Do you know who is to blame for the fires in Southern California?

Question

I do. It is the tree hugging, liberal environmentalists that ban farmers and other homeowners performing controlled burns to get rid of excess brush. Look at what happens when they liberals say, "you can't burn that, it's a part of nature". This all was caused by environmentalists.

Maybe in the future liberal environmentalists will use their heads and not their hearts.

No. They do not do enough controlled burns, because they think it destroys nature.

Exactly, local politicians are liberals.

Answer 1

Blame Bush.

It seems to have worked for the liberals...

Answer 2

I live here. You are wrong. We have controlled burns all the time. My best friend is a fire fighter. Nice try. Why don't you learn what you're talking about before you prove your stupidity to everyone.

Why am I not shocked that Wolf and Dead Marxist, easily two of the dumbest most ignorant people on the planet, totally agree with this moron.

There is a special place for people like you who believe that an arson started fire can be blamed on a political group. You wonder why your side is losing.

Answer 3

Anyone trying to make a natural disaster into a political attack should be ashamed of themselves.

And you should try doing a little research before making patently ludicrous accusations.

The areas that are affected by the fire don't need controlled burns -- because they get hit every few years. And you don't do a controlled burn in an industrial park or a school or a playground.

Trying to blame this on a political party is the desperate act of someone who cannot find the basic compassion to care that hundreds of thousands of people have been driven from their homes by a natural disaster. And doing it by making statements that are ridiculously false, just shows how desperate some people are to spread hatred of those they disagree with.

Fire is not political -- it's a tragedy. And anyone trying to turn someone's tragedy into a political attack should be ashamed of themselves.

Answer 4

Maybe it is Mother Nature's fault. Maybe the fact that SoCal hardly ever has rain, and if it does rain, it is not enough to have an effect on the earth. SoCal is a desert. Los Angeles is an oasis. Things do burn faster when it is dry. Alot of the fires actually started in un-owned property that couldn't have been burnt anyway. Many times, the fires start from controlled fires too. And maybe it is the arsonist's fault, that is always a possibility.

Answer 5

Nature has been clearing forest by fire for eons. Where were the "tree-hugging, liberal environmentalists" 100,000 years ago? Try using a little reason next time.

Answer 6

You absolutely do not have your facts straight.
There is an enormous amount of fire fuel here, and a political party cannot influence the will of God (no, not even the Republicans can do it).
Again, Gray Davis repeatedly requested assistance from Bush to deal with the problem.
Bush was of no assistance, and when the Cedar fires were burning, good 'ol Bushie, just didn't seem to recall those requests.
Am I blaming Bush?
No.
Do seven billion people pumping crap into the atmosphere and oceans have something to do with it...
Well, maybe I'll just give you the chance to figure this one out.

Answer 7

Here are the possibilities:
1...Saddam Hussain's ghost made the fire with his WMD.
2...Bin Laden crashed the planes to the trees.
3...Suicide bombers attacked ghetto forests of California to kill the yids and kikes living there.
4...Hitler's ghost is back to make another Holocaust.
5...Ahmadinejad's misguided nuclear missiles hit California forests instead of Columbia University.
6...Arnold Schwarzenegger is playing another Terminator.
7...The Dems, who had earlier caused Hurricane Katrina, made the fire to show the Republicans are losers.

But the most probable cause is:
Carfornia wetbacks didn't put out the fire after they had a barbecue.

Answer 8

..."a nicer group of people" -- are you talking about the hundreds of thousands of people who were forced to leave their homes -- or the thousands who have already lost their homes and businesses. Fires are not political -- they are devastating. And the idea that someone would take the opportunity to make a political attack -- or say that some people deserve to lose everything in a natural disaster -- anyone who does that should be ashamed of themselves.

Answer 9

Blame local politicians that get campaign funds for rezoning areas that are fire prone.

The largest campaign contributors to local politics in California are land owners. They are always wanting land rezoned so homes can be built in hazard zones (earthquake, flood, landslide, fire, etc.).

Taxpayers end up picking up the bill when a disaster happens.

Answer 10

Wrong. Long ago we put out too many natural forest fires. That allowed the buildup of underbrush which is providing the fuel for today's super fires. Nobody could have forseen this..especially politicians.

Answer 11

The GAO examined 762 U.S. Forest Service (USFS) proposals to thin forests and prevent fires during the past two years. According to the study, slightly more than half the proposals were not subject to third-party appeal. Of those proposals subject to appeal, third parties challenged 59 percent.

Appeals were filed most often by anti-logging groups, including the Sierra Club, Alliance for Wild Rockies, and Forest Conservation Council. According to the GAO, 84 interest groups filed more than 400 appeals of Forest Service proposals. The appeals delayed efforts to treat 900,000 acres of forests and cost the federal government millions of dollars to address.

Forest Service officials estimate they spend nearly half their time, and $250 million each year, preparing for the appeals and procedural challenges launched by activists.

“The report demonstrates that the appeals needlessly delay federal efforts to prevent wildfires, and if the process is not streamlined, millions of acres will be lost this summer,” said Senate Energy Committee Chairman Pete Domenici (R-New Mexico).

“The American people will no longer tolerate management by wildfire,” Domenici added.

“This finding is nothing short of appalling, especially when you think of the catastrophic losses suffered in last year’s [2002] horrific fire season alone,” said House Resources Committee Chairman Richard Pombo (R-California).

“These were not only losses of forest, endangered species, and wildlife habitat, they were losses of human life and family property,” Pombo said.