All right, Leonard Skinner's simple man.

That can only mean one thing on this radio program.

All things self-proclaimed simple man, which means all things Bill O'Reilly, all things Bill O'Reilly at Bill O'Reilly.

Mr. O'Reilly, sir, happy new year.

Great to talk to you.

I'm sure you agree with me that our prayers are with the people of

california although it is frustrating that the state has done nothing to to lessen the likelihood

of these wildfires because of their extreme environmental policies um you know and i'm this isn't a time for politics, but however, you ought to be able to

clear out the brush.

The L.A. mayor shouldn't have cut $17 million of the firefighter's budget, scores of

broken hydrants in Los Angeles we've discovered.

And it could be, a lot of this could be prevented if, in fact, if they would get rid of the

overgrowth in California forests, which makes this all the more likely in much of California

landowner that undertakes to start a controlled

burn on their property has to jump through a series of hoops proving that they have the

expertise to do so, but they should be doing it as a state and lives and property would be

saved, Bill.

Well, I don't think there's any question the state of California is derelict in protecting it, etc. and and lives and property would be saved bill

well there's any question the state of california is derelict in protecting

its citizens from natural disasters

did you know that uh... the state approved five

uh... water plants

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