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Nashville's 500 year flood non-story

If you happened to be listening to Rush Limbaugh Thursday, you may have heard him read a NewsRealBlog post about the Nashville flood and how the national media has ignored the worst flooding disaster the region has experienced in 500 years. Listen here: Download 03 Thu, May 6th, 2010 Hour 3

That post was written by a good friend that used to write for Illinois Review -- Rhonda Robinson -- who now lives in Tennessee. Rhonda's powerful piece below says it all ...

That does say a lot about our city. There are no mass crime sprees, no mass looting.


But what kind of story is that? The Left loves victims. Victims they can use, that is. Preferably, victims that depended on the government, but the system failed. Therefore, a call for more, bigger, and better government is the topic of choice in a disaster situation of any proportion.


There is no story of the “haves” taking advantage of the “have-nots,” only neighbors and churches and communities across the bible-belt pulling together.


No one is calling for a faster cape-clad Uncle Sam. We’re not blaming Obama, Bush, the Tea Party or any corporation. So what’s a leftist media to cover?

Conclusion—no real story here.

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