There it is.. Just what we all knew would happen- our Homeland would not be protected in the face of any disaster. Have the put US in enough Jeopardy yet, gang banged the Constitution enough times, drained from the resources well far enough, blew enough smoke up our collective asses???
People are dying today in direct relation to this admins policiies. "OOPS" doesn't work anymore- it can only be considered intentional sabotage to weaken our ability to respond to emergencies- when lives hang in the balance. So W. wants more money to kill people- which will result in more deaths in the Middle East ( Cheney Diplomacy) and here in our own back yards.
It's time we pull these slimy bastards out of their spider holes and power wash their asses withImpeacchment and indictments for treason.Then perhaps we can have a clean start to rebuilding our nation inside & out following the Political disaster know as the Cheney years (the last 35)-the head of the serpent.

God told me it was DEFINITELY because of abortions and porn.

(Costs big money to get close enough to God to get the real scoop)

At least our leaders have certainly learned something about handling disasters. I was gonna book a mani-pedi but think I'll hold off til I hear the weather report..might be a hurricane headin our way. Saw a porn shop still open nearby and a pregnant unmarried girl.

Reich wingers need human suffering, to validate their superiority.

Eh, Bush is only responsible for burning up 410,000 acres. In 1988 Reagan destroyed over 2 million acres in Yellowstone. Who's your daddy?

The willful ignorance of our trolls is only exceeded by their lying propensities.

It is amazing how they can constantly expose their gullibility with such certainty.

If W could be their hero and Rush their mentor, how much dumber could they be?

"It is an absolute fact: Had we had more air resources, we would have been able to control this fire," he said.

I found this a disturbing comment considering until Tuesday all aircraft were grounded due to the high winds. Maybe he needs to be a bit more forthcoming as to why they lacked air resaources. He insinuates that they were being used elsewhere and not in Orange county. When the issue was really the weather conditions.

Dear god people, there is a fire going on. Does San Diego lean a bit more to the right than say Malibu? Of course. Is that Orange County Fire Chief correct in his assumption? I doubt it. I have lived here for most of my life and when the winds are like that (okay, these were a bit excessive even for the Santa Anas), all you can do is hope the wind dies down. This is not left or right. Arnold is a moderate republican but if you think if a democrat was in charge, anything would be different, you are wrong. We are Californians. In times like this we all pull together and we don't has for freaking political affilations before jumping in full heartedly to help. Get over your selves. People are dying, people are losing their homes and honestly, aside from the money we will need after, FEMA just stand back and let us handle this. We are pretty good at it.

Having grown up in SoCal and recalling many firestorms, Laguna, Malibu, San Diego, Malibu, Tustin, Malibu

Hey its a fact of life in CA, in NorCal we have a wicked north wind that caused the Oakland Hills fire, which was the most expensive fire on record.

SoCal has the Santa Ana's (and God are they a dry wind, it was a harbinger of either fire or earthquake), this unfortunate situation was waiting to happen with the blow up of growth in San Diego and Northern LA. Malibu burning, well that ain't no big thing, it seems to burn every other year.

The winds prevented the air support, gust up to 90 MPH were reported. Do you see news copters in the air during a hurricane? Do airports close? It was waiting to happen, no matter how many guys were on the ground or in the air.

So if there is any true blame, it was un-checked urban sprawl...

I bet the Californians can't wait till President Shit for Brains arrives Thursday with an entorage larger than the emergency forces in CA all to protect his useless,stupid
ass.It's a wonder they haven't sent Darth Vader to put out the fires.All this clown would have to do is breath on them and the odor from his rotten interior would stifle anyone or anything.

KneoKnotHead has shown how deep she is. As deep as a puddle of dog drool in Malibu.

What otp meant to say is lot of difference between white people in San Diego and Black people in NO.

What an interesting contrast in reactions between conservative San Diego and liberal New Orleans.
Things that make you go hmmm....

“Most experts have assumed that as the world economy grows, it would require less in the way of fossil fuels to produce each unit of output, as businesses introduce energy-saving and energy-efficiency measures.

And indeed, this trend of reduced carbon dioxide to produce goods was observed from 1970 to about 2000, but has since reversed.

The paper notes that for the first time in more than three decades, emissions of carbon dioxide are rising more rapidly than the world's economic growth rate.”

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20071023.CLIMATE23/TPStory/Environment

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"Carbon dioxide concentrations are at the highest level in the past 650,000 years, and probably the past 20 million years"

Just like Hurricane Katrina, there will be plenty of recriminations and calls for more disaster preparedness. But, the truth is, Santa Ana winds this strong with record dry conditions in Southern California nothing can be done to stop the force of the fires. The idea that more water-carrying planes could have helped a little bit is true but the fact is you simply cannot staff and prepare for disasters of this magnitude.

If we had a government serious about responding to natural disasters we would have seen some positive results long ago. But, everything exists only on paper, just like food inspection, air quality, port inspections, highway safety, bridge reconstruction, tunnels, subways, sewer systems, all of which are deteriorating beyond the imagination. We can't even get this mob of Republicans who control our government to take care of millions of children and adults who are without health care.

And, anyone who thinks the Democrats are in the majority all they have to do is look at the record for the last year. Everything Bush and the Republicans have demanded, they’ve gotten -- mainly because of the total absence of leadership from the Democratic Party so-called leadership.

Just about every hospital is understaffed, under-funded and totally incapable of treating massive casualties which will inevitably happen due to man-made or natural disasters. How can we possibly think anyone really cares deeply enough to prepare for massive fires which will destroy property and lives when we can't even prepare for minor emergencies? The truth is, WAR is this government's priority and WAR above everything else, is Bush's raison d'être and his elixir.

As long as G. W. Bush has his underground bunker where he and his Gestapo can retreat to after he unleashes nuclear holocaust, what does he care if the rest of the country turns to ashes and cinders?