The Environmentalist Fires

American Thinker ^ | October 29, 2007 | John Berlau

[Malone LaVeigh]

But ironically, much of the reason California is in peril is due not to climate change, but to the very environmental policies championed by Cooper's documentary and our new Nobel laureate, Al Gore. While, in its statement praising Gore, the Nobel Committee said that global warming may "threaten the living conditions of much of mankind," the current wildfires show that the more immediate threat to man comes from the champions of the gnatcatcher, kangaroo rat, and the Delhi Sands Flower-Loving fly.

Environmental mandates have made fire safety for humans take a back seat to the well-being of the aforementioned California creatures, as well as that of every bug and rat lucky enough to be listed as an "endangered species" under federal and state law. For over a decade, environmentalists have hamstrung Californians in their efforts to clear the dry brush that is providing the fuel for this massive fire. If any of these endangered or even "threatened" species are found in shrubs or bushes on public or private property, it becomes very difficult to give this vegetation even the slightest haircut. This is true even if city codes require firebreaks to be built.

[Malone LaVeigh]

Of course, saving species never really was the objective of many enviros. It's just a subterfuge for their main interest of controlling the human species.

[ElkGroveDan]

This is from the Cedar Fire of 2003:

[Philistone]

Of course, saving species never really was the objective of many enviros. It's just a subterfuge for their main interest of controlling getting rid of most of the human species.

Fixed it for you. My very liberal father was a member of the Sierra Club for many years until, as he told me "They really do like trees more than they like human beings."

[lesko]

He’s telling it like it is. I would add that they like viruses more than they like humans.

[goldstategop]

Californians threw out Richard Pombo of Tracy, who sought to rewrite the morass of environmental rules to better protect property rights and in the process, make it possible to save the environment. California has got the worst of all possible worlds under its current regulatory scheme, which neither serves people nor protects wildlife.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[beltfed308]

LOL! Consider that picture stolen. Fregards.

[ElkGroveDan]

My pleasure. San Diego talk host Rick Roberts (who often sits in for Savage) has used it. As has Roger Hedgecock.

[neverdem]

thanks, bfl