Green Policies and Government Incompetence
Led to the Tragedy of the Maui Fire
American Thinker,
by
Clarice Feldman
Original Article
Posted By: Hazymac,
8/20/2023 7:20:27 AM
As many as 1000 persons, many of them children, may have died as a result of the fire in Maui. The exact toll -- above the hundreds documented -- is difficult to assess right now as the bodies are charred beyond recognition and scientific equipment to test the remains are not readily available, but the tragedy -- naturally and without basis -- is being blamed on "climate change” in many of the media accounts. In fact, these people died as human sacrifices to green policies, legislative and corporate missteps, and administrative incompetence. The citizens of Hawaii, a solidly Democratic one-party state, are learning what those of
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Mcscow sailor 8/20/2023 7:36:44 AM (No. 1538451)
Green policies and government incompetence…two facets of the same problem. Govs are elected for three functions, public safety (fire and police), roads, and trash removal. They are failing basic functions.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
spacer 8/20/2023 7:42:24 AM (No. 1538456)
The diseased false utopian landscape of democrat lunacy in raw living color. .... on both sides of this horror. The innocent victims and the people they put in control of the lives.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
philsner 8/20/2023 7:54:04 AM (No. 1538463)
The left does not care. In their view there are now less people to stand in the way of their utopian policies.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Catherine 8/20/2023 8:09:31 AM (No. 1538470)
I think the biggest problem that happened in Maui was the idiot who shut down the water so people could not stop the fires. I have no words for this.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
EJKrausJr 8/20/2023 8:24:17 AM (No. 1538489)
The only green policies in play here are those who want the land - IOWs the wealthy. They want the land, cheaply if possible. And the Hawaiian Government will accommodate them.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Old Army Vet 8/20/2023 8:38:34 AM (No. 1538498)
This just reinforces what I have known for years, democRATS are incompetent morons.
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And we all know that the "official" cause for the disaster will be ..... Climate change.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Paperpuncher 8/20/2023 8:53:22 AM (No. 1538510)
Democrats destroy everything they touch
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When you put vile, America-hating morons in charge....that is who is making your decisions in a time of crisis. TRY to remember that next time.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
montwoodcliff 8/20/2023 9:26:06 AM (No. 1538545)
The other evening last week when Jive at Five was the discussing this disaster, Jessica Tarloff said she loves Hawaii and that it’s a well run state! This goes with what I have said for a very long time, everything that Democrats touch turns to excrement. They have the Touch of Sadim (Midas backwards). As for that guy in charge of the water, he should be locked up per my wife. He"s been reassigned? Lock him up and get him “re-educated”. The same goes for that governor and the alarm guy. They are all your typical ignorant Democrats, and the trouble is that they have taking over our politics.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
marbles 8/20/2023 9:27:46 AM (No. 1538546)
" Tragedy " ? It's murder.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
bpl40 8/20/2023 9:32:59 AM (No. 1538552)
As you are searching for a meaning to this madness, just remember the words “81 million votes”!
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
JackBurton 8/20/2023 9:34:06 AM (No. 1538554)
Like everything else that does not fit the progressive/woke/green agenda...
....this will drop from sight.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 8/20/2023 9:37:30 AM (No. 1538562)
At last, the doomsday people can point to a human cause for this death and destruction. So now the fairy-fanny folk can really get into their Climate Change mantra. The last thing Maui needs is a visit from some demented US President and his handlers. The last thing Maui will receive this year, is tourist dollars which are very badly needed.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 8/20/2023 9:39:12 AM (No. 1538563)
I still think arson is the cause of the Lahaina fire. Claiming a power line fell down in the middle of the night at 12:22am during light winds is a stretch, IMHO. Have we been shown a pic of a downed power line at the fire's source? Nope. And 12:22am was well before the high winds started later that day. Scapegoating Hawaiian Electric seems a little too convenient. As we see with massive wildfires in other places in the world (Canada, the US, Spain, the Canary Islands, etc.) where arson is also suspected, the left is more than willing to light the world on fire to force non-believers to get on board with Klaus's climate change schtick.
Making matters worse - there's only two ways to exit Lahaina - to north to Ka'anapali or to the south to Maalaea. During this emergency, the people were doomed to be burned alive in their own cars or houses because local police enforcement was blocking both routes out of town. That only left people one choice - jump into the ocean in the dark and tread water for several hours. Such is the reality of living on an island.
And then there is the matter of dimocrat incompetence.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
cThree 8/20/2023 9:48:57 AM (No. 1538571)
What #3 said. The left, now in control of the Democratic Party, is worried about bigger things that the safety and well-being of people.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 8/20/2023 9:59:46 AM (No. 1538577)
At this point I would say equal parts inexperience, incompetence, and corruption. Has Hawaii ever had a wildfire before? That's inexperience which leads directly to incompetence since they had no clue what they were doing. Finally, the corruption, was the government trying to engineer a 'climate disaster'? Not inclined to give anyone the benefit of the doubt.
Dumb question regarding water. Why didn't Hawaii use ocean water to combat the fire? The saltwater might have killed the land, but it might have saved lives too. Was the fire too far away from the ocean? Other stories had people jumping into the ocean to get away from the fire so that would imply the fire was close by.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
HonestDon 8/20/2023 10:22:50 AM (No. 1538592)
Thank a democrat. Democrats ATR THE PROBLEM.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Jesuslover54 8/20/2023 10:35:01 AM (No. 1538599)
Average IQ less than 100. 'Nuf said.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Zigrid 8/20/2023 10:54:49 AM (No. 1538610)
It seems to me...obama/biden's regime put people in charge that are incompetent and then blame everyone else for their failures....it's an old story now...look at our border and the bitemeeconomy ...and let's remember buddegig sp? and his handling of the supply chain crisis...as he and his gender confused buddy fly all over on vacation in their government jet....bet their babies have plenty of formula.....
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 8/20/2023 11:32:40 AM (No. 1538642)
Most States operate the Emergency Broadcast Service (EBS) that interrupts broadcasts once a week to make sure they could interrupt over-air broadcasts. Under emergencies, almost all local stations would broadcast information related to the major event, and what officials wanted people to do.
Was the EBS activated on Maui? Why were people still in their houses instead of heading away from the fire? Were they given ANY instructions? Boats were burned up at the dock! Instead they could have been commandeered by authorities to evacuate residents a half-mile out to sea. So tragic.
We should never blame victims. Burning to death is the #1 most feared manner of death. Many, many people through themselves out of very high windows on 9-11 to avoid that fate. Horrible to contemplate, but they chose the #2 greatest fear, which is falling, over immolating.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Vaquero45 8/20/2023 12:08:15 PM (No. 1538670)
The only people counted as “dead” by the Democraps in charge in Maui are the ones they’ve been able to identify. There are at least 1,000 more corpses burned beyond recognition - essentially cremated where they fell. They’ve run out of body bags. The time will come, in a month or so ( when they finally get around to it) when anyone who was anywhere near Lahaina at the time of the fire and still can’t be located will be presumed dead.
The people in charge are derelict in their duties, caring only about left-wing causes and not fulfilling their responsibilities as elected officials. It’s what all Democraps do.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
mc squared 8/20/2023 12:43:23 PM (No. 1538697)
Please don't think I'm off target here, but if the land will be flooded due to melting ice caps, why would 'our betters' want to build on it? They KNOW climate change is a fraud.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Geoman 8/20/2023 12:56:11 PM (No. 1538706)
Based on the probable number of American deaths and magnitude of property destruction, the Maui wildfires represent the Climate Change religion's Pearl Harbor, where democrats, like Imperial Japan, are the aggressors.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
Venturer 8/20/2023 1:04:56 PM (No. 1538708)
Believe the fire was set to displace the Native owners so that hotels could buy their property.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
red1066 8/20/2023 2:56:58 PM (No. 1538763)
OK. Let's be fair about this. Name one thing government does well outside of spending other people's money. As for the fire. That area of Maui receives on average about 3 to 5 inches of rain a year. Not much more than a desert. The mountain areas of Maui get between 250 to 400 inches of rain a year. That part of the island is similar to areas east of the Rockies. Where the mountains ring out all of the moisture from storm systems and there's little moisture left once it reaches say an area like say Reno or in this case Lahaina. Add in 70 to 80 mile per hour winds which blow power lines down onto dry vegetation, and fires are bound to start. The rest is all government incompetence. We've seen this type of failure by government countless times. It's not a conspiracy. It's government at work. It's what government does best. Nothing.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
BarryNo 8/20/2023 3:15:07 PM (No. 1538775)
Malfeasance, NOT incompetence.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
rikkitikki 8/20/2023 3:23:25 PM (No. 1538779)
The leeward sides of every major Hawaiian island are bone-dry tinder-boxes, waiting for a spark to ignite them, have been for millennia, and will remain so for the next million years or so.
If the people of Hawaii don't force the govt to take steps to reduce the related wildfire risk, they have only themselves to blame.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
HPmatt 8/20/2023 5:35:48 PM (No. 1538841)
NO. You are not going to be let off for oops…. This is Criminal Negligence. Prison time. Morons were put in positions of life & death power and judgement. Hiring managers, repair workers blocking the only road out of a conflagration. LOTS of responsible positions should go to PRISON here.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
Toodles3956 8/20/2023 6:31:37 PM (No. 1538881)
Notice Washington State has a wildfire & has declared a disaster. East Palestine, OH & Maui, nothing. How many innocents have to die before one single Democrat gets mad?
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
NeonVortex 8/20/2023 7:13:16 PM (No. 1538917)
This wasn't incompetence. This was deliberate. Do your homework.
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Diversity, equity and inclusion, with an assist from pronouns, were life-savers, weren't they.
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