Living in dry country on sloped ground surrounded by flammible materials is... S-T-U-P-I-D. And selfish too. Get it?

WAAH. Whadayamean I gotta trim those trees away from my house!!!!!! WAAH, I don't wanna create a safe space for home and firefighter. I want the government to buy more slurry bombers instead.

I happen to like living with a basement full of oily rags and open fuel cans myself, but the wife and insurance company just doesn't see things that way.

It is indeed scenic to live in canyon country amidst the trees and dry tinder right up to the eaves, but it is irresponsible. If there was a realistic way to isolate these selfish negligent homeowners from my insurance premiums and from my federal wildland firefighting budget, that would be fine. But there isn't. I subsidize their self-indulgent lifestyles, and I am sick of it.

The wildfire-industrial complex has blownup to consume more than half the USFS budget. As a result of spending so much money fighting all those fires in the rural scenic zone, the USFS has increased the user fees to walk on the goddamned trails, and they are closing trails and campgrounds all over the place pleading poverty.

The rest of the nation is underwriting your freaking view, so please spare us the sob story about trimming back the shrubs. Get out the chain saw you ingrateful maggot and start clearing.