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wickerman: “tnr”works? and the numbers of these bastard creatures grow every year? yes, is evil to kill animals, except cats. everyone who kill a cat is a happy man. because cats are like terorists, they kill for the PLEASURE to kill. Let the volunteers to kill stray cats, and keep the domestic cats indoor, else…
Tara M. Adams: The Donald?!! The Devil!!!!
micheelgeorge: When Plum Creek Timber Company bought 900,000 acres – 1,400 square miles – of Maine woods in 1998, it bought more than trees. It bought mountains along the Appalachian Trail, tens of wild trout ponds, miles of land flanking the Kennebec and Moose rivers and over 60 miles of shoreline along Moosehead Lake. ————&# 8211; micheel Utah Drug Addiction
Kitty Clasing: I am looking for the closest trap, neuter and release program in Mason City, Iowa-50401
Stephanie: The argument that killing all cats to stop predatory behaviour on native creatures should then justify the killing of native predators is pure crap. The native animals are part of the natural cycle; cats are introduced by people. Like blackberries, and scotch bloom and English ivy, and starlings they are an invasive species that are driving out natives. Feeding and promoting feral cat populations should be a crime. They carry diseases like roundworm, heartworm, and hookworm, various forms of FIV and feline leukemia, distemper, and all manner of other sicknesses that cost responsible pet owners thousands of dollars to treat...
Lucas Stahl: Being an american citizen and knowing Donald Trumps past, the public of Aberdeen have to make it their scottish duty to keep Trump away from their lands. He has a way of taking everything from you and giving little in return. Your town will become the \”Las Vegas\” of Scotland with thousands of disrespectful tourists deficating over your lands and family. I know you think it will create jobs for your town and boost the economy but there are other means to do this; not through an ignorant; greed riddled man who makes a habit of stomping his feet, throwing out his chest and holding his...
victoria davidson: I am a first generation American whos family are from the UK. I strongly disagree with the “Trump” philosophy in America. Mr. Trump’s buliding along the Chicago River is an architectural monstroisity. Yet it is wrong to assume all Americans are “narcissictic & greedy”. One of the reasons I love my UK visits is because of the timeless natural beauty along the coastlines not tainted with resorts and casinos. I applaud your efforts to block the building of this environmental disaster and hope you succeed. Perhaps Mr. Trump can find another venu to honour his...
Antoinette Harrington: I am an American, sick to death of “the donald” and his belief that his wealth entitles him to buy and destroy any piece of land on the globe. My dislike for him is indeed emotional, having seen how he destroyed the beauty of the Chicago River landscape with his Trump monstrosity. I hope and pray you will continue fighting till the last to prevent this man from achieving his goal. He will claim his plan is environmentally sound, and his witnesses will agree (though knowing the political climate, their agreement carries a price tag). Unlike Trump, I cannot afford to enjoy the...
jj: Um, yeah, Most of that is BS. Get your facts right. Biofuels release carbon emissions, yes, but in carbon DIOXIDE. That’s what the plants eat. It doesn’t matter how much fuel the plant makes from sunlight, because we are fermenting it anyways. Soybean oil and biodiesel contain no sulfur and generate no sulfur emissions, a major source of acidification in rain and surface water. This makes biodiesel the best technology currently available for heavy-duty diesel applications to reduce atmospheric carbon. So basically, the best we have for right now. Oh, yeah, and about the hunger stuff, I have a solution: DON”T USE...
Muscle Guitar: I agree with the author.Don’t report a feral cat colony to a humane society or rescue group.I have a neighbor who feeds feral cats and they became a real problem.They don’t act like house cats.They are constantly stalking prey like birds,squirrels and small rabbits.The tom cats are relentless sprayers. I mentioned this to my neighbor,and she acted as if it were none of my business that the cats were damaging my property. Better to report the colony to Animal Control,then if the cats are coming on your property let them trap them.Find a discreet place where the neighbors can’t see the...
Emma: NO ONE SHOULD KILL ANIMALS! EVEN FERAL CATS! IT’S EVIL! I know I it might be “killing widlife” and “spreading disease”, but NO ONE should kill kitties!
Louie: I’m from Hong Kong, China. Just read the newspaper (it’s in Chinese) that the breeding program has begun. What’s more? There’re two male specimens left in Vietnam. Don’t know if they’ll transport these two males to China and let them breed with the only female. If it happens, it’s a good news that it could extend the diversity of this species’ gene pool.
Saki: Do the math. Either way, killing a cat or neutering a cat means one less cat that can reproduce, meaning the feral population will go down and eventually die out. The big question is do you want to behave like a psychopath in the making and kill innocent cats, or do you want to show that you really are smarter than other animals and get the cats neutered so they can live out the rest of their lives naturally? Before you answer that question, THINK; don\’t just react. Rednecks can be smart too. Proove that you\’re not a stereotype.
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dallas: that is totaly right. i have to tright a paper on them and this cite rocks.
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1. Kari Chisholm | March 23rd, 2008 at 2:43 am
Do you know what he said there? Or are you just assuming that he served up tea and cookies?
Is there a rule that says politicos should only talk to groups that they wholeheartedly endorse? Does speaking to someone automatically mean that you support everything they’ve ever said or done?
(I’m worried here, because I once spoke before a College Republicans group. Does that mean that I’m now a radical right-winger?)
Full disclosure: I managed David’s campaign in the fall of 1998, and did his campaign website in 2006.
2. Peter | March 23rd, 2008 at 10:39 am
You are right, I don’t know what Bragdon said. Maybe he delivered a fire-and-brimstone oratory and was booed out of the hall. I kind of doubt it however.
Giving a speech to Republicans, one of the two major national parties in the US, is far different than giving a speech to a radical right-wing fringe group.
I recall meeting Mr. Bragdon at a party maybe 10 years ago… at the time, I thought, wow, this Harvard-educated, articulate, and progressive guy is going places. I don’t know what road-to-Damascus conversion occurred, but Bragdon has lost that side and has folded into something quite different.
3. Aileen Kaye | April 1st, 2008 at 8:38 am
My background: I am a member of Friends of Marion County. I worked very hard to help M 49 pass. I belong to numerous pro-land use planning and environmental groups.
I attended the OIA meeting to see what the enemy was saying. Bragdon turned out to be one of the enemies. He was HORRID and is proposing several very harmful things as a member of The Big Look.
The entire March 15 OIA conference was videotaped. I also took copius notes.
There is also a story from yesterday (March 31) on the OPB web regarding the upcoming recommendations by The Big Look. Listen to the audio. They will be doing some town hall meetings, but that is probably window dressing. We all need to turn out for those.
4. john | April 17th, 2008 at 5:36 pm
Kari,
Why are you so damn quick to lay our body down in David Bragdon’s defense, when Bragdon himself has seen no need at all to explain his sellout to OIA.
Maybe you have become a radical right-winger. At the very least. I serious question your judgment in picking forked-tongued politicos and wiping their websites for them.
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