Mel Gibson is just raising questions about a devastating inferno. What could be more reasonable than that? I’m not sure what his expertise in natural disasters is, but Laura Ingraham had him on her Fox News show to talk about the LA fires. So he must be some sort of expert. Not only that, but many Americans — who have done the research — think he’s on to something. If that isn’t 24-karat proof of Gibson's bona fides, I don’t know what is.
(The video of their chat is at the bottom.)
Ingraham got the ball rolling by commiserating with Gibson on the loss of his home. Mel’s stoic attitude was essentially ‘It’s sad. But these things happen’. However, this being Fox, the pro forma condolences were soon shelved to get to the paradoxical point of the matter. To wit, Democrats are both total incompetents in the face of disaster and are malevolently competent enough to cause disaster.
It’s frustrating for me that I don’t have the intellectual heft to understand how both things can be simultaneously true. It must be why I failed doublethink class in school. My loss.
Gibson started the kvetching by saying there were plenty of resources to deal with the situation, but:
“Some people were asleep on the job. Mainly our leaders there.”
His thinking dovetails with Trump and his acolytes who used the tragedy to score political points. I am sure the authorities made errors. However, I am equally sure that 90% of what Trump said is a lie. And the other 10% is distortion.
Gibson continued:
“Someone should answer for it. We know who the culprits are.”
We do? I wish I had Mel’s omniscience. He should run for President. (Fun fact: He can. He was born in Peekskill NY.) I do have one question though. Gibson is a fundamentalist Catholic, so why doesn’t he think the culprit was God? After all, that mass murderer is on record wiping out all but eight humans in a flood — without a single Democrat around. I’m just spitballing.
The conversation turned to the residents of Corral Canyon. They had turned over to the police an arsonist who Gibson said was “all tooled up with fire gear and ready to go.” Ingraham said that she had heard the police (presumably brain-addled by DEI or trans issues — Laura didn’t specify) had let the guy go. Who knew cops were secretly Democrats? She said “It all seems very bizarre” — which isn’t surprising because bizarre is Ingraham’s long suit.
Next up was the lack of water or water pressure at the hydrants. LA’s Fire Chief, Kristin Crowley confirmed this. So I accept that as fact until otherwise proven. However, Gibson took it one step further.
“I know they were messing with the water. Letting reserves go for one reason or another. They have been doing it awhile.”
According to Fox and its friends, ‘They’ is the source of most of what ails America. This raises the question, who is ‘They’ and why can’t we stop them? The Republicans have at times controlled all three branches of the federal government and the majority of states. This ‘’They’ must be some pretty slippery bastards to escape detection.
Gibson goes on:
“In events like this, you sort of look, ‘Is it on purpose?’ which is an insane thing to think.”
Mel then proves he is a man insane enough to think it.
“But one begins to ponder whether or not there is a purpose in mind. What could it be? I don’t know. Do they want the state empty?”
Mel laughs to acknowledge the absurdity of thinking politicians want their voters to bugger off. But the MAGAs will grunt their agreement.
Ingraham has none of Gibson’s “I don’t know” doubts. She’s all over what’s going on. And it ain’t pretty. Her theory is that global warming activists, pursuing their Holy Grail of utopian housing, are at the root of it.
She says:
“Obviously, there is a great need for high-density housing in California and across the country. That’s a big push by the climate folks. And you’re already hearing rumblings of that.”
Who’s rumbling? We don’t know. Laura doesn’t say. She goes on:
“In this case, goodbye single-family homes. Hello high-density housing.”
She pauses. Mel is caught off guard — probably by the direction of the conversation and the fact the aggressively loquacious Laura has stopped talking. After a moment’s silence, he regroups and does his best to play along.
“Yup, yeah, yeah, [sucks his breath in, and exhales]. It’s pretty scary. And it will take decades to do that too. It’s like, even if it’s a good idea, which I don’t know if it is… Um… It’s like the old cattle barrons clearing people off the land. But, I don’t know… I… I…
Gibson, who had appeared to be running out of gas, got his second wind. First, he acknowledges that he could come up with some wacky explanations but his tone suggests that would be folly.
“I can make up all kinds of horrible theories in my head. Conspiracy theories and everything else.”
Then he he indulges in that folly.
“But it just seems convenient there was no water. And that the wind conditions were right. And there are people willing, able, and ready to start fires. And are they commissioned to do so? Or are they just acting of their own volition? I don’t know. But they seem pretty well equipped these people that they’re catching.”
I’ve figured it out. Mel's repetition of “I don’t know” is a rhetorical device to distance himself from his own nonsense. It’s related to “I’m just kidding.”
Laura then points to a supposed information vacuum — the one she just created.
“A lot, a lot of questions Mel.”
Gibson finishes with a wry remark.
“I’ll sift through the remains of my place and see if I can find any clues for you.”
Of course, he was joking (good for him — leaving aside the nuttiness, Mel did just lose his home). Sadly, the MAGAs will be peeing themselves in anticipatory excitement of the Deep State shenanigans he will surely (in their mind) uncover.
They don’t have to worry. If Mel doesn’t come through there are a basketful of podcasters who will give them the truth they want to hear.
