No, animals don't have rights. Not under current U.S. law, and hopefully, never. We do have something known as animal welfare. It isn't the same thing. HSUS wants to take away YOUR rights and give them to four legged food. Wake up.
And yep, Detroit is something like 80% black, and the ruination of Michigan politics. Ask Quame - he said it himself.
cjhsa wrote: Fred took a polar bear with a bow .
Where did he take it? Why do hunters talk in euphemisms - are they really ashamed of saying what they do? Fred killed a polar bear with a bow (or, more likely, with an arrow).
It's just a figure of speech. Yes, he killed it. All hunters kill things, even mushroom hunters. And we eat them too.
You eat mushroom hunters as well?
I mean kiling them seems quite .... but eating them afterwards. Ts, ts.
It's the old "you kill it, you eat it" rule. It's a great incentive to know what is beyond your intended target....
amarone wrote:cjhsa wrote: Fred took a polar bear with a bow .
Where did he take it? Why do hunters talk in euphemisms - are they really ashamed of saying what they do? Fred killed a polar bear with a bow (or, more likely, with an arrow).
Given the intellectual equipment of the gun nut lobby, it is entirely possible that Fred was only vaguely aware, or completely unaware of arrows and the purpose, and actually beat the critter to death with a bow.
USSA Provides Breakdown on Congressional Vote
To Ban Polar Bear Hunting
(Columbus) - The U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance has compiled a summary of how congressmen voted on a measure introduced in Congress earlier this week that sought to ban polar bear hunting.
Congress rejected an amendment in the Interior Appropriations Bill that would have prohibited American hunters from pursuing polar bears from healthy populations in Canada. The vote was 188-242. Seven lawmakers did not vote.
Breaking the vote down by party, 165 Democrats supported the amendment, while 68 opposed it. Two did not vote. At the same time, 23 Republicans voted for the amendment while 174 Republicans voted no. Five did not vote.
There are 228 members of the Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives. Forty-four voted to ban polar bear hunting, while 180 voted no. Four members of the caucus did not vote.
"It is critical to the future of hunting for sportsmen to know how their legislators vote on key issues like this one," said U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance Senior Vice President Rick Story. "Many legislators claim to be supportive of hunting, but we find out who our friends really are when the votes are counted."
Fred wins again!
