tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post4900611543151076542..comments2023-09-15T08:07:28.542-06:00Comments on Western Hero: Obama's Immigration Decree: The Ugly DetailsSilverfiddlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-77162307371067995112012-06-29T09:30:24.274-06:002012-06-29T09:30:24.274-06:00I've said it before - while I don't necess...I've said it before - while I don't necessarily believe that just because you're here, you should be inferred the rights of citizenship, that's a landmine that no politician is going to have the guts to step on.<br /><br />So, grandfather in everyone who is here and be done with it. End of argument.<br /><br />BUT - before you do so, be sure and shut down the borders tight. And we absolutely don't need boondoggle fences for this. We already have some of the world's most sophisticated and capable military resources on our payroll - let's put those systems, tools, and manpower to use defending our own country for a change!Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02101289328294242999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-13821307810590355852012-06-27T18:05:41.601-06:002012-06-27T18:05:41.601-06:00I understand the anxiety and fear that goes with t...I understand the anxiety and fear that goes with this situation.<br /><br />My daughter lives in SoCal and has had to endure wild fires. I was out there one year when they were fierce.<br /><br />I hope this is over soon.Shaw Kenawehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-25646271520235814502012-06-27T16:44:13.212-06:002012-06-27T16:44:13.212-06:00Thanks Shaw, fortunately for us, we are out of the...Thanks Shaw, fortunately for us, we are out of the way, but there are many who no longer have homes...Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-6865923973390680862012-06-27T16:09:19.779-06:002012-06-27T16:09:19.779-06:00Sorry to hear this.
My best thoughts going your w...Sorry to hear this.<br /><br />My best thoughts going your way.<br /><br />Be safe.Shaw Kenawehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08637273000409613497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-1798879049059867552012-06-27T13:43:01.083-06:002012-06-27T13:43:01.083-06:00There was a guy 'fire expert' on the news ...There was a guy 'fire expert' on the news talking about the area the fires first burned into, a community called Mountain Shadows.<br /><br />He said that the homeowners association had rules that prevented homeowners from cutting down the Gambel Oak, thus preventing them from creating any "defensible space".<br /><br />No idea if it's true or not, but it illustrates your point about preventing brush clearing.Finntannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09234170229108668040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-27641431520756583112012-06-27T10:13:30.339-06:002012-06-27T10:13:30.339-06:00AOW: It's a constant fight out here. The Env...AOW: It's a constant fight out here. The Enviros got an EPA injunction on dropping slurry near streams because it killed some fish in California.<br /><br />The enviro-nuts also block all efforts to do preventive cutting and brush clearing, making America's western forests tinderboxes just waiting to go up. <br /><br />Most of these Gaia worshipers do little more than drive by these mountain forests on their way from one trendy place to the next.<br /><br />Hunters, campers and fishermen are the real nature lovers. We want it protected and preserved.Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-4113753803033550422012-06-27T07:42:41.989-06:002012-06-27T07:42:41.989-06:00I just did a bit of online research about this wil...I just did a bit of online research about this wildfire.<br /><br />I don't know about Colorado, but I do know about Pasadena, California, and the Altadena Wildfires of 1993. My in-laws' house was burned to the ground. The fire was so hot that all the jewelry in the "fire proof" safe melted down and had to be scraped -- gold and precious stones.<br /><br />Fortunately, all in the house got our about 5 minutes before the house <b>EXPLODED</b>. I got so hot that it combusted within the cinder block "fire walls."<br /><br />FEMA dragged on and on and on. Eventually, my mother-in-law, age 73, sold just the land for a pittance.<br /><br />One cause of the fire was environmentalism. EPA regs forbade trimming the brush in the canyons.<br /><br />You get the picture, I'm sure.Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-66024191319869995662012-06-27T07:33:24.222-06:002012-06-27T07:33:24.222-06:00Thanks Alligator.
They've dug up tree sloths ...Thanks Alligator.<br /><br />They've dug up tree sloths the size of cars and mastodons near Steamboat springs that are thousands (tens of thousands?) of years old.<br /><br />I doubt the oil companies and people driving SUVs killed them...<br /><br />It is pretty sad watching my town burn. So much loss...Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-23882930935509173392012-06-27T07:20:10.046-06:002012-06-27T07:20:10.046-06:00Hope you guys weather this fire okay.
I've ...Hope you guys weather this fire okay. <br /><br />I've been involved with some archaeological projects. There is physical evidence of massive and periodic droughts, forest and prairie fires going back thousands of years. Of course, now some Lefties are moving away from "industrialization causes global warming" to "humans practicing agriculture thousands of years of go started climate change." <br /><br />No matter what evidence emerges, the line of human caused climate change will evolve to counteract the evidence. Shoot, even now the theory is emerging that too many dinosaurs producing flatulence caused climate change in the Jurassic. <br /><br />The goal is: vote Democrat - their policies can prevent what nature has been doing for millions of years.Alligatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03764752508206031685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-68989080208817707292012-06-27T06:16:08.650-06:002012-06-27T06:16:08.650-06:00AOW: It's just nature reasserting itself. It...AOW: It's just nature reasserting itself. It happens every now and then out here. <br /><br />This area has always been dry, and evidence of forest fires go back millennia, but the lefty Gaia worshipers are screaming that it's all because of global warming and that we haven't turned over trillions to the crooks and rapists at the UN so they can implement their plan to turn the Earth's thermostat down...Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-42174897001118079922012-06-27T05:46:13.336-06:002012-06-27T05:46:13.336-06:00Finntann said:
I heard it looked like the scene f...Finntann said:<br /><br /><i>I heard it looked like the scene from Bambi down there with all the wildlife running through the streets.<br /><br />This is some serious shit.</i><br /><br />I don't know the Colorado area.<br /><br />Whatever is going on sounds awful!Always On Watchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192688822955022541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-80371046193121450382012-06-27T04:37:32.294-06:002012-06-27T04:37:32.294-06:00all the best, guys. xxall the best, guys. xxjezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14865247084509280406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-44795019780126060342012-06-26T22:15:23.604-06:002012-06-26T22:15:23.604-06:00I'm praying, SF and FINN...and anybody else in...I'm praying, SF and FINN...and anybody else involved.<br />20" of rain an hour in N Florida and I wish we could blow it out West!<br />ALL the very best to you.......xxxZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15989573357446569262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-22467604012662339152012-06-26T21:28:09.020-06:002012-06-26T21:28:09.020-06:00Hope you have a mini van, and don't forget the...Hope you have a mini van, and don't forget the amps.<br /><br /> Good luck, and I hope you don't need it.viburnumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15381796879179539552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-89930786643185277412012-06-26T21:12:12.575-06:002012-06-26T21:12:12.575-06:00... and the fiddles, and the mandolin and the acou...... and the fiddles, and the mandolin and the acoustic bass...Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-86302855910352803632012-06-26T21:00:20.109-06:002012-06-26T21:00:20.109-06:00The wife is worried the fire will jump I25, and sh...The wife is worried the fire will jump I25, and she's got a point. Lots of green between here and there, but I'm not worried.<br /><br />The kids are gone to grandma and grandpas, so her and the guitars are all that's worth saving...Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-83934463227727344042012-06-26T20:26:04.614-06:002012-06-26T20:26:04.614-06:00Good luck, there. At this point, much of it will b...Good luck, there. At this point, much of it will be luck. I have been through this twice the last decade in San Diego. Horrible.KPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13788103894599339102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-51754631301401544612012-06-26T20:11:08.813-06:002012-06-26T20:11:08.813-06:00I hope you guys will be all right out there in The...I hope you guys will be all right out there in The Fire Belt. It sounds really serious. I'm sorry you have to face anything like that.<br /><br />Maybe Obama will deign fly out in Air Force One and command the flames to stop.<br /><br />His motives would be cynical, of course, but who cares if he achieves good results, right?<br /><br />Sorry! It's no time to be flippant or cynical. I realize it's a terrible thing.<br /><br />May God protect you and your families and friends!<br /><br />Best,<br /><br />~ FreeThinkeFreeThinkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16682678301019952436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-90590820580892119792012-06-26T19:47:01.451-06:002012-06-26T19:47:01.451-06:00The Flying W Ranch is gone.
www.flyingw.com
SadThe Flying W Ranch is gone.<br /><br />www.flyingw.com<br /><br />SadFinntannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09234170229108668040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-16014192666259188252012-06-26T19:24:06.150-06:002012-06-26T19:24:06.150-06:00I-25 is SB is closed at Interquest. They are evac...I-25 is SB is closed at Interquest. They are evacuating South Pine Valley Housing on the USAFA.Finntannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09234170229108668040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-48672004603010162472012-06-26T19:16:39.757-06:002012-06-26T19:16:39.757-06:00Reporter just said it took an hour to get down Roc...Reporter just said it took an hour to get down Rockrimmon to get out . Evac up to the south end of the Academy. <br /><br /> South bound I 25 shut down in that areaviburnumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15381796879179539552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-53635336249742905232012-06-26T19:07:40.425-06:002012-06-26T19:07:40.425-06:00I heard it looked like the scene from Bambi down t...I heard it looked like the scene from Bambi down there with all the wildlife running through the streets.<br /><br />This is some serious shit.<br /><br />I used to live up there.Finntannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09234170229108668040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-65880514950544512482012-06-26T18:56:28.439-06:002012-06-26T18:56:28.439-06:00Finn: Go to my FB page. I've got pics poste...Finn: Go to my FB page. I've got pics posted of how it looks from town.Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-14603579612388972272012-06-26T18:53:51.362-06:002012-06-26T18:53:51.362-06:00I don't need anything, from what I hear, you g...I don't need anything, from what I hear, you guys need gas.<br /><br />I just pray it rains like hell. They're already mentioning spot fires in town due to blowing ash. The only good I see is it chased the deer out of my neighborhood. Damned things ate the tops of all the wife's flowers in the front yard.Silverfiddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13541652236676260219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7674333464171899932.post-48411954098625015602012-06-26T18:49:54.850-06:002012-06-26T18:49:54.850-06:00All hell is breaking loose on the west side.
Ove...All hell is breaking loose on the west side. <br /><br />Over 20 structures lost along Flying W Ranch Road according to the radio chatter.<br /><br />USAF Academy is prepping for evacuation.<br /><br />The whole west side is going up west of Centennial.<br /><br />CSPFD has pulled back to 30th and Centennial.<br /><br />Smoke bad at your house?<br /><br />Pictures of the Springs show a black and orange sky at least as far east as I-25.<br /><br />Let me know if you need anything.Finntannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09234170229108668040noreply@blogger.com