Comments on: FEMA workers posed as reporters

By: GUYK

GUYK — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 21:42:39 +0000

I do feel for those on the left coast who got burnt out..and I felt for those on the Gulf coast who lost there homes to the hurricanes. However, I can generate no sympathy for those who sit around and cry waiting for the government to rebuild their subsidized homes for them. In Se E Texas and SW La the survivors of hurricane Rita went beck to work as soon as the flood water went down and rebuilt..store owners put up tents and eating places served food on picnic tables and it will not be long before the area is as good as it ever was..New Orleans however may never recover..it is just an example of the class of people..

The wash that New Orleans did do SOME good though. It dispersed the dim-a-crit voters out of the state and there was just not enough votes there for the dim-a-crit machine to buy the governor’s office once again..the state new has a GOP leader and we will just have to wait and see if he is truely a republican or just another gotdam RINO

By: BobF

BobF — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 20:36:04 +0000

Excellent post Fred, as usual. One thing I have to say in defense of all government officials and agencies during Katrina is that up until that time, we’ve never had a disaster on that magnatude as a nation. Until it happens, nobody really knows what to do or how to do it. They had plans and had disaster simulations but until the real thing happens, simulations are nothing but a waste of time because you simulate the simulation in many instances.

I’m visiting family in Louisiana right now and from the folks I’ve talked with they’re hopefull that their new governor will get some things straightened out. But, they aren’t holding out for it because too many folks believe that’s (corruption) the way it’s suppose to be

By: jo

jo — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 19:05:08 +0000

Well said, Fred. Glad you’re on the mend !!!

By: Bloviating Zeppelin

Bloviating Zeppelin — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 17:46:21 +0000

Fred: yes, I recall your indicating you came from Louisiana. And the deal in Fornicalia is just like Ranando wrote: I too have had my little “notices” from the Forest Service and I’ve complied. That’s me, and my neighbors. But the Forest Service ITSELF is the biggest violator of its own rules, but not precisely by choice. The Enviros have ruled this state for years and allowed literally years and years and years of underbrush, fallen trees and scrub to exist on the ground — plus dead trees uncut. You cannot cut a tree, you cannot fell a dead tree, you cannot pull out downed trees, you cannot clear. All that tinder, downed and laying in place over the years, makes the forest that much more susceptible to fire. It is MADDENING because it COULD be a win/win situation: persons could enter the forest, remove fallen trees and applicable scrub for personal fuel, and also fell the dead trees and/or help clear portions of the forest.

But NOOOOO. . .

By: RTaylor

RTaylor — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 04:18:22 +0000

Here’s a headline: “FEMA Assists in Recovery of Our Favorite Blogger”! Glad you are doing better and this seemed to be just what the doctor ordered!
Mark said just yesterday that it would do California some good to invest in a few Bush Hogs…..
It seems every time Pres. Bush goes home to work the farm, such as cutting brush, the MSM makes fun of him. However, his house hasn’t burned because he doesn’t know how to use a Bush Hog……
Hope those in California recover from this — and remember – Clear cutting is a good thing

By: TexasFred

TexasFred — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 03:50:00 +0000

BZ, as long as the corrupt political machine of Louisiana is in place the feds shouldn’t hand them the billions they want, I have no problem with saying that at all, assholes like Nagin, and Blanco on her way out would steal at least HALF of it, that’s Louisiana, that’s the way it rolls, and Baton Rouge is FULL of sorry, no account, not worth the powder it would take to blow em to hell professional crooks in suits…

And if you’ve never had the opportunity to actually WORK New Orleans, man, you have NEVER seen corruption anywhere that is so open, so blatant, so corrupt…

I seriously doubt that Chicago during Prohibition was any worse truth be known…

And again I say, CONGRATS to Arnie and the crew in Cali, you guys were right on top of the whole thing and ya know, some places are worth rebuilding, some aren’t…

And New Orleans needs to think about this,Â nothing screams “We’re worth it, rebuild US” like having so many of your crooked and/or ineffectualÂ officials under federal investigation and oh yeah, that pesky little murder a day, 3 or 4 a day in some cases, that just begs to be rebuilt…

BZ, I don’t know if you know it or not but I’m a Louisiana native, it’s just that ‘some’ of us had the good sense to get the hell AWAY from that floating turd…

By: Bloviating Zeppelin

Bloviating Zeppelin — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 03:15:31 +0000

My only first response: the difference is that Louisiana is a LOSER STATE and California actually possesses an infrastructure and a populace worth saving, and does not primarily consist of scum-sucking parasites along with browbeaten races who won’t even stand up for themselves, and who want nothing more than whatever they can acquire for free and with no work involved.

Ever wonder why N.O. isn’t “rebuilt”? WHO would do the work? Certainly NOT its LOSER inhabitants of a certain CHOCOLATE color.

By: Ranando

Ranando — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 01:52:36 +0000

No Fred, your correct.

That’s why I can’t speak for the Forest Service.

If the Smokey Mountains caught on fire because of a downed power line and homes burn to the ground would it be North Carolina’s fault?

No. it wouldn’t, these fire happen that’s life. If you decide to live in these area, it’s the risk you take, trees and brush burn. To think anyone can keep the Smokey Mountains clean and that they won’t burn is crazy.

If your going to buy property by the ocean, be prepared to get wet. If your going to build a home in or next to a National Forest, be prepared to get burned.

By: TexasFred

TexasFred — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 01:10:16 +0000

Ranando, that’s the reason I addressed my last paragraph to California…

Home owners DO keep it cut back, at least from what I saw when I was spending a lot of time out that way, but the damned tree huggers won’t allow the state to clear the brush on public lands if my understanding is correct, and that is the root of the fire problem…

Am I wrong on this?? You Cal guys let me know please…

By: Ranando

Ranando — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 01:04:05 +0000

It is mandatory that we cut our brush back and keep trees trimed, if you don’t there are heavy fines and I mean heavy, to say that we don’t is incorrect.

I can’t speak for the Forest Service but if you own property, you keep it clean or else.

The loss of homes had nothing to do with people keeping their brush cleared, nothing. It had to do with embers falling all over from the fires in the sounding hills.

This is just not my opinion, it’s fact.