Burning Down the House

So this year's fire season is off to a ripping start. Say, remember back in 2000 how the bad fire season was blammed on Eveything Bad Is Clinton's Fault(sm) and all those tree-huggers out there and how the New Bush Administration was going to change all that by thinning out the forests and removing all the "overly thick growth." So, how's that working for you all?