re: I do feel sorry for the people of California, but.....

FORESTRY MANAGEMENT. Experts have been preaching it to the dumb Marxist fricks that rule over California for 3+ decades. And the virtue signaling, pearl clutching fools have completely ignored it

Even native Americans knew the forests needed thinning and did so with controlled burns

Anyone who says this shouldn't be politicized is either a liar or a fool.

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Almost every major city in America is a democratic city So anytime something bad happens in a big city we just need to all collectively sound like a bunch of retards and say "They voted for this though!"

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Well, yeah. They can de-tard themselves by voting out the people that cause this. It’s not impossible. Baton Rouge just did it despite the politicians saying it was impossible

They have no water in the fire hydrants because of Democrat policies. They didn't do control burns because of Democrat policies. The high command of the LAFD is three lesbian women because of Democrat policies. The people are going to blame the politicians, but who put them in power? This is one of those FAFO moments.

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Trump won more votes in that area than in the entire state of Alabama combined

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Yes and from 2016 to 2024 he increased his vote share between 5% and 25% in most every large US city.

They voted for this. How stupid is that?

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I didn't say that. I said it was stupid, classless, and wrong.

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The population of LA County is over 10 million. 10% voted for Trump.

If you saw what Gavin Newsom did to San Francisco during his term ans mayor, and thought, "yeah, he'd be a great leader for the entire State", then there is a strong possibility that you are
A. mentally retarded, or
B.Suffering from mental illness.

Stupid or psycho, take your pick because when the facts are presented, the only logical conclusion is one or the other. Right now, people are coming to the realization that there house and all their belongings are ash, all because they thought some field mouse or fish was at top of the priority list. These are the same people who have no problem with voting for a perosn who is ok with Honduras emptying their prisons and mental asylums, so that that those people can cross an open, American border. These people, that vote for these asshats, are then somehow surprised whn grandma gets pushed into an oncoming subway train and the fire hydrant on the corner on their street is dry as a bone! They are taxed higher than everyone else. The poor are pushed into crime because Pedro will do a job for $1 and hour, while living with 20 other people in a 1 bed/1 bath apartment.

For the life of me, I do not understand why a person of means would choose to live in a place like that.

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Yes and from 2016 to 2024 he increased his vote share between 5% and 25% in most every large US city.

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LA county has a population of over 10 million people. Kamala got 70% of the vote.

Keep voting Democrat. Things sure look great everywhere they are in power.

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You’re a stupid count, this exact same rationale would then apply to the Louisiana leadership and their failure to secure the new years event from vehicles driving down streets full of people.

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Yes it would. And yes it does. I say that as someone born and raised in Louisiana and lived there most my life.

Do I blame the Cali / Louisiana govt for these catastrophic events happening? Not at all. Can’t prevent forest fires in California or a terrorist with a car on New Year’s Eve from causing carnage. And in the New Orleans attack, I applaud the first responders / police on bourbon st. Those cops heard it and immediately ran to the danger. Pretty awesome.

But, the lack of preventative measures and response (Cali) to reduce the amount of damage from said catastrophes? Local and state leaders of both states absolutely are responsible.

Would the concrete barriers on Bourbon St have prevented the attack from happening? Maybe. Could have deterred the terrorists from doing it at all. Worst case scenario, it forces him to get out the car and just start firing on foot if he decided to still do it. Which would have resulted in less death. That’s on the govt leaders.

California is always at the top of the list for wildfires. Everyone knows this. It’s a tinderbox and always has been. It is absolutely insane that they don’t use basic preventative measures like brush and undergrowth clearing or controlled burns. Especially around populated areas. It’s also insane that they have budget cuts for fire departments knowing wildfires are their biggest risk in terms of natural disaster and have unqualified people making those decisions. And to make it even worse… SOME AREAS FIRE HYDRANTS ARE DRY AND ITS AN OCEANFRONT CITY. Fresh water has always been an issue in Cali due to the climate. But if you KNOW wildfires are your biggest risk for natural disaster, have an emergency plan in place to pull water from any source to help combat them.

These simple measures wouldn’t prevent forest fires. They 100% would still happen. But the biggest issue with these forest fires is 0 containment. All the above + having and executing emergency plans would help massively with containment, resulting in less catastrophic loss. And that is 100% on the clowns in leadership over there.

Imagine if the govt stopped maintaining levees / pumps in NOLA and south LA on the river ? We know what the result would eventually be. That’s what Cali officials / policy have done. 0 preventative measures and no emergency plan in place when shite hits the fan. And that’s on them.