Gov. Haley Barbour is the greatest governor and I just love da man. What he says, I do. I am "batting down the hatches" as they say. I am preparing for the worse, but praying for the best.

The only thing that really gets me is New Orleans gets all the attention from Hurricane Katrina and NO never took the direct hit. WE DID!!!!! The NO levees didn't hold because they were never built right in the first place, but yet all the crying to the federal government NO has done. Makes me sick. Have you heard my great state ask for anything? NO. That's because we pulled up our britches and got to work ourselves and never waited on the federal government for anything. That's the way it ought to be.

Paulette