AZ Rancher: Illegals Have Set 11 Fires in the Last 3 Years
Posted by Jim Hoft on Monday, May 16, 2011, 7:54 PM
In a recent article that is making the rounds this week, Arizona Rancher Ed Ashurst claims that 11 fires in the past 3 years were set by illegal aliens.
The Horseshoe Fire #2 near the New Mexico border has burned over 2,000 acres in the Chiricahua Mountains near Portal, Arizona.
The Tucson Citizen reported:
Ed Ashurst is a rancher who lives over by the Chricahua Mountains in eastern Arizona. Here is a commentary he wrote on Sunday May 15th about the huge fire that is burning down the countryside over there:
There Are No Cool Heads in Portal
By Ed AshurstIrregardless of which side of the political spectrum you reside, Portal, Arizona is a beautiful place. Located in the mouth of Cave Creek on the eastern slope of the Chiracahua Mountains, it is not much more than a hole in a road, which continues west to the town of Paradise, and eventually ascends to the top of the mountain at a campground located at a spot called Rustler Park. The small populace of Portal is partially made up of retirees, wealthy enough to own a piece of the pricey land; not a few who could be described as liberal academics. A short distance up the canyon is The Southwest Research Station of The Museum of Natural History. This area, and the Chiracahua range as a whole, is the best example of neo-tropical bird habitat in the United States. It is the home of: the greater and lesser long-nosed bat, the famous trogon, the so-called “endangered” spotted owl, and hundreds of other rare species. It is bird watcher’s paradise. It is burning down.
About a week ago, what is now being called Horseshoe Fire #2 was started by illegal aliens in the area of Burro Springs near the headwaters of Horseshoe Canyon. Border Patrol agents tracked four aliens to the very start of the fire. The first Forest Service fire fighters to arrive at the site observed the same tracks. Horseshoe Fire #1 was started near the same spot almost exactly a year ago, also ignited by illegal aliens. In the last 3 years alone no less than 11 fires have been started by illegal aliens in the Chiracahua Mountains and the adjacent Peloncillo Mountains. No less than 120 thousand acres have burned. The cost to the American taxpayers to fight these fires is nearing $70 million. The U.S. Forest Service itself admitted that Horseshoe Fire #1 cost in excess of $10 million to fight.
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Rcl commented:
Same along the border in California. Illegals are careless. The land, people and animals pay the price. We have fires every summer started by illegal alien camps. They trash everywhere they stay. Closing the borders is imperative for the health of our citizens and our environment.
tommy mc donnell commented:
this is why our politicans bring them here. be destructive, sign up for you benefits.
BaconBots commented:
I like the old Roman remedy to foreign invaders and insurrectionists. Nail ‘em to a tree along the road, let the buzzards eat their rotting flesh.
Buffalobob commented:
Let’s not forget the hundreds yes hundreds of tons of trash, garbage, human wast that is left in the Arizona southern deserts. The same deserts that have been elevated to deity status by the progs any time any development is suggested. The progs who provide watering stations for the illegals, fail to gather their church members for a weekend of desert cleanup. The environmental left is stone cold silent on the destruction of the pristine AZ Sonoran desert. The area around Portal is rich in exotic animal species. The elusive Mexican Jugular has been tracked and photographed in the Chiricahua Mountains. The progs thing nothing of stopping a multi-million dollar school project in Tucson with little more than a claim that a burrowing owl was spotted on the building site, but will say nothing when tens of thousands of illegal criminals trample the sensitive areas and destroy endangered species.
jeninjoplin commented:
I am sickened. Mexico, like islam, is at war with us. That makes at least two foreign enemies attempting to carry out the violent demise of the USA, while the news media piles on Newt Gingrich for being a “racist” and Sarah Palin for being herself. Only the blogs such as yourself are involved in investigative journalism.
I have a dream. Palin keeps quiet and stays mysterious until shortly before the primaries begin. Then she announces her candidacy at some special event, bringing on Alan West as her VP. The world goes crazy; the media’s head (if they had one) explodes, and leftists are foaming at the mouth when they are not issuing death threats or committing suicide.
Palin/West start their triumph tour of the U.S., drawing a minimum of say, 50,000 at each appearance. They are accused, singly and together, of everything from having an affair (and putting off the bi-racial offspring as the child of a campaign worker a la Edwards) to sending white powder in an envelope to the White House (which turns out to be just barry’s latest coke delivery).
All mainstream media outlets show obama-and-whoever as ahead by 20%, and the night of the election, as each state’s polls close, the results are predicted as 90% Dem, 92% Dem, 89% Dem, etc. (and that’s just New England.) The media ends up with egg on their collective face as these predictions turn out, after a 2-month full-country recount, the exact opposite, with Palin/West winning the biggest landslide in history on the brand-new Tea Party ticket.
John Bolton is named Secretary of State, with Herman Caine Secretary of Commerce, and Paul Ryan Secretary-of-the-Treasury. Seal Team Six becomes the first joint Secretary of Defense with (former) Sheriff Arroyo Head of Homeland Security. Michelle Bachman, former tax attorney, heads the IRS and puts into effect the new flat-tax passed by the conservative-majority congress.
ar05075 commented:
But, but …… the borders are safer than they’ve ever been, just ask Janet Incompitano.
ar05075 commented:
jeninjoplin, I love you.
Dewormer commented:
It’s a good thing there are no fires in Texas. After all, the President of the United States has declared them a non-state and determined them to be ineligible for economic assistance.
George Bush was a failure for not racing out of a classroom while reading Goat stories and sending aid to Katrina victims within 24 hours (while the Democratic governor of the state channeled her inner Nero).
Barack Obama’s had more than a month on Texas and told them to go screw off, but if they want to hang with him as he invites more terrorists and illegals across the border, Texans can come admire his teleprompter-reading prowess.
Seems to me Barry is hell bent on one-upping Charlie Sheen.
citizenjane commented:
Palin/West is also my wish to combat this nonsense.
Taqiyyotomist commented:
#9 citizenjane
DITTO
Taqiyyotomist commented:
#7
We might have to agree to a duel — for I, also, love jeninjoplin.
10 paces at noon, tomorrow, under the Town Hall clock-tower.
Chisum commented:
See, BO was right. Illegals do create jobs.
Jennifer commented:
I live in NM and I agree with jeninjoplin.
Mama Lion commented:
Makes you wonder if this Texas fire is on purpose and directed by Oblahma.
kato commented:
That rancher should join a labor union or become a Section VIII parasite. That’s the only way he’ll get the attention of the blowhard-in-chief.
#1AMERICAN commented:
This is Odumbos plan all along…under the cover of smoke and flames he can march his moo slum terrorist brothers into the US while all the comotion of fighting the fire the terrorists avoid detection…quite simple and scary
psawyer commented:
jeninjoplin…I too love you. Your plan is perfect.
Iconoclast commented:
An open season with no bag limit would work quite well.
And Jen, if you would pass that idea along to Gov. Palin, I’d be mighty obliged. My only quarrel with your list would be DoD Secretary. That position requires more management expertise than the SEALs have at this time of their careers, and it would be a place where Romney could put his skills to work. Sheriff Joe would have to be put in charge of the BP & ICE.
I’d also suggest some ‘cowboy’ types for FAA, NSA & CIA. Talk about a ‘dream team!!!’
stephen commented:
Someone should inform Mr. Ashurst that Irregardless is not a word. Why are illegal aliens starting these fires? What is their motive?