I just read an article about record Alligators being killed in Mississippi. The comments following the article made me want to scream. So many people are either just plain stupid or they are complete hypocrites. They whine and cry about big, bad hunters who enjoy killing for the sport of killing. "Why do these animals have to be killed?" "Why don't we just leave these animals alone?" "Why don't we kill fat people and eat them instead?"
I have a hard time understanding why humans hate humans so much. There seems to be an element of people who hate their own species but love all other species. I hope these people aren't prejudice and love only certain species more than their own. I mean, if you love Alligators then you also have to love snakes, lizards, scorpions, mice, rats, wasps and flies, right?
Maybe it's just hunting that they hate or hunters. These alligator hunters don't just kill gators for sport, it's how they feed their families, it's how they earn a living. I am a hunter myself although I have never killed with a gun. I am a trapper type of hunter. I set traps in just the right locations to have the best chance of catching my prey. I do not skin or eat my catch, so I guess you could call me more of a sport hunter. I do not, however, waist my prey. I donate my catches to feed the hungry. Both of my cats enjoy my hunting hobby. It is worth all my efforts of scouting, baiting and checking my traps, when I see how much my cats love to eat those mice.
I am also a vicious hunter and killer when it comes to flies, mosquitoes, fleas, ants, roaches, wasps, wood bees, bumble bees, hornets and spiders. I use many different methods to eliminate these prey, I smash, squash, swat, poison and burn alive.
It is not that I would be opposed to killing with a gun if I had to, the sad truth is that I tried several times to shoot a fox who was quickly ridding me of all of my chickens but never could hit him. If times and resources required it, I could hunt for my food without any guilt. I could shoot an animal that was causing me continued problems, like the fox did. I could also shoot a pet, livestock or wildlife animal if I thought it was suffering and there was no one else to do it.
The truth is that the same people who whine about hunting are the same people who would be whining about all the deer in their gardens and in the roads. They would want some kind of protection for their kids from the over-population of alligators in their neighborhoods. They wouldn't like it if 15 bears were in their backyard going through their trash cans.
Let's just talk about life and the circle of life. I could use scripture here and talk about God, creation, stewardship, husbandry and dominion. But that would offend the non-believers, so we will talk about nature, conservation and common sense.
The DNR monitors and sets up rules and regulations about hunting. They know that without hunting seasons, animal populations will explode and natural resources will be depleted and everything will suffer. They keep an eye on all areas and animal numbers and adjust hunting seasons and limits accordingly.
Why, you might ask, do humans think that they know more than nature about how to handle these things? Why don't we just let nature balance its own self. The answer is so simple that I am surprised that you didn't think of it yourself. We humans are a part of nature!!! Amazingly, we are part of the food chain, we have canine teeth and are omnivores. It is up to us to play a role in the circle of life.
Actually, if you think about loving the environment and being all natural, that would include eating meat with your canine teeth. Whether you like it or not, man is the dominate species. Nature (or God), whichever you prefer, designed us this way. We have the abilities that we need to manage the earth's resources and that includes managing animal populations.
One more thing that always disturbs me is when some supposed expert out there says, "Humans are the only animal that kills for sport or for the fun of it.". That is not true. Neighborhood dogs are the best sport killers of all time. They will kill a whole herd of goats or flock of chickens and not take one with them when they go. My cat tortures and kills for the fun of it too, not for food, out of fear or because he is teaching his young. Horses will even kill small animals like cats, kittens, rabbits and even chickens, not by accident, not for fear, not for food and not to teach their young. Just because they are feeling frisky and want to stomp something.
One commenter said that he hated humans and wished they would all become extinct. That's a pretty intelligent way of thinking. I was surprised at the number of people who called for the killing of the hunters who killed the alligators. That in itself seems a little hypocritical since they despise killing living creatures. They must hate this earth and nature in general since they would like to see the balance of all things upset. Humans are a natural being, we are what we are.
As to the comments about hunting making these rednecks feel like real "men", one of the alligator hunters who broke a record and got a trophy gator that same day was a woman. Someone also mentioned that he hoped that the people complaining about the kills didn't eat hamburger, to which someone actually replied that it was different eating beef because those animals are raised for food. I wonder how all those beef calves feel about this distinction? Probably about the same way all of those young deer, fish, racoons, birds, turtles, cats and dogs feel when they get eaten by an alligator
Progressives = Socialists = Communists, whatever they call themselves they have the same goal to take over America from the inside by setting one group against the other to cause chaos, so the Government can step in and solve all our problems.
Don't be a pawn in their games! Stand your ground for what you believe but don't be a "Useful Idiot" who will be eliminated after you have furthered their agenda and become a threat to that agenda.
The reason I am posting this is because I have an elderly German neighbor who preaches this to me and tells me that a lot of people saw what was coming in Germany but they were afraid to speak up and educate others. I don't want to be afraid to share what I can see so clearly.
The following was taken from a post I saw on Facebook. From the research I did it appears to be legitimate and a true story.
Kitty Werthmann's Story:
December 22, 2012 - “What I am about to tell you is something you’ve
probably never heard or read in history books,” she likes to tell
audiences. “I am a witness to history. I cannot tell you that Hitler
took Austria by tanks and guns; it would distort history”.
If you remember the plot of the Sound of Music, the Von Trapp family escaped over the Alps rather than submit to
the Nazis. Kitty Werthmann wasn’t so lucky. Her family chose to stay in
her native Austria. She was 10 years old, but bright and aware. And she
was watching.
“We elected him by a landslide – 98 percent of the vote,” she recalls.
She wasn’t old enough to vote in 1938 – approaching her 11th birthday. But she remembers.
“Everyone thinks that Hitler just rolled in with his tanks and took Austria by force.” Not so.
Hitler Was Welcomed To Austria
“In 1938, Austria was in deep Depression. Nearly one-third of our
workforce was unemployed. We had 25 percent inflation and 25 percent
bank loan interest rates. Farmers and business people were declaring
bankruptcy daily. Young people were going from house to house begging
for food. Not that they didn’t want to work; there simply weren’t any
jobs."
“My mother was a Christian woman and believed in helping
people in need. Every day we cooked a big kettle of soup and baked
bread to feed those poor, hungry people - about 30 daily."
“We
looked to our neighbor on the north, Germany, where Hitler had been in
power since 1933.” she recalls. “We had been told that they didn’t have
unemployment or crime, and they had a high standard of living."
Prosperity and Change
“Nothing was ever said about persecution of any group Jewish or
otherwise. We were led to believe that everyone in Germany was happy. We
wanted the same way of life in Austria. We were promised that a vote
for Hitler would mean the end of unemployment and help for the family.
Hitler also said that businesses would be assisted, and farmers would
get their farms back. Ninety-eight percent of the population voted to
annex Austria to Germany and have Hitler for our ruler."
“We
were overjoyed,” remembers Kitty, “and for three days we danced in the
streets and had candlelight parades. The new government opened up big
field kitchens and everyone was fed”.
Austrians Saluting
“After the election, German officials were appointed, and like a
miracle, we suddenly had law and order. Three or four weeks later,
everyone was employed. The government made sure that a lot of work was
created through the Public Work Service. Hitler decided we should have
equal rights for women. Before this, it was a custom that married
Austrian women did not work outside the home. An able-bodied husband
would be looked down on if he couldn’t support his family. Many women in
the teaching profession were elated that they could retain the jobs
they previously had been required to give up for marriage.”
“Then we lost religious education for kids.”
Education & Political Indoctrination for “Hitler Youth”
“Our education was nationalized. I attended a very good public school..
The population was predominantly Catholic, so we had religion in our
schools. The day we elected Hitler (March 13, 1938), I walked into my
schoolroom to find the crucifix replaced by Hitler’s picture hanging
next to a Nazi flag. Our teacher, a very devout woman, stood up and told
the class we wouldn’t pray or have religion anymore. Instead, we sang
‘Deutschland, Deutschland, Uber Alles,’ and had physical education."
"Sunday became National Youth Day with compulsory attendance. Parents
were not pleased about the sudden change in curriculum. They were told
that if they did not send us, they would receive a stiff letter of
warning the first time. The second time they would be fined the
equivalent of $300, and the third time they would be subject to jail.
And then things got worse. The first two hours consisted of political
indoctrination. The rest of the day we had sports. As time went along,
we loved it. Oh, we had so much fun and got our sports equipment free.
We would go home and gleefully tell our parents about the wonderful time
we had."
“My mother was very unhappy,” remembers Kitty. “When
the next term started, she took me out of public school and put me in a
convent. I told her she couldn’t do that and she told me that someday
when I grew up, I would be grateful. There was a very good curriculum,
but hardly any fun, no sports, and no political indoctrination.”
“I hated it at first but felt I could tolerate it. Every once in a
while, on holidays, I went home. I would go back to my old friends and
ask what was going on and what they were doing."
“Their loose
lifestyle was very alarming to me. They lived without religion. By that
time, unwed mothers were glorified for having a baby for Hitler. It
seemed strange to me that our society changed so suddenly. As time went
along, I realized what a great deed my mother did so that I wasn’t
exposed to that kind of humanistic philosophy."
The Government's Children
“When the mothers had to go out into the work force, the government
immediately established child care centers. You could take your children
ages four weeks old to school age and leave them there
around-the-clock, seven days a week, under the total care of the
government. The state raised a whole generation of children. There were
no motherly women to take care of the children, just people highly
trained in child psychology. By this time, no one talked about equal
rights. We knew we had been had."
Healthcare
“Before Hitler, we had very good medical care. Many American doctors
trained at the University of Vienna. After Hitler, health care was
socialized, free for everyone. Doctors were salaried by the government.
The problem was, since it was free, the people were going to the doctors
for everything. When the good doctor arrived at his office at 8 am, 40
people were already waiting and, at the same time, the hospitals were
full."
“If you needed elective surgery, you had to wait a year
or two for your turn. There was no money for research as it was poured
into socialized medicine. Research at the medical schools literally
stopped, so the best doctors left Austria and emigrated to other
countries.”
“As for healthcare, our tax rates went up to 80
percent of our income. Newlyweds immediately received a $1,000 loan from
the government to establish a household. We had big programs for
families. All day care and education were free. High schools were taken
over by the government and college tuition was subsidized. Everyone was
entitled to free handouts, such as food stamps, clothing, and housing."
Small Business
“We had another agency designed to monitor business. My brother-in-law
owned a restaurant that had square tables. “Government officials told
him he had to replace them with round tables because people might bump
themselves on the corners. Then they said he had to have additional
bathroom facilities. It was just a small dairy business with a snack
bar. He couldn’t meet all the demands. Soon, he went out of business.
The government owned the large businesses and not many small ones could
exist, they were controlled."
“We had consumer protection, too.
We were told how to shop and what to buy. Free enterprise was
essentially abolished. We had a planning agency specially designed for
farmers. The agents would go to the farms, count the live-stock, and
then tell the farmers what to produce, and how to produce it."
Purging Begins
“In 1944, I was a student teacher in a small village in the Alps. The
villagers were surrounded by mountain passes which, in the winter, were
closed off with snow, causing people to be isolated. So people
intermarried and offspring were sometimes retarded. When I arrived, I
was told there were 15 mentally retarded adults, but they were all
useful and did good manual work. I knew one, named Vincent, very well.
He was a janitor of the school.”
“One day I looked out the
window and saw Vincent and others getting into a van. I asked my
superior where they were going. She said to an institution where the
State Health Department would teach them a trade, and to read and write.
The families were required to sign papers with a little clause that
they could not visit for 6 months. They were told visits would interfere
with the program and might cause homesickness.”
“As time
passed, letters started to dribble back saying these people died a
natural, merciful death. The villagers were not fooled. We suspected
what was happening. Those people left in excellent physical health and
all died within 6 months. We called this euthanasia."
Next came Gun Registration, then Confiscation
“People were getting injured by guns. Hitler said that the real way to
catch criminals (we still had a few) was by matching serial numbers on
guns. Most citizens were law abiding and dutifully marched to the police
station to register their firearms. Not long afterwards, the police
said that it was best for everyone to turn in their guns. The
authorities already knew who had them, so it was futile not to comply
voluntarily.”
No More Freedom of Speech
“Anyone
who said something against the government was taken away. We knew many
people who were arrested, not only Jews, but also priests and ministers
who spoke up.”
Creeping Gradualism
“Totalitarianism didn’t come quickly, it took 5 years from 1938 until
1943, to realize full dictatorship in Austria. Had it happened
overnight, my countrymen would have fought to the last breath. Instead,
we had creeping gradualism. Now, our only weapons were broom handles.
The whole idea sounds almost unbelievable that the state, little by
little eroded our freedom.”
“This is my eye-witness account.
It’s true. Those of us who sailed past the Statue of Liberty came to a
country of unbelievable freedom and opportunity.”
“America is truly is the greatest country in the world. Don’t let freedom slip away or taken from us!!”
I am really doing good, I have actually been posting to my blog for the last few days. I hope to keep it up but make no guarantees. Since I am still not feeling on top of the world, I have even taken a little time to read some other blogs that I try to follow.
Enough already, Hillary, I got your messages loud and clear. I have received three phone calls from the Hillary Clinton Campaign. Plus all of the mass mailings in my mailbox. I am surprised that she doesn't have my e-mail address. The first two calls were from live people but the one that I got today was just a recording. Hillary herself will probably be calling me on Monday or Tuesday.
The last piece of mail that I got was all about where Barack Obama really stands on guns, that just struck me funny because it didn't say anything about where Hillary stands on guns. Then the recorded message that I got today was the same message about Obama's stand on guns, paid for by Hillary Clinton for President.
I get the feeling that I am being profiled here. A little paranoia is setting in, what makes them think that I am a bitter person living in a rural place or small town who clings to guns? Now while Barack Obama may have made this statement, it is the Clinton campaign who must really believe it or they wouldn't be targeting me with this ad and this recorded phone message.
I'm no Supreme Court Judge, Lawyer, Scholar, or even of Male persuasion and I don't play any of these on T.V.
However, I can interpret the following sentence: "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed"
This sentence has four separate parts, separated by commas, the second part more clearly describing the first part and the third part totally standing alone but also claiming ownership of all of the other parts.
The third part is the key to the complete sentence. The PEOPLE have the right to a well regulated militia, they have the right to the SECURITY of a free state, they have the right to KEEP and bear arms and they have the right for those RIGHTS not to be infringed upon. What is hard to understand here?
What was the purpose of a Militia in the first place? The purpose of a Militia was to keep others from imposing their will upon the People. There are those in this country who are constantly trying to impose their will upon others.
Whether you like it or not in order to maintain order, one must have weapons of some kind. We are so brainwashed in this country that we think that all that guns are used for is crime. That could not be further from the truth, throughout time weapons of defense have been necessary and one cannot depend on one's government to defend them at all times.
Independence is another key word to me, our government seems to wish to make us more dependent all of the time. They are trying to destroy the small farmer or people who might be able to support themselves without any government assistance. This includes regulating what lands can be used and what they can be used for. They want to tell us how to handle and sell our animals. The latest thing that has been pointed out to me is that seeds are being altered so that they will not germinate, so that you can't keep your own seeds from year to year and will have to buy new seeds every year.
I am so surprised that declawing cats has not been made illegal because we are so concerned about animal rights, but when it comes to human rights, those need to be limited and the government should control our lives because we are unable to govern our own lives. Banning guns is an issue of declawing us, of taking away our defenses.
9-11 comes to my mind as those poor people on those planes didn't try to take control of their own lives until it was too late. Because we are not conditioned to take care of ourselves, we trust others with our lives. We have been declawed and our gun free zones have become an easy place to prey on innocent victims. If the fox is in the hen house you don't turn your head and hope for the best, we have to take action.
Don't let the people who are scared of guns and have been conditioned to think that guns are a very bad thing take away your right to protect yourself and your property.
There are many more people in this country that own and handle guns responsibly than there are criminals that have guns who could care less about what laws are on the books or how the Supreme Court rules on this issue, as a matter of fact, they would love to see the United States of America completely disarmed.
I am one person who gets very annoyed when I am punished for other people's actions, especially when my punishment is enjoyed by those people who caused the problem in the first place. Criminals have caused the problem with guns and they are the only ones who will benefit from a ban of guns.
