My Own Fire Experience

 Every year as a kid in rural Alabama....as you approached October.....you had a leaf raking experience over the yard, and you'd end up with enough leaves to fill thirty 'big' garbage bags.  They'd all be pushed to a corner in the yard (away from trees) and lit.  So for about 30 minutes.....you'd have this controlled fire situation.  

Somewhere around age 15....we had some neighbor to the farm who did this and allowed the yard fire to expand out into one of our fields.  It took about 20 minutes to realize what had happened, and then drive out to the field....with a light wind pushing it north....near a wooded area (not our property).

All of this happening about an hour before sundown.

My dad and I were out there....in the wooded area till about 9 PM....when the last of the field-and-woods fire had been put out.    You were tired, and all-smoked-up.

Generally, if you pay attention....do controlled fires, and downsize underbrush....the potential for a big fire lessens.  

I look at a lot of the Maui fire business, and it just seems like having a 'control' situation or downsizing underbrush....was never a priority.  It's like....they seemed to have higher  priorities in their strategy.  

Can Biden Or Newsom Reach Enough Votes Again?

 For the 2008 election (Obama/McCain)....there were a total of 129-million voters in the mix.

For the 2012 election (Obama/Romney)....there were a total of 126-million voters in the mix.

For the 2016 election (Clinton/Trump)....there were a total of 128-million voters in the mix.

For the 2020 election (Biden/Trump)....there were a total of 155.5-million voters in the mix.

(Note, I'm not counting the 3rd-party guys).

The question here....can you dig up 25-million extra voters....which in 2008/2012/2016.....was not possible.

Adding to this issue....if inflation is still a continuing problem (four years into Biden's period)....will working class Democrats really buy into the Biden or Newsom message?

Then you consider.....just on California woes of the past decade....is there anything really positive about Newsom....other than he looks really good in a thousand-dollar suit?

It's a sad thing to admit....but there's clearly not any dynamic 'star' as governor or senator....that the Democratic Party can drag out and really attract people....other than Biden or Newsom.

You need to find these 25-million extra people and somehow convince them to vote again, and I just don't see this possible.  

If Trump exceeds the 2020 numbers (he had 74.2-million votes)?  Well....that's another worry....that he might actually convince another 3-million voters (probably Hispanic and blacks), and suddenly.....the 25-million Biden extra votes really matter a lot.  

Q-and-A: 23 Aug 2023

 1.  Does any of this debate crap matter?

NO.

A couple of dimwit journalists asks stupid questions.....a couple of candidates give bogus answers, and after an hour of this....you have this 'daze' in your head....like you had six shots of vodka and drunk a whole bottle of flu-medicine.  

2.  Biden falling asleep at that Maui appearance

You have to deal with a old guy who probably needs two naps every day....on top of his eight hours of sleep.  If you don't like the idea....vote someone else in.

3.  Did you even notice S&P downgraded several banks?

Wasn't front-page news.  Should be a big indicator of things to come over next year.

4.  Masks coming back?

Yeah....another Covid era.  Me and my one single mask (bought in 2020) with 14,888 hours of use.....to be re-used again?  Yeah.