California burning: environmental policies, FDR explains fires

WorldNetDaily.com ^ | 10/27/07 | Ellis Washington

[JohnHuang2]

While California burns down,
Harry Reid, from D.C. town,
Blames global warming,
Cries, "It's so alarming!"
But Rush proved Reid's a clown.

~ Paul (a poet and reader of my WND column)

Last Tuesday at a press conference, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid made the ludicrous claim that the wildfires presently raging throughout Southern California were due to politics – that global warming was at least partly responsible for the blazes. "One reason why we have the fires in Southern California is global warming," the Nevada Democrat told reporters, emphasizing the need to pass the Democrats' comprehensive energy package presently stalled in Congress.

A few minutes later in that same interview, the venerable senator was forced to retract his global warming theory by lying, obfuscating and saying he never said what everybody had heard him just say openly on TV. And Congress wonders why their approval ratings hover around single digits?

"Pressed by astonished reporters on whether he really believed global warming caused the fires, he appeared to back away from his comments, saying there are many factors that contributed to the disaster," reported WorldNetDaily.

At first I was outraged at Sen. Reid for once again trying to advance his myopic political agenda on the backs of the victims of a natural disaster. (Remember how the Democrats shamelessly politicized the Hurricane Katrina tragedy in Louisiana? Rapper Kayne West on national TV ranted: "George Bush doesn't care about black people!") But then I had a moment of pause.

[crazyshrink]

Here I thought the fires were mainly the result of arsonists. I guess arsonists belong to the group “man made or anthropogenic”
Harry Reid may have gotten his lies from the forest service:

CORVALLIS, Ore. – The catastrophic fires that are sweeping Southern California are consistent with what climate change models have been predicting for years, experts say, and they may be just a prelude to many more such events in the future – as vegetation grows heavier than usual and then ignites during prolonged drought periods.

“This is exactly what we’ve been projecting to happen, both in short-term fire forecasts for this year and the longer term patterns that can be linked to global climate change,” said Ronald Neilson, a professor at Oregon State University and bioclimatologist with the USDA Forest Service.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-10/osu-mcf102307.php

[EQAndyBuzz]

““This is exactly what we’ve been projecting to happen, both in short-term fire forecasts for this year and the longer term patterns that can be linked to global climate change,” said Ronald Neilson, a professor at Oregon State University and bioclimatologist with the USDA Forest Service.”

I have been projecting the same thing. Except I used lightning and arson as my reasons why forests will burn.

Then again, the whackos want man to fix global warming. So here is a tip: Clear the old growth with controlled burns.

Problem solved.

[Christopher Lincoln]

Without excusing the arsonists, you also have to ask why California is so vulnerable to fire (man made or otherwise).

Mr. Washington makes a good case.

[crazyshrink]

I understand and respect your opinion. The obvious answer is that this part of the state is a desert. Having been a farmer in the midwest, my grain fields were especially vulnerable to fire just before the harvest (in the late fall). Thank goodness there were no arsonists or Santa Ana type of winds.

I still think they should regulate matches, lighters, BBQ starters like they do guns. We all know guns...er...matches etc. cause arson. :) :)