Starvin Larry

On a scrabble board the word regret will only yield you seven measly points, but in real life regret can come with an enormous price tag. In 1991 when my phone rang in my Indiana dorm room the voice on the other end of the line was a reporter from my local hometown newspaper, the Jackson Hole Guide back in Wyoming. The gal wanted to know about a report that I had seen a wolf at the top of Togwotee pass late one snowing blizzard of night while I was home for Christmas break. At that time, the wolves had technically not been reintroduced to Yellowstone, but reports about wolf sightings had been circulating around the area and I’m sure the reporter thought I was just some snot nosed college kid who wouldn’t know the difference between a wolf and a bulldog. The dead air on the other end of the line was nearly deafening when I explained to her that I had grown up with wolves at my grandfather’s house down near Wilson where he had a compound with about a dozen of the Canadian beasts under captivity. What I saw that night in my headlights was without a doubt a big Canadian Gray wolf with an orange radio collar around its neck, no question about it. Most of the people who read the article doubted my account of the sighting, and that’s okay. At the time I just laughed it off and went back to proving some ridiculous thermodynamic law.

Those were different times. They were, let’s call it BWR, “Before Wolf Reintroduction.” There was a lot of apathy in the hunting community during that period. Some hunters and outdoorsman thought wolf introduction might even be a good idea, and some vehemently despised even the mere thought of the idea. I found myself in the later category of course, but calculus and trigonometry dominated my spare time at that point in time in my life. I think we can almost all agree, that we should have done more; more as hunters and outdoorsman to try and push our politicians to stop the largest wildlife genocide in over 100 years. To think that we now have an entire generation of hunters now living among us that has never set eyes on the type of elk and moose herds that we enjoyed during our childhood is very sad. We should have done more, stood together, spoke up as a unified front against what was about to happen. We now know all to well, that our politicians and even our state and local officials don’t always have our best interests in mind when it comes to sound wildlife management. They say they do in speeches, press conferences and newspaper articles, but when push comes to shove, the federal government always seems to get what it wants.

Read the rest @ http://www.eastmans.com/blog/of-wolves-bears-and-birds

Then go here…

http://www.biggameforever.org/

And sign the petition to stop the sage grouse from getting endangered species act protection-if this happens-it will make the spotted owl clusterfuck seem like it was nothing-it’s that bad- for more info on the subject go here…

http://gamegetterii.blogspot.com/2015/05/walden-says-sage-grouse-listing-would.html

And here…

http://www.biggameforever.org/2015/05/endangered-species-listing-for-sage-grouse-could-affect-wyomings-economy/

Sign the petition-the animals “rights” whackos,combined with the enviro-nazis,and organized groups like NRDC,Earth First,Earthjustice,HSUS,Sierra Club,and the rest of the usual suspects want to control ALL hunting in a multi-state area.

This would devastate many local economies in S.D.,N.D., Wyoming, Montana,eastern Washington and Oregon,Idaho,parts of Colorado,Commieforinia,Utah…

If these douchenozzles get ESA protections for sage grouse-those of us who are big game hunters will be screwed blued and tattooed-or worse.

Stand up,speak out-because if we don’t there’s gonna be millions of acres of public land closed to ALL hunting-fishermen will get fucked over out of the deal as well-so go to the Big Game Forever link,sign the petition,write.e-mail,phone and fax your congresscritter-We-as in every one of us who values hunting-and wants to continue to hunt deer,elk,antelope and moose-speak up-say something-do something-put a stop to this horsepucky before it’s too late-at least send an e-mail and call-even if you get some young kid who’s fresh out of the leftist indoctrination camps that our public schools have become-TALK to them,get your point across-let them know WHY it’s an issue-why it’s wrong to abuse the ESA in order to help the enviro-nazis and animal “rights” “extremists” do this.

At the bare minimum-sign the petition @

http://cqrcengage.com/biggameforever/app/write-a-letter?0&engagementId=95214

Let’s stop these people before it’s too late,and they get all hunting on public lands banned by abusing the endangered species act.

Outstanding !
Rivals anything the Sierra Club,NRDC,Earthfirst,Earthjustice,Greenpeace,or any of the other environmental zealots have come up with-too bad it doesn’t fit their agenda.

This must be spread far&wide,reprinted in the NY Times, HUffPo and WaPO !

Lawsuits must be filed to stop the efforts to reduce CO2 levels so we can save the plants!
Protests must be organized !
Parade floats made
Posters and signage printed up
Catchy slogans must be thought up
More experiments must be done to show that low CO2 levels harm plants
Pictures of dying plants must be taken
A polar bear on an ice floe equivalent must be thought of
The possibilities are endless…

Via NC Renegade

by Bill Shuey

The reoccurring melodrama that is the disaster of America’s inner cities has surfaced again, and in Baltimore this time. There is nothing really new in the on-going upheaval – just another dead druggie and a community in revolt because of his demise.

Interestingly, it seems that the police rarely kill a young black man who is well dressed and on his way to work, school, or church. For some unknown reason the recipient of the bullet or the harsh treatment are always the least functional of society. Yes, I know that every human life has value, but some lives are far more valuable than others.

As in Ferguson, MO, the street thugs and chronic unemployed are out in the streets in mass attempting to fill the void between their welfare income and what others work for by stripping store shelves. The mayor of Baltimore actually encouraged this sad criminal behavior by suggesting that they should be allowed to steal and destroy as they chose. Nice policy, unless you own property that is being destroyed.

The federal government has sunk $1.8 billion into Baltimore in just the past few years. The population of the Baltimore metropolis is 2.7 million, which indicates a fund breakdown of 665 dollars per individual. But that figure is highly misleading because not a dime of the money went to the suburbs or the more affluent areas – it all went to the inner city. Unfortunately federal money is funneled through city governments, where it is diverted to things that have little, if any benefit to the folks who actually need help. And of course there is always the city council member who just happens to have a cousin or uncle who owns a business that needs some income. The milking of the white cow is after all the national pastime!

There are systemic problems in the inner cities of America, and they are neither new nor unique to Baltimore. Leading the roll of unfortunate circumstances is the fact that marriage and the presence of a father figure in the home is a rare occurrence. Also, there seems to be little motivation to attend school for the purpose of actually attaining an education – 55% of fourth graders can’t read! Fifty percent of students actually complete high school – far fewer truly receive a diploma! Thus, if there were jobs available in the inner city, there would be few individuals who could read a job application or perform the tasks associated with today’s mechanized work environment.

The desire to advance socially and economically does not seem to afflict the residents of the inner city. The insidious intentions of government to help the lower class have bred dissatisfaction by providing just enough to exist and curbing any desire to achieve. The results are people who are resentful, basically helpless, have little foresight or ambition, and more than willing to destroy what they did not build.

The mayor, police commissioner, prosecuting attorney, the president of the Baltimore city council, and most other Baltimore officials are black – what could only charitably be termed black leadership is inept and ineffectual. The self-appointed reverends who come into the inner cities are there for the face time and are little more than parasites – what have they ever done to make anything better for the citizens of Baltimore? Until the residents of the Baltimore’s of America decide to want effective representation, and something more than existence – nothing can change – and that is the sad truth.

If you are reading this article in the hopes of finding some solution to the chaos that is America’s inner cities – you came to the wrong place. From the White House to the outhouse, the resounding cry is RACISM. This is the constant convenient drumbeat that allows the politicians who have actually created this mess through their ineptness, promotion of racial divisiveness, and failed policies to hide behind the term and avoid any responsibility.

I am not a pessimist by nature, but I see no resolution for the problems that plague the ghettos. Throwing tax dollars at the problem may help cleanse the souls of politicians but does nothing to heal the problems!

Have a good week. Bill Shuey is a freelance writer from North Carolina.