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On 2025-01-14, Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> wrote:
> On 2025-01-13 17:20, 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 because the fire chief
>> was complaining about budget cuts which hurt the department.
>> It has nothing to do with her being a lesbo.
>
> What budget cuts? The 2% cut?
>
> That's it? That's yoru big bad policy decision?
>
>> 
>> 
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sadly, as bad and horrible this situation is for a large number of people,
>>>>>> CA will probably still stay blue because they hate the republicans even more
>>>>>> than they hate their own politicians whose poor decision making have caused
>>>>>> this mess.
>>>>> You realize that the blue states subsidize the red states...
>>>>>
>>>>> ...right?
>>>>
>>>> Goal post move.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks again for proving my points.
>>>>
>>>
>>> You're the one who brought up the "mess" that certain states are
>>> supposed to have made.
>> 
>> Blue states subsidizing red states has nothing to do with policies that
>> blue states enact in order to waste money.
>
> It might make an intelligent person wonder why they have so much more 
> money than blue states.
>
> But I can see why that let's you out.

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