[Santa Fe_Conservative]

That kid sounds like he's in BIG trouble.

[DrewsDad]

More posters HERE

[Disturbin]

Think of ALL of the carbon emissions. I hope he can afford the credits .....

[samanella]

Is Harry Reid going to retract his statement that the fires were caused by Global Warming, which is indirectly George Bush’s fault?

[Ancient Drive]

The Law should keep a close eye on this kid. but something tells me they’ll forget. How old is this “kid”? 15, 16, 17?

[dragnet2]

But I thought all these fires were started by Muslim terrorist arsonist?

Ya say it's just a little kid?

lol

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

Does this qualify as a “GLAD I’M A FREERIDER” ping??

[Perdogg]

Actually it was George Bush’s fault because it was Bush’s responsibility to keep that boy from playing with matches.

sarc

[purpleraine]

Wonder why his age was not released?

[jpl]

I am the only person here who's a little skeptical about this story?

A few days ago we were told that this was arson, and that the person or persons who did it clearly knew what they were doing.

Now, a few days later, we're being told whoops, it was actually a little kid who was out playing with matches in the forest? And of course since it's a kid, we'll of course never get to see him or find out his name.

Something stinks here in my book.

[blackie]

GWB must have given him the matches. /sarcasm

[G8 Diplomat]

Wanna bet he was an anchor baby?

[VictoryGal]

This sort of thing is the reason we need to be giving the small kids _Struwwelpeter_, a book of horrific tales of what happens to them when they do naughty things. It is gruesome, yes.But sometimes a little psychological damage is healthy if it prevents something worse. It certainly scared the bejeebers out of me when I was a kid, and kept me from doing all sorts of dumb things kids do. Libs hate this book, of course.

Not for the faint of heart -- The Dreadful Story of Pauline and the Matches

No school like the old school.

[Anti-Bubba182]

Anita Vogel on Fox just said the boy is under 10yrs old. If that is true I don’t see a prosecution.

[RDTF]

so where were his parents?

[DilJective]

Has anyone suspected that this could be a plant by the ELF fruitcakes? They can commit all the destruction they want and get completely off the hook by getting a kid to take the blame. —just a thought.

[madison10]

So the kid’s name is: Glow Ball War-Ming?

[Calpernia]

I don't believe it.

http://www.nationalterroralert.com/updates/2007/10/22/california-fire-battallion-chief-whoever-did-this-knew-what-they-were-doing/

California Fire Battalion Chief - Whoever Did This Knew What They Were Doing

October 22, 2007

Fire officials are now stating that the Orange County Santiago fire was purposely set and there is speculation that other fires may have also been deliberate. See Interactive Map
Fire officials found three separate “points of origin,” all near the intersection of Silverado Canyon Road and Santiago Canyon Road. Two were on one side of the road, and the third was on the other. “Whoever did this knew what they were doing,” said Kris Concepcion, a fire authority battalion chief. Also, the fire traveled 3 miles in its first 20 minutes when it was ignited about 6 p.m. Sunday, he said.
Read Article
We are NOT implying that the California fires are an act of terrorism however; the threat of pyro-terrorist attacks pose a significant risk to the U.S. and the fires in California and in Greece earlier this year should be a wake-up call.
In 2003 an FBI memo alerted law enforcement agencies that an al-Qaeda terrorist being held in detention had talked of masterminding a plot to set a series of devastating forest fires around the western United States.
It was reported that the detainee, who was not identified, said the plan involved three or four people setting wildfires using timed devices in Colorado, Montana, Utah and Wyoming that would detonate in forests and grasslands after the operatives had left the country.
“The detainee believed that significant damage to the U.S. economy would result and once it was realized that the fires were terrorist acts, U.S. citizens would put pressure on the U.S. government to change its policies,” the memo said.
How Can So Many Fires Be By Natural Causes ?
A Local News Radio talk show host in San Diego asked, “how can so many fires, in so many places, in such a short period of time, all be caused by natural causes”.
From USA Today in July of 2003
al-Qaeda Detainee Spoke of Fire Plot
The FBI alerted law enforcement agencies last month that an al-Qaeda terrorist now in detention had talked of masterminding a plot to set a series of devastating forest fires around the western United States.

Rose Davis, a spokeswoman for the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, told The Associated Press that officials there took note of the warning but didn’t see a need to act further on it.

The contents of the June 25 memo from the FBI’s Denver office were reported Friday by The Arizona Republic. Davis declined to share a copy of the memo and an FBI spokeswoman in Denver didn’t immediately return a telephone call.

As we have stated before. If you see anything suspicious, report it to law enforcement immediately.

UPDATE: Video - Officials say arson now suspected in Orange County Fire

UPDATE: From Los Angeles Fox News “I’m sad to report this is an arson fire,” OCFA Chief Chip Prather announced at an early morning briefing. “There were three separate starts: two on one side of the road and one on the other, and obviously we are actively investigating that.”

Links - A number of blogs and websites have sprung up to report on the fires. We will provide links to a couple we’ve found.

National Interagency Fire Center

Live Local News Coverage Channel 10 San Diego

Orange County Register

And Still I PersistSign On San Diego Fire Blog

[GovernmentShrinker]

The kid is now reported to be 10 years old. I’d like to know just how they can be so sure he really started this big fire. In a situation like this, a child who started a tiny fire while playing with matches could easily be convinced that he started the whole fire that burned many square miles. He almost surely fled when the fire he started got big enough that he couldn’t put it out (like about a square yard), and has no idea what happened to it after that. Given what was going on with all the huge fires in the area, his little fire may have nothing to do with any larger one, other than being mowed over as a huge fire passed through its location.

Color me skeptical about the authorities’ quick conclusion that one of the largest of the fires can be attributed to one quickly located 10 year old boy, who quickly confessed that the whole thing was his own fault.

[Khepri]

This story reminds me of the crack dealers that send their kids out the door to sell the garbage.....:/

[cricket]

This this boy may have been in trouble before this fire was ignited.