Posted by
The Conservative Manifesto on Tuesday, March 04, 2008 12:43:43 PM
More
nutter environmentalism from the Pacific Northwest.
For
people who are anti-sprawl activists — or have baser motives — a
new-built house sitting empty in a previously rural area evidently
makes a ripe target for an attack by fire.
It happened again
today north of Seattle, where three of six model homes on a so-called
Street of Dreams burned to the ground and a fourth was damaged. Fire
officials said the blazes were deliberately set, and that a sign was
found at the scene claiming responsibility and signed E.L.F., which
stands for a shadowy group or movement called the Earth Liberation
Front.
The model homes were said by their builders to contain
environmentally friendly or "green" elements. But the size and location
of the houses appeared to irritate whoever left the sign and presumably
set the fires: "Built Green? Nope black." The sign said that
"McMansions" in rural areas are "not green."
Fire officials in
suburban Seattle said the blazes could not have been accidental. "We’re
certain that these homes were arson," Fire Chief Rick Eastman said in a
televised interview.
The E.L.F., or people using the initials,
has claimed responsibility for other fires around the country,
including attacks at three location in Suffolk County, Long Island, in
early 2001. Three nearly-completed houses were burned by people
claiming to represent E.L.F., who spray-painted messages on other
houses nearby: "Stop Urban Sprawl"; "If you build it we will burn it";
and finally, "Burn the rich."
Can we stop with the politically correct nonsense? Apparently not if you're the New York Times.
Calling
these nutjobs "anti-sprawl activists" is like referring to the 9/11
hijackers as simply "anti-American activists". These people are nothing
short of domestic terrorists. Arsonists, if you like.
"Anti-sprawl activists".
Please.