Well, we can’t really blame this on Iraq…so let’s blame this on “Global Warming”. That’s even more idiotic than blaming the wildfires on Iraq!! Do Democrats actually have a BRAIN? Did they all barely get their GEDs? They’re certainly NOT smarter than a 5th grader (pun intended)!!

TRUTH: 500,000 people evacuated because they THOUGHT FOR THEMSELVES and didn’t let the government think for them. What’s more is that they HELPED EACH OTHER to evacuate.

TRUTH: Wildfire spread because of the Santa Ana winds…..NOT global warming.

TRUTH: Wildfire was NOT caused BY global warming.

TRUTH: California’s supplies and equipment were NOT depleted by war in Iraq. In fact they had MORE THAN ENOUGH equipment.

They won’t tell you the TRUTH on the cable network news stations. Barbara Boxer and the Democrats LIED….as they do quite often. The flare up of violence along the Turkey/Iraq border was caused by the DEMOCRATS…..that’s the TRUTH!! Ask Barbara Boxer about it….and she won’t be able to defend herself….she might blame it on global warming or something!!

If…………..if Arnold?

What would happen I Arnold refused to appoint Officers?

Comment by ANeccessaryEvil — October 24, 2007 @ 3:41 pm

I have to say, it’s hard to hear your mutterings when you have your head so far up yer own…

Comment by ANeccessaryEvil — October 24, 2007 @ 12:53 pm

You are either too stupid to understand what I said or just determined to distort to make yourself look right.

HAH… yer a fraud, tough guy.

Back under the double wide for you.

I agree with you: nobody deserves to lose their whole world to a fire (well, except maybe Glenn Beck, but that’s beside the point).

I also imagine there’s going to be a vast difference in how these (rich white) people are treated by their insurance companies – with fawning respect and much pious “are you in good hands?” advertising.

I have friends who live in NOLA – who were treated like crap by their insurance companies – who claimed it was wind- or flood-damage and thus, not covered. My friend was offered only $7,000 for her ENTIRE house by her insurance company…and I definitely don’t see that this kind of outright fraud is going to be perpetrated on the mostly wealthy, mostly white victims of the wildfires…

I am puzzled by this mythical place ANE keeps babbling about that is “miles” below sea level.

It couldn’t be New Orleans. Its lowest sections are about 10-15feet below sea level.

Comment by missmolly — October 24, 2007 @ 4:13 pm

While I understand your feelings about people losing their himes and memories, we must realize that those rich fatcats were encroaching on nature and destroying habitat for one reason: to get away from the rest of us. They need to feel special, and their sick materialism is the main reason they’re in such dire straits right now. So, while it is unfortunate, it was easily avoided, and easily foreseen. Now all of our insurance rates will rise, as we are assessed to pay for their lousy value system.

What version of reality have you been living in? Of course that’s what the National Guard is for. Except California’s National Guard isn’t in California, it’s in Iraq. Along with most of their equipment. Even when the Guard personnel rotate out of Iraq, their equipment doesn’t.

When the federal government takes away a state’s resources for dealing with disasters, it becomes the federal government’s responsibility to deal with it.

And don’t start with the “but who could have known…?” argument. It’s called “fire season” for a reason.

These aren’t poor black Democrats – they’re rich white Republicans.

Comment by Leftside Annie — October 24, 2007 @ 3:36 pm

I figured most of the homes in the fire paths are above the median. I used to live in Orange County, and I’m familiar with the price of real estate there. And you’re right — the poor (well, middlle class, actually) are in well-developed urban areas far away from the fire areas, and it’s the fancy homes that are in the outlying areas, vulnerable to fire.

However, even though I know it’s mostly the wealthy that are getting burned to a crisp, I’d like to go on record as saying that NOBODY deserves to have what is probably their single biggest investment burned to ashes. It doesn’t matter if they are rich or poor, black or white, Democrat or Republican. I don’t subscribe to the same brand of “they deserved it” hypocrisy the right is famous for.

Yes, insurance will pay for the bulk of the monetary loss. But the people who lose their homes lose more than studs, joists, stucco, and roof tiles. They lose all their belongings as well — including photos, family heirlooms, and other irreplaceable items. They also lose a sense of security — replaced by a feeling of vulnerability that can haunt them for a long time.

beauty lies

Comment by ANeccessaryEvil — October 24, 2007 @ 3:06 pm

Wow — nothing but toll roads where you live? And your utility companies receive no government subsidies whatsoever? Is there any law enforcement where you live? Fire protection? Public education? Public libraries? (oh wait — you probably wouldn’t use those)

Unless you are a hermit living on top of a mountain, you are probably benefitting from some kind of government funding.

And those rich, white folks are going to be smart enough to leave, organize locally and make sure they have backup supplies unlike that great liberal local government in NO. You know, providing that the damns are up to par, enough buses to get people out, make sure people are leaving and there are adequate supplies for a massive flood SINCE YOU ARE MILES BELOW SEA LEVEL and live in a know hurricane location. But that is okay we will squander that money on my own bank accounts perhaps…I don’t know. But I do need that gas guzzling hummer to get to my house and get some much needed “supplies” while leaving my constituents wading, swimming and sunbathing on roofs.- William Jefferson

Liberals are all about open minded kindness with other peoples’ money but when the hit hits the shan they run and leave their fellow liberals behind.

Oh yeah! The fires and the ability to stop them are GOP faults. Not the winds and not the possible arsonist. It always manages to fall back on the GOP. Wow! Do you play connec the dots alot?

Makes you feel better. All warm and cozy! Sorry, did not mean to say warm. Enron was run by GOP too. Pass that one onto the GOP too.

It simply is government! All of it!

SO you want more government involved, yet, not really, because of all the MISMANagment!

And it runs so smooth under liberals…YEAH…SMOKE ANOTHER ONE! You need to calm down or go out there and help.

Comment by missmolly — October 24, 2007 @ 2:23 pm

Missmolly – it’s also fairly wealthy people; us po’ folk are all huddled together on the valley floors and thus out of danger. (I’m in the San Fernando Valley in Los Angeles – I should know.)

These new neighborhoods up in the hills are made up of “McMansions” – it’s some very expensive real estate — and of course, the Republican response is going to be different!

These aren’t poor black Democrats – they’re rich white Republicans.

The Chimperor couldn’t get here before Thursday, because his fireman costume with the Presidential Seal on it wasn’t ready yet!!

Exactly what the thread is about. Why did the state government have such a hard time responding to the wildfires? Because the resources the National Guard are not locally available, because Pres Bush compromised the response the Guard can provide by using it as an occupying force in Iraq.

That is what the thread is about. Don’t drink and blog.

The key is the state failed…where is it said the federal government failed…outside of your great liberal politician(s).