Wildfires Crucial For Restoring Healthy Political Environment

[Richard]

I flipped a coin as whether to put this in The Soapbox or The Comedy Zone - The Soapbox won.

Study Finds Controlled Washington, D.C., Wildfires Crucial For Restoring Healthy Political Environment
TO, 3 Nov 2014

WASHINGTON—Calling the process essential to preventing overgrowth and promoting renewal, a study released Tuesday by researchers at American University found that regular, controlled Washington, D.C. wildfires are crucial to the restoration of a healthy political environment. “Periodic blazes that destroy sections of the Beltway region are a natural part of the political cycle and play a key role in maintaining democratic balance,” read the study in part, which explained that occasional wildfires of mild to moderate intensity are the most important and effective mechanism for clearing out old federal agencies so that new ones can take their place and flourish. “Although such fires are often considered a hazard, without them government would quickly become dense, overrun, and impenetrable, stifling political diversity and inhibiting the germination of new ideas. In fact, had the Great Washington Fire of 1964 not provided them with room to grow, the Departments of Transportation and Housing and Urban Development would never have been able to take root and thrive.” The study concluded that attempts to suppress the wildfires would likely only lead to the occurrence of far more powerful blazes in the future capable of causing significant, permanent damage to the government’s branches.

http://www.theonion.com/article/stud...ires-cru-51780

Richard

[JJ_BPK]

I think one of these is plagiarized??

Is this the work of Brian Williams or Dan Rather??

Hey Guess What Killing Bugs With Fire Is Still a Bad Idea

Whenever I post a beautiful photo of a spider or insect, the first comment is usually “Kill it with Fire!” As I first explained in 2013, that’s a terrible idea. Yet humans continue to reach new, creative heights of idiocy in their attempts to apply cleansing fire to problems that don’t require incineration in the first place.

The Darwin Awards exist for just this level of stupidity, although one only “wins” that award by dying. Fatalities are thankfully rare in the category of Incompetent Pest Control, but the amount of butt-headedness is remarkable. I hereby propose a new award: The Exothermic Entomology Award, for exceptionally bad judgement in killing invertebrates with fire.

The EE Award criteria are similar to those of the Darwin Awards, with the exception that those receiving the award should survive to, in theory, learn from their mistakes:

Excellence: The candidate must show an astounding lack of judgement.
Maturity: The candidate must be capable of sound judgment (but not actually use it).
Veracity: The event must be verified as real.



http://www.wired.com/2015/11/exother...-it-with-fire/