A Good Idea, Up in Flames
Sep 1, 2009 Los Angeles seemed like a good idea at the time. So did New Orleans. Will we ever learn?
Australia PM Calls Fires ‘Mass Murder’
Feb 9, 2009 Wildfires sweeping across southern Australia have killed more than 170 people, a number that is expected to rise. With news that arson could be to blame for some of the fires, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said, "There are no words to describe it other than mass murder."
Weather Aids S. Calif. Firefighters
Jul 7, 2008 Lower temperatures and higher humidity helped crews battling wildfires in Southern California early Monday morning. Fires in the state have laid waste to more than 800 square miles in recent weeks. Many thousands of acres remain ablaze. [Update]Phony FEMA Press Conference Not the First of Its Kind
Nov 27, 2007 The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has taken some well-deserved heat for its ersatz "press conference" held in response to October's California wildfires, but, as it happens, FEMA wasn't the first to stage such a smoke-and-mirrors act.‘Daily Show’: Did Al-Qaida Infiltrate Fox News?
Oct 31, 2007 Funny how, in the wake of any national disaster these days, news analysts set about explaining the latest disaster according to their pet political interests. Take the recent California wildfires, for example, and watch what Jon Stewart discovers about different stations' diverse interpretations of what the fires really mean.Cheney Power-Naps as Calif. Burns
Oct 26, 2007 Instead of being alert in Wednesday's Cabinet session about California's wildfire crisis and perhaps offering some helpful action items for the team, Vice President Dick Cheney apparently decided it was snooze o'clock and got a little shuteye at the meeting table, although a White House flack insisted he was simply "meditating."Fox Links Al-Qaida to Calif. Wildfires
Oct 25, 2007 Boy, is al-Qaida ever busy these days! In addition to threatening U.S. troops in Iraq, running riot in the hinterlands of Pakistan and generally requiring huge amounts of money and the potential sacrifice of thousands of lives to thwart its infiltration on several fronts, al-Qaida might even be behind the wildfires currently plaguing Southern California, according to "Fox and Friends."
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