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Possible 'eco-terror' fire probed in SoCal
2003-08-02
Federal agents were called in Friday to help investigate an arson fire in San Diego that might have been the work of radical environmentalists. KGTV television said a banner referring to the Earth Liberation Front was found near the scene of the pre-dawn blaze that leveled an apartment complex that was under construction in San Diego's University City district. Investigators said the "ELF" name had been connected to similar fires at construction sites in the West that were apparently set to protest urban sprawl in undeveloped areas.
Ah! Urban sprawl. A deadly threat, indeed. The preferred method of dealing with it is called "Smart Growth," an approach that takes land off the market, thereby driving up the price of housing to astronomical levels.
There was no definitive proof that eco-terrorists were behind Friday's blaze. It will take a few days for the site to cool down enough for arson investigators to get a closer look.
Yeah. Somebody just dropped their banner in the vicinity...
No one was hurt in the fire, however the five-story 80,000-square foot project was destroyed and a neighboring apartment building had to be evacuated.
Posted by:Fred Pruitt

#5  Every time I run across one of these eco-idiots I ask 3 questions:
What kind of automobile do you drive?
Where do you live?
How is your home supplied with power, heating/ cooling?(what no solar power,no wind generator,how about a heat-sink).

Awhile back(can't remeber the actress' name)there was a report on one of the news magazine shows of this actress saying Americans should give up thier SUV's,line dry thier clothes,etc...She said this from her 9 bedroom,12 bath home.With a limo in front of her 6-car garage.
Posted by: raptor   2003-8-3 8:17:40 AM  

#4  @#$ing little eco-idiots.

I think they need to quit watching reruns of Bambi and Lassie and look in the mirror. Some of these clowns seem to forget that they are HUMAN FREAKING BEINGS and not some f#@#ing ground squirrel.

So they protect the environment by putting about six tons of soot and particulate matter in the air plus CO2, CO, SO2, H2S, etc., etc., these boozoos have put more stuff in the air than all of the San Diego rush hour traffic for a week.

If they like animals so much send them up into the Cascades, naked with no food, no shelter and no fire.

If these little perverts believe in Darwin, then they would have to admit that Mankind is at the top of the foodchain because are more adaptable and more versitile and can make tools and create things. I am still waiting for a Kangaroo Rat or a Arroyo Toad to create agriculture or develop a written language or cure a disease.

And these same dweebs that want us to spend millions to protect a species of animal that is at an evolutionary deadend will stand back and say that abortion is okay because it keeps the population of man on this planet down.
Posted by: SOG475   2003-8-2 8:43:50 PM  

#3  Colorado wants the nutcase that started a fire in Vail a couple of years ago. He/She/It has a date with a mountaintop. We've decide the sentence shouldn't be TOO severe - just six months staked to the top of Pikes Peak (14,110 feet/4301.9meters high).

In their birthday suit.

Beginning in November.
Posted by: Old Patriot   2003-8-2 7:57:59 PM  

#2  Now, Frank, we need calmness and coolness. How's about a someone setting up a computer to dial up and fax War and Peace to them over and over again. (Ahhhhhrgh! All those trees!)

Or hack a mail server to repeatedly send them emails with things like scripture and links to the FBI counter-terrorism website.

(wow, these are great ideas even if I do say so myself. Don;t have access to a mail server, but I do know Linux.)

Anyone game?
Posted by: badanov   2003-8-2 6:03:28 PM  

#1  Well, except it was in the middle of other sprawl, surrounded by other buildings. The heat was so intense it melted plastic patio furniture 300' away. This could've EASILY spread and killed others, so I think they'll be going after these idiots like gangbusters. Coincidentally, there's UCSD campus not very far away - I'd start my investigation there....couple hard lefty/eco groups on campus
Posted by: Frank G   2003-8-2 12:02:27 PM  

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