I'm sorry, but...
Guiding the nation's political process has become a lower priority here this week as Camp J hosts the annual Brome Shark Convention and great F. and S. Clans (Plus Friends ) Great Annual Pheasant Shoot-At.
Six are in the field at the moment. I'm recuperating and will join them later.
Generally, the ringnecks are in a state of annoyance, more due to some classically beautiful dog work* than to any real fear of bodily injury.
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*A nod to Budda and Storm. Unfortunately,New Dog Libby, turns out to be a hoplophobe and will henceforth earn her keep through sweetness.
Nov 11, 2011
Slaughter in the woods, a national crisis
The Minnesota press is reporting tragedy during the firearms deer season opener. Three humans died, giving new urgency to the need for common-sense regulation.
The three men perished in falls from tree stands. Nothing else is needed to illustrate the vital need for common-sense ladder control -- license to possess, mandatory government training, and certainly a strict one-tree stand-a-month purchase limit.
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But leave it to my buddy B to make light of the special horror inherent the the 82 -year-old man's fatal fall.
"He just fell asleep."
"Yeah. On his way up."
I'm not telling who made that last wiseass remark.
The three men perished in falls from tree stands. Nothing else is needed to illustrate the vital need for common-sense ladder control -- license to possess, mandatory government training, and certainly a strict one-tree stand-a-month purchase limit.
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But leave it to my buddy B to make light of the special horror inherent the the 82 -year-old man's fatal fall.
"He just fell asleep."
"Yeah. On his way up."
I'm not telling who made that last wiseass remark.
Nov 8, 2011
Hello, Abdul
On November 8, 1942, Yanks and Brits launched Operation Torch. The avowed enemies were Rommel and the Italians
But first we needed to whip some French. It didn't take long, and they turned out to be a minor annoyance in the grand scheme of things.
Rommel was tougher, and the green American army carried its butt in its hands in the aftermath of the Kasserine Pass adventure. Eventually all was righted, and six months after the invasion North Africa was no longer Nazi country.
Three significant developments followed the victory in Tunisia:
1. The blimp-scale ego of Bernard Law Montgomery
2. Ditto George F. Patton
3. The war in Sicily where (1) and (2) above, opposed one another in the race for Messina. There was collateral damage, of course; that is, some Nazis got killed.
But first we needed to whip some French. It didn't take long, and they turned out to be a minor annoyance in the grand scheme of things.
Rommel was tougher, and the green American army carried its butt in its hands in the aftermath of the Kasserine Pass adventure. Eventually all was righted, and six months after the invasion North Africa was no longer Nazi country.
Three significant developments followed the victory in Tunisia:
1. The blimp-scale ego of Bernard Law Montgomery
2. Ditto George F. Patton
3. The war in Sicily where (1) and (2) above, opposed one another in the race for Messina. There was collateral damage, of course; that is, some Nazis got killed.
Nov 7, 2011
Just a placeholder, here
Mundane tasks occupy me, and I'm concentrating. The closest I've come to ratiocination this morning is explaining to New Dog Libby that she didn't get to go for a ride because she was a pain in the ass earlier.
I explained that an excitable adolescent girl nature did not justify totally ignoring a clear call to "come" when I'd finished a little wood-splitting. "Young Lady," I said, "The Camp J command structure follows B.F. Skinner, and you must learn to accommodate yourself to a strict behaviorist regimen."
She didn't say anything back. Probably wants to think it over.
I explained that an excitable adolescent girl nature did not justify totally ignoring a clear call to "come" when I'd finished a little wood-splitting. "Young Lady," I said, "The Camp J command structure follows B.F. Skinner, and you must learn to accommodate yourself to a strict behaviorist regimen."
She didn't say anything back. Probably wants to think it over.
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