wildfires

    Netroots blame wrong people for Texas wildfire problems.

    By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  September 7th at 07:00 PM  | 

    Very quickly, and to get this out of the way: the Online Left is babbling about supposedly-cut Texas firefighting budgets, mostly because they lack the research skills – or possibly, the native intelligence – to tell the difference between a $109 million Forest Service/Wildfire Fighting budget in 2010/2011, and a $196 million Forest Service/Wildfire Fighting budget for 2012/2013 (the 2012 fiscal year started at the | Read More »

    This is the current Texas wildfire situation.

    By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  September 5th at 11:00 PM  | 

    Just to make it clear precisely what we’re talking about, here: it’s not good. 25,000 acres burned so far, and the state is apparently as dry as a bone right now, thanks to a drought. Let me show you the extent of the problem: That picture is taken from Weather Underground’s WunderMap (as of roughly 10 PM EDT, September 5, 2011*). The red flames represent | Read More »

    The Onion and IMAO: parallel evolution, or rip-off?

    By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  October 14th at 11:46 PM  | 

    I still haven’t made up my mind on this. Compare: Obama To Enter Diplomatic Talks With Raging Wildfire …with this (Via @IMAO_): Obama Signals Willingness to Negotiate With Wildfires WASHINGTON (AP) – In response to reports of deaths and widespread property damage allegedly caused by so-called “wildfires” in California, President Obama said that he wanted to the let the more moderate and peace-loving flames know | Read More »