Posted on 05/07/2010 9:41:51 AM PDT by Josh Painter
The floods which inundated Middle Tennessee over the weekend of May 1, though not of Biblical proportions, were more than just "record-breaking." The cause of what has been called a "thousand-year" flood was thirteen inches of rain in just two days, forcing the Cumberland River to crest twelve feet above its flood stage.
In the aftermath of the flood, with nineteen dead and billions of dollars damage done, a federal disaster declaration for fifty-two counties was asked for by the state's governor, a Democrat. To the credit of another Democrat, President Barack Obama, it was given to nineteen of those counties. Several days after the waters began to recede, the designated disaster area was expanded to cover twenty-seven counties, just over half of those which were stricken. Still, Gov. Phil Bredesen was effusive in his praise for the president's response to his state's troubles. But other than in the context of his declaration, the nation has heard very little to nothing from President Obama on the matter.
Some bitter people have suggested that it was because there was no looting, no riots, and the people who were suffering were overwhelmingly not members of an ethnic minority. That's harsh. Others were even harsher:
On April 30th, Barack Obama issued a Presidential Proclamation declaring the National Day of Prayer.
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The next day, Tennessee began to flood, people began to die, and things changed pretty dramatically.
Barack Obama has still, to my knowledge, not spoken personally of the events in Tennessee or attempted to visit — an act that would have gotten George W. Bush savagely attacked by the press, Democrats, and Congress.
(Excerpt) Read more at politicallore.com ...
Hate to say it, and just my opinion... it seems like there’s been very little National coverage of the flood up until yesterday.
I’ve been waiting for this flood to be blamed on Gore-Bull warming.
This is what we get for not voting for Obama
One of my all-time favorites!
- JP
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