Why don't the Sierra club and other Greenies fight forest fires?

Question

I've been fighting forest fires for many years and have never met a single FireFighter who is {or would admit} to being a "Greenie". Come on, if you want to stop all logging etc. then YOU go fight the forest fires! Unfortunatly many of these mental midgets just don't get the fact that if we don't thin the forest then mother earth will do it for us. The differance is that we are selective and she's not. And "NO", I'm not talking about clear cutting, I'm talking about "Thinning". I'm looking forward to your responses.

Answer 1

I resent the fact that you are claiming all environmentalists are against controlled burns or thinning of forests.  Who do you think does controlled burns?  Biologists do!  And all of them are environmentalists or so called "Greenies".  Please don't go generalizing.

Answer 2

they are to busy sitting on their butts in the ac apartment s

Answer 3

who put out fires in  1 million bc?

Answer 4

Because the greenie weenies don't have a clue about how the natural world really works.

Their hearts get engaged and they take off running before their brains even shift out of neutral.

Answer 5

A good question- here's another one.

Why don't all the normal people get together, wait until a large group of smelly tree-hugging beatniks (I beg your pardon, Greenies) gather in a forrest (it won't take long) and then start a forrest fire?

Answer 6

There garbage is for us not them.. Look at Gore..

Answer 7

Well believe it or not, sometimes even forest fires are actually necessary for the growth of a forest.  If you take a look at the pine forest in British Columbia, Canada, their seeds needs fire to open up and grow.

Answer 8

Forest fires are a natural process. Let 'em burn.

And the taxpayers shouldn't have to pay to re-build the homes of wealthy people who choose to build in the middle of a National Forest.

Answer 9

Why, you have to ask why?

Tree huggers cry at the sight of trees on fire. Its heart breaking and gut wrenching to see so much tree carnage.

Answer 10

Pretty much everyone knows that controlled forest fires can help keep the uncontrolled ones in check, so I'm not even sure what you are getting at here.  Also, if you must use an offensive term like "mental midget," it might help your case if you learned to use your spell check.

Answer 11

First, a "Thank you" for what you do. It takes both training and stamina to fight forest fires and doing so makes the world a better place. However, not everyone can do everything to make the world a better place. Even the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation can't support EVERY good cause in the world, although it's amazing what they do support. You do what you can with what you have. Don't come down on the Sierra Club for not sending untrained volunteers to fight fires and they won't dump on you for not supporting what they do.

Answer 12

I come from Australia and I am a proud greenie who is married to another. He is currently on a plane headed to California with 41 other Australian firefighters many of whom are also proud greenies. So I am very offended by your question but happy to tell you the answer is YES.

And I would like to ask - do YOU fight forest fires yourself or are you always too busy shooting off your mouth?