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The Burning Question

2013-08-12 22:14:02.98201+00 by petronius 1 comments

Just as jailing are going up while crime decreases, in Los Angeles Firemen make more as fires decrease.

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#Comment Re: made: 2013-08-12 22:24:33.374961+00 by: Dan Lyke

Yep. I know I've told the tale here of my grandfather describing how, over the period of his serving in his town's volunteer fire department, calls went up something like over 100x, while actual fire calls plummeted.

We've become a nation that turns to "experts" rather than learn anything, even the basics of our own survival.