By now, everyone who watches the news at all, has seen the video of the passenger plane trying to land at the airport in Germany on March 1/08. There was a hurricane crosswind, and they nearly wrecked.
The pilot was very skilled, and saved them from a fiery death. One wing even scraped the ground. I would fly with him anytime.
I also had a ride similar to that in 2005. I was on a Viet Nam Airlines jet, coming into Saigon. I think the pilot we had was new at the job, and he hit the ground so hard that we bounced up in the air. Then, when we came down again, the plane was at an angle. The tires were screeching and bouncing, and the plane felt like it was shaking apart.
I have flown many times, all over the world, but I have never had a ride like that before. I hope not to have one like that again. I thought I was going to be in a wreck.
There were people from many countries on that plane, but for a couple minutes everyone was white. When we stopped, a Chinaman and I looked at each other and just shook our heads. It is funny now.
One time in Cambodia, I flew on a local airline, that had old planes with not enough maintenance. One tire on the plane was so worn out that the cords were even worn through. And, the door kept coming open between the cabin and cockpit. That was fun.
Another time, I was in a foreign country, and I saw a rubber raft that flew. I got a ride on the thing, and will never forget that either. It just about cured me of flying. Especially on an ultralight type of airplane.
There was a wind that day, and it blew that thing all around. We were about 500 feet high, and there were no seatbelts or anything. I had to hang onto the seat bottom. Sometimes a head wind blew the raft front up in front of us, and stopped us in the air.
I almost kissed the ground when we got back to the beach.
After all that, I still believe that flying is safer than other ways to travel. But, sometimes it can be thrilling.
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Wolves Off Endangered Species List
As I write this, it is March 28/08, the day the government's imported wolves go off the endangered species list. Now we can hunt them-legally.
Among the lies the government and environmentalist wackos told us, was that when the wolf population reached 300, they would be taken off the endangered species list. There are now over 5 times that amount (about 1500 wolves). And, only constant pressure has made the government finally do something. If not for a few property rights advocates, and others, wolves would probably never be taken off the list.
It is sad when it takes lawsuits etc, to get the government to keep their word-kind of.
Of course among the lies we were told about wolves, is that they would not leave Yellowstone Park. We, who have lived on the land for generations, knew better than that, but there are a lot of ignorant people who believe anything they see on their tv sets, or in Sierra magazines.
The wolves have spread all the way to Utah, Colorado, and South Dakota. It was in the news that two collared wolves were killed on highways in S. Dakota. They have been spotted both east and west of Sheridan, WY. Three were seen east of Sheridan, and I saw one of them myself (naturally I didn't have a rifle).
I watched a wolf near Jackson, WY through a rifle scope. I was really hard to not pull the trigger. Of course I would have been punished more for that than if I would have commited a crime against a human.
The wolves have already killed most of the baby elk from Yellowstone to Jackson. And, of course things like that are always blamed on drought and hunters. Things weakminded people believe.
Another lie we were told is the one saying: "there is no documented evidence that wolves have ever harmed a human being". The first thing they did was kill a woman government bioligist, who helped bring them from Canada and babysit them. She was half eaten when they found her. I can't think of a worse way to die.
That was covered up by the leftist/liberal media-it didn't fit their agenda. As was all the other times wolves killed people, or just attacked them. And, killed their pets, horses, baby calves, lambs, etc. etc.
The government wolves (four legged kind), have cost us taxpayers millions of dollars. For what? Why do we need them? Do the tourists have to come to Yellowstone Park once in their life to see a wolf? The zoos have wolves, and they are not killing baby animals.
I saw one of PBS's wolf propaganda shows once, and a bunch of goofy tourists were watching a pack of wolves trying to kill a moose. A bloodthirsty woman said: "oh that is so beautiful". I don't think the moose, who was about the get her flesh torn from her bones, thought it was beautiful.
A few years ago, the cost of these imported baby animal killers was 10 million bucks. The amount is a secret now, but it is many millions more. And now, the state of Wyoming has to foot the bill. We have to pay for 4 full-time wolf babysitters. I am sure these guys have to be college educated bioligists, and will be paid over 100 thousand a year. That may be as much as half a million bucks the taxpayers of Wyoming will have to cough up.
With the war costing us billions a year, do we need the extra cost of imported predators? I am sure there are a lot of wackos who would rather pay for wolves than fund our life-risking soldiers.
One of the excuses the wolf-promoters gave, was that there were too many elk, and the wolves would balance nature. Unbelievably, there are poeple who believe that bull. They live in a city, and think they know all about nature because they have a subscription to Sierra or PETA magazine. And, they think predators only kill the old and sick too..
The moon is made of cheese, and Clinton never inhaled too.
Back when this country still had some common sense, when there was too many deer, elk, etc. a hunter could get an extra license, and help get the population down where it needed to be. With the "dumbing down of America", that has not been the case for many years.
What do the wolves do when they have killed all the baby elk in an area? Do they go hungry for a year or two? Do they go to Walmart and buy dog food to hold them over until the next batch of babies?
I will have to give the governor and legislators of Wyoming`credit for doing what they could about this problem. I wish they could have done more. But, they didn' t cave like their counterparts in Montana and Idaho.
Meanwhile, I'm going hunting.....
Among the lies the government and environmentalist wackos told us, was that when the wolf population reached 300, they would be taken off the endangered species list. There are now over 5 times that amount (about 1500 wolves). And, only constant pressure has made the government finally do something. If not for a few property rights advocates, and others, wolves would probably never be taken off the list.
It is sad when it takes lawsuits etc, to get the government to keep their word-kind of.
Of course among the lies we were told about wolves, is that they would not leave Yellowstone Park. We, who have lived on the land for generations, knew better than that, but there are a lot of ignorant people who believe anything they see on their tv sets, or in Sierra magazines.
The wolves have spread all the way to Utah, Colorado, and South Dakota. It was in the news that two collared wolves were killed on highways in S. Dakota. They have been spotted both east and west of Sheridan, WY. Three were seen east of Sheridan, and I saw one of them myself (naturally I didn't have a rifle).
I watched a wolf near Jackson, WY through a rifle scope. I was really hard to not pull the trigger. Of course I would have been punished more for that than if I would have commited a crime against a human.
The wolves have already killed most of the baby elk from Yellowstone to Jackson. And, of course things like that are always blamed on drought and hunters. Things weakminded people believe.
Another lie we were told is the one saying: "there is no documented evidence that wolves have ever harmed a human being". The first thing they did was kill a woman government bioligist, who helped bring them from Canada and babysit them. She was half eaten when they found her. I can't think of a worse way to die.
That was covered up by the leftist/liberal media-it didn't fit their agenda. As was all the other times wolves killed people, or just attacked them. And, killed their pets, horses, baby calves, lambs, etc. etc.
The government wolves (four legged kind), have cost us taxpayers millions of dollars. For what? Why do we need them? Do the tourists have to come to Yellowstone Park once in their life to see a wolf? The zoos have wolves, and they are not killing baby animals.
I saw one of PBS's wolf propaganda shows once, and a bunch of goofy tourists were watching a pack of wolves trying to kill a moose. A bloodthirsty woman said: "oh that is so beautiful". I don't think the moose, who was about the get her flesh torn from her bones, thought it was beautiful.
A few years ago, the cost of these imported baby animal killers was 10 million bucks. The amount is a secret now, but it is many millions more. And now, the state of Wyoming has to foot the bill. We have to pay for 4 full-time wolf babysitters. I am sure these guys have to be college educated bioligists, and will be paid over 100 thousand a year. That may be as much as half a million bucks the taxpayers of Wyoming will have to cough up.
With the war costing us billions a year, do we need the extra cost of imported predators? I am sure there are a lot of wackos who would rather pay for wolves than fund our life-risking soldiers.
One of the excuses the wolf-promoters gave, was that there were too many elk, and the wolves would balance nature. Unbelievably, there are poeple who believe that bull. They live in a city, and think they know all about nature because they have a subscription to Sierra or PETA magazine. And, they think predators only kill the old and sick too..
The moon is made of cheese, and Clinton never inhaled too.
Back when this country still had some common sense, when there was too many deer, elk, etc. a hunter could get an extra license, and help get the population down where it needed to be. With the "dumbing down of America", that has not been the case for many years.
What do the wolves do when they have killed all the baby elk in an area? Do they go hungry for a year or two? Do they go to Walmart and buy dog food to hold them over until the next batch of babies?
I will have to give the governor and legislators of Wyoming`credit for doing what they could about this problem. I wish they could have done more. But, they didn' t cave like their counterparts in Montana and Idaho.
Meanwhile, I'm going hunting.....
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