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Tim Sheehy

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The Shawn Ryan Show
#160 Tim Sheehy - Former Navy SEAL & Aerial Firefighter Breaks Down the Los Angeles Wildfires

Well, the system, you know? And how technical do you want to get on some of this stuff? Because, I mean, there's some interesting technicalities, but I don't want to get too deep.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#160 Tim Sheehy - Former Navy SEAL & Aerial Firefighter Breaks Down the Los Angeles Wildfires

Well, the system, you know? And how technical do you want to get on some of this stuff? Because, I mean, there's some interesting technicalities, but I don't want to get too deep.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#160 Tim Sheehy - Former Navy SEAL & Aerial Firefighter Breaks Down the Los Angeles Wildfires

So here is, now you are getting to the crux of the issue with wildfire. Why it's such a big problem and why we have not fixed it. because there is nobody accountable. There is not a single confirmed or appointed position in the US government that is accountable for wildfire. Not a single one. Not a single one.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#160 Tim Sheehy - Former Navy SEAL & Aerial Firefighter Breaks Down the Los Angeles Wildfires

So here is, now you are getting to the crux of the issue with wildfire. Why it's such a big problem and why we have not fixed it. because there is nobody accountable. There is not a single confirmed or appointed position in the US government that is accountable for wildfire. Not a single one. Not a single one.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#160 Tim Sheehy - Former Navy SEAL & Aerial Firefighter Breaks Down the Los Angeles Wildfires

So here is, now you are getting to the crux of the issue with wildfire. Why it's such a big problem and why we have not fixed it. because there is nobody accountable. There is not a single confirmed or appointed position in the US government that is accountable for wildfire. Not a single one. Not a single one.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#160 Tim Sheehy - Former Navy SEAL & Aerial Firefighter Breaks Down the Los Angeles Wildfires

Now, there are employees down the chain who are career GS employees that have responsibility, but it's not like the military where, boom, it goes up. Secretary of Defense, you are responsible. Fix this shit now or you're gone. There is no train derails. Director of Transportation, get your ass in here. Why are our bridges collapsing? Fix it or you're gone. Planes are crashing.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#160 Tim Sheehy - Former Navy SEAL & Aerial Firefighter Breaks Down the Los Angeles Wildfires

Now, there are employees down the chain who are career GS employees that have responsibility, but it's not like the military where, boom, it goes up. Secretary of Defense, you are responsible. Fix this shit now or you're gone. There is no train derails. Director of Transportation, get your ass in here. Why are our bridges collapsing? Fix it or you're gone. Planes are crashing.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#160 Tim Sheehy - Former Navy SEAL & Aerial Firefighter Breaks Down the Los Angeles Wildfires

Now, there are employees down the chain who are career GS employees that have responsibility, but it's not like the military where, boom, it goes up. Secretary of Defense, you are responsible. Fix this shit now or you're gone. There is no train derails. Director of Transportation, get your ass in here. Why are our bridges collapsing? Fix it or you're gone. Planes are crashing.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#160 Tim Sheehy - Former Navy SEAL & Aerial Firefighter Breaks Down the Los Angeles Wildfires

FAA Director, get your ass in here. If you don't have doors stop falling off Boeing planes, you're gone. NASA director, Challenger just exploded. Why the fuck are our rocket boosters not, what's up with the O-rings? Fix it or you're gone. There is nobody in the US government that can be held accountable.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#160 Tim Sheehy - Former Navy SEAL & Aerial Firefighter Breaks Down the Los Angeles Wildfires

FAA Director, get your ass in here. If you don't have doors stop falling off Boeing planes, you're gone. NASA director, Challenger just exploded. Why the fuck are our rocket boosters not, what's up with the O-rings? Fix it or you're gone. There is nobody in the US government that can be held accountable.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#160 Tim Sheehy - Former Navy SEAL & Aerial Firefighter Breaks Down the Los Angeles Wildfires

FAA Director, get your ass in here. If you don't have doors stop falling off Boeing planes, you're gone. NASA director, Challenger just exploded. Why the fuck are our rocket boosters not, what's up with the O-rings? Fix it or you're gone. There is nobody in the US government that can be held accountable.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#160 Tim Sheehy - Former Navy SEAL & Aerial Firefighter Breaks Down the Los Angeles Wildfires

Exactly. And I'm not giving... I'm not criticizing anybody in the current government. I'm just stating a fact that there's no one to bring in, even if you wanted to. If Trump said... Fine, get that guy in. Who's our wildfire guy? They'd be like, oh, we don't have one. How do we not have one? Cities are burning down, millions of acres burning. What do you mean we don't have one?

The Shawn Ryan Show
#160 Tim Sheehy - Former Navy SEAL & Aerial Firefighter Breaks Down the Los Angeles Wildfires

Exactly. And I'm not giving... I'm not criticizing anybody in the current government. I'm just stating a fact that there's no one to bring in, even if you wanted to. If Trump said... Fine, get that guy in. Who's our wildfire guy? They'd be like, oh, we don't have one. How do we not have one? Cities are burning down, millions of acres burning. What do you mean we don't have one?

The Shawn Ryan Show
#160 Tim Sheehy - Former Navy SEAL & Aerial Firefighter Breaks Down the Los Angeles Wildfires

Exactly. And I'm not giving... I'm not criticizing anybody in the current government. I'm just stating a fact that there's no one to bring in, even if you wanted to. If Trump said... Fine, get that guy in. Who's our wildfire guy? They'd be like, oh, we don't have one. How do we not have one? Cities are burning down, millions of acres burning. What do you mean we don't have one?

The Shawn Ryan Show
#160 Tim Sheehy - Former Navy SEAL & Aerial Firefighter Breaks Down the Los Angeles Wildfires

They'd be like, well, we're going through the paperwork, sir. It doesn't appear we have anybody responsible for it. And that's true, we don't. Now, how wildland fire responsibility is dictated is whose land it is.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#160 Tim Sheehy - Former Navy SEAL & Aerial Firefighter Breaks Down the Los Angeles Wildfires

They'd be like, well, we're going through the paperwork, sir. It doesn't appear we have anybody responsible for it. And that's true, we don't. Now, how wildland fire responsibility is dictated is whose land it is.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#160 Tim Sheehy - Former Navy SEAL & Aerial Firefighter Breaks Down the Los Angeles Wildfires

They'd be like, well, we're going through the paperwork, sir. It doesn't appear we have anybody responsible for it. And that's true, we don't. Now, how wildland fire responsibility is dictated is whose land it is.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#160 Tim Sheehy - Former Navy SEAL & Aerial Firefighter Breaks Down the Los Angeles Wildfires

And here's part of the reason that we're delayed when we dispatch our aircraft or helicopters or ground crews is the first thing that happens when a fire starts, it depends on where, but generally they pull out the land map and they figure out whose land is it. And they will literally argue over whose responsibility the fire is because it comes out of whoever's budget.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#160 Tim Sheehy - Former Navy SEAL & Aerial Firefighter Breaks Down the Los Angeles Wildfires

And here's part of the reason that we're delayed when we dispatch our aircraft or helicopters or ground crews is the first thing that happens when a fire starts, it depends on where, but generally they pull out the land map and they figure out whose land is it. And they will literally argue over whose responsibility the fire is because it comes out of whoever's budget.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#160 Tim Sheehy - Former Navy SEAL & Aerial Firefighter Breaks Down the Los Angeles Wildfires

And here's part of the reason that we're delayed when we dispatch our aircraft or helicopters or ground crews is the first thing that happens when a fire starts, it depends on where, but generally they pull out the land map and they figure out whose land is it. And they will literally argue over whose responsibility the fire is because it comes out of whoever's budget.