Last month the massive wildfire that swept through Bastrop made it to The New York Times editorials, but with a new twist. The editorial was titled “Life without Government” by Bill Keller, and similar to any story written recently about the Bastrop Wildfire area, its primary focus was the devastation the fire had caused, but brought in a critique to Governor Rick Perry.
Keller had an interesting way to indirectly blame Perry and the Republican Party for the damage done, since neither believes in the theory of Global Warming Keller relied heavily on that point. He first set up the scene by mentioning Obama’s statement against Perry in one of his visits, “you’ve got a governor whose state is on fire denying climate change” then brought evidence from scientists who would not claim a direct relationship between global warming and the wildfire, “….. But most would say confidently that the global trends tipped the odds towards disaster….” Leaving the reader if with nothing else the thought that Perry doesn’t believe in Global Warming thus he is the causing agent of this disaster. In my opinion an interesting tactic to lay out there information while pointing a discrete finger towards the Republicans.
With all taken into consideration, the Republicans or Perry shouldn’t be held accountable for a horrible incident as such. This sort of incients should be used to build a better society rather than a dived one. Even if it does seem it was Perry’s fault since the legislature that happened during Perry’s reign caused the counties to not have any “zoning power” therefore virtually no space between houses which caused the fire to engulf the houses so quickly thus causing this horrible event.
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