The home of legendary musician Neil Young has been destroyed in the California wildfires that have been ravaging the Los Angeles-area for the past week.
On his website yesterday, the aging rocker revealed that he lost his Malibu home over the weekend to the fires. As a longtime political activist, Young didn’t waste any time condemning the president.
“California is vulnerable – not because of poor forest management as DT (our so-called president) would have us think,” Young wrote in a Tweet, continuing, “as a matter of fact this is not a forest fire..we are vulnerable because of climate change; the extreme weather events and our extended drought…”
“Our temperatures are higher than ever here in our hottest summer on record. That has not helped,” he added. “DT seems to be the Denier. (I’m holding back and not using the word liar because it rhymes with denier). It really is time for a reckoning with this unfit leader. Maybe our new congress can help. I sure hope so.”
Ripping into the president, Young continued: “Imagine a leader who defies science, saying these solutions shouldn’t be part of his decision-making on our behalf. Imagine a leader who cares more for his own, convenient opinion than he does for the people he leads. Imagine an unfit leader. Now imagine a fit one.”
On Sunday morning, the president, via Twitter, blamed poor forest management for the wildfires and said he may withhold federal funding in the future. The president, who believes climate change is a “hoax”, failed ot mention the fact that more than 90% of the charred land has been on federal lands and his administration slashed funding in its federal budget.
No word yet if any recordinds or valuable instruments were lost.
Young is one of the most commonly cited influences by indie musicians and bands for decades now.