The biggest difference at this point is that in WW2, much of the “worst” stuff happened after Germany was losing the war and were struggling.

All but 2 have ancestors from the British Isles. Not the same thing as them being related by blood.

Seems like it’s different in about half the country. Interesting.

These contracts are short, like 1-2 years. Typically you re-trim every 2 years. So if you do a terrible job and then get outbid 2 years later, you basically walk away with money and leave the next contractor with extra work. That’s the typical situation. That’s often how these sorts of disasters happen. Someone underbid and then couldn’t deliver. Now it’s the taxpayer’s problem.

Again, it’s not political. Someone underbid. Someone accepted the underbid. The contractor that underbid couldn’t accomplish the task. Now they’re behind. Where are you seeing a left and right in this?

There is nothing political about this. At all. There are trees. They need to be cut within a certain distance of the line. Budges get cut, they get behind, and a tree they thought they’d trim again in 2 years becomes one that causes a power outage 3 years later. That’s how it goes.

There’s not a left or right wing way to trim a tree. There’s a correct way and a wrong way. It’s about how many miles they need to do in how much time.

You’re imagining an argument about fast and efficient vs. slow and careful. In reality they’re highlighting the dangerous trees and making sure those ones get done in ideal weather, and the others can get done in less than ideal weather. It gets done at the speed it gets done.

Again, it could not be less political.

That’s someone describing an occupation that they have no idea about. Arborist is the step above journeyman tree trimmer. There are specific rules about what an Arborist is allowed to do vs. what a regular tree trimmer is allowed to do. Mainly working within certain distances of powerlines. Kinda like how EMT Paramedic is the step above EMT Basic. There isn’t anything “woke” going on in tree trimming. Just like there isn’t anything “woke” happening at paramedic school.

Nobody does trainings on tree health. That’s not how any of this works. They do apprenticeships. Once they finish they’re basically free to do whatever they want.

Tree trimmers are not thinking to themselves “is this how a Republican or a Democrat would trim a tree?” They’re cutting like they were trained to do. Politics could not be less involved.

“It’s certainly not a conservative value to leave the trees hanging around power lines that will fall during a storm,” he said.

He seems to be saying it’s a Democrat value to do things wrong on purpose?

It’s a terrible terrible sign that tree trimming is being viewed through this partisan lens.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrcH7base6s

I assume there’s a cartoon where they burn him?

We are at the Anne Frank portion of the new holocaust.

KEY PATTERN: They’re a bunch of liars.