[per loin]

Government employees cannot be allowed into the woods without civilian chaperones. Three states now with huge fires due to these lunatics.

[The Shrew]

Hey those of us who live in the Jurdisdiction of the US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals have an opportunity to get together, learn, plan, meet one another and make a difference. Please check out this thread. Freepers Making a Difference

Let's get together at FRiva Las Vegas and get to know each other and make a difference! Please forward this to your ping lists and to the state boards! Regards, TS

[MARTIAL MONK]

The fact that he was a firefighter is probably a benign point. Everyone in Cibecue is a firefighter. There are few other opportunities. From the location I would guess that this fire was accidental and alcohol was involved.

It is, however, no secret that firefighters can make their own work. In a busy summer a firefighter can bank $80,000. If the season is slow they can expect $15,000. That is quite an incentive for a busy season. Rumors abound in the firecamps and most of them are bull but there are enough credible stories to make you realize that there is some truth there.

The real culprits are the ones that set the stage for this fire. The environmentalists are, in effect, running the forests. They've crawled back under their rocks right now, but we need to drag them out expose them for having caused this. If this slob hadn't caused it something else would have.

The homeowners can shoulder some of the blame also. Every time the Forest Service proposes a prescribed burn or thinning they are met with opposition by a few Little Miss Prissys. Burns are nasty and black and smell bad. Thinning means cutting trees out of their viewscape. They need to learn that nature will not conform to our preferences. Now we have a big black scar to show us just how wrong they were.

[smithson]

If he said he was burning a letter from his ex-wife and cried a little, after being caught, he may be able to get off.

[madfly]

ping

[EverOnward]

thanks for the ping

[Red Jones]

On tv they said that in Forest Lakes, the big forest based subdivision that has been under attack the last couple of days has large amounts of wild animals in it now. This is forest so there are normally bears, dear, elk, rabbits, wolves and coyotes in the forest. But you see there is limited amount of forest area, as the elevation changes the forest disappears. So, to the east, south and north there's been a lot of fire in the forest, the animals have rushed out, some of them of course got confused and perished in the fire. But for those that made it out, they are in the western end of this forest. They say that inForest Lakes there are hundreds of firefighting people and also very large numbers of animals at the same time, including bears & wolves. They say the animals are trying to avoid the people and vice versa.

[ppaul]

Probably another EarthFirst! environmental wacko.

[strela]

Wet rawhide, stakes, honey, anthill. Let the Indians take care of their own, I say.

[Timesink]

You know how airline pilots are required to undergo a psych exam every six months to make sure they're not about to snap and pull an Egyptair 990? I'm beginning to think the feds should require the same thing for any forest firefighter. At least the arsonbug city firefighters almost always pick empty buildings to set on fire. Out in the forest though, those nutbags' "little teeny fires" end up taking out hundreds of homes, causing other firemen to get killed while fighting the gigantic blaze, etc.

[Timesink]

Phones rang unanswered late Saturday night at the U.S. attorney's office in Phoenix.

Ha ha ha! A federal employee at work on a Saturday night! ROFL! That's a good one!

[cake_crumb]

Good.

YO BUD, whomever you are....Mexican spotted owls and burning trees do NOT mix.

A$$HOLE.....you and your ilk KILL microsystems......

You make the rest of us sick. You are sick. Get a clue.