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jberryhill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-29-09 02:33 AM
Response to Reply #6
10. Correct

It's not as if areas with lower snowfall have a fleet of plows sitting around. If they can plow the primary routes, that's fine - they can wait for the rest to melt.
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  -Obama gives chilly reception to canceled school jordi_fanclub  Jan-29-09 12:52 AM   #0 
  - I grew up in ND  Qanisqineq   Jan-29-09 12:56 AM   #1 
  - I grew up in Spencerport, outside of Rochester, NY  NBachers   Jan-29-09 01:55 AM   #8 
  - Hey former neighbor  MorningGlow   Jan-29-09 09:13 AM   #35 
  - I grew up in SD...  IthinkThereforeIAM   Jan-29-09 03:32 AM   #11 
  - I spent a lifetime in ND one winter  MajorChode   Jan-29-09 10:24 AM   #41 
  - Tough love baby!  bluesbassman   Jan-29-09 12:56 AM   #2 
  - As the Scales Begin to Fall From Obama's Eyes  Demeter   Jan-29-09 12:58 AM   #3 
  - It was a JOKE.  TZ   Jan-29-09 08:07 AM   #25 
  - The only time I remember school being cancelled for weather  northofdenali   Jan-29-09 01:00 AM   #4 
  - haha San Antonio shuts down if the roads get a little icy  rcrush   Jan-29-09 01:04 AM   #5 
  - That's because people there can't drive on dry pavement  WolverineDG   Jan-29-09 07:50 AM   #23 
  - What's the average  Abq_Sarah   Jan-29-09 01:20 AM   #6 
  - Well ... in Obamas case ...  Redwraithvienna   Jan-29-09 02:22 AM   #9 
  - Correct  jberryhill   Jan-29-09 02:33 AM   #10 
     - And I don't understand why everyone else here doesn't get that part!  kentauros   Jan-29-09 07:41 AM   #22 
     - Exactly! OH GOD IT'S 101 in CHICAGO WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIIIIE!  crispini   Jan-29-09 09:07 AM   #34 
     - Please! NYC puts plows on their garbage trucks. nt  eilen   Jan-29-09 08:31 AM   #27 
        - Good for them. They have the plows to do that.  kentauros   Jan-29-09 08:53 AM   #32 
           - Preparedness is a priority choice  eilen   Jan-29-09 09:53 AM   #36 
  - The Washington papers are beating him up over this.  Bette Noir   Jan-29-09 01:32 AM   #7 
  - In all fairness to Obama  RFKHumphreyObama   Jan-29-09 07:15 AM   #18 
  - In Defense of Snow Wimps by Eugene Robinson  Are_grits_groceries   Jan-29-09 03:37 AM   #12 
  - Same here in Philly  BumRushDaShow   Jan-29-09 04:55 AM   #13 
     - We get ice in Chicago.  riverdeep   Jan-29-09 06:49 AM   #17 
  - Obama's been here for a couple of years.  amandabeech   Jan-29-09 05:35 AM   #14 
  - He wants to appear tuff. And who can blame him?  Commie Pinko Dirtbag   Jan-29-09 06:35 AM   #15 
  - It wasn't whining - it was a joke.  PeaceNikki   Jan-29-09 07:26 AM   #20 
     - You're right. But it's also a great opportunity to punch your "I don't always agree with Obama" card  struggle4progress   Jan-29-09 08:32 AM   #28 
  - It's probably the TEACHERS who can't show up when it's icy  marshall   Jan-29-09 06:39 AM   #16 
  - When I was a kid, I had to walk 30 miles to school in the snow,  riverdeep   Jan-29-09 07:19 AM   #19 
  - 30 miles?  tabatha   Jan-29-09 10:51 AM   #45 
     - Oh, it's just a joke...  riverdeep   Jan-30-09 03:23 AM   #48 
  - Actually, DC Public Schools were in session yesterday -  lynne   Jan-29-09 07:37 AM   #21 
  - It seems that the timing of the storm plays a big part in closing schools.  BeachBaby   Jan-29-09 08:05 AM   #24 
  - Yep.  TZ   Jan-29-09 08:10 AM   #26 
  - School buses are safer on snowy icy roads than cars.  eilen   Jan-29-09 08:38 AM   #30 
  - Those were my thoughts; there are probably more lawyers in DC than anywhere.  Dangerously Amused   Jan-29-09 08:44 AM   #31 
     - Jersey school buses have seatbelts....  BeachBaby   Jan-29-09 09:05 AM   #33 
  - He's right. n/t  Bertha Venation   Jan-29-09 08:33 AM   #29 
  - I love it. President Obama proves how tough he and his family are, and he didn't even have  Aristus   Jan-29-09 09:59 AM   #37 
  - And today we learn that Obama has turned up the heat  DemBones DemBones   Jan-29-09 10:07 AM   #38 
  - That is bad for energy consumption.  tabatha   Jan-29-09 10:51 AM   #46 
  - yesterday the entire schoolbus fleet was encased in ice  kwassa   Jan-29-09 10:14 AM   #39 
  - Everyone in DC needs to take a lap and a deep breath.  sarge43   Jan-29-09 10:22 AM   #40 
  - I thought it was funny.  TZ   Jan-29-09 10:28 AM   #42 
     - I understand, TZ.  sarge43   Jan-29-09 10:40 AM   #44 
  - What, he can't get Daycare?  Burma Jones   Jan-29-09 10:35 AM   #43 
  - When I was a kid, dagnabit!!!!!  Javaman   Jan-29-09 11:23 AM   #47 
 

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