Obama to Washingtonians: Toughen up, pansies
posted at 1:30 pm on January 28, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
Here in the frozen wasteland of the Upper Midwest, we know how to clear streets even during blizzards to ensure that traffic continues and schools can stay open. In Chicago, where the lake effect creates huge dumps of snow in cold winters, they have the same expertise. However, ice storms are another matter entirely. Schools close as people want to keep children off the roads and traffic to a minimum while the streets remain dangerous. That’s one of the few appropriate times we can say that it’s all about the children.
Or at least it used to be. Barack Obama today told Washingtonians they needed to toughen up and send their kids to school when the roads ice over:
The suburban schools systems and many private schools in the region were closed today and the District public schools opted for a delayed opening because of the sleet and freezing rain that made some roads and many sidewalks treacherous.
“Because of what? Because of some ice?” Obama said to laughter around the table. He said Sasha, his 7-year-old, pointed out that in Chicago, not only is school never canceled for snow, “you’d go outside for recess. You wouldn’t even stay indoors.”
He concluded by saying: “We’re going to have to apply some flinty Chicago toughness to this town. I’m saying that when it comes to the weather, folks in Washington don’t seem to be able to handle things.”
Spoken like a true Hawaiian. Schools don’t close for snow in Chicago and Minneapolis because we have large infrastructures to deal with the reliably heavy snowfalls in our communities. That’s not the case in many areas socked in this week by snowstorms stretching from St. Louis to Schenectady and beyond. An unplowed inch or two of snow on the ground means a lot of accidents in areas unused to that kind of weather, and for that matter here as well.
An ice storm, with a sheet of tractionless ice on the road, practically guarantees accidents by the scores, if not by the hundreds. It would close schools here and in Chicago as well.
And this is the man who wants to tell us what the weather means and why we have to completely revamp our energy production because some years are hotter than others?
Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.
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Um….lighten up, it was a joke. Jeez….
DeathToMediaHacks on January 28, 2009 at 1:32 PM
Barack Obama: Complete idiot.
Thanks, America.
BKennedy on January 28, 2009 at 1:33 PM
Add this to the list “Imagine if President Bush had said that!”
Brat on January 28, 2009 at 1:34 PM
We had 3 closures last Nov & Dec alone here in SW ND bcs of ice. ND is a cold place-colder than Chicago by far on avg.
Evidently we love our children more here in ND than DC must if they go by Obama.
Badger40 on January 28, 2009 at 1:35 PM
You mean they haven’t called in FEMA yet? It is a national emergency, oh the humanity!
deadbackpacker on January 28, 2009 at 1:35 PM
Proof of cluelessness –
We just had a major snowfall here in my town. While snowfall is common here LARGE amounts aren’t. The city keeps enough equipment/salt on hand to handle the average snowfall (and must ration use of the salt to keep throughout the season). So today was a mess.
Large amounts of snow in Chicago is a fact of life. The city pays a huge amount of its budget for street clearing.
DC gets little snowfall. It makes no fiscal sense to maintain a fleet of trucks and a storage facility plus salt for a day or two of snow per year, which melts by the end of the day.
If Obama had just been making a joke (like I do of my Florida relatives when they go nuts when it gets near 32 degrees.. OH MY!) I could understand. But this wasn’t a joke. This was clueless arrogance.
Skywise on January 28, 2009 at 1:36 PM
Yeah we know. But how many stupid jokes is this man going to make? Stupid jokes are OK until that’s all you can tell.
Badger40 on January 28, 2009 at 1:37 PM
Barack Obama today told Washingtonians they needed to toughen up and send their kids to school when the roads ice over
And even ONE child dies in a car crashthe media will blame Obama, just as tgey’d blame Bush right?
Parents, remember, turn INTO the spin!
Tony737 on January 28, 2009 at 1:37 PM
I wish my street got plowed. We just had another 6 inches on top of packed down, turned to slush and now refrozen snow. I wound up getting stuck at lunchtime right outside my house. Snow I can deal with; ice, not.
I remember seeing a clip from Bastogne, where an American Sherman tank was sliding down the street due to ice.
rbj on January 28, 2009 at 1:38 PM
we don’t need to worry about freezing weather. it’s only our imagination trying to prevent us from seeing the truth of global warming.
Phoenician on January 28, 2009 at 1:38 PM
This, was a joke
This…
Wasn’t. It was an insult to the city leaders.
Skywise on January 28, 2009 at 1:38 PM
Some brave media hack should ask him when was the last time HE drove on ice.
Brat on January 28, 2009 at 1:39 PM
So..the snow day didnt benefit Michelle’s children?
becki51758 on January 28, 2009 at 1:39 PM
Bet he has NEVER had to drive his kids to school…
And now? The Secret Service does that for him.
Bambi telling anyone to toughen up… wow…
And now? I’m listening to a Bambi spokesman talking about restoring ethics in Government… when they just put up a Known TAX CHEAT to run the IRS…
Dang… you can’t make this stuff up.
Romeo13 on January 28, 2009 at 1:40 PM
We are in IL and they closed the schools for the past 2 days. I am not sure they are doing it because they are pansies but last year my son’s school district was the only ones that had school. The school was bombarded by the media as to why they didn’t close and that they didn’t care for the kids. Now his school always closes when the other schools close. They are afraid of being sued by parents if anything happens to their kids. The parents don’t want their kids out in this weather. I don’t blame the schools anymore after this incident last year I blame the media and the parents for their stupidity. There is no reason why kids can’t go to school with an inch of snow. It’s stupid.
Brat4life on January 28, 2009 at 1:40 PM
Nothing is a “joke” when it comes to Osama Obama. Except the man himself, and that’s a sick joke.
Just another example of the ol’ double-standard. If Bush had said such a thing, the libs would scream like pierced porkers. When we point out that the Messiah is being stupid — and that’s becoming a more-than fulltime job — we are supposed to “lighten up.”
Let Obama be the first to go out and drive himself around on the icy roads, walk on the icy sidewalks, challenge the cold weather. Isn’t that what “leaders” are supposed to do?
Hell, I forgot, Just ask him to smile on the city, and the warmth of His Presence will surely melt all that pesky ice.
MrScribbler on January 28, 2009 at 1:40 PM
This coming from the guy with the nation’s most expensive home office.
Hey Bambi, when is the last time that you have driven yourself anywhere?
jackass…
Damiano on January 28, 2009 at 1:41 PM
Yeah, I grew up going to school in Whitehorse, YT, and Edmonton, AB, and not much closed the schools (a week of -50′ Celcius did it once in Whitehorse in early 1980), so on the one hand, I see his point (besides the one on top of his head). But later living in BC’s Lower Mainland showed me how inclement weather can grind a city to a halt.
Frozen Tex on January 28, 2009 at 1:41 PM
Are we going to over analyze every innocent joke the man makes now?
Bill Scrunty on January 28, 2009 at 1:41 PM
so what’s the point of going to school if it’s recess all day? Kids gotta be supervised by the state while they play in the snow?
lorien1973 on January 28, 2009 at 1:42 PM
Captain Arugula talking tough!
Chuck Schick on January 28, 2009 at 1:43 PM
Jokes that go on forever? Sorry, Ogabe was being a dink, especially considering his kids are being protected by the Service.
Even here in MN I won’t go out when the roads are sheets of ice, it’s dangerous.
Bishop on January 28, 2009 at 1:43 PM
The only joke is sending your kids to Sidwell Friends, which I’m pretty sure was closed today. Public schools are for the little people.
Attila (Pillage Idiot) on January 28, 2009 at 1:43 PM
I won. I’m the President. And I say Washington needs to start paying for the infrastructure needed to deal with ice. Look, Congress is spending money hand over fist; there’s no excuse for Washington not to.
/sarc
Aitch748 on January 28, 2009 at 1:44 PM
Wait for the outrage when it’s reported he’s an “under” TP guy, not an “over” TP guy.
I’m shaking in anger already.
lorien1973 on January 28, 2009 at 1:44 PM
It would have been country bunkin’ cowboy hubris talk.
Topsecretk9 on January 28, 2009 at 1:44 PM
There’s something wrong with a man who will intentionally send children … the children … onto icy streets where most will come face to face with death.
This is our leader? Who is this man?
darwin on January 28, 2009 at 1:45 PM
Are we going to over analyze every innocent joke the man makes now?
Bill Scrunty on January 28, 2009 at 1:41 PM
Yep, and every statement he makes, parsed down to the atomic level.
Bishop on January 28, 2009 at 1:45 PM
Hey, I’m with Obama on this one. I lived in the DC area for 20 years, and it’s a running joke there how quickly they will cancel school. It’s a real pain in the ass for working families too. I had a boss when my kids were little who had no kids and was very intolerant of me needing a day off to stay home with mine.
rockmom on January 28, 2009 at 1:45 PM
The man is welcome to his opinion but the fact is that this is strictly a Metropolitan DC issue and none of Obama’s business. Doesn’t he have other things that he could be doing?
Although I do wish that he’d run for mayor of DC rather than the office he holds now.
thegreatbeast on January 28, 2009 at 1:47 PM
Maybe he was refering to his Democrat friends in the State Senate that a currently convicting Blago?
Rovin on January 28, 2009 at 1:47 PM
I love how the guy starts telling his neighbors how to handle their local affairs when he’s only been in town a week. Typical Dem; I know better than you.
Laura in Maryland on January 28, 2009 at 1:47 PM
And what city gets more snow than Chicago?
Moscow.
Toughen up, chief.
Cuffy Meigs on January 28, 2009 at 1:47 PM
Well I feel your pain, once being a single mom.
But as a public school teacher, we really are not supposed to be babysitting kids.
That’s why it’s every parent’s job to have a solid substitute when there is a closure.
Sorry, but I say everybody suck it up.
Govt doesn’t need to be kids’ caretakers.
Badger40 on January 28, 2009 at 1:48 PM
Line 1218 in the Stimulus Bill has been added as follows;
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1218….45 snowplow/salt trucks for the greater DC area…$118,451,000.
.
.
subbottomfeeder on January 28, 2009 at 1:49 PM
To obama our so called disgusting leader..
to all of our so called senators
if you bankrupt America with this disastrous bill
If you destroy America by forcing my children into abject poverty
If you destroy the constitution of the united states of America
we will hold all democrats responsible for this fiasco
and we will declare that ALL of the senate and House have
abdicated their responsibilities and are no longer fit to serve
We will not OBEY you nor your laws
For you have decided on your own to disobey the Citizens of the United States of America
So stop it already with the BS about how tough you are
Sir you couldnt handle 1 islamic terrorist without
BEGGING for his forgiveness
You are not fit to lead this land..
None of you are..
jcila on January 28, 2009 at 1:49 PM
Since when is deciding if the DC Public Schools are open something that concerns the President of the United States. The filthy bastard has gone from refusing to have a lane to assuming that he’s in charge of the whole freakin’ pool! Hey bastard! Chicago also has lots more snow removal equipment than DC. Ever think about that you moron???
P.S. The House refused to delay the HDTV cut-over date. The Washington Post is blaming in on the Republicans but doesn’t filthy bastard’s party have the ability to pass anything it wants in the House with a comfortable margin?
highhopes on January 28, 2009 at 1:49 PM
God, I hope this is satire.
cy13 on January 28, 2009 at 1:50 PM
Whoaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!
Stop the presses!
Obama’s 7 yr old did NOT want a day off from school??
How is this NOT news!?! She does NOT want to be stuck at a place called the “White” house all day, that raaaaaaaacist!
Califemme on January 28, 2009 at 1:51 PM
As a matter of fact they may be disappearing. Yesterday’s snow was the first one this winter here in Washington. We are normally used to see our first snow in early December.
Of course I’m only kidding. No serious person would point at a single weather event as evidence for or against climate change.
factoid on January 28, 2009 at 1:51 PM
Keep in mind that the DC area is not equipped to handle snow, let alone ice. The day back in 1981, when Air Florida crashed into the Potomac, DC was in grid-lock because of the snow and ice, I was there, people abandoning cars in the streets and on the various Interstates in and out of the city…and, most drivers in the DC-area are not the least bit skilled in driving in these conditions…then you add the top heavy school buses with drivers who can barely drive well on open and dry streets…give them some ice to contend with…yep, that’s a plan.
OK, Mr. President…how many school-age kids who are not chauffeured to school will get hurt today when their school bus runs off the road or gets rammed by some idiot driving an SUV at the standard Capital Beltway speed of 85mph, or the kid who gets hit by a motorist who decides to slide up over the curb after gunning it on a patch of ice and slams onto the sidewalk because he has to get to work, and Obama said we were wimps ’cause we were staying at home?
And then there is that little matter of frostbite among kids whose parents are ill equipped to think how to dress them right before they walk out the door.
Heck, even in Chicago…you only get cleared streets if your aldrerman is getting “dash” from the constituents…
All talk, Mr. President…as usual.
But, its OK…you can wave your hand and make the ice melt and the streams run free in the meadows…
coldwarrior on January 28, 2009 at 1:51 PM
He is advocating economic stimulus through property destruction. When know if property gets damaged (e.g., cars, poles, signes, etc.). They will have to be repaired. Thus creating ecnomic activity.
I am sure Obama will soon introduce a bill to have windows broken to create jobs for non-white construction workers.
WashJeff on January 28, 2009 at 1:52 PM
I don’t think the closings/delays in DC are as absurd as you suggest. Nevertheless, I haven’t seen the real point made. The filthy bastard doesn’t run the DC public schools but he does run the executive branch of the government. Why doesn’t he sign out an executive order forbidding liberal leave policies for government workers for any snowfall totals under two feet?
highhopes on January 28, 2009 at 1:52 PM
Like most liberals, Obama is absolutely convinced that he knows everything about everything.
MarkTheGreat on January 28, 2009 at 1:53 PM
We drive around in our 4×4′s with the windows down in 30 degree weather. ;)
maineconservative on January 28, 2009 at 1:53 PM
Coming from the New England, and having lived in DC for a few years, for sure they cannot handle a little bit of snow or ice. One inch on the ground, and the city shuts down.
And the accidents on the roads…For some reason, DC’ers actually believe that by slamming on the brakes while on ice and snow will somehow cause the vehicle to stop on a dime.
But yeah…they certainly lack the infrastructure to deal with it.
JetBoy on January 28, 2009 at 1:53 PM
Is Obama telling people to take climate change in stride? Isn’t Gore in wash today doing the opposite?
JiangxiDad on January 28, 2009 at 1:53 PM
I think the sh*t he is peddling should be warm enough to melt the snow.
WashJeff on January 28, 2009 at 1:54 PM
“The days of pork barrel spending is over”… Barack Obama
Can we assume this was an innocent joke too Bill?
Rovin on January 28, 2009 at 1:54 PM
The way the First Brats are always brought up to public attention by filthy bastard, Michelle Obama is going to have a really hard time explaining why her kids are off limits.
highhopes on January 28, 2009 at 1:54 PM
You must have missed the news while you were here. Around 1990, AA County had a kid killed walking to the bus stop because a passing car hit a big patch of ice and slid into the child. In Howard Co., there was a mom and child killed around 1993 when their car slid into a light pole. Those are just the few that I can think of off the top of my head.
This is pretty specific situation, and ice is a lot different than snow. We can manage some snow, but even the greenest Priuses cannot get traction on ice.
Laura in Maryland on January 28, 2009 at 1:55 PM
“Northern charm and Southern efficiency”.
It’s still true today.
SocklessJoe on January 28, 2009 at 1:56 PM
Why not? The left was all over GWB’s innocent comments. The filthy bastard and his cult followers are just going have to grow thicker skin if the bastard wants to include stand-up comedy in his routine.
highhopes on January 28, 2009 at 1:57 PM
Yes We Can!
Frozen Tex on January 28, 2009 at 1:58 PM
The grocery stores here in DC were filled with panic last night. You should have seen the arugula just flying off the shelves!
MrSteve on January 28, 2009 at 1:58 PM
But Mr.Obama,think of the children who could get frostbite waiting for the schoolbuses.You know the ones that breakdown because they use biodiesel.
canditaylor68 on January 28, 2009 at 1:58 PM
This is telling, regarding the psychology of the man. (Along with scores of previous telling things.)
Remember when Michelle said Obama was going to “make you” work?
Obama thinks the only thing anything anywhere is lacking is . . . him.
Now that he’s in D.C., he figures it’s his job to “apply” whatever he wants to.
He looks at stuff, comes up with the answer, and believes with every fiber of his being that it IS the answer. And he intends to “make you” realize that. In fact, he thinks HE is the answer.
Megalomanic narcissist, with delusions of grandeur. Believes it is his job and his calling to make other people “live right.” Fully intends to, too.
Alana on January 28, 2009 at 1:59 PM
Well, yes. President Obama is THE joke….
Sir Napsalot on January 28, 2009 at 2:00 PM
On the Sidwell Friends (sidwell.edu) site right now:
DarthBrooks on January 28, 2009 at 2:01 PM
Despite the number of idiots who think that their 4×4 makes them immune to ice!
Seriously, AA and Howard counties are pretty far out and have enough rural areas that they are in a slightly different catagory than Montgomery, PG, or Fairfax counties.
As for DC public schools, does it really matter if they show up or not? Sasha Obama’s daddy is so beholden to the NEA that those DC kids are doomed to failure because organized labor trumps vouchers to save the kids who don’t get to go to elitist private schools instead of hanging out at the White House.
highhopes on January 28, 2009 at 2:02 PM
Really? We’re not the only ones who don’t think it was a “joke”. Indeed, this school system spokesperson is taking it very seriously:
The mere fact that it even occurs to Chung that the Federal Government could dictate weather related school closing policies is chilling.
Buy Danish on January 28, 2009 at 2:02 PM
Zactly!! I actually expected to be berated by the O-fans, just so I could say HE started it!!
Califemme on January 28, 2009 at 2:02 PM
In other news, when Gainesville Florida had three days of freezing cold during the Winter of 1990-1 you could watch cars pass you in the wrong lane of the road doing 360s the entire time.
But hey, messiahs aren’t any good if nobody dies.
Beagle on January 28, 2009 at 2:04 PM
This being just a minor off the cuff remark by Obama, let’s look forward instead to his traveling about the nation, visiting every village and hamlet, factory and farm, making on the spot “guidance” in the manner of Kim Il-Sung standard fare, showing the adoring masses that He is The One who will solve their problems, make the oceans roll back, crops burst forth from barren soil, make the Islamacists love us with a deep brotherly affection…
coldwarrior on January 28, 2009 at 2:04 PM
Pleez don mayk fhun of thee mos espensiff publik skool sistim in the countree.
Laura in Maryland on January 28, 2009 at 2:05 PM
Citizens from all 57 states would have been laughing at him.
18-1 on January 28, 2009 at 2:05 PM
MUST you give him ideas?!?
Califemme on January 28, 2009 at 2:05 PM
It’s all part of his plan to keep the oceans from rising…just make ‘em icy.
And, everything he says is a joke, because all you have to do is pay attention and he’ll say the opposite thing a few days later.
kirkill on January 28, 2009 at 2:06 PM
Can’t miss out on a single day of precious indoctrination!
Grafted on January 28, 2009 at 2:06 PM
I commute into DC from across the Potomac in Virginia every day. This morning my car was coated in a thick sheet of ice and it took me about 30 minutes to scrape and chip it all off. When I got on the road it took me less time to get to Capitol Hill than it normally does for three reasons: 1) All the schools were closed so there were fewer cars on the roads, 2) A lot of people who would have driven either didn’t go in at all or took public transportation so there were fewer cars still, and 3) the people who treat the roads actually did a damn fine job of it for once. Traffic moved just fine all the way into town. My commute was about 15 minutes shorter than on a normal day…which made up for some of the time I spent de-icing the car.
t.ferg on January 28, 2009 at 2:07 PM
You mind if I quote you on that next summer?
MarkTheGreat on January 28, 2009 at 2:07 PM
Hurl!
Bush would’ve been ridiculed for being cruel and out of touch.
cntrlfrk on January 28, 2009 at 2:08 PM
Finally! Something on which I can agree with Obama!
Sgt. Hartman on January 28, 2009 at 2:09 PM
This new age of hope and change is pretty entertaining. Everytime Barry opens his mouth the zombies have to go into blocking mode. He did mean that! He didn’t say that! He didn’t do that!
Like Ed said, toughen up you bunch of pansies. If you can’t take the hit then get off the field. The linebackers on the other side of the line aren’t going to pay much attention to you wagging your finger at them.
Limerick on January 28, 2009 at 2:10 PM
F. U. N. N. Y!
Califemme on January 28, 2009 at 2:12 PM
But he’s the Obamassiah…..HE can’t be wrong!
GarandFan on January 28, 2009 at 2:12 PM
It’s because in D.C. they have leadership to look up to: how many days a year does Congress cancel itself? And they don’t have to worry about ice…just snow.
MrScribbler on January 28, 2009 at 2:13 PM
For all of the praise for how Obama is so cool, he really strikes me as socially inept. Beyond inexperience, it’s immaturity.
BuckeyeSam on January 28, 2009 at 2:16 PM
There is quite a difference between the snow country and ice country.
I’m from upstate NY. Everyone there drives through snow regularly. You drive slower but you still get to your destination.
Now I’m in MD. Snow is much less common but ice is more common than in NY. You can’t drive on ice. The main roads are salted down and typically are not a problem. The side streets where the majority of homes and apartments (where the kiddies are) are however do not get salted until much later and sometimes don’t get it at all.
I don’t think his girls have been riding public transportation since he’s been in politics.
Obama’s ‘toughness’ demonstrates once again how out of touch he is.
shick on January 28, 2009 at 2:16 PM
As long as his polices are jokes , there’s nothing else to analyze.
the_nile on January 28, 2009 at 2:16 PM
Too bad he couldn’t have spent a little OJT work in Iraq or Afghanistan before the coronation to get an idea what toughen up really means. Once you get shot at a few times your outlook is going to change drastically.
Viet Nam Veteran 1966-7
DL13 on January 28, 2009 at 2:17 PM
Sure Barak, I’ll go warm up my frickn prius and slip and slide all over DC to get my kid to school while you have your kids chauffered in a Hummer.
Typical narcist libturd!
jbh45 on January 28, 2009 at 2:17 PM
Might want to reconsider that snowfall thing.
Moscow snowfall
Chicago snowfall
Oldnuke on January 28, 2009 at 2:17 PM
When I, a thoughtful and undegreed scientist, examine the doctrine of Global Warming, I know that beyond any question that every Global Warmist is insane, not in all things, but in matters of climate. I cannot prove to them that they are insane, because you never can prove anything to a lunatic — for that is a part of their insanity and the evidence of it.
- “Mark Twain”
MB4 on January 28, 2009 at 2:20 PM
Gerald Ford to New York City – Drop dead!Barack Obama to Washington D.C. – Man up or freeze to death!
MB4 on January 28, 2009 at 2:22 PM
The Obamamessiah has built himself up to the point where poking fun at his overlarge head is quite enjoyable.
On a more serious note, if the last 4 years have shown us anything it is that incessant, and arguably unfair, ridicule is a *powerful* political weapon.
I suggest we conservatives actually look at what tools the Left used to come to power and see where we can use them in return.
18-1 on January 28, 2009 at 2:23 PM
It’s the “Gore effect.” Al must be nearby.
whitetop on January 28, 2009 at 2:25 PM
Sure. Here’s another one hot off the “presses” for our mocking pleasure.
Obama approaches a window of the Oval Office, instead of the door
Brat on January 28, 2009 at 2:25 PM
You forget, he also has a Blackberry! Ordinary citizens should expect that he will be able to tell us via e-mail whether to serve “fish or chicken” for dinner or to declare them that “Maize” would be a better color for the living room than “Goldenrod.”
highhopes on January 28, 2009 at 2:26 PM
Anybody can be “tough” with a Secret Service entourage.
capitalist piglet on January 28, 2009 at 2:26 PM
At least Bush knows a door when he sees one.
capitalist piglet on January 28, 2009 at 2:27 PM
And the arrogance that comes from actually believing one’s own press.
highhopes on January 28, 2009 at 2:28 PM
What the hell is this imbicile commenting on the weather for anyway?
Is there nothing he won’t meddle in?
Day 8 of the Reign of Idiots.
notagool on January 28, 2009 at 2:30 PM
It wasn’t a joke. It was a text book case of schadenfreude.
Sigmund on January 28, 2009 at 2:31 PM
Most school districts close because of their buses, not the parents who drive their children to school. Is it safe for a bus to be on the street is the criteria. If the answer is no, then school is either put off for a couple of hours or canceled. In the DFW area, we seldom see snow, but ice is a horse of a different color. Try driving on ice. Or better yet, tune into a DFW tv station’s website and watch the clips.
Sue on January 28, 2009 at 2:33 PM
The thermometer is going lower, more than it went higher before.
Time there was warmth and plenty, but that cup soon runneth no more.
Though we could not caution all, we still might warn a few:
Dont lend your hand to raise no flag atop no ship of fools.
Ship of fools on a cold cruel sea, ship of fools sail away from we.
It was later than we thought, when we first might have believed in He,
Now we cannot share their delusions, ship of fools.
MB4 on January 28, 2009 at 2:34 PM
I thought I was obsessive about updating HotAir, but DeathToBlasphemers has got me beat. His F5 key must be on its last legs.
Jim Treacher on January 28, 2009 at 2:34 PM
Congress has been spending money hand over fist for all sorts of things in DC for many years. It’s one of the worst run cities in the country. Corruption and waste and incompetence are the norm (but people aren’t supposed to talk about that, because that’s raaacist).
A few days ago I was reading in a London paper about some remarks Michelle Obama had made about how she wants to reach out to the people of DC. The paper noted that 1/3 of the DC population is functionally illiterate. Even if DC had the equipment to deal w/snow and ice, they wouldn’t be able to do it. They can’t even get ambulances to the correct address. If you’ve never had to live there (as I did for many years), thank your lucky stars.
AZCoyote on January 28, 2009 at 2:42 PM
Good Lord, I feel like I have stumbled onto Koz for Cons…
Lighten up people. It WAS a joke. I’m in North Eastern Ontario and we up here make the same kind of lame remarks about Toronto all the time. (I mean, who actually calls in the ARMY to clean up snow?!?) My Rats are home today too, possibly tomorrow, and Friday is a PA day. I only wish we had snow days when I was a kid…
pcbedamned on January 28, 2009 at 2:44 PM
Sounds to me like DC’s snowplowing capabilities could use an upgrade…
BAM!!! YOU BEEN STIMULUSED, DC!!!
rvastar on January 28, 2009 at 2:53 PM
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