{"id":2784,"date":"2007-10-24T11:53:37","date_gmt":"2007-10-24T19:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meehawl.com\/Blogfiles\/2007\/10\/24\/11\/53\/where-are-my-choppas\/"},"modified":"2007-10-24T11:53:37","modified_gmt":"2007-10-24T19:53:37","slug":"where-are-my-choppas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meehawl.com\/Blogfiles\/2007\/10\/24\/11\/53\/where-are-my-choppas\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Are My Choppas?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In California, half of the equipment the National Guard needs is not in the state, either because it is deployed in Iraq or other parts of the world or because it hasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t been funded, according to Lt. Col. John Siepmann. While the Guard is in good shape to handle small-scale incidents, “our concern is a catastrophic event,” he said. “You would see a less effective response”.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

At a press conference five months ago, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R-CA) echoed these concerns, stating, “A lot of equipment has gone to Iraq, and it doesn’t come back when the troops come back”.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In California, half of the equipment the National Guard needs is not in the state, either because it is deployed in Iraq or other parts of the world or because it hasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t been funded,...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[168,37,94,181,167,166,174],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fires","category-iraq","category-national-guard","category-schwarzenegger","category-socal","category-southern-california","category-wildfire"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t