[lbo-talk] CNN drops

[John Thornton]

Dennis Claxton wrote:
> The deadly 2003 Cedar fire was raging through San Diego County. Rep. 
> Duncan Hunter, whose home in Alpine would burn to the ground, couldn't 
> understand why military aircraft hadn't been called in to fight the 
> blaze. He decided to do something about it.
>
> Hunter phoned Ray Quintanar, regional aviation chief for the U.S. 
> Forest Service, and demanded that giant C-130 cargo planes be 
> mobilized to attack the fire with retardant.

I never thought I'd write this but please tell me this assholes house 
burned to the ground and not even one item was salvageable.

John Thornton