Random Cheney Shotgun Stuff
First up, here’s a video of what a 28 gauge will do to a paper target at 30 yards.
The quail were on the grassy knoll!
Der Commissar asks if canned hunting is really hunting. I don’t think it is. I think it’s more like trap shooting at live targets. And to anyone who wants to yammer on about it being cruel, spare me your moral indignation unless you’re willing to forego your processed pork chops, steaks and chicken wings you get at the store. If you’re a vegetarian and do forego those things, you’re still wrong. You’re just not a hypocrite about it.
Kevin completely makes up what canned hunting is and uses every lame anti-Bush administration metaphor there is.
Nathan Moore reads what the moonbats are saying about it so you don’t have to. They think Cheney was drunk. Or stupid. Or something involving Halliburton, oil and the souls of the unclean. Or some thing.
February 15th, 2006 at 12:23 pm
On whether it’s “sport”, I think the comparison to the industrialized factory meat processing business is not valid. The guy who slams a cow in the head with a sledgehammer in preparation for making some Big Mac patties probably doesn’t consider it “sporting” or derive any sort of pleasure or satisfaction from it. Just a paycheck.
February 15th, 2006 at 3:03 pm
I’m not comparing hitting moo-moos with hammers to sport but it’s probably on par with shooting in terms of cruelty.
February 15th, 2006 at 4:45 pm
Why are vegetarians still wrong?
February 15th, 2006 at 4:47 pm
I find vegetarianism to be, well, silly.
February 15th, 2006 at 6:40 pm
Vegetarianism finds you silly right back. It chooses to forgo the convenience of eating animal muscle in order to do what it can to prevent the unnecessary suffering of the creatures from which it comes. And if you don’t think chicken farms and pig processing plants aren’t cruel, then you are turning a blind eye.
February 15th, 2006 at 6:48 pm
‘And if you don’t think chicken farms and pig processing plants aren’t cruel, then you are turning a blind eye.’
Never said that. I said capping a bird or hammering a cow both strike me as equally cruel. As such, it’s OK to do either, if you wish to eat meat that is.
February 15th, 2006 at 8:10 pm
I think I’ve manage to get all my vegan and vegetarian prejudice out of my system, I truly don’t care what you eat, as long as you don’t care what I eat.
Not that I haven’t tried to eat vegan, but the only way I can get that tofu to taste anywhere near edible w/o meat or broth is to marinate it in something salty and them deep fry the stuff.
But those of you who are forcing a vegetarian diet on your dog or cat based on your own prejudices, you are being mean to your pets^H^H^H animal companions.
Oh and unless you want to live in a fantasy world, the near urban wildlife must be managed somehow. You’ve got two realistic choices here, managed hunting or roadkill. Thanks to roadkill, I worked myself into more than my fair share of venison, but the bodywork is a little expensive, and twice I’ve had a too close “brush with death“.
Technically in Maryland it’s called “illegal possession of wildlife”, but letting that carcass rot on the side of the road seems the bigger crime. Don’t worry, I’ve already taken care of all the incriminating evidence.
February 16th, 2006 at 9:11 am
“But those of you who are forcing a vegetarian diet on your dog or cat based on your own prejudices, you are being mean to your pets^H^H^H animal companions.”
I feed my dog whole rabbits. 🙂
February 16th, 2006 at 10:36 am
I think I know why they do it. After the third or 4th day of forced vegan, I start having cravings in my dreams for real meat. After a few more days, I’ve compromised and made myself a big omlette with lots of cheese. Around this time, whenever I open a can of cat food, my stomach rumbles because after a week or so, it smells so good! Then I break down and go to the rib place. Mmmm, slow smoked pork ribs!
It’s funny, My ex who did not eat beef, would not buy any of that type flavor for our cats. Heh.
February 16th, 2006 at 11:39 am
It’s easy for me. I don’t like most meat that much.
Only real problem is family dinners (“You mean you don’t eat chicken either?) and losing weight. A high protein diet facilitates weight loss. Eating vegetarian inevitably means more carbs and less protein. But I keep fighting the good fight. (Going to the gym ever would also help.)