ThoughtShift
12-20-2005, 11:25 AM
I thought this deserved its own topic...
If anything, the media can only under-cover things... The government always manages to find a way to cover their bare asses and shut them up.
Here's an example:
A few months back, some buffalo escaped from a local slaughterhouse and proceeded to graze peacefully in someone's front yard. When the cops showed up, they shot at the buffalo, successfully killing a nearby Jeep and the side of a house. After firing off 120 rounds from their semi-automatic rifles, 69 rounds of which went into a single buffalo, the police were finally victorious over the daaaangerous wild beasts, and all was well again.
Here's something to ponder... Apparently DOW showed up beforehand, and claimed that they were not allowed tranqs on "domesticated animals", and so the police had to shoot them. If this is true, are the police allowed to mow down runaway dogs and cats that make the mistake of hanging out on someone's lawn? If so, my Kitty-booperkins is never taking a step outside again.
This is not the first time the DOW and local police have combined their super-stupidity to screw up the day. Someone found a mountain-lion in their backyard in a thickly populated area. What was their solution in this case? Why, the patented CSPD "4 Step Plan to Gittin' rid of Dem Critters."
Step 1) Surround the critter, cutting off all chance that he will leave peacefully and flee back to his native habitat.
Step 2) Throw some stuff at the critter. Maybe this will help, maybe not, who cares? It's loads of fun to watch them squirm. Besides, if they run for it, you can claim they're attacking you and shoot them.
Step 3) After you are sure that the critter is hurt and frightened, inform the public that it is highly dangerous and must be "put down".
Step 4) Aim and shoot at the critter. If you do not succeed in hitting it the first time, try try again.
I kid you not, this is what happened. Apparently DOW said that there were too many people around to use tranqs, but for some amazing reason, lethal bullets were perfectly acceptable.
And I have one more example, though the police were actually decent on this one.
While walking home from the store, we came across a racoon walking in circles in the middle of the local park's field, broad daylight, middle of the city. We watched him for a while, excited to see a raccoon, until we realized he must be sick. We called the DOW, expecting a fast response. Nope. Apparently sick raccoons aren't worth their time. Come to find out, several other people had been watching him, and had been trying to call them all day. By the time we arrived at the park, DOW had been putting this off for seven hours. (6AM-1PM) SEVEN hours this little fella had been walking in circles, blind and sick. I finally found the number to a wildlife rescue place. She said that they weren't equipped to handle the situation at the moment, but she would call DOW and see why they weren't there yet. By now he's been walking his sad little circles for nine hours. This coon was so sick, you could walk up and stand within inches of him and he wouldn't notice. By then, there were also three other people hanging out, waiting, including this guy who pulled out a huge-ass knife and said he was going to "put it out of its misery". Ha. Randomly stab for your own pleasure, you mean. I hate people like that, and I told him that if he did anything to that raccoon, I would call the police. So what does he do? Tells me to just try it, and starts fingering the knife, glaring at me like he wants to eat me. So of course I feel threatened now, my BF has wimped out and gone to another part of the park, so I call the police. I tell them that there is a guy in the park with a knife, and I feel threatened. Isn't it amazing how it takes ten hours to rescue a sick raccoon, but TWO cop cars were there within minutes? They pulled the guy out of his car and searched it. Of course he left as soon as they allowed him to. They then picked up an empty trash can cover (They're like woode slatted fences) and put it over the little guy to keep him from wandering into the road and to give him some shade. The coon, not the knife-guy. THEN DOW shows up. TEN AND A HALF HOURS AFTER THE FIRST CALL.
Worthless.
Oh, right. I had a point... My point is, after all this stupidity and incompetance, the one and only place it is reported is the Independent, a local liberal newspaper, and even they receive trouble for it.
If anything, the media can only under-cover things... The government always manages to find a way to cover their bare asses and shut them up.
Here's an example:
A few months back, some buffalo escaped from a local slaughterhouse and proceeded to graze peacefully in someone's front yard. When the cops showed up, they shot at the buffalo, successfully killing a nearby Jeep and the side of a house. After firing off 120 rounds from their semi-automatic rifles, 69 rounds of which went into a single buffalo, the police were finally victorious over the daaaangerous wild beasts, and all was well again.
Here's something to ponder... Apparently DOW showed up beforehand, and claimed that they were not allowed tranqs on "domesticated animals", and so the police had to shoot them. If this is true, are the police allowed to mow down runaway dogs and cats that make the mistake of hanging out on someone's lawn? If so, my Kitty-booperkins is never taking a step outside again.
This is not the first time the DOW and local police have combined their super-stupidity to screw up the day. Someone found a mountain-lion in their backyard in a thickly populated area. What was their solution in this case? Why, the patented CSPD "4 Step Plan to Gittin' rid of Dem Critters."
Step 1) Surround the critter, cutting off all chance that he will leave peacefully and flee back to his native habitat.
Step 2) Throw some stuff at the critter. Maybe this will help, maybe not, who cares? It's loads of fun to watch them squirm. Besides, if they run for it, you can claim they're attacking you and shoot them.
Step 3) After you are sure that the critter is hurt and frightened, inform the public that it is highly dangerous and must be "put down".
Step 4) Aim and shoot at the critter. If you do not succeed in hitting it the first time, try try again.
I kid you not, this is what happened. Apparently DOW said that there were too many people around to use tranqs, but for some amazing reason, lethal bullets were perfectly acceptable.
And I have one more example, though the police were actually decent on this one.
While walking home from the store, we came across a racoon walking in circles in the middle of the local park's field, broad daylight, middle of the city. We watched him for a while, excited to see a raccoon, until we realized he must be sick. We called the DOW, expecting a fast response. Nope. Apparently sick raccoons aren't worth their time. Come to find out, several other people had been watching him, and had been trying to call them all day. By the time we arrived at the park, DOW had been putting this off for seven hours. (6AM-1PM) SEVEN hours this little fella had been walking in circles, blind and sick. I finally found the number to a wildlife rescue place. She said that they weren't equipped to handle the situation at the moment, but she would call DOW and see why they weren't there yet. By now he's been walking his sad little circles for nine hours. This coon was so sick, you could walk up and stand within inches of him and he wouldn't notice. By then, there were also three other people hanging out, waiting, including this guy who pulled out a huge-ass knife and said he was going to "put it out of its misery". Ha. Randomly stab for your own pleasure, you mean. I hate people like that, and I told him that if he did anything to that raccoon, I would call the police. So what does he do? Tells me to just try it, and starts fingering the knife, glaring at me like he wants to eat me. So of course I feel threatened now, my BF has wimped out and gone to another part of the park, so I call the police. I tell them that there is a guy in the park with a knife, and I feel threatened. Isn't it amazing how it takes ten hours to rescue a sick raccoon, but TWO cop cars were there within minutes? They pulled the guy out of his car and searched it. Of course he left as soon as they allowed him to. They then picked up an empty trash can cover (They're like woode slatted fences) and put it over the little guy to keep him from wandering into the road and to give him some shade. The coon, not the knife-guy. THEN DOW shows up. TEN AND A HALF HOURS AFTER THE FIRST CALL.
Worthless.
Oh, right. I had a point... My point is, after all this stupidity and incompetance, the one and only place it is reported is the Independent, a local liberal newspaper, and even they receive trouble for it.