On Sep 1, 2008, at 12:22 AM, David P. Henderson wrote: > > On 31 Aug 2008, at 05:40, Matt Johnston wrote: > >> Jesus, fucking Republicans give me the goat. Why can't they just be >> banned. > The sad bit is that Republicans were at the forefront of the early > American conservation movement. Teddy Roosevelt set aside quite a bit > of what would become the US National Park system. >
Indeed and current hunters (lot's of Republicans) are the one's that fund most of the state level conservation efforts through licensing and fees. The Duck Stamps that hunters buy, for example, contribute millions of dollars to wetlands management every year. Makes sense. If you want to hunt ducks you have a vested interest in protecting their habitat. Better habitat. More ducks.. orange glaze, wild rice, and a nice wine.. Darn, just made myself hungry [1] =c= [1] Just ordered a steer from our local farmer and a lamb from another. [2] [2] To take --nothing at all-- away from the fine New Zealand lamb we've been getting around here, I just like to buy local[3] [3] The local hippies have been getting all "buy local" lately.. Hell, I've been buying local for years. Did the idiots just now figure out that it was a good thing to know who raised/grew your food... Sheesh..[4] [4] Just ran out of foot note chain ideas _______________________________________________ OSX-Nutters mailing list | [email protected] http://lists.tit-wank.com/mailman/listinfo/osx-nutters List hosted at http://cat5.org/
