Let me get this straight...Since you say the "hole" in the Ozone layer is not technically a complete "hole" since it does not extend all the way through the Ozone layer or because the amount of ozone depletion is higher at certain times than at others that makes the SCIENTIFIC FACT that chlorine depletes the Ozone Layer a hoax? That we dont need to worry about the effect of chlorine on the ozone since the depletion is not as bad as it could be?
You also ignore the obvious that the REASON the hole has not get worse and in fact is gettign better is due to international treaties bannign the manufacture and use of ChFCs, the chlorine compounds that cause Ozone depletion...
Let me get this down to your level:
If you put a screw in a 2"x4" but dont screw it all the way through, when you back the screw out, what do you call the hole that is left in the board? A depletion of wood or a hole? This is the exact same argument you are attempting to make.
Let me get this further straight...If 1934 were the hottest year on record, as you say it was, that means that the current melting of glaciers worldwide, the delay in refreezing of Arctic sea ice, etc is meaningless. Not to mention the NAS, the Nobel Committee, the Supreme Court and all the other leading institutions I have referenced all of whom say that CO2 saturation is causing GW is causing big problems....
You naysayers are IDIOTS because you ignore the advice and counsel of men and women whom are far smarter, far more accomplished, far more knowledgable, far more educated about this issue than you are. If nothing else convinced you, the Supreme Court ruling should have. And hasnt it occurred to you that if GW were a hoax, there would be lawsuits stopping the 6 Western States and 10 Eastern States from moving forward with their GHG reductiion programs? Do you really think the CEO of EXXON would acknowledge GW as REAL if it were a HOAX?
Only IDIOTS would paint themselves into the corner yall have painted yourselves into. So yeah, I stand by my statement but lets take it a step further. In the last twenty or so years, you- as HUNTERS- have ACCEPTED (either actively or tacitly) the following:
1- WIDESPREAD BAITING (DEER & TURKEYS)
2- SPINNERS (DUCKS)
3- HIGH TECH CAMERAS (DEER)
4- ELECTRONIC CALLS (DEER)
5- HIGH FENCES (DEER)
I cant wait to hear your "spin" on how Teddy Roosevelt and Aldo Leopold would have supported the above. Even if you dont do these things yourselves, you are not actively fighting them so that makes you guilty as charged.
Of course you guys arent CONSERVATIONISTS. Of course you deny the REALITY of the biggest ENVIRONMENTAL issue in modern history. Of course you will wind up IRRELEVANT on the side of the highway as the ANTIS convince an ever larger percentage of our NON HUNTING SOCIETY that hunters- based on our own actions- talk a good game about CONSERVATION, FAIR CHASE, ETHICS, etc but the talk is nothing but hot air....
Jack N. said it well in A FEW GOOD MEN- You dont want to know the truth because you cant handle the truth. The truth is this: Look in the mirror and you will see the enemy. But dont take my word for it, go to
http://www.madduck.org and see what Howard Elfman had to say about it in June of this year...
Incidentally, you will get another chance to BETRAY the Lord's Creation when the Corps of Engineers tries to move forward with its Yazoo Pumps Project in the coming months and when the Lefleur Lakes Project moves forward some time after that. You will have your usual rationalizations about the "economy" and "jobs" and "economic development" and all the other crapola programmed into our society to cover up the obvious which is stated well in the Good Book:
MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL.
Yall are hunters. You are supposed to be conservationists. You are supposed to be defenders of fish and wildlife and their habitat. The truth hurts and the truth is that you are sellouts to the post modernist material world that has put mankind and the natural world in harm's way.
You dont see it yet but- if you live long enough- you will and perhaps then you will take heed of my words.
Or maybe you will just expel the famous words of Colonel Kurtz in The Heart of Darkness when he said, "Oh, the Horror. The Horror." and in your last breaths realize the error of your ways.
HAMMER
NOTE ON TRAIL CAMS: Fabulous tool for wildlife managers but despicable for hunters when used to pattern deer. Gives entirely technological, unfair advantage ot the hunter in terms of knowing when and where to be at an exact spot.
NOTE ON SPINNERS: I had 2 of them the last year that I had my outfitting business (2000). I sold them with the business and havent owned one since and I will never own another one.
Incidentally, in response to depleted waterfowl resources, I not only sold my outfitting business but have voluntarily cut my duck days from 50-60 days per year to less than 20. Since I am a master duck hunter and kill limits on virtually all my hunts, that is a net savings of hundreds of ducks annually. Personal conservation/personal accountability/personal responsibility. I put my money and my actions where my mouth is.
NOTE ON BAITING: I am vehemently opposed - on the public record- to baiting of any and all wildlife.
NOTE ON HIGH FENCES: I am vehemently opposed - on the public record-to high fences.
NOTE ON ELECTRONIC CALLS: I am vehemently opposed - not on the public record yet but it will be soon- to electronic calls.
