronged and the lighted ways, so in the dark and the desert they stand,
Wary and watchful all their days that their brethren's ways may be long in the land.
Raise ye the stone or cleave the wood to make a path more fair or flat;
Lo, it is black already with the blood some Son of Martha spilled for that!
Not as a ladder from earth to Heaven, not as a witness to any creed,
But simple service simply given to his own kind in their common need.
And the Sons of Mary smile and are blessèd---they know the Angels are on their side.
They know in them is the Grace confessèd, and for them are the Mercies multiplied.
They sit at the feet---they hear the Word---they see how truly the Promise runs.
They have cast their burden upon the Lord, and---the Lord He lays it on Martha's Sons!
I think George Bush is a "Son of Martha" without question, don't you?
"There is a thread running right now that states that most of the federal moneys allocated for levee security were redirected by the corrupt mayor and city council and used to build CASINOS!!!!"
Do you think? I understand that LA does not have casinos. They're in Mississippi.
Thank you Cboldt.
I thought of an analogy. You are the homeowner, and you want to do some remodeling. You go to the bank to get some money. In between there is a contractor who will do the work. Do you let the bank tell you how to use the money? The contractor? Or do you want control of the remodeling?
You, the homeowner, are the state of Louisiana. FEMA is the remodeler (a bit, and the bank, a bit), and Uncle Sam is clearly the bank.
FEMA brings the combination of expertise and resources that the state asks for.
Okay, it's not a real good analogy - but maybe it hels see the difference between transferring money and transferring control.
So the State was actually right to want to control the remodeling??
It had HARRAH'S written on the side of it. My wife and I went in and there were all these people sitting in front of these funny looking machines putting money in them.
What the hell were those people doing? Paying money to see pictures of fruit.
I tell you, Jed, it made Bugtussle on a Saturday night look like Sibley on Sunday morning.
TAW
Meanwhile, your time and effort is appreciated - you spent good and valuable time pulling this together. Thank you!
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Not only are there casinos in Louisiana, but Paragon Casino Resort in Marksville has a wonderful golf course called Tamahka Trails. It was the first thing I thought of when I read your earlier post, LOL!
They are on the Mississippi River in New Orleans.
They have the right. It's their state. But they have to live with the choices they make. What Bush offered to Blanco was that if she gave up the right to direct the recovery efort, the feds would (direct the recovery effort). She turned that down.
Right now, the state of Louisiana is in control of the orders given to NG and other police entites. It is nominally in charge of search and rescue, but as a practical matter active military has complete control of that.
Correction: They *were* on the Mississippi River. Now they're mostly either IN the river or out of it and run aground.
Shreveport has riverboat gambling on the Red River.
TAW
In the loop or not, it's the locals that have the duty to assess the situation and ask for the help they need. The state kept saying they had it under control.
Although, I do wish the early press conferences had been confromntational between the feds and Blanco, instead of congratulatory. The tone changed INSTANTLY at 10 AM Saturday, when Bush said the results in NOLA were unacceptable.
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