Outside Probe of Firefighter Deaths Added to Farm Bill

Yakima Herald-Republic ^ | 14 February, 2002 | TOM ROEDER

[brityank]

"We don't comment on pending legislation," said Joe Walsh, spokesman for Forest Service Chief Dale Bosworth. "That's all I'm going to say, sir."

HA !! !!

Unless it's legislation the FS wants!

[brityank]

Ping.

[backhoe]

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[shotabug]

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[DLfromthedesert]

Thank you. The American people need to know if the lives of youthful firefighters are deemed by the Forest Service to be of less value than some fish!!

[Grampa Dave]

This has to be really bad and explosive if the super left winger Cantwell is pushing for this probe!

This may be more dangerous for the Foresty Bozos than the lynx hair planters. Of course the deaths and the lynx hair plants all happened in forests in Washington. Could there be a link at the higher levels?

[Snow Bunny]

Hi there and thank you soooo much for pinging me to this.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

I still remember these brave firefighters who died.
May their deaths prevent the deaths of others.

[hattend]

Hmmm, no mention of what caused the firefighters' deaths - an argument back at headquarters over saving people or some lichen and fish.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

"This has to be really bad and explosive if the super left winger Cantwell is pushing for this probe!"

Hopefully this AND the Washington DC hearings on eco-terrorists will start turning this insanity around.

[Grampa Dave]

Just remember how long it takes to turn a nukie carrier around 180 degrees if it has been underway at flank speed for anytime!

The first few rudders to the right will have a slow response. The past 30 years of eco terrorism and rural cleansing will take a long time to turn around. The left wing maggots who control the media will battle even small shifts to the right!

[editor-surveyor]

Let's hope this doesn't lead to a whitewash.

[Grampa Dave]

Whenever a left wing demonicRat chairs an investigation or wants an investigation, the probability of a whitewash is way up there!

However thanks to conservative talk radio and the internet (Free Republic), a whitewash is not as easy as even 3 years ago.

[Snow Bunny]

I agree Tonkin, I will never forget what happened to them and the threads we had running for the petition about it. Thank you for your post and all you do.

[Aquamarine]

A bump for Firefighters!

[blackie]

Freedom Is Worth Fighting For !!

Molon Labe !!

[Victoria Delsoul]

An outside investigator would probe the deaths of U.S. Forest Service firefighters under a provision added Wednesday to the Senate Farm Bill.

Glad to hear that.

[hattend]

No Whitewash Bump!

[sistergoldenhair]

Cantwell said bringing in an outside investigator for fatal fires would shed light on Forest Service practices without the conflict of interest that comes with an agency investigating itself.
Let's hope this doesn't lead to a whitewash.

Let's hope they don't consider using another government agency as independent investigators.

[snopercod]

Speaking of whitewash:

Forest Service Blamed for Deaths

Photos of the four kids who died are in the above thread.