I've lived in Mtn Home since 1989, so that's...hold on...I'm thinking...WOW! Exactly 25 years! Boy, I think I can almost declare myself an Idahoan. But my family is British and I grew up in Louisiana around lots of other Brits so I still think I'm a little bit of a mutt. Those of you who have been around awhile may remember when I used to blog all the time. My opinions weren't very accepted and there was always an issue because I work for the county. That really wasn't fair because I NEVER blog at work! And I am still entitled to my opinions and thoughts about city and county issues, right? However, it stirred a lot of pots and those pots certainly can make a lot of noise! Since I'm a writer, I took what I wrote in my blog seriously so I spent a lot of time researching things which got exhausting to do when you're not even get a paycheck for it. So I stopped. That was a blessing to many! However, to this day, I still have people stop me and ask me why I wasn't blogging and t! hey missed it. I've missed it. Mainly because there are so many issues that come up and I have no voice except around my friends and I'm sure they are tired of it.

SICK OF THE BLEEDING HEART LIBERALS!!!!!!

Posted Monday, December 20, 2010, at 8:42 AM

Nobody was reading this blog as it was titled so I changed it! Come on, loyal Mtn Home readers! Give me something here! I want people to read this along with the ensightful comment.

Once again, the livelihood of numerous people has been destroyed by bleeding heart animal loving idiots who value animals more than the lives of humans. (Go ahead & blast me with hate-mail)I see extreme problems with families not able to afford the basics of life. I see a government in shambles. I see homes foreclosed, homeless families rising, unemployment and I could go on & on. WHY would a bird's life have priority over humans?

The normal course of action in the CONSERVATION OF THE SPECIES game seems go something like this; a conservation group will find a species of animal in danger; they will scream and cry to media and local organizations about the horror; gain support by signatures or what-have-you (because anyone who doesn't show support for a cute animal's existence is not a true PC soldier-GASP!) and finally the activist leaders will go before a judge to have an area set aside for these animals to breed and humans are banned. Wow, the all=powerful humans have saved another species from extinction. Shutting down beaches so that the piping plover birds can breed undisturbed is another example of this game. The birds will have their babies while all the humans who worked for years and years to grow a business to support generations of family are sacrificed! It doesn't touch these bleeding hearts that the human's children are suffering because Daddy and Mommy's business is closed down and their homes are foreclosed. No! Of course not! In the Animal Conservation Game, humans have no value.

Don't get me wrong...I love, love animals very much! But please! How is this right? How do we protect a bird and turn our backs on people? Example: These voices that cry for the piping plover bird shut down beaches in Cape Hatteras National Seashore. I know that there are many of situations where we need to step in and help a species. Yes, there are plenty of times that we need to make laws to protect animals. I am not heartless! However, how do you justify hurting people for a bird that in the grand scheme of things doesn't do diddlee squat for us???

"When the People of Hatteras Island had their land taken from them to form the National Seashore they were promised that they would always have access to the beaches in the same manner as they always have had access. Even in the earliest days people drove to the beach, first with pack animals and later with cars and trucks. Now, that promise is being ignored and access to those same beaches is slowly being taken away to save the Piping Plover. " Consider this, the decline of the species could actually be something else. " Migrating birds of all species stop off in the Delaware Bay in the spring of every year to fatten up before the breeding season. They like the Delaware Bay because at the same time the birds stop off the Horse Shoe Crabs come ashore and lay billions of eggs in the shallows. This supply of food is diminishing as Horse Shoe crabs are being over fished to use as bait to catch Whelks. Without this abundant food source there is nothing that will save the birds." (Greg Cremia-EzineArticles.com)

How about this comment from the Board of Commissioners, Vice-Chairman, Allen Burrus reflected, "Our people, who were the first to care about the environment, are now being ruined because of the consent decree." He added, "We need to take proper care of the birds, but we also have to do what is right for people. Children should not see their parents go bankrupt because of some birds that are not even classified as endangered." Wow! What really is amazing is that anyone caught violating the beach with their barefeet and hope of having a wonderful day at the beach could face a fine up to $5,000 or 6 months in jail. Thank goodness we have laws to protect us all from beach-loving families!

I don't know how the animal kingdom survived all this time without the Activist groups. How did the animals manage for centuries? Human intervention was not there for them. Perhaps the natural order of nature took care of things the way it was supposed to be without our help. Oh my! Could that be?

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Thank you for your post, and I'd like to add:

First, regarding the Piping Plover. Realize we're only talking about an increase this year of 4-8 fledged chicks. That's right. The increase in population this year was roughly that on Cape Hatteras. That figure is less then 1 percent of 1 percent of the total Plover population. So we're trashing the economy of Cape Hatteras over that figure. Secondly, the closures at Hatteras if anything create the opposite reaction on those beaches, because it allows fauna to encroach, which allows predators. But the NPS has a handle on that situation - they simply trap and kill any animal that wanders into the dunes. This is documented. Finally, according the US Army Corp of Engineers, the wave heights along that section of the east coast have been very calm the past few years -- no hurricanes...optimum conditions for nesting. Even the NPS has written that less than 3% of chick mortality is related to humans. So, the cost for 4-8 birds equals thousands of dead mammals, one economy, 50+ bankrupt businesses, 400+ foreclosures since the closures began, hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars to litigate and enforce the enclosures...on and on. As they say, only in America.

Which brings us to the reality of this story -- this isn't about birds or turtles. It's about money. Period. The Southern Environmental Law Center rakes in hundreds of thousands of dollars for filing their suits. And guess who pays? We do -- the taxpayers, under the Endangered Species Act, among others. They are environmental ambulance chasers, or worse. Then, Audubon and the Defenders of Wildlife -- They are very big machines now that have completely forgotten the doctrine that enabled their existence in the first place. And big machines are hungry and must be fed (dollars). So, they thrive on controversy. Every time a bird or a turtle or whatever makes their newsletter or magazine as a victim of progress or people or the man-in-the-moon, some poor, misinformed person writes them a check, because they think it's the right thing to do. So Audubon keeps those forlorn photos coming, and the checks keep coming. It's just a racket...and well intended people are caught up in it.

The upside, rational people and the media, as we saw today have figured it out. And a backlash is coming. And I for one will make sure both sides of this story is well told.

Thank you again for your post.

-- Posted by Jeff Johnston on Mon, Dec 20, 2010, at 12:02 PM
Wow Jeff! thanks so much for that great information. I hope that alot of people will read this, Where did you come from to find me>

-- Posted by kimkovac on Mon, Dec 20, 2010, at 10:53 PM
Hi Kim,

Someone forwarded me a link, that's how! Let's stay in touch. I"m on Facebook at The Greystone Project.

-- Posted by Jeff Johnston on Tue, Dec 21, 2010, at 11:06 AM
Do I detect a couple Prejudice people posting on this blog ?

Prejudice is a baseless and usually negative attitude toward members of a group

-- Posted by MsMarylin on Tue, Dec 21, 2010, at 5:27 PM
I understand, as a woman, that I could never fully understand how a heterosexual retired soldier would feel towards a gay soldier. However, BaZooka, I would never support any violence against another soldier. This blog wasn't written about that anyways! On subject, please. I want the word out about this one example of many. Perhaps it doesn't mean a hill-of-beans to some but the implications of what is being done to these people in the name of a freaking stupid bird is alarming! This is a big example of the route that our country is taking. 2012 may not be the end of the world as some people think, but I certainly believe that the Mayans knew that something big was going to upset the balance of the world. Signs are everywhere! Show these people in Cape Hatteras that they are not alone! Go tp the Jeff's website, The Graystone Project and tell them. Pass it on to others. Thanks so much.

-- Posted by kimkovac on Wed, Dec 22, 2010, at 6:58 AM

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