A Glimpse of Hell Over the Horizon

The Sierra Times ^ | 20 June, 2002 | Tina Terry

[katya8]

What to do about all this?

I think we need a Fire Division in our Military.

Instead of closing down a whole lot of bases, use them to maintain this Division.

A nation is no different than a city. Imagine if New York or Chicago had NO Fire Department!!!!!!

Well that's what our nation is lacking: a military unit trained to fight fires.

It's that simple.

[oyez]

Well that's what our nation is lacking: a military unit trained to fight fires.

What our nation is lacking is Forest Service personel trained not to start fires.(;->)

[katya8]

Hahahaha.....you're Sooo right, oyez...that too, would help...:-)

[katya8]

I was thinking though (while frying soy beans in cinamon and sugar) that if half of a major wealthy city, say Washington DC, were to burn down....would people be talking about architects having used the wrong building materials or that the streets were too narrow......or would they be noisily outraged (justifyably so!!) and demanding that the city's A1 priority be the immediate creation of a Fire Department?????

[JudyB1938]

In a private email list I used to belong to, one of the posters was an incarcerated skitzo from England. He would make LONG nonsensical rants, but he made more sense than that guy you just ousted. The people on the list tolerated the English guy, because he was a kind soul. The one here today seems like he has more problems than just a little nuttiness. Thanks for the cleanup.

[blackie]

Stop the attacks by the wacko, extreme left-wing, enviro-nazis terrorist's on our Freedoms !!

Freedom Is Worth Fighting For !!

Molon Labe !!

[mil-vet]

All of the mismanagement happened on President Clinton's watch!

Except for the term "All", I agree 100% with your post - I'm afraid the BS of enviro-wacko thought started long before 'toon, though. I remember folks being scuttled by gov't EPA-like crap back in the 80's!

No, definitely not blaming my hero, R. Reagan, it's just that the enviro-idiots have been out of control for decades!! How old is "GreenPeace"?

Remember, too, these are the same folks who tell us we should eat more chicken, because to eat beef supports the cattle industry, and there are too many cows farting into the atmosphere, and this is hurting ozone levels. This sure sounds credible to me, especially since I am educated in REAL science - BVWAHAHAHAHAHA!

If we resurected the lumber industry and let them do their thing, this would all be solved! Who better to manage forests than those who could make money off proper management of same!!

[wcbtinman]

"So why aren't we talking about doing something about it?"

Because the other player in this game will use the guns before allowing the game to be lost.

And the "people" are now cowards.

[Carry_Okie]

And the "people" are now cowards.

Lazy gluttonous cowards.

[Valin]

The federal government has so grossly mismanaged the national forests by permitting them to be overgrown and clogged with tinder that it's like we're sitting on a keg of gasoline - one that covers many hundreds of square miles.

So good to see my tax dollars aren't being wasted.

[brityank]

So good to see my tax dollars aren't being wasted.

They aren't being wasted; they're keeping all the government freeloaders off your back, even though they have their hands in both of your pockets.     ;^)

[Valin]

And yet I somehow don't feel relieved

[brityank]

Hey, Bozo brought joy and frivolity.

This guy's just a DUffus!

Thanks.     :^)

[Destructor]

You're absolutely right. Perhaps I was a little hasty in blaming all of the mismanagement of the forests on Clinton. It's just that it really pisses me off to see the destruction on T.V. and know the reason for a large part of it.

You're point about the radical environmentalists being out of control for decades is dead-on right. I guess they just gained momentum under Slick Willie's watch. Guess I agree with 100% of your post also!

[mil-vet]

Perhaps I was a little hasty in blaming all of the mismanagement of the forests on Clinton.

I didn't really mean to call you out on blaming clintoon for all of it; as you say, MUCH destruction of the type we're discussing DID occur under him!! I was really trying to add fuel to the concept of the idiocy of the enviro-wackos while adding the concept of how long they've been living their lie!

They found a willing accomplice to their idiot cause, and they made more progress in eight years than they had the previous 40! So, your statement is QUITE understandable! *SMILE*

It looks to me like the inmates are running the assylum, and I don't have a clue regarding how to combat this! Logic and REAL science are termed narrow-minded, bigotted, homo-phobic, etc., etc., etc.! It's like having a video tape of a crime in progress showing who, how and what in graphic detail, and having the judge say it can't be used to solve the crime! AARRGGHH!!