[FITZ]

To the best of my knowledge of confirmed terrorist activity they have attacked our seats of government, military and economy. I'm not sure how setting fires in national forests would promote their agenda.

I wondered if the Muslims were behind some of the forest fires, I think they're agenda is to destroy us any way they can, the costs of the fires was probably close to the cost of the WTC and anyhow when you see what they're doing to Israelis ---killing civilians at a bus stop, what makes sense to us isn't necessarily what they're going to do.

[scholar]

I wondered if the Muslims were behind some of the forest fires...

At this point in time nothing would shock me. But I am trying to maintain a perspective. Most of the country is VERY dry and forestry mismangement has created an environment extremely vulnerable to wild fires.

I remember from the time that I was a kid, during the last ice age, where Smokey the Bear told us that "only we could prevent forest fires." Fact is that lightening starts most forest fires.

Then we had the two forestry employees who have now been determined to have set the fires in Colorado and Arizona for their own bizarre reasons.

FYI if you are interested, I just read a great book by Joseph Wambaugh entitled "Fire Lover." It's a true story about a Glendale, CA arson investigator who set fires in businesses and open areas in California. Four people died at a home improvement store where he set a fire and many homes were burned. Hopefully, this butthead will never get out of prison.

I am concerned about foreign terrorism, but I fear we have plenty of home grown nutcases to worry about.