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Randi fell down walking her dog?
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Media Hack Chris | SDR said:
So Chris, did getting jerked around by ATT turn you into a socialist? :
Come on Chris: Stacy Taylor does not DESERVE to be on the air anywhere: he's a tired dinosaur. Schutlz I'll admit has done an OUTSTANDING job (oh my) of learning from Rush Limbaugh: he's copied the voice, inflection, style, etc. - it's like a Rush clone on the other side of the political coin. That's probably why Schultz's show works, while Randi is just one more shrill voice with an axe to grind: Schultz has learned from listening to Rush that radio is - TA DA - entertainment.
Just last night the lead segment on 60 Minutes was about super-fires. They have become bigger and more frequent and more destructive over the past several years. One of the prime factors...global climate change. Does the public need to know this? Yes, it would help a lot. However in a matter of days the single opinion that the public will hear expressed here on radio will be the right wing spin that even if its happening there is nothing that can be done so why care if the polar bears drown. Last I heard several major insurance companies were going to quit writing policies in California because of the fires but I do not know if they have carried thru with it. Ignorance Is Strength? No, not at all.
We will count that as a vote for Ignorance Is Strength.
I can see Mt. San Miguel burning from a hilltop near here, it looks like a vision of hell, I can smell the smoke. Glenn Beck, that bastion of conservative journalistic integrity, calls the victims of the fires "America haters". Welcome to the company of the widows of 9-11 and the victims of Katrina. How long will it take CC to get replacement transmitters for their Mt. San Miguel installations if they burn?
I can see Mt. San Miguel burning from a hilltop near here, it looks like a vision of hell, I can smell the smoke. Glenn Beck, that bastion of conservative journalistic integrity, calls the victims of the fires "America haters". Welcome to the company of the widows of 9-11 and the victims of Katrina. How long will it take CC to get replacement transmitters for their Mt. San Miguel installations if they burn?
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Lopaka said:
More emotionally based alarmism there.
Voice OfSanDiego.com reports,
Fire and Climate Change
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I just spoke to Tony Westerling, assistant professor of environmental engineering at University of California, Merced. He was a leading contributor to a 2006 Scripps Institution of Oceanography research paper that connected climate change to increasing fire frequency in the West.
He said the fires blazing through San Diego County now couldn't be directly connected to human-influenced climate change.
The Scripps research paper drew a connection between climate change's effects on the timing of spring in mountainous areas of the West. As the region warms, spring snowmelt happens sooner and can lead to a longer and earlier dry season. In higher mountainous areas, temperature has the most significant impact on the wildfire season.
In San Diego, though, the dry season is much longer than in areas such as the Rocky Mountains.
"This is when you get your fall fires and Santa Ana winds," Westerling said. "It doesn't have a lot to do with what we wrote our paper about."
More here: http://voiceofsandiego.org/this_just_in/#blurb2
That seems to confirm the CBS story.
It is true that Santa Ana winds happen here, its a natural event. What made these so destructive was the dryness of the fuel this year, and that was directly related to the low rainfall (I believe it was a record low, 2 inches or so), and that could easily relate to global climate change. Metro Atlanta is down to a 90 day water supply for its 4 million residents. It will not be a pretty picture if they do not get some relief soon. We all hope Al Gore is wrong about global warming/climate change. If one must err, it is wise to err on the side of caution.
It is true that Santa Ana winds happen here, its a natural event. What made these so destructive was the dryness of the fuel this year, and that was directly related to the low rainfall (I believe it was a record low, 2 inches or so), and that could easily relate to global climate change. Metro Atlanta is down to a 90 day water supply for its 4 million residents. It will not be a pretty picture if they do not get some relief soon. We all hope Al Gore is wrong about global warming/climate change. If one must err, it is wise to err on the side of caution.
How did the discussion get to this point? It got into coverage of the fire by KLSD, then I remarked on the coincidence that CBS 60 Minutes happened to do a story on super fires being caused by (ok, related to) global warming just the night the whole thing started, then discussion on the theory of global warming.
The victims are not little stick figures, little cartoon people created for entertainment by the likes of Glenn Beck. It has been useful to radio entertainers to create the impression that Californians are wealthy effete America-hating elitist ne'er do wells; crazy kooks. The people needing help are not welfare cheats, are they? Neither were the victims of Katrina. It might be very entertaining to play with stereotypes like Beck does, or Limbaugh, but at the bottom of it all we are all real flesh and blood human beings. We deserve better.
The victims are not little stick figures, little cartoon people created for entertainment by the likes of Glenn Beck. It has been useful to radio entertainers to create the impression that Californians are wealthy effete America-hating elitist ne'er do wells; crazy kooks. The people needing help are not welfare cheats, are they? Neither were the victims of Katrina. It might be very entertaining to play with stereotypes like Beck does, or Limbaugh, but at the bottom of it all we are all real flesh and blood human beings. We deserve better.
Agreed, if that is what Beck said then it was out of line, even for him.
The California victims are acting much better than the Katrina "victims", I must say. I doubt many of the fire victims are going to be walking around with their hand still out two years from now.
It's amazing what competent mayors and governors can get accomplished.
The California victims are acting much better than the Katrina "victims", I must say. I doubt many of the fire victims are going to be walking around with their hand still out two years from now.
It's amazing what competent mayors and governors can get accomplished.
There was a world of difference. For one, Quaalcom housed only something like 15,000 people at max, it was never cut off like the Superdome, which housed about 60,000, was. Running out of food, water, and sanitation never became a problem, people were free to come and go as they wished.
As bad as this was, it could have been even worse. Words can't express our thanks and admiration for the Fire Fighters. The word "hero" is so often overworked but in this case it applies to each and every one of them.
Finally, it appears that the use of military assets to fight the fire was a boondoggle. Either it never happened, or it happened in only a haphazard way. To be charitable, perhaps Mr. Bilbray expected it to work smoother than it could have. However, there have been four years since the Cedar Fire to get such a program up and running and it has not been done. There are also some issues regarding emergency service radio frequencies. It was exposed during 9-11 and was supposed to have been resolved long ago, but evidently it has not. I would appreciate it if anyone who knows the facts about that issue could please explain. Thank you.
As bad as this was, it could have been even worse. Words can't express our thanks and admiration for the Fire Fighters. The word "hero" is so often overworked but in this case it applies to each and every one of them.
Finally, it appears that the use of military assets to fight the fire was a boondoggle. Either it never happened, or it happened in only a haphazard way. To be charitable, perhaps Mr. Bilbray expected it to work smoother than it could have. However, there have been four years since the Cedar Fire to get such a program up and running and it has not been done. There are also some issues regarding emergency service radio frequencies. It was exposed during 9-11 and was supposed to have been resolved long ago, but evidently it has not. I would appreciate it if anyone who knows the facts about that issue could please explain. Thank you.
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