Adrienne's Corner

Second big winter storm pounding Inland Northwest

Coeur d'Alene area, Northern Panhandle of Idaho, Central Panhandle Mountains of Idaho, Idaho Palouse, Northeast Mountains of Washington

A winter storm warning is in effect until noon Monday for these areas.
Snowfall will vary across the region. Expect snowfall totals of five to ten inches in the valleys with up to 18 inches of snow in the mountains.

****I know that it's not all about me. I know my powers are not greater than others. I know there are probably other people who thought a "white Christmas" would be nice. I never actually fell to my knees in the corner of my office with a lit candle and said, "Dear God, please send snow."

****But the good Lord knows our thoughts and secret desires. And perhaps there was just enough of us fools who sent up that heartfelt plea for a "white Christmas." And God said, "Let there be snow. Tons and tons of snow. Next time they'll be more careful what they ask for."

****In the meantime we wait patiently for a call back from Anderson Excavating, for we are once again snowed into our humble home.

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The simple human decency of George Bush

by Rick Moran

****"Many readers of this site - including yours truly - have disagreed vehemently with George Bush on numerous occasions. Unlike the left, however, most of us have seen the president as a decent, God-fearing man who took office and served during perhaps the most consequential period of American history since the Civil War.

****He will never, ever be vouchsafed this decency by the left - no matter if the evidence comes up and smacks them over the head." read more

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Email to my Brother

(who thinks he hates the Catholic Church, when he bothers to think at all)

The headlines at the Huffington Post, the "citadel for truthful reporting" said, "Pope Likens Saving the Rainforest to Saving Gays." Huh?

In response to his perception of what the Pope said:

You need to read beyond the headlines and work on your reading comprehension. What he said makes perfect sense to anyone not caught up in socialism, global warming, the goddess Gaia, or heavy masturbation.

The Pope's Statement (my comments in red)

*****"(The Church) should also protect man from the destruction of himself. Yep - that's the Church's job. Tell us the truth and help us get to heaven. A sort of ecology of man is needed," the pontiff said in a holiday address to the Curia, the Vatican's central administration.

*****"The tropical forests do deserve our protection. But man, as a creature, does not deserve any less." He just said man was more important than all the "greenie weenie" crap the ignorant Yuppie yahoos of the world dish out (on biodegradable plates, of course!)