Imagine had the California fires at these magnitudes happened just prior to the November election

Imagine had these fires at these magnitudes happened just prior to the November election. Steve Garvey would be the brandy-new senator for California and Adam Schiff would be peddling his memoir in paperback on Reliable Sources.

What boggles about LA is THEY KNEW, THEY'VE KNOWN for decades. Yet the politicians crossed their fingers and spent money on everything, EVERYTHING, but robust fire prevention policy. Instead the yearly predictable wildfires became a plus because wildfires were a soapbox for KA-limate change.

Adding a two-minute VDH synopsis (“A DEI Green New Deal hydrogen bomb”) "of all that the LA wildfires have made manifest", Damian Bennett finds the situation hard to comprehend: "LA is like a Rembrandt stored in the petrol shed where Aunt Jill goes to sneak a smoke."

Horrific Drone Shots Show Wildfire-ravaged LA Resemble A War Zone

As Deadly Blazes Reduced Entire Blocks To Rubble January 9, 2025

Los Angeles is some of the most expensive, most exclusive, most coveted real estate in the country world. Surely such a treasure -- a redoubt of the rich, the famous, the powerful; an economic power unto itself -- surely it has attracted the most capable leaders and managers and public overseers. Surely. Surely its politics are fine-tuned and shaped to serve the public trust and ensure the community's prosperity and safety. Surely. 

The politics of showing up...

• Democrat LA Mayor Karen Bass In Africa As Her City Burns January 8, 2025
• Gavin Newsom Thanks LA Mayor Bass, Away In Africa, For Help By Phone During Fire January 8, 2025
• Karen Bass Left LA For Africa As Wind, Fire Warnings Increased. She Returned To A Burning City January 8, 2025
• LA Mayor Bass Cuts Africa Trip Short For Newsom Photo Op As Fires Rage Through Palisades January 8, 2025
• LA Mayor Bass In 2021 Bashed Ted Cruz For Being Out Of Texas During Hurricane January 9, 2025
  [Yee-ouch!]

The politics of the message...

• No Words: LA Mayor Karen Bass Stands In Total Silence As Reporter Lobs Question After Question At Her January 8, 2025
• Biden Visits Los Angeles, Shares ‘The Good News’, Takes No Questions From Press January 8, 2025
  Joe Biden after receiving a briefing on the devastating Los Angeles fires: “They [?] got notifications yesterday that their homes probably burned to the ground. Today [Garbled.] maybe still standing, not sure. The good news is, I'm a great-grandfather as of today. I have a granddaughter. Maybe not a baby girl, baby boy. So I -- having to stay for a lot longer subsequently.” Off-camera from audience:  “That's very amusing.”
• LA Mayor Bass Blunders Her Way Through Fire Warnings On ‘The Big One’ — Directs People To Get Help ‘At URL’ January 9, 2025

The politics of stewardship...

• CalFire: Blazes 0% Contained As Thousands Of Acres Burn January 8, 2025
• UPDATE: Inferno Chaos: LA Fire Spreads To Hollywood Hills, 5,000 Buildings Destroyed, Over 180,000 Evacuated  January 9, 2025
• Years Before LA Inferno, Cali’s Fire And Water Management Policies Raised Fears Of Catastrophe January 8, 2025
  A major problem that first responders have been facing amid these repeating wildfires is fire hydrants drying up, resulting in a lack of water to get fires under control.
• LA Fire Captain: Some Supplies Aren’t Designed For Firefighting January 8, 2025
  Los Angeles Fire Department Captain Sheila Kelliher stated that municipal water supplies just are not designed for firefighting and there were also issues where high winds prevented air support and the ability to bring water in from above. Kelliher said that nature “has been the star of the show and has made it really challenging for us to fight this fire” due to the wind.
• LA Mayor Karen Bass Cut Fire Budget By Nearly $20 Million January 8, 2025
• LA Fire Chief Warned Mayor Bass Last Month Budget Cuts Would Impact Department’s Ability To Fight Wildfires January 9, 2025
  [That still left almost a BILLION ($837M) budgeted dollars to do the job. Money is NOT the problem. Money is the optics.]
• Timeline: Bass Knew Of Fire Risk Before Abandoning LA For Ghana Trip January 9, 2025

The politics of where the buck stops...

• Newsom On Water Situation: ‘Local Folks Are Trying To Figure That Out’ — Trump Wants To ‘Politicize’ Fire January 8, 2025
• Trump Says Gov. Gavin ‘Newscum’ Chose To Save An Extinct Fish Instead Of Sending Water To Southern California To Fight ‘Apocalyptic’ Wildfires January 8, 2025
• Trump Thanks Biden For ‘Leaving Me With No Water In The Fire Hydrants, No Money In FEMA’ January 8, 2025
• Trump Calls On Gavin Newsom To Resign As Deadly LA Fires Devastate California: ‘This Is All His Fault!’ January 9, 2025
• Gavin Newsom Whining About Trump As Homes Burn Behind Him Perfectly Captures Dem Incompetence January 9, 2025
  [We all know the LA wildfires buck stops at -- wait for it -- Klimate Change!]

The politics of politics...

• Karen Bass, Mayor Of Burning Los Angeles, Ran On Abortion In 2022 January 8, 2025
• Elon Musk On X January 8, 2025: “Obama made sure that Rick Caruso, who is extremely competent, lost to utterly incompetent Mayor Karen (her real name)”
• LA Mayor Cut City Fire Budget To Prioritize Homeless January 9, 2025
• LA Mayor Bass Last Month Bragged About Building A ‘Greener LA’ January 9, 2025
• ‘LESBIANS GET IT DONE’: Pride Magazine Celebrates Gay Fire Chief’s Leadership As California Fires Rage January 9, 2025
• Report: Los Angeles Fire Department ‘Prioritized DEI Over Saving Lives’ January 8, 2025
• DEI In A Fire: LA's Obese Female Assistant Fire Chief Says, No, I'm Not Able To Carry Your Husband Out Of A Fire, But If You Think About It, Isn't That His Fault? January 9, 2025
  “No physical standards have been relaxed in order to achieve DEI hiring goals,” said the 300 pound female Assistant Fire Chief who admits she is incapable of carrying an unconscious man out of a fire.
  [It does not embarrass DEI hires in the least that they have a job not because of outstanding ability to do the job, but because they are POC or LGBTQIA+ or female (XX variety) or fat or short or a mix of these or all of these.]

To think, KA-mala was the dodge!

Joe Biden Narrows Down His VP List, With Karen Bass Emerging As One Of Several Key Contenders July 31, 2020

The perdurance of bad politics and bad policies relies on entrenchment and luck. California has just run out of luck. The wildfires today destroying LA were always there waiting to happen, only held back by the hand of Providence. Ah, but Providence has withdrawn its hand. The Q now becomes, will the wildfires also destroy the careers of the entrenched politicians and bad stewards? 

Sometimes enough is 'enough', sometimes it is 'too much' or 'no more', and sometimes it notches up to 'WHOA! You have now F*CKED the wrong dog!'

• CELEBRITIES TURN ON DEMS, Blast LA Mayor For Fire Response: ‘Ruined Our State’ January 9, 2025
  [Shilling for Democrats their entire careers, their pricey mansions all burnt up, celebrities suffer harsh political epiphany! Oh! Oh! The HUMANITY!]
• Adam Carolla Predicts Los Angeles Fires Will Push Californians To Abandon Democrats: ‘They’re Going To Convert’ January 9, 2025
  Comedian and podcast host Adam Carolla: “So here’s what’s going to happen. All these people who are deep blue Democrats are now going to have to pull a permit to rebuild, and they’re going to get the 28-year-old bitch from the Coastal Commission telling them to go fuck off and then they’re going to vote for Trump or whoever’s Trumpian next. ... They’re going to convert. I am telling you, these are the bluest people on the planet and they’re going to be fucking rip shit pissed when the City and the Coastal Commission tell them to fuck off.”