Do I Look Like a Maternal Copulating Opossum?

It seems that particular parts of humanity wish to surrender their place on the top of the food chain and force that decision upon others.  Every week there is a new article showing how bad this situation is getting.  Lets start off at the beginning and work our way up to the idiocy which indicates how how we are ensuring our own destruction.

Starting off there is the wolf issue that has been created by a bunch of tree huggers that don’t have to live with the problem.  The wolf is endangered I hear you cry.  Well when you introduce a predator into an area with 0 other predators you end up with a serious problem.  Doubly so when that predator is a non-native species.  They start decimating herds of animals that aren’t used to the new predator, and nothing kills the new predator.  They multiply like rabbits, meaning they need more food to survive, further destroying the local herds of elk and deer.

How bad can it really be though?

In a highly unusual move for wolves, they killed about 120 adult male sheep in one incident on the Rebish/Konen Livestock Ranch south of Dillon last week.

That compares with a total of 111 sheep killed by wolves in Montana in 2008, according to Carolyn Sime, the statewide wolf coordinator for Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks

Even with numerous incidents like this going on, you have people and groups who live well outside the area that don’t have to deal with the problem saying the wolves shouldn’t be hunted.  It took multiple federal law suits to finally get the ban on hunting lifted.  The scariest thing about all this though isn’t the effect on live stock, it’s the view that the predator begins to take towards humans.  They no longer view us as a threat.  Don’t believe me, here’s an incident out of Alaska.

Authorities were in an Alaska Peninsula village Tuesday investigating whether a 32-year-old schoolteacher, found dead off a road leading out of town, was killed in a wolf attack, according to state and local officials.

Wild animals are dangerous, yet we have groups screaming  who consist of people like this woman.

The moose was reported to be in the Town Square Park area in Anchorage, and had been seen there all day feeding on the trees. The woman, reported to be in her 20s, was kicked in the chest and shoulder by the moose after attempting to pet it. After she was checked by medics, she amazingly didn’t have to go to the hospital.

Mother nature is not a Disney movie, Bambi isn’t real, and four legged varmints still see you as a possible meal.  Doubly so when you are no longer providing a reason for them to fear us.

How dangerous can wolves really be though.  Yeah they killed the woman in Alaska and they’re problematic for ranchers.  Does that really mean they can easily kill people though?

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That predator is big enough that it can take down a person for a meal, doubly so when it’s running in a pack.  This problem isn’t just restricted to wolves though.


Here is an incident out of St. Louis that is strangely familiar as there is a similar problem here in Washington.

Aldermanic President Lewis Reed is sounding the alarm. “I’ve witnessed packs of dogs, 10 and 15 dogs running together, and I’ve seen all these dogs I’m talking about they don’t have collars, they don’t have tags, these are truly wild dogs,” he said.

Reed says stray dogs are terrorizing the north side. ”It’s obscene that parents have to walk their kids to school, in some parts of the city, with a golf club to fend off wild dogs.”

Think about that for a second.  The animals have been left alone to the point where they are acting predatory to humans.  Instead of actually really doing something about the problem, their solution is to hire a bunch of dog catchers at the cost of a half million.  Arming your current catchers to immediately remove them from the population can help solve the problem.  If the dogs react in fear to humans even if they’re wild the threat is diminished.  For those who say, arm them with what.  You can use an air gun, if they can take a hog they can take a dog.  No serious threat to the public by over penetration either.

The problem is when we let animals view us no longer as a predator, they naturally see us as prey.  Our culture as well as our laws are forcing more people to surrender their status.


In other areas we have people being terrorized by, wait for it, wild turkeys!

Neighbors told Duffy the turkeys have been in the area for years and usually scurry away when folks walk by. They say only recently two turkeys broke off from the flock and are intent on standing guard in their own empty lot.

They don’t see us as a predator anymore.  When you run away, that ingrains that belief that you are weaker further in their brain.  If you’re not willing to fight for your position on the top, or cannot fight and maintain it, you are not the king predator anymore.


From Clayton Cramer and Sebastian we see how crazy this push to remove our status on the top of the food chain is. 

The sign warns you that mountain lions are a problem, and if threatened, you are supposed to not run, do not panic, try to appear larger than you are (which only works for me when I am dieting), and attempt to pick up small children who are with you without bending over or turning away from the mountain lion.

And best of all: firearms are strictly prohibited in the nature preserve.  So, remember, if all else fails, fight the mountain lion in hand-to-hand combat.  Look, I have had house cats that made me regret trying to pick them up, and I’m supposed to fight a 150 pound mountain lion unarmed?

I hate putting all that in here but it just makes the point of how dumb these people are.  They recommend beating the mountain lion with a stick, which is ok if you’re unprepared (which you shouldn’t be).  Clayton goes on to prove why beating a cougar with a stick shouldn’t be a your first line option.

That’s what bugs me.  Just like the anti rights people, these other groups seem intent on making people be prey, whether it be for two legged or four legged predators.  They want to make the decision regarding self defense for everyone else.  Concern is given for the predator completely ignoring the prey.

Which brings us to the biggest piece of idiocy I have seen in a long time.


Via Uncle this morning I found this:

Cuccinelli said D.C.’s new rat law–the Wildlife Protection Act of 2010 (Wildlife Protection Act of 2010.pdf) –is “crazier than fiction” because it requires that rats and other vermin not be killed but captured, preferably in families; no glue or snap traps can be utilized; the rodents must be relocated from where they are captured; and some of these animals may need to be transferred to a “wildlife rehabilitator” as part of their relocation process.

Mice are like rabbits.  No matter how hard you try you can’t kill them all.  Not only that, you’re effort here to save the mice is for what?  Do you want to help spread Bubonic Plague and all the other diseases that rats spread.  Seriously, what in the hell is the problem with killing varmints and vermin that are a detriment to the public health?  Not to mention the damage that they can do.

Seriously the only upside of this is if there was a plague outbreak that wiped out DC to destroy the idiots that passed this dumb ass legislation to begin with.  I know that won’t happen though and it’s doubly annoying since you’ve also got legislation that is preventing the use of effective pesticides.  Just like a ‘yote, the only good mouse is a dead mouse.


So here we have our government joining with a bunch of tree huggers that are throwing rational logical thought out the window.  We have a group of people forcing their morality on others despite the injury and detriment it can have on others.  We have the government aiding in creating victims of 4 legged predators as well as diseases from varmints and vermin.  The worry about extinction to me falls short of killing people. 

If you think that people should die instead of the predators, my only request is you do it first.  Leaders lead by example and if you think someone shouldn’t be allowed to carry a firearm to fend of a wild animal, you need to live in that area and suffer the effects of living there.  If you want to tell someone they can’t kill the mice infesting their house, you need to live in the mouse infested house.  No one has any business forcing their morality on another.

I am not going to play dead for any predator.  Two or four legged and I’m not going to walk around unarmed to make some hippie feel like he’s saving the environment.

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The cat climbed inside the couch tonight and her climbing back out was down right entertaining.

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This is begging for a a caption but I’m just not sure of what.  Suggestions?

SSCC #243–DeKalb County

A homeowner was held at gunpoint and his family pet was killed in a mix-up involving a DeKalb County police call.

Well maybe it wasn’t so bad.  Accidents do happen.

“I said, ‘Why [did] you shoot my dog?’ And he said, ‘Well, I’ll blow your brains out.’ I said, ‘Hold on a minute, you just killed my dog. Why you want to blow my brains out? My hands are up.’ I said, ‘I don’t have no gun,’” Anthony Currie said.

That right there is the proper response from an officer who just killed someone’s pet, illegally.  Threaten the home owner.  I don’t care he was on the way to a call.  It’s the wrong house and shouldn’t be covered by qualified immunity.  He did not do his job and ensure he was at the correct house, then shot the pet after entering the premises, and then threatened the home owner.

In what world is this considered an acceptable line of screw ups?  Oh that’s right, in the world of the police where we are subservient to them.

The first officer faces no disciplinary action, but he will have to go before the shooting review board and face an internal investigation.

Yup still on duty and he probably went home like Harless and slept like a baby.

State Sponsored Criminal Count #243: John Doe Jerad Wheeler

Because making sure you’re at the right address is for everyone else and if you screw up who cares.

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Winter has arrived finally on the Palouse

I was beginning to wonder if it would ever actually show up.  Well we’ve got a pretty nice storm right now.  I had wind blowing me around on ice the whole way home.  I’m glad the wife and I got out of work early to get home so we were traveling while it was still daylight.

Here’s what we were greeted with as we went to drop the wife off at work this morning.

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The fuel tanker chained up before trying to get out it was too late though.  He slid right in to the curb before he really was able to get going.

On the way home we were greeted with this:IMAG0033

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Yes that’s a fire hydrant.  Note the stop sign too as well as the street signs.  I’m not exactly sure what happened because the position of the vehicle with where the road is just doesn’t make sense.  I will say it happened right before we got there because we first saw it and no one was on scene yet.  I parked the car and walked back to take pictures, I like my new phone, and they were arriving on scene.

SOPA Shutdown

Considering our fearless leaders want to trash our liberties and freedoms yet again I am joining 7000+ other sites in shutting down.

The SOPA is a very dangerous piece of legislation that has the potential to prevent me from writing my blog.  Not only that but given the events involving Righthaven the damage done by those types of individuals will be greatly multiplied.

PROTECT IP / SOPA Breaks The Internet from Fight for the Future on Vimeo.

All day you will be redirected tomorrow.

Quotes of the Day–Joe Huffman and Jennifer (01/17/2012)

There is very little to be gained by engaging them. Point out the absurdities of their claims on our own and public turf then let them fade away into the dustbin of history.

Joe HuffmanQuote of the Day – Sebastian

January 17, 2012


[This is a twofer for a reason since it’s all closely related.  I did exactly what Joe says above right here for the rest of the world to see.  Some have implied I wasted my time* and that there is no point arguing with Joan.  They’re right, and as I said here there is no point arguing with Joan.  So was it a waste of time?]


No, Joan’s comments didn’t have any adverse effect on me, but they might have on someone that’s had similar experiences to mine.  I put my experiences out there for those who have not yet gotten to a place where they can.  You didn’t just cover my six; you showed them you’ve got theirs too.

JenniferReply to Well That Was Unexpected

January 17, 2012


[As I said yesterday,

If I have one actual weakness it’s that I have a nasty habit of standing up to defend my friends.  Even if that means I need to drop kick a pig that wants to roll in the mud.  If that’s a weakness though, I find it a good one to have.

Yeah, I can live with that as a weakness.

I did not waste time arguing with Joan on her own site.  I did not waste time trying to jump through her hoops for approval.  I walked out in to the middle of the street and called her out for all to see, I did it here on my own site.  I exposed her hypocrisy, attitudes, and her actions that prove how horrible her and her position is.  I did it where the comments were open for anyone to participate.  While doing so I was also stepping up and  to help some friends.  It helped one more than I realized it would at the time I wrote it.

I often say I do this for me.  Well I do, if I don’t give out free ice cream well so what.  I don’t get paid, I pay hosting fees out of pocket, so why would I waste my time arguing with the likes of Joan Peterson?  I wouldn’t and never have.  What I have done is step up to tell my friends I have their back and help expose to the world the evil that she is. 

Honestly I don’t know if anyone like Jennifer talks about has been or will be helped by my post.  I have to to yield to Jennifer’s experience which is far beyond my own in this realm.  I would like to think it would and I can certainly see how.  Ultimately though Jennifer’s point is irrelevant.  It’s irrelevant because it did help a friend, and it helped her through the healing process of her own story.

Waste of time?  I think not, it was absolutely worth every second spent. –B]

*He actually hated both the post and the video so much he closed the thread.

Well, That Was Unexpected

So I wrote a post and evidently it was well liked.  I do have a few comments.  First, thanks to all those who linked it.  The quick list I’ve found thus far.

A Girl and Her Gun

OldNFO

Weer’d

Newbius

Sebastian

Irons in the Fire

Light seeking a subject

3 Boxes of BS

North Carolina Gun Blog

Only Guns And Money

Daddy Bear

Newbie Shooter

I’m sure I probably missed someone but the reason I am saying thanks was because like when I get a link from Uncle or Joe, it’s noticeable.  (Thanks to Uncle and Joe for when you have linked me too BTW).  How noticeable?

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Evidently I said something that a lot of you reverberated with. Awesome, and again thanks to those that linked it.  Now for my comments.

I am fully aware that wrestling with a pig is pointless.  Just the same I think that arguing with Joan is pointless.  So why would I bother writing that response?  I did it because no one had stitched her statements together for all to see the hypocrisy she spouts in a clear cut form.  I doubt Joan has read the post, I doubt even less that she’ll respond.  As my mom said, “I’m not sure she will be able to read the whole thing and comprehend what you’ve said.”  My mom would be right, Joan wont understand, neither will anyone in those groups.

The fence sitters however can understand, they can read, and they can understand what I’m saying. It’s the fence sitters that come new to this debate that may not be exposed to a clear cut statement of what each side really represents.  I finally stepped in and wrote that because I saw a simple and easy hit to lay damage.  Joan made some statements that were down right appalling and that were not exactly the most kind.

Ultimately I did what I normally do.  I sat in the corner ignoring what’s going on, unnoticed myself, until someone does something down right rude, mean, and inexcusable.  They made the double mistake of saying it about two people who are unbelievably nice and kind.  Then I became the 300 lbs. gorilla in the room, hitting them so hard that I knocked them out of the room with nothing left to say.  I know neither of them really care about Joan’s negative comments on a personal level, I just found them down right rude and offensive, especially given the theme of the post.

I saw a way to throw down while remaining clean relatively clean.  If the pig comes back I’ll deal with it at that time, but I doubt she’ll respond because to do so she would have to acknowledge the facts.  She hates can’t do that, she doesn’t know how.  In writing that post though I also provided a pile of new ammunition for those who like wrestling with the pig.  I don’t support it, I find it for the most part pointless, but some find it necessary.

The only reason I’ve been tacking up the CSGV, Brady Campaign, and Joan is because they started it.  I participated in a vigil and they said I was most offensive.  I remembered victims of violence I know that they would not count and they called me offensive.  I remained civil through the whole exchange, I haven’t issued one piece of profanity.  I haven’t even resorted to name calling.  Joe’s right, they brought this on themselves.  Besides, now they’re calling me a Jerk. (Feel free to go post comments in there.  CSGV has no control of them.)

While some may view this as me fighting a pig, I view it as me standing up and saying “NO”.  I stood up to support friends that while they may not have needed my support, but they certainly could use it.  There comes a time when even a fly has to be swatted.  There’s a phrase, choose your battles wisely.  They choose to start this battle and they did not choose wisely.  I didn’t set out to, “Nuke it from orbit,” but I will not say I’m displeased with the results.  If I have one actual weakness it’s that I have a nasty habit of standing up to defend my friends.  Even if that means I need to drop kick a pig that wants to roll in the mud.  If that’s a weakness though, I find it a good one to have.

SSCC #242–Unknown

Anyone who has a name or department for this incident please contact me immediately.  I will personally call the department to find out what actions are being taken.  This guy ranks up there with Officer Roid rage, though not quite as bad.

Update: Evidently this is a prank funded by the taxpayer.  The city council investigated and found no wrong doing despite the misuse of public property.  How nice.  Maybe I should be come a cop to play pranks on the public dime.

State Sponsored Criminal Count 242: John Doe

Because when someone exercises their constitutional rights they must be a “cock sucker”

*I know it sounds like this was around the Charleston area.  More info would be greatly appreciated.

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