recent news just came out that 2 dispatchers ignored repeated calls reporting a forest fire in my home town of lake tahoe. apparently they told the first dozen people calling in that the smoke they saw was from a controlled burn and not to worry. this misinformation caused a ten minute delay in responding to the fire which ultimately destroyed over 250 homes and structures, cost millions to fight, and burned 1,300 acres of precious tahoe wilderness. who knows if an earlier response would have prevented the actual results but in such a treasured place that many people call home (or second home seeing that some 80% of homes in tahoe are rentals or vacation homes) one would think that any hint at a fire would be taken seriously, especially in such dry year (last winter's snow pack was only 26% of normal).
in other news , bush forbade former white house counsel, harriet miers from appearing to testify in front of congress for which she was subpoenaed. congress is now preparing to file for contempt of congress. this just a week after bush commuted scooter libby's sentence without ruling out the possibility for a full pardon. bush (or cheney, rather) is saying it's ok to break the law. i'll let you get away with it, i'll even force you to break the law. except for those dern terrrrrorists. they need to be stopped and we, as strong, patriotic americans, must do everything possible to stop them. by the way, iraq's prime minister said today that he has 'full confidence' that his country can reach a peaceful state without the u.s. we're just as evil as the terrorists. they don't like our ideas so they attack us. aren't we doing the same thing? with bush's disapproval rating up in the 70s, i'd say we should impeach him, but i don't think we'd be any better off with cheney in the full seat of power. i can only hope for a positive change in 2008. unfortunately, i'm not yet sure who is the proper person to do it.
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