>> ^GeeSussFreeK:
Federal firemen, who knew


Wrong again!!

USFA - United States Fire Administration

or, how about these guys?

The National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) in Boise, Idaho, is the physical facility that is home to the National Interagency Coordination Center (NICC), and the National Multi-Agency Coordination group (NMAC or MAC).

The center works closely with and is an arm of the National Fire and Aviation Executive Board (NFAEB), which provides unified guidance for fire agencies in the United States, and handbooks and guidelines to provide common procedures. It was created to implement the Federal Wildland Fire Management Policy. The NFAEB has created the Federal Fire Policy Directives Task Group, which coordinates with state agencies in order to implement cooperative agreements.


But apparently GeesusFreak would rather have zero national help for wildland firefighting. I guess he'd like a citizen bucket brigade to drive out to devastating forest fires (like the one that's on it's 4th week here in Los Angeles) and douse the flames with bald eagle tears.


*edit: I almost forgot these guys:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Forest_Service#Fighting_fires

This is truly sad. It is an incredibly one-sided, and historically short-sighted view of imperialism. I could spend the rest of my day taking it apart piece by piece, but it's a waste of time. I will only ask the questions Said asks of the West about its view of the East. What were the artistic interpretations of Europe in the East when it was conquered by the Moors? What were the artistic interpretations of the American West when it was conquered by Europeans? The answer is the same in all cases - romanticism. And that romanticism is nothing new to the "modern" world. How did Alexander perceive Persia? How did Ch'in interpret the 'wildlands' to the east? The fundamental aspects of his argument are right on, but he seems to be attributing them solely to Western Imperialism, which is simply incorrect. It is human nature. And to ignore that gets a downvote.