Posted on 06/21/2002 5:06:37 AM PDT by brityank
A Glimpse of Hell Over the Horizon
Arizona Fire Report By Tina Terry
Sierra Times Ranch Hand
Published 06. 20. 02 at 23:52 Sierra Time
As I send this out, Show Low, Heber and Overgaard, Arizona - to the north of me, and not that far away, are burning out of control. Flames are leaping through the giant Ponderosa pines, destroying everything.
Thousands of wild animals are being killed, injured and being displaced. Thousands of people are evacuating, and hundreds, perhaps thousands, of homes are being destroyed. My family is preparing in case we need to evacuate from Payson.
And it's not even July yet. Three months of fire season to go here.
The federal government has so grossly mismanaged the national forests by permitting them to be overgrown and clogged with tinder that it's like we're sitting on a keg of gasoline - one that covers many hundreds of square miles.
Today one of our local firemen told me that the condition of the forests a hundred years ago was healthy - big trees didn't burn, and there were many many fewer trees per acre - fire thinned out the underbrush but didn't incinerate the total forest as it is doing today, and will probably do for weeks to come. The fires are burning so hot that they are burning everything, so hot that they are turning the ground to a glaze, through which water cannot penetrate - setting the stage for massive floods when we finally get rain. Right now we are praying for rain, but there's none in sight.
The way the forest was a hundred years ago was, the fireman explained, before the feds took over the national forests and "managed" them into the present state of tinder according to the insane enviro-Nazi policy of "We can't cut even one twig or let anything graze there." Dorks in D.C. making policy for forests they may never visit or understand. Moscow-on-the-Potomac policy - with the same disastrous results as the original Moscow produced when it micromanaged everything from the Kremlin.
Our solution, once these infernal fires have finally burned out - which may be weeks, months - is this:
Let all the governors of the Western states in which these federal goons ranging from incompetent dithering idiots to malicious sociopaths have created this horrific UNNATURAL situation band together and firmly declare to D.C. the following:
"You have mismanaged these federal lands, which lie within our state boundaries, so grossly and unethically that it has cost millions, maybe billions of dollars, destroyed human life and property and killed and displaced countless wildlife (where are PETA and their ilk while these poor animals are being slaughtered by these conflagrations caused by environmentalist insanity?)
"You have, by your insane policies, created a virtual Armageddon of unnatural havoc within our state borders. We shall therefore take over these lands and manage them ourselves by appointing local management to so do. To pay for this, we shall have our state residents refrain from sending their federal income taxes to Washington; these taxes will instead be placed in an escrow account, and will be used to repair the incalculable damage you have done to these lands within our borders, and to properly manage them so that they can be restored to health and to a safer condition.
"We'll hold local officials accountable for implementing sane policies. We won't redact their names if they are responsible for killing or injuring people, or for causing damage. We'll prosecute them if they do so.
"If there's anything left after doing this, we'll send the balance to D.C. so you can spend it on one of your countless other insane, bloated, administration-larded, unconstitutional programs - maybe the inept managing of our national borders..."
And just in case anyone has forgotten - remember Los Alamos, and the Forest Service's "controlled burn." These people cannot be trusted to act in our best interests. They are permitted to commit acts which, if committed in the private sector, would result in prosecution and jail time.
Please pray for us here in Arizona, and for all those in Colorado, who are suffering so mightily.
Pray for the poor critters, too. These innocents are suffering because of the inequities of humankind. It breaks my heart beyond description.
Tina Terry
Payson, ArizonaEditor's Note: Yesterday, the author of this article called the ranch office and asked, "Why is God doing this?" Well, Tina - there's your answer. God's not doing this. Government has done this, and we've got our work cut out for us. Terry Barton, the woman accused of starting the Colorado Fire, was released on bail yesterday. Just thought you folks would like to know that.
Yes, Tina: We'll keep you and others in our prayers.
© 2002 SierraTimes.com (unless otherwise noted)
I think we need a Fire Division in our Military.
Instead of closing down a whole lot of bases, use them to maintain this Division.
A nation is no different than a city. Imagine if New York or Chicago had NO Fire Department!!!!!!
Well that's what our nation is lacking: a military unit trained to fight fires.
It's that simple.
What our nation is lacking is Forest Service personel trained not to start fires.(;->)
Freedom Is Worth Fighting For !!
Molon Labe !!
Except for the term "All", I agree 100% with your post - I'm afraid the BS of enviro-wacko thought started long before 'toon, though. I remember folks being scuttled by gov't EPA-like crap back in the 80's!
No, definitely not blaming my hero, R. Reagan, it's just that the enviro-idiots have been out of control for decades!! How old is "GreenPeace"?
Remember, too, these are the same folks who tell us we should eat more chicken, because to eat beef supports the cattle industry, and there are too many cows farting into the atmosphere, and this is hurting ozone levels. This sure sounds credible to me, especially since I am educated in REAL science - BVWAHAHAHAHAHA!
If we resurected the lumber industry and let them do their thing, this would all be solved! Who better to manage forests than those who could make money off proper management of same!!
Because the other player in this game will use the guns before allowing the game to be lost.
And the "people" are now cowards.
Lazy gluttonous cowards.
So good to see my tax dollars aren't being wasted.
They aren't being wasted; they're keeping all the government freeloaders off your back, even though they have their hands in both of your pockets. ;^)
This guy's just a DUffus!
Thanks. :^)
You're point about the radical environmentalists being out of control for decades is dead-on right. I guess they just gained momentum under Slick Willie's watch. Guess I agree with 100% of your post also!
I didn't really mean to call you out on blaming clintoon for all of it; as you say, MUCH destruction of the type we're discussing DID occur under him!! I was really trying to add fuel to the concept of the idiocy of the enviro-wackos while adding the concept of how long they've been living their lie!
They found a willing accomplice to their idiot cause, and they made more progress in eight years than they had the previous 40! So, your statement is QUITE understandable! *SMILE*
It looks to me like the inmates are running the assylum, and I don't have a clue regarding how to combat this! Logic and REAL science are termed narrow-minded, bigotted, homo-phobic, etc., etc., etc.! It's like having a video tape of a crime in progress showing who, how and what in graphic detail, and having the judge say it can't be used to solve the crime! AARRGGHH!!
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