Why did Sarah club the fish?

[Jackpine Radical]

For the halibut.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

1. boo

[veganlush]

2. and because she's an asshole.

[era veteran]

3. It's easy and she is lazy

She was so bad at it bludgeon would be the term.

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

4. Because she was standing in front of a camera

[Safetykitten]

5. Because the chicken already jumped off the boat.

[jmowreader]

6. Because that's how you fish for halibut?

[jannyk]

7. No gun handy? n/t

[Scurrilous]

8. Just tenderizing it for supper.

:thumbsup:

[Tyrs WolfDaemon]

9. It's her way of showing dominance over others

[KoKo]

10. I've lost my sense of humor...but not enough yet..(maybe hope) to not find a smile

in your post. Those Palin's...they are something else. I think they represent this time in our culture.

I see posts here blaming "Boomers" for selfish behavior and the "1960's" for all our woes, but I look at these PALIN GRIFTERS (love the DU'ers who called them out first with that) and I think that the TRUE SELFISH AGE began in late 90's! And the generations who appear on Reality TV and DANCING WITH THE STARS (BRISTOL and now TODD) and the other TRASH that BOOMERS WOULD NEVER have TOLERATED.

I don't believe in Generational BASHING... but those who come here and blame everyone who was around in the 60's who now are approaching another "joblessness/economic bust" after so many in their lifetimes since the 70's and then goading them that they shouldn't be "ENTITLED" to retire "FREE (lol's) on "THEIR Taxpayer Dollars" on SS and Medicare" (that they payed into their whole lives) seems to me to be drinking some KoolAid..that's a new one manufactured by someone other than Proctor and Gamble...(or whoever produced the original)

Anyway.....making your funny snark too serious. Sorry! Peace! :hi:

Edited: Typos and stuff..probably syntax errors, etc.

[Jackpine Radical]

29. Hang in there, kid.

Hang in.

[uppityperson]

11. She clubbed it on porpoise because that is what you do when you catch a hali-butt

[Jackpine Radical]

18. Good cod, that was a crappie pun.

I guess she's just another piker, playing people for suckers. I wait with baited breath to see what she'll tip up next.

[uppityperson]

25. You're just being crabby now. nt

[Jackpine Radical]

28. Oh, carp, carp, carp.

You're floundering now.

[QC]

12. Because it was there. n/t

[iamtechus]

13. Because it was still moving.

[Tyrs WolfDaemon]

14. Hubby Todd was just glad...

That she wasn't using his 'club' for the job while on camera.

[dionysus]

15. i know you're joking, but a lot of people club the fish so it doesnt die slowly of suffocation....

[NuclearDem]

16. This only seems appropriate

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMpXAknykeg

[Blue_In_AK]

17. I'm not defending Sarah by any means,

but you do have to either bash them in the head or shoot them if you want to kill and eat them. They're pretty big fish, and you don't want them just flopping around in your boat.

They probably could have done the show without a demonstration, however.

[Jackpine Radical]

21. Yes, I've fished muskellunge down here--

they sort of look like an overgrown northern pike, with the same tooth pattern--i.e. sharp teeth everywhere in their mouths--and you can get a helluvan infection if they bite you. If you're planning to keep it, you gotta club it. People used to shoot them, but that was outlawed about 60 years ago for safety reasons. Easy to see why, if you think of a small boat containing an old, rusty pistol, an excited/scared fisherman and a very unhappy fresh-water barracuda.

[Blue_In_AK]

23. I can understand that, especially in a small boat..

Halibut aren't that ferocious, but they're still powerful. You have to make sure they're subdued once you get them on your boat or they can cause some havoc. The fishermen only use guns for the very large ones. Most of them you have to bash.

Still, this whole halibut-bashing thing is kind of reminiscent of Sarah and the turkey "pardon" (slaughter) which you probably remember from Thanksgiving 2008. Sarah glorifies killing animals, and I'm not sure why.

[Jackpine Radical]

24. I don't think I've ever killed a game animal without regret,

and without thanks for the gift of the food.

[HCE SuiGeneris]

19. She ran out of helicopters and high powered rifles?

[BlueCheese]

20. I know you're joking too...

But of all the reasons one might not like Sarah Palin, the halibut-clubbing and the turkey-pardoning interview are of least concern, at least for people who eat meat.

I mean, meat comes from animals. Animals have to be killed (usually) before you eat them. If you're willing to eat meat, you shouldn't be shocked at the process by which it's produced.

[Jackpine Radical]

22. I'm not. I hunt and fish, and have done so all my life.

When people get on a high horse about my killing animals, I ask if they are vegetarians and if they say they are not, I point out that unlike me, they pay people to raise animals in brutal conditions and to do their killing for them.

[BlueCheese]

30. I know...

In case there was any misunderstanding, the "you" in the main part of my post was the generic "you", not you as in Jackpine Radical...

[Jackpine Radical]

31. Sure. I just wanted to make my position clear.

I part with Sarah in that I don't glorify hunting. I have no animal or fish mounts on my walls. I come from a tradition of hunting for food. Interestingly, I have gotten into contact with a Canadian branch of my family, and find that we have exactly the same attitudes. The 2 branches of the family have been pretty much out of touch with each other since 1910.

[Roon]

32. My two step-brothers each bag an elk every other year or so

They have the meat professionally butchered and give the meat to my parents, who in turn give the meat to me. I love it! Elk jalapeno salami! MMMMMM!!

[pipi_k]

26. It knew too much about her and was ready to talk.... n/t

[name not needed]

27. The fish asked her what newspapers she reads.