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Peace is what matters, I leave it to the rest of you to care about who delivered it. Maybe it was Trumps threat, or maybe it was Biden's begging....I do not care....

As I stated, Newsome called them into play on the 8th. Now, a proper plan would have had them ready to be pulled into action from day 1, this is how contingency planning is established. You should reconsider this tilt toward defending these people, and instead insist on accountability.

You are not being honest. the governor stepped in to provide those trucks, they were not part of any contingency plan. He reacted to the problem, it was not part of the plan, they were not standing by as they should have been. Defending these people is not what we should be doing. They do not deserve to be defended.

No, a contingency plan would "backup" the reservoirs. When planning for redundancy for critical infrastructure, you do not go a single level, you go multiple levels. By way of example, a good leader would backup their reservoir solution with others, perhaps coordinating the emergency implementation of water trucks to be available. But all of this is conducted in table-top exercises where a variety of levels of criticality are explored. There is a doctrine that governs how to handle continuation of operations planning. It is rather clear that there was absolutely no redundancy even attempted here. So we have the initial failure of policy and planning, potentially augmented by the further failure of proper governance of implementation and rounded out with a failure for contingency planning. These are elected officials. They do not deserve our energy to defend them.

I submit that armed with that knowledge a reasonable leader would have contingency plans in place which offset the risk created by the drained reservoir. To me this is simple and standard leadership. I do not think this is an extravagant expectation. To me, no matter how you approach this event, the lack of quality leadership appears again, and again.

I do not concur that it is too early to tell. The expanse of damage tells us enough. California has spent the last 20 years drastically improving their posture toward wildfires, and notably the last 6 years really putting in the work after the Camp Fire issue in 2018. So then, either the policy was deeply flawed, or it was not followed. Either situation points to a lack of quality at the highest levels of leadership. But lets set that aside. Would you agree that there was knowledge of the drained reservoir among at least the local governmental leadership?

Might you agree that this situation has not unfolded in a satisfactory manner? Either the policy is flawed, or it was not followed and at the very least, leadership has not met the need?

Essentially, yeah. He clearly has "politician chops"

His prior stand on not allowing women into combat roles, which he then did a 180 on when his nomination arose.

Mostly, yes, regardless of party there is plenty of posturing for the cameras. BUT, Sen Warren did a good job....IMHO

So....when he talks about helping every day Americans, he is lying, but now...oh boy....NOW.............. he is serious.

We should not only see the negative here. It just so happens that the areas burned are also included in their high speed rail plan....so now they can streamline that project since the homes are all out of the way.

Not sure that is a well-formulated response, perhaps you are not entirely aware. Still, the question remains, given the policy, this should not have transpired; not at the severity at least. So we are left with two possible elements. Either (a) the policy is not well designed and needs to be reconsidered OR (b) was not follwed.

Elizabeth Klein is not relevant here

California has actually improved its wildfire management policies over time, and after the 2018 Camp Fire, they enhanced it further. I think the question we should be asking is why, with these enhanced policies, was the brush not actually managed as per government standard.

So when "we" white men object to these things you mention.....we are....misogynists....or transphobic... or what ever other term Democrats trot out when they have no argument.....but when it manifests.....we are....at fault for allowing it to happen. We white men seem to take alot of blame for stuff....

I fully expect the questioning to be unfriendly from Democrats, their goal is to impede the delivery of value to the average American; this serves their power strategy. I would prefer they focus on relevant factors, but alas, they only know to smear and besmirch. It often appears as though actual policy and thought escape their grasp.

As well he should be. The Democrat strategy to malign people through intrigue accusation and innuendo should be defeated at every turn.

Right now, domestically, the far left is the most important threat we face. Globally its others like China, Russia, middle east etc.

What....no one is posting the video of her gleefully hoping Trump would be accused and convicted of insurance fraud? Missed opportunity folks

Using leverage like this is the right way to accomplish desired outcomes.

Fock them. They deserve nothing.

I think Georgia got hit as well, and was locked down as a result....

I have a sense that the steady indoctrination of youth will likely result in these people potentially leaving the Democrat party at some point to form their own highly radical party

Flew in from the middle east over the weekend, come home to this nonsense.....sigh