On 1/13/2025 5:20 PM, pothead wrote:
> On 2025-01-14, Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
>> On 2025-01-13 16:01, pothead wrote:
>>> On 2025-01-13, Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
>>>> On 2025-01-13 15:29, pothead wrote:
>>>>> On 2025-01-13, Skeeter <skeeterweed@photonmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> In article <vm44ss$222t5$5@dont-email.me>, nuh-uh@nope.com says...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 2025-01-13 14:22, Skeeter wrote:
>>>>>>>> In article <vm42eo$222t5$2@dont-email.me>, nuh-uh@nope.com says...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On 2025-01-13 06:47, Skeeter wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> In article <vm2g9v$1moco$2@dont-email.me>, nuh-uh@nope.com says...
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On 2025-01-12 22:48, AlleyCat wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sun, 12 Jan 2025 10:18:48 -0800, Alan says...
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> You think you should build infrastructure to deal with "record"
>>>>>>>>>>>>> levels, do you?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Better than empty fire hydrants.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> The reservoirs aren't empty.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> But needing to use that many fire hydrants simultaneously results in low
>>>>>>>>>>> water pressure.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> They were empty.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> No, they weren't. Pressures were very low at hydrants because of how
>>>>>>>>> many were attempting to be used simultaneously...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ...but that's not the same thing.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> How would that be fiscally responsible?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Hey faggot, this ain't fucking Canada we're talking about... this is
>>>>>>>>>>>> CALIFORNIA, the land of the I don't GIVE a shit what it costs, as
>>>>>>>>>>>> long as there are dykes, fags, drag queens and MEXICANS in positions
>>>>>>>>>>>> of power and making money and living comfortably off our dime!
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, OUR dime... they take in FEDERAL dollars too.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> You mean like the "FEDERAL dollars" a lot of the Republicans voted
>>>>>>>>>>> against Forest Management Wildfire Prevention?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> <https://meidasnews.com/news/44-republicans-voted-against-forest-management-wildfire-prevention-in-december>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> California's in debt to the tune of $621 BILLION. How much over-
>>>>>>>>>>>> budget do you think the high speed rail system will go? (see below)
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Not germane to this discussion.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> It shows how incompatant they are.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I'll remember that you claim that the size of the debt is related to the
>>>>>>>>> incompetence of the governing party...
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ...when Trump's budgets come in again with larger debt/deficits.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> :-)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Do you even realize the scope of what you're suggesting?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> If the LIBERAL Los Angeles Times can write about it, and say that
>>>>>>>>>>>> California is WASTING precious resources... why is it such fucking
>>>>>>>>>>>> taboo for YOU to care about it?
>>>>>>>>>>> You can't just magically build the infrastructure to handle a
>>>>>>>>>>> record-setting amount of rainfall.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Yes you can. Maybe Kanada needs to learn from us.
>>>>>>>>> Nope. Big projects take TIME.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> That's just a fact.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Pictures of the main one empty. It was "off line:.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Picture of the "main one" what? Reservoir.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yup
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That was ONE reservoir out of many and it needed repair...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It was the main one for that area.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ...and it wasn't the "main one" at all.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It was ONE reservoir of many that serve Los Angeles (22 in all, not
>>>>>>> counting ones outside LA County), and from what I'm seeing, it was a
>>>>>>> pretty small one at that.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It should have been full. They were warned what was coming. You also
>>>>>> need electricity to pump some of that water.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> There are so many bad decisions that were made in CA that it's difficult to
>>>>> even keep track of them.
>>>>
>>>> Name one.
>>>>
>>>>> The libbys are trying in vain to defend these libtard and DEI hires and their
>>>>> incompetence but it's impossible.
>>>>> The media is also trying to take the focus off poor policy decisions but
>>>>> it's not working.
>>>>
>>>> Name one such decision.
>>>
>>> Sure.
>>> Right from the LA fire chief.
>>>
>>> <https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/12/who-is-kristin-crowley-la-fire-chief>
>>
>> And how is that a poor policy decision?
>>
>> Be specific.
>>
>> Try to say something more than "lesbo".
>
> Obviously you didn't even view the video

There is no "video" at that Guardian page, you fascist white supremacist liar.

> because the fire chief
> was complaining about budget cuts which hurt the department.
> It has nothing to do with her being a lesbo.

There was *no* decrease in the LAFD budget. The mayor proposed a small (2.3%)
cut, but that wasn't enacted. Instead, the budget was *increased* by a little
more than 7%

Stop lying about this.