"Shooting wolves from planes is to hunting as hiring a prostitute is to dating"

[XOKCowboy]

Great post on Mudflats about aerial hunting by a fellow blogger Shannyn Moore. She's a lifelong Alaskan who's father was a trapper in the backcountry.

Our friend Mudflats was unwilling to write about it since he's a transplanted East Coast environmentalist and admits that he's not a "typical Alaskan" so he asked his friend Shannyn to write about it. It's a great read.

http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/09/25/on-palin-and-wolves/

Once again props to Mudflats and his excellent blog.

[sharp_stick]

1. Fantastic Analogy n/t

[XOKCowboy]

2. Yeah I liked that line from the story...

This from a lady that's not only pro-hunting but has hunted as a way of life. It's her heritage and she still loathes aerial hunting. Oh and our girl Sarah has been knee deep in keeping aerial hunting alive.

Governor Palin did her part to defeat the initiative as well. She approved the use of public money and ordered the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to publish a 26-page full color pamphlet called “Understanding Intensive Management and Predator Control in Alaska.” It circulated through newspapers statewide and was mailed to tens of thousands of Alaskans just days before the election. The pamphlet emphasized “how well the current system is working.” Jim Marcotte, Director of Support for the Board of Game, said the pamphlet was not meant to influence voters-Really? Spending public money to tell Alaskans that the Aerial Wolf Control Program is necessary to protect our moose and caribou populations just before a statewide election wasn’t an attempt to influence the outcome? The fear machine was in full force. The message was clear: wolves threaten hunters’ ability to put food on the table. But the truth was more about putting pelts on a wall. In addition to the pamphlet and mailers, the state paid for Board of Game members to fly all over Alaska to “educate” the public on the benefits of predator control-again just before the election. This entire predator control program is about turning Alaska into a wild game farm. In response to the allegation that she signed off on a “propaganda campaign to justify the state’s barbaric wolf slaughter from the skies,” Palin said, “My understanding is this program was funded by the Legislature to factually explain game management practices to Alaskans, and I don’t have a problem with that.” The total bill for the “education” was $400,000. Nearly the same amount of money she vetoed for high school drop out prevention. It’s shameful she spent almost half a million dollars on pamphlets to compensate for Alaska’s prohibition on Cialis. Hey, if you’ve been shooting wolves out of planes, and you have an erection lasting for more than four hours, check the Boone & Crocket stats, you may have a trophy!

[Buck Rabbit]

3. Ok, this one and .....

"Moose lips sink ships". DU is just full of cute little bumper sticker goodies today. I'll need a bigger car.

[samuraiguppy]

4. what is wrong with prostitution? I believe it should be

legal and regulated as it is in most civilized coountries.

on the other hand hunting--that is just wrong.

[XOKCowboy]

5. Hey can't we all just get along??

Who said there was anything wrong with prostitution? It sure ain't "dating" though. :)

[samuraiguppy]

6. hmm when they come up to my car on the strip--

they always say "do you want a date"....

[XOKCowboy]

7. LOL

I guess I could bring up the Eliot Spitzer/Paul McCartney analogy but that would be in bad taste.

[jberryhill]

8. Posting your "bucket list" in GD:P is not... oh... oh... never mind

Carry on.