A DEI Green New Deal Hydrogen Bomb

The "Grapes of Wrath" migration may be going to change direction.

One small quibble. FTA: 'Billions of dollars in loss, much of it uninsured. That is because the state imposed price controls on insurance premiums and insurers could not make a profit on the mandated state maximums so they cancelled the insurance.' It was posted here previously, assuming the poster is correct, that California law does not allow insurers to 'cancel' polices, except in cases of non-payment of premiums, or fraud. IIRC They ARE allowed to decline to renew policies when they expire; which is what has actually been done. I welcome a correction.

At least now the voters of Kalifornia will learn their lesson. Right? Right??

I have read a lot of Victor Davis Hanson's books. One of his favorite phrases is 'force multiplier.' Bad ideas, negligence, wishful thinking, and incompetence have all combined as a force multiplier to create the DEI Green New Deal Apocalypto known as the 2025 wildfires. I have cousins in SoCal, and movie people colleagues--some have lost their houses, and some have not--but they all vote democrat, and will continue to do so. I want to ask them, "When will you have your road-to-Damascus moment?" but I doubt they'd know what I'm talking about. VDH is a 5th generation Californian. Cry, the Beloved Country.

I have relatives there who have the same virtue-signaling mentality. They can’t make the connection between action (or inaction) and consequences.

But they saved the smelt.

Just don’t move to my state.

All of this for a lousy fish.

When one reads all the actions taken against preparing for fires, which happens often in California. You have to wonder, after connecting all the dots, if this was not done on purpose It’s hard to not believe it was not. All winter, people in states that have severe weather, people prepare. Stocking up on food. And fuel. States buying salt for the roads. Keeping plows in working condition Seems all the useful protective structures were suspended. I could see maybe one. Maybe two “mistakes”. But not so many fire prevention systems taken down all at the same time. Ya gotta wonder why.

A great article but there was one very interesting line in her commentary, "The only advantage of a failed public education system is a plethora of really stupid voters". I found this line interesting because it's at the heart of the left's agenda. An ignorant electorate is a democrat's best friend. Without basic critical thinking skills, as well as other skills that would be taught in a functioning education system, the voters will never see the left's failures or their true agenda.

King George was lucky to have lived across an ocean when Americans decided to revolt and break away. Else he might have lost more than his trans-oceanic vassals - much more. But I fear that until Californians hold all these elected officials PERSONALLY liable not just ELECTIVELY - not much will change. There will simply be a change of which malevolent moron has their name posted next to the office door. The state voters need to make people afraid to run who might think they can continue the same leftist policies. But I doubt such will happen. Idiocy is too entrenched having been taught in schools for many decades.

I would not be one bit surprised to find more than a couple of Dem pols being 'voted off the island ', if you will.

VDH is a treasure trove of information. This episode reminds one of a similar situation in New Orleans with hurricane Katrina where the local government mismanaged federal funds over decades that were intended to reinforce and maintain levees to control flooding and which were moved around or used for other purposes. This sort of thing is common and there appears to never be oversight so the funds appropriated are spent on the projects as they were intended to be spent. Many may recall the statement of wanting New Orleans to be "a more 'chocoalate' society".... these grossly overpaid government officials who may have been qualified but found themselves in "deep doo doo" when actually called upon because things didn't add up and the public was left to suffer because of other factors. People on the eastern coast are preparing for a winter storm with no housing and not time line for resolution and now those of the left coast likely facing the same or worse fate while FEMA moved money to spend on NoBamaBiteMeVegetable's illegal alien invasion.... I'm afraid these two similar parallel stories and the circumstances surrounding them as we go forward will show how unequally those on the coasts have been and will treated due to political favoritism. We are ALL Americans, but as we learned from Orwell's Animal Farm, "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others"

FTA, new information, at least to me: "In Pacific Palisades where the fire first broke out there is a reservoir capable of holding 117 million gallons of water. The LA Times first reported it was empty for repairs, but it has been empty since 2009. The generously paid water chief, ($750,000 p.a.) Janisse Quinones knew months before the fires that the reservoir was empty." So, they have had a huge reservoir closed for 15 years, and apparently no actual effort to repair it. ANYTHING could have been repaired in 15 years, anything. Clearly they just intended to be short on emergency water forever. If you were intentionally setting up the city to burn, what would you do differently? Drain huge water reservoirs, don't repair any failed fire hydrants, and put DEI incompetents in charge of the fire department. A recipe for disaster. Intentional? The leftists hate suburbia, and people having their own homes, their own cars, and not using public transportation from an apartment. Perhaps they wanted to set it up to be "fixed" by the Santa Ana winds and a few convenient fires, that couldn't be stopped.

Well, many of those long-time homeowners who've benefited from Prop. 13 cap in their property taxes will be demanding a change to the recent Prop that has the ability to remove them maintaining their tax base if they can't build in 2 years. The average person who isn't a celebrity or millionaire will be shocked. Most won't be able to return.

If you care about what the real problems are with California water infrastructure....here you go. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yH19B6dMXx0

With a few well placed nuclear weapons perhaps we can activate San Andreas Fault and rid America of the COVID 19 of States... Whad'ya think?