Anonymous
01/14/2025 14:02
Subject: Palisades Fire - Los Angeles
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:A city burns with empty fire hydrants while the mayor is on a taxpayer funded trip to an African country.
Honestly, anyone defending this is just not a serious person.
It's the reductionist simpletons like you that will be the death of this country.
Actually, its pompous fools like you that try to ignore or BS their way around the indefensible.
"Pompous" = using 8th grade english
Anonymous
01/14/2025 14:01
Subject: Palisades Fire - Los Angeles
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:A city burns with empty fire hydrants while the mayor is on a taxpayer funded trip to an African country.
Honestly, anyone defending this is just not a serious person.
It's the reductionist simpletons like you that will be the death of this country.
Actually, its pompous fools like you that try to ignore or BS their way around the indefensible.
Anonymous
01/14/2025 13:47
Subject: Palisades Fire - Los Angeles
Rick Caruso (who ran against Bass) protected his neighborhood and businesses with private fire companies and his own water tanks. Pacific Village which he owns did not burn down, and everything around it did. That opens up the question of privilege and wealth/entitlement on his part, but it also shows something went wrong here in terms of scope of response, because nothing else can explain that specific area not burning v. surrounding ones burning. Manpower and water were insufficient.
Anonymous
01/14/2025 13:37
Subject: Palisades Fire - Los Angeles
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:A city burns with empty fire hydrants while the mayor is on a taxpayer funded trip to an African country.
Honestly, anyone defending this is just not a serious person.
It's the reductionist simpletons like you that will be the death of this country.
You're both playing this game of "other side" bad, and yes, that nicely distracts from what can actually be done better.
Anonymous
01/14/2025 13:06
Subject: Palisades Fire - Los Angeles
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If the fire, water, & forestry efforts were underfunded & mismanaged, then the various levels of government are culpable.
If they WEREN’T underfunded or mismanaged, then the various levels of government are inept at employing those adequate resources.
But Newsom & Bass want us to believe nobody did anything wrong & STILL these fires are out of control. Somebody needs to send them one of those “The buck stops here!” signs.
There is a cost for preparedness. They could have made changes that could have mitigated the spread of wildfires with these extreme conditions, but at an extreme cost.
Do you plan for the 50 year flood, the 100 year flood, or the 500 year flood?
It’s about balancing resources while managing risk.
You are very right. And the Republican critics of CA’s preparedness are the same ones who want to lower taxes and decrease federal funding for the exact things the at they claim CA should have done more of. You can’t have it both ways. Who is supposed to fund preparation, fire hydrant and reservoir maintenance, increased fire department resources, etc.? And don’t say individuals without acknowledging that the individuals with the most resources (Bezos, Musk, and so on down from there) are the very ones doing their best to shield their resources from taxation and call for bootstrapping.
I think republicans’ vision is basically a magical rich person who’s not them funding everything, or each individual homeowner standing in their yard with a hose and using zero public resources.
Find me a Republican who is calling for more preparedness AND willing to vote for more taxes to fund it and I’d happily vote for them.
Exactly. They are basically full of crap.
And you are basically insignificant and kicked to the curb.
Its fun to watch now.
. . . Do you remember what verse Jesus said “thou shalt be kicked to the curb if you don’t worship me” — I forget???
John 3:16.
Anonymous
01/14/2025 13:05
Subject: Palisades Fire - Los Angeles
Anonymous wrote:A city burns with empty fire hydrants while the mayor is on a taxpayer funded trip to an African country.
Honestly, anyone defending this is just not a serious person.
It's the reductionist simpletons like you that will be the death of this country.
Anonymous
01/14/2025 13:04
Subject: Palisades Fire - Los Angeles
A city burns with empty fire hydrants while the mayor is on a taxpayer funded trip to an African country.
Honestly, anyone defending this is just not a serious person.
Honestly, anyone defending this is just not a serious person.
Anonymous
01/14/2025 12:26
Subject: Palisades Fire - Los Angeles
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If the fire, water, & forestry efforts were underfunded & mismanaged, then the various levels of government are culpable.
If they WEREN’T underfunded or mismanaged, then the various levels of government are inept at employing those adequate resources.
But Newsom & Bass want us to believe nobody did anything wrong & STILL these fires are out of control. Somebody needs to send them one of those “The buck stops here!” signs.
There is a cost for preparedness. They could have made changes that could have mitigated the spread of wildfires with these extreme conditions, but at an extreme cost.
Do you plan for the 50 year flood, the 100 year flood, or the 500 year flood?
It’s about balancing resources while managing risk.
You are very right. And the Republican critics of CA’s preparedness are the same ones who want to lower taxes and decrease federal funding for the exact things the at they claim CA should have done more of. You can’t have it both ways. Who is supposed to fund preparation, fire hydrant and reservoir maintenance, increased fire department resources, etc.? And don’t say individuals without acknowledging that the individuals with the most resources (Bezos, Musk, and so on down from there) are the very ones doing their best to shield their resources from taxation and call for bootstrapping.
I think republicans’ vision is basically a magical rich person who’s not them funding everything, or each individual homeowner standing in their yard with a hose and using zero public resources.
Find me a Republican who is calling for more preparedness AND willing to vote for more taxes to fund it and I’d happily vote for them.
Exactly. They are basically full of crap.
And you are basically insignificant and kicked to the curb.
Its fun to watch now.
Full of crap. And a-holes.
Correct. Dems are.
Anonymous
01/14/2025 12:22
Subject: Palisades Fire - Los Angeles
Regardless of whose fault it is, it’s difficult to ignore the Ghana trip. That right there hurts credibility. It plans doubts in minds. Because if you support a mayor traveling on tax payer money to Ghana, then what other BS terrible policies do you support?
The Ghana trip is a waste of taxpayer money and woke BS that people are tired of. There is no economic or financial reason that a mayor of any US city needs to travel to Ghana.
It was game over for the Ds once people heard the Ghana story. If I’m forced to choose to believe the government / mayor who travels to Ghana or criticism of the government I’m now forced to choose the latter.
The Ghana trip is a waste of taxpayer money and woke BS that people are tired of. There is no economic or financial reason that a mayor of any US city needs to travel to Ghana.
It was game over for the Ds once people heard the Ghana story. If I’m forced to choose to believe the government / mayor who travels to Ghana or criticism of the government I’m now forced to choose the latter.
Anonymous
01/14/2025 12:20
Subject: Palisades Fire - Los Angeles
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If the fire, water, & forestry efforts were underfunded & mismanaged, then the various levels of government are culpable.
If they WEREN’T underfunded or mismanaged, then the various levels of government are inept at employing those adequate resources.
But Newsom & Bass want us to believe nobody did anything wrong & STILL these fires are out of control. Somebody needs to send them one of those “The buck stops here!” signs.
There is a cost for preparedness. They could have made changes that could have mitigated the spread of wildfires with these extreme conditions, but at an extreme cost.
Do you plan for the 50 year flood, the 100 year flood, or the 500 year flood?
It’s about balancing resources while managing risk.
You are very right. And the Republican critics of CA’s preparedness are the same ones who want to lower taxes and decrease federal funding for the exact things the at they claim CA should have done more of. You can’t have it both ways. Who is supposed to fund preparation, fire hydrant and reservoir maintenance, increased fire department resources, etc.? And don’t say individuals without acknowledging that the individuals with the most resources (Bezos, Musk, and so on down from there) are the very ones doing their best to shield their resources from taxation and call for bootstrapping.
I think republicans’ vision is basically a magical rich person who’s not them funding everything, or each individual homeowner standing in their yard with a hose and using zero public resources.
Find me a Republican who is calling for more preparedness AND willing to vote for more taxes to fund it and I’d happily vote for them.
Exactly. They are basically full of crap.
And you are basically insignificant and kicked to the curb.
Its fun to watch now.
I’m sure Trump learned this response from reading his Bible. Do you remember what verse Jesus said “thou shalt be kicked to the curb if you don’t worship me” — I forget???
Hi Bruce Willis in "The Sixth Sense".
You're stupid to the point that you are dead and don't even know it.
Anonymous
01/14/2025 12:17
Subject: Palisades Fire - Los Angeles
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If the fire, water, & forestry efforts were underfunded & mismanaged, then the various levels of government are culpable.
If they WEREN’T underfunded or mismanaged, then the various levels of government are inept at employing those adequate resources.
But Newsom & Bass want us to believe nobody did anything wrong & STILL these fires are out of control. Somebody needs to send them one of those “The buck stops here!” signs.
There is a cost for preparedness. They could have made changes that could have mitigated the spread of wildfires with these extreme conditions, but at an extreme cost.
Do you plan for the 50 year flood, the 100 year flood, or the 500 year flood?
It’s about balancing resources while managing risk.
You are very right. And the Republican critics of CA’s preparedness are the same ones who want to lower taxes and decrease federal funding for the exact things the at they claim CA should have done more of. You can’t have it both ways. Who is supposed to fund preparation, fire hydrant and reservoir maintenance, increased fire department resources, etc.? And don’t say individuals without acknowledging that the individuals with the most resources (Bezos, Musk, and so on down from there) are the very ones doing their best to shield their resources from taxation and call for bootstrapping.
I think republicans’ vision is basically a magical rich person who’s not them funding everything, or each individual homeowner standing in their yard with a hose and using zero public resources.
Find me a Republican who is calling for more preparedness AND willing to vote for more taxes to fund it and I’d happily vote for them.
Californians are heavily taxed.
You have wasted money and resources on your woke crap or supporting illegal aliens while diverting money from fire prevention (in this example).
Dems own this horrible fire disaster.
Anonymous
01/14/2025 12:15
Subject: Palisades Fire - Los Angeles
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If the fire, water, & forestry efforts were underfunded & mismanaged, then the various levels of government are culpable.
If they WEREN’T underfunded or mismanaged, then the various levels of government are inept at employing those adequate resources.
But Newsom & Bass want us to believe nobody did anything wrong & STILL these fires are out of control. Somebody needs to send them one of those “The buck stops here!” signs.
There is a cost for preparedness. They could have made changes that could have mitigated the spread of wildfires with these extreme conditions, but at an extreme cost.
Do you plan for the 50 year flood, the 100 year flood, or the 500 year flood?
It’s about balancing resources while managing risk.
You are very right. And the Republican critics of CA’s preparedness are the same ones who want to lower taxes and decrease federal funding for the exact things the at they claim CA should have done more of. You can’t have it both ways. Who is supposed to fund preparation, fire hydrant and reservoir maintenance, increased fire department resources, etc.? And don’t say individuals without acknowledging that the individuals with the most resources (Bezos, Musk, and so on down from there) are the very ones doing their best to shield their resources from taxation and call for bootstrapping.
I think republicans’ vision is basically a magical rich person who’s not them funding everything, or each individual homeowner standing in their yard with a hose and using zero public resources.
Find me a Republican who is calling for more preparedness AND willing to vote for more taxes to fund it and I’d happily vote for them.
Exactly. They are basically full of crap.
And you are basically insignificant and kicked to the curb.
Its fun to watch now.
I’m sure Trump learned this response from reading his Bible. Do you remember what verse Jesus said “thou shalt be kicked to the curb if you don’t worship me” — I forget???
Anonymous
01/14/2025 12:12
Subject: Palisades Fire - Los Angeles
Anonymous wrote:I don't really get why people insist on making it "but the dems/but GOP". Does anyone who lost their home care which side that was? Ultimately the people in charge of various factors came short in various ways, and Newsom himself said so! It's okay to say that. It doesn't mean you have to vote for Republicans next time either.
The complaint is that the GOP is making rounds all over TV and drafting bills to make aid conditional. That is SICKENING! They’re the ones “insisting” on being partisan.
Anonymous
01/14/2025 12:09
Subject: Palisades Fire - Los Angeles
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If the fire, water, & forestry efforts were underfunded & mismanaged, then the various levels of government are culpable.
If they WEREN’T underfunded or mismanaged, then the various levels of government are inept at employing those adequate resources.
But Newsom & Bass want us to believe nobody did anything wrong & STILL these fires are out of control. Somebody needs to send them one of those “The buck stops here!” signs.
There is a cost for preparedness. They could have made changes that could have mitigated the spread of wildfires with these extreme conditions, but at an extreme cost.
Do you plan for the 50 year flood, the 100 year flood, or the 500 year flood?
It’s about balancing resources while managing risk.
You are very right. And the Republican critics of CA’s preparedness are the same ones who want to lower taxes and decrease federal funding for the exact things the at they claim CA should have done more of. You can’t have it both ways. Who is supposed to fund preparation, fire hydrant and reservoir maintenance, increased fire department resources, etc.? And don’t say individuals without acknowledging that the individuals with the most resources (Bezos, Musk, and so on down from there) are the very ones doing their best to shield their resources from taxation and call for bootstrapping.
I think republicans’ vision is basically a magical rich person who’s not them funding everything, or each individual homeowner standing in their yard with a hose and using zero public resources.
Find me a Republican who is calling for more preparedness AND willing to vote for more taxes to fund it and I’d happily vote for them.
Exactly. They are basically full of crap.
And you are basically insignificant and kicked to the curb.
Its fun to watch now.
Full of crap. And a-holes.
Anonymous
01/14/2025 12:08
Subject: Palisades Fire - Los Angeles
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:If the fire, water, & forestry efforts were underfunded & mismanaged, then the various levels of government are culpable.
If they WEREN’T underfunded or mismanaged, then the various levels of government are inept at employing those adequate resources.
But Newsom & Bass want us to believe nobody did anything wrong & STILL these fires are out of control. Somebody needs to send them one of those “The buck stops here!” signs.
There is a cost for preparedness. They could have made changes that could have mitigated the spread of wildfires with these extreme conditions, but at an extreme cost.
Do you plan for the 50 year flood, the 100 year flood, or the 500 year flood?
It’s about balancing resources while managing risk.
You are very right. And the Republican critics of CA’s preparedness are the same ones who want to lower taxes and decrease federal funding for the exact things the at they claim CA should have done more of. You can’t have it both ways. Who is supposed to fund preparation, fire hydrant and reservoir maintenance, increased fire department resources, etc.? And don’t say individuals without acknowledging that the individuals with the most resources (Bezos, Musk, and so on down from there) are the very ones doing their best to shield their resources from taxation and call for bootstrapping.
I think republicans’ vision is basically a magical rich person who’s not them funding everything, or each individual homeowner standing in their yard with a hose and using zero public resources.
Find me a Republican who is calling for more preparedness AND willing to vote for more taxes to fund it and I’d happily vote for them.
Exactly. They are basically full of crap.
And you are basically insignificant and kicked to the curb.
Its fun to watch now.