COLORADO FIRES: Conservatives scapegoat the president.

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Conservatives are blaming the difficulties in controlling Colorado wildfires on President Obama. The budget-slashing conservatives say a reduction in spending on aerial tankers is the problem. Really.

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Forget the obvious hypocrisy. Reporting mentioned here by Talking Points Memo illustrates that fire control is a whole lot more complicated than an airplane tanker count.

Coming: The explanation for how Obama has caused the current drought and 108-degree June temperatures. Thank goodness Louie’s coal-burning poison-spewer over in Hempstead County will soon be producing all the juice we need for increased a/c demand.

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