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BOWLING GREEN, Kentucky – Washington liberals are trying to push through the so-called DREAM Act, which creates an official path to Democrat voter registration for 2 million college-age illegal immigrants.
Rand Paul 2010
Booker T. Washington:
Cast it down among the eight millions of Negroes whose habits you know, whose
fidelity and love you have tested in days when to have proved treacherous meant the ruin of your firesides.
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He was holding an elephant's tail, Danke- I don't think the elephant stood there and let him cut it off.
Killing animals for sport is sick IMHPOV; animals should only be killed for food or if your life is in danger. How people treat the critters around them is pretty indicative off how they will treat people.
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While I would agree that people who are cruel in general are not people I want to be around talking about others in this tone is not really good either. If you agree that people are supreme (as I do and I believe our common belief is based on) then the animals are subject to man. As long as the animal in question is not property of another a man can do with it as he wishes. If he is cruel to it, he has his creator to answer to. If you say that killing for sport is cruel that is your right to believe that. If it's a clean kill and there's no waste from the kill then I really don't see a problem with it. Just because the elephant is dead doesn't mean that the meat will not be used by the natives or simply as food for other predators. It's not wasted.
While it's true that the way people treat animals is indictivative of how they will treat others, even this is protected behaviour in a free society. I can treat you anyway I like showing distain, hatred, scorn and withhold from you anything in my power. That is my right even though it might make me a jerk. As long as I don't take your property or cause you harm I can treat you (or anyone) however I like (of course I'm a nice guy and never treat people mean)...
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Disagree.
https://www.thedodo.com/does-hunting...389284014.html
Hunters Say Trophy Hunting Helps Animals. Here's Why They're Wrong.
By Ameena Schelling
Oct. 05, 2015
Ever since the death of Cecil the lion, the world's been looking at trophy hunting a bit more closely. While many people have condemned the practice as cruel, ardent big game hunters have stood up to defend it, arguing that it's a selfless act of conservation and that both animals and local people benefit from the hobby.
But with wildlife populations in Africa continuing to plummet — and with iconic species at risk of disappearing in our lifetime — these defenses don't hold up. Here's why.
"The money goes to local communities."
Big game hunters say they help support local communities and conservation efforts by paying for big game hunts. However, while hunters pay roughly $200 million each year for big game hunts in Africa, only around 3 percent of those funds go to local communities, and the amount dedicated to conservation efforts is nearly negligible. The overwhelming majority of hunting fees ends up lining the pockets of middlemen, large companies and local governments.
"Hunting helps wild populations."
Big game hunters argue that killing can help a species by removing older animals from the population, or say that they trust governments to set sustainable hunting quotas.
Unfortunately, in practice these arguments don't hold up. For one, some governments are more interested in how much a dead lion can bring them than in establishing sustainable hunting limits. For example, there are around 20,000 to 35,000 wild lions left in Africa, depending on whom you ask, and big game hunters legally kill around 600 each year. That's an annual population loss of 2 to 3 percent, which is entirely unsustainable, even if you don't add in deaths due to poaching and livestock protection.
And while nature likes to pick off the weakest members of a population, big game hunters target the largest, strongest members of a population. For lions, that means the male pride leader; for elephants, the oldest elephant with the biggest tusks. Killing these animals, who play a crucial role in their societies, puts the rest of their families at risk.
For example, killing a male lion with an impressive mane leaves his fellow pride leaders open to challenges from other males. If a new male does come in, they could kill an entire generation of cubs, which means that the permit for one lion hunt leads to the death of several animals.
And the loss of older elephants means leaving male or female youngsters without guidance — which can actually lead to so-called teenage delinquents who are more likely to have negative interactions with humans, and therefore be killed.
The loss of any animal also means the loss of any offspring they could have parented, a knock to conservation that goes far beyond taking just one animal out of the population. And while some proponents of big game hunting advocate for only killing animals who have already contributed their genes to the population, most animals will continue to propagate until they die.
Of course, the biggest rebuttal to the hunting-helps-populations argument is in the numbers. Lions have lost 95 percent of their population since the 1940s. The African elephant population has dropped from several million at the turn of the century to roughly 500,000 today. During the past century hunting has been the primary — if not only — method of conservation, but the perilously low numbers of these animals proves that hunting is ineffective as a conservation method.
And even with these reduced populations, trophy hunters still kill around 105,000 animals in Africa every year, including 600 elephants and 800 leopards, at a time when every individual is crucial to the survival of the species.
"Canned hunting helps repopulate animals."
Some hunters tout canned hunting — an unsportsmanlike practice in which lions and other animals are bred in captivity then released into pens where they can't escape so hunters can shoot them — as a sustainable alternative, arguing that canned hunting incentivizes captive breeding, which can be used to repopulate wild populations.
But animals bred at canned hunting facilities are completely unsuitable for release. Taken away from their mothers at just a few days old and raised by humans, the lions are incapable of surviving on their own. Many of them are inbred, which means breeding with wild lions could weaken the species' gene pool. And releasing a captive-bred lion into wild lions' territory could lead to fighting, upsetting the delicate balance — and the safety — of existing prides.
"Hunting helps protect locals."
Local communities often find themselves at odds with African wildlife. Elephants destroy crops; lions and other predators can target people or livestock. These animals are often killed — and tourism hunting is often encouraged — in the name of protecting humans from African wildlife.
But as human lands continue to increase, animals continue to be pushed into smaller and smaller territories. In many cases these negative interactions are the result of animals simply trying to survive. Iconic African wildlife is at risk of disappearing, and the solution is to learn to live with animals, not keep killing them.
"It's an industry that Africa couldn't do without."
While trophy hunting does bring in some capital to African countries, it makes up as little as 1.8 percent of tourism revenues. The majority of tourists come to see Africa's wildlife, not kill it. And if big game hunting continues to deplete that wildlife, it could take down the other 98 percent of Africa's tourism income.
An individual animal, particularly if it's a member of the more iconic species, is worth far more to a country alive over the course of his lifetime than dead. Need proof? Look at Botswana. Beginning in January 2014, the country banned almost all hunting after comparing the conservation cost of big game hunting with the income generated from photo tourism: The photo tourism season is longer, makes better use of animals and employs significantly more locals. In the first year of the ban, the country brought in around $344 million from nonlethal tourism.
Of course, changes can take getting used to, but in an age when iconic species are at risk of being lost forever, killing any individual animal for sheer pleasure — especially in the name of conservation — is highly counterproductive.
To find out more, watch Blood Lions on Wednesday, Oct. 7 at 10 p.m. ET on MSNBC.
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While I would agree that people who are cruel in general are not people I want to be around talking about others in this tone is not really good either. If you agree that people are supreme (as I do and I believe our common belief is based on) then the animals are subject to man. As long as the animal in question is not property of another a man can do with it as he wishes. If he is cruel to it, he has his creator to answer to. If you say that killing for sport is cruel that is your right to believe that. If it's a clean kill and there's no waste from the kill then I really don't see a problem with it. Just because the elephant is dead doesn't mean that the meat will not be used by the natives or simply as food for other predators. It's not wasted.
While it's true that the way people treat animals is indictivative of how they will treat others, even this is protected behaviour in a free society. I can treat you anyway I like showing distain, hatred, scorn and withhold from you anything in my power. That is my right even though it might make me a jerk. As long as I don't take your property or cause you harm I can treat you (or anyone) however I like (of course I'm a nice guy and never treat people mean)...
Disagree on animals.
I believe they are God's creatures and man will one day be accountable for how they have treated them. I believe they are here for man BUT I also believe that we should treat all life with respect.
I have been around "wild animals" who are sweet and loving and can be considered very intelligent. To kill these for sport is disgusting to me.
JMHPOV and appreciate having friendly dialog with you, and @Danke, even if we disagree.
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What makes you think that an "embrace" by an animal means the same thing an embrace means to a human? You can train any animal to give you a hug. That doesn't mean they're giving you a hug because they love you. I also don't hunt animals for sport (except fishing). But I have no issue with someone who does.
Ya, apparently we DO NOT disagree. I though I made it quite clear that I also see man as subject to God and his rule. I stated that people who are cruel to animals are not doing a good thing but what I did say in different terms is "hate the sin but love the sinner". I feel that correcting such people with love instead of anger is the way to go. Also I think that one should put these "sins" into perspective. Cruelty to animals is probably no worse than cussing at God and we seldom make a big deal about that (and indeed I don't think we should make a big deal out of these minor offenses). Yes, it's not cool and someday these people will realize it but the animals are not people and if one takes a view that cruelty to dogs should be punished then why is cruelty to flies and mosquitoes not punished?
So yes, we agree that it's not good to be cruel to animals. We only disagree on what should be done about it...
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Pfizer Macht Frei!
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Except as to the rule of appointment, the United States have an indefinite discretion to make requisitions for men and money; but they have no authority to raise either by regulations extending to the individual citizens of America.
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To test your theory, do you see cruelty in neither/either/both photo A or photo B?
A:
B:
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Actually, I see a guy who has probably done his utmost to keep his family and himself from being "disappeared" the last 8 years. Can't imagine what it would be like to have young kids with TPTB watching every move you make.
O has pretty much followed W's path- although he's too "soft" for some elites- have to say I was impressed with his decision on a fairer deal with Iran; didn't think that would happen.
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I doubt these people are gonna just hand over their natural resources willingly. Trump would bomb the $#@! out of them, take the oil. Maybe he could put it in Reagan's ditch and light it on fire to keep the illegals out:
But Trump would have the best bombs. They would only kill the terrists and not the civilians. The civilians, he would keep alive to waterboard and much worse to them.
“I don’t think that there will be any curtailing of Donald Trump as president,” he said. "He controls the media, he controls the sentiment [and] he controls everybody. He’s the one who will resort to executive orders more so than [President] Obama ever used them." - Ron Paul
So in other words, extranal factors can cause a nice-to-critter dude to engage in attacks that lead to violent bloodshed/killing/maiming/burning of innocent children.
Now as heads of state always face immence pressures, I think after review you woud concede that your theory does not apply to presidential politics and other situations involving external pressures.. sometimes knows as life.
On a side note, if you implied aboce that DGP is not really in charge but a political slave of TBTB, I don't find that argument without merit.
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Delta variant, death of 9 Chinese engineers in terror attack led to airport chaos & quick Kabul fall?
Many believe that.
I am one. It explains why so many go in with ideological viewpoints and come out having betrayed every single one.
And before anyone states "But, they should just go to the people and expose it all!" just remember that they probably threatened to kill the whole of the named Presidents family regardless if challenged. On the other hand they are told to do what they want and offered a lifetime of luxury. Red pill. Blue pill. .....
Yep. JFK is a great example. Playboy who woke up and said "What the hell??? I don't think so!!!"
Ronnie probably started on a different route as well- lone shooter shows up- OOPS.
One of the greatest presidents, that no one has heard much about, is Harding. He pulled the US out of an oncoming depression and did a lot of good. He was NOT part of the Teapot Dome scandal but after his "mysterious" death. TPTB connected him to it and he was forgotten.
And so on.........
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You need to spend some time studying animals and their brains. The animals saw you as their alpha male/female depending on which species. Love is a human emotion. Most species don't have the right areas of the right complexity of the brain to feel love like a human do.
Here's a good place to start: http://www.cerebromente.org.br/n05/mente/struct_i.htm
Also I'm not against being kind to living creatures, but I don't feel bad for them when they're on my grill either.
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