CNN taking on the "Uppity" and anti-community organizer comments

I just saw a special edition tonight where they were addressing the "Uppity" comment as well as the fact that community organizers, especially Catholic organizations, were outraged. And that Obama was outraged as well, and they showed him mocking the allegation, saying that this is what young people should do.

Also showed a photo of a T-shirt which said "Jesus is a community organizer, Pontius Pilate was a governor".

Funny thing, the commentator said "We will explain what this means in a moment".

What do you mean you will explain what this means? I swear...

I think it's a great thing that they are addressing the problem and calling this out.

Did CNN get pissed by her attacks?

(I will not say her name, we've read it too many times on this forum)

:rofl: TOO funny!

And welcome to DU, AzNick! :hi:

I don't want to utter her name anymore either. bleeeh.

Is He organizing Heaven? :shrug:

a shout out for that, I guess?

NT!

:rofl:

I cannot express my distaste for hunters enough. I hardly think that family needs to kill to survive...

I dislike bad hunters (especially those who leave their shells or poach), squirrel shooters and people who kill just for the fun of it, but I come from a family of hunters and was taught to respect nature and take out just what I want to consume.

With the loss of predators, most of them never to come back, some big animals would reproduce like wildfire.

And I did campaign in Europe for the protection of certain natural predators.

I could talk about it on and on, but in the end, going after the hunters is just a way of turning potential allies into enemies. Many people are one-issue voters and the NRA is good at pulling their strings, believe me.

Who are we to decide what the proper ratios of different animals should be in the wild?

It's in our nature to pluck, pillage, plunder. We will not stop until we're done and then we move on to a different area, until we start running into each others and then we start wars.

Fighting for resources is in our nature. But it does not mean we have to be this way forever.

We can evolve.

so it becomes a NOBLE thing to do

Therefore shooting an animal is fun. I find fun in fishing as well. At least I admit it.

But I never oh never kill an animal unless 1-I not intend to eat it, 2-it's a pest or 3-it's mercy killing. And even, I have carried spiders outside and chastised wifey for her chemical warfare against all the critters in and around our house.

Now I do think it's fun to shoot, but unlike most gun owners (and no, I am not NRA, thanks but no thanks), I do not say I have a gun to defend myself or because I want to be able to be part of a "well-organized militia" (as if a bunch of drunken red necks would form anything organized, well or not), but, truly, because I like the act of shooting.

Killing for fun is not. Palin's support of aerial gunning of wolves is despicable. Welcome to DU, BTW!

But you have to respect nature. Which some hunters don't. But most do.

I personally think every meat eater out there should learn what it is like to kill, slaughter and butcher.

Most meat eaters just want to put the already processed meat in their shopping carts and have no clue what they eat. It has to look nice and only have the best pieces, the rest being discarded, because most people do not know how to cook anymore, they just throw steak on the grill.

Then they will tell you they eat meat because "man is a predator". Ask them if they predated anything in their life, besides some anedoctical instances, most have only predated at the grocery store.

I find hunting to be an enlighting experience.

I don't think bringing death is enlightening. If I did have to gather my own food, I can assure you it would consist mainly of vegetation, grains and fish. I'm not a big lover of red meat.

I have been a vegetarian several times, even for 2 years once, because I was so tired of the poor quality of the meat.

Since I am eating meat regularly again, I have regained strength but some gut as well. It has to be some kind of balance.

I guess they add some crap to the meat over here...

I am currently raising my own cow. She is treated well and will be put to death humanly and then we will have good quality meat.

I know most people do not have the room in their backyard plus cows can be a pain (good thing I am from the country).

of a simpler creature. If I were out in a survival situation, I would need to replace the protein in my diet somehow. I'm not saying I don't eat meat; I did say that if I had to do my own killing, I would be much closer to complete vegetarianism. I have been a vegetarian before too and was quite healthy. But it would be tough to find Gardenburgers in the wild...

I could never raise animals to eat. I am too tender-hearted.

In Kansas, for example. 6 or 7 years ago, we had a major population boom in deer, and they almost became an infestation. Vehicle accidents increased by 8% and crop damage due to deer cost the state many millions of dollars. By lengthening the deer hunting season, the population was returned to proper levels, lending to a more stable and healthy deer population.

Found a common ground, worked together, made it happen.

When people come to their good common sense, they find solutions.

Put the hard feelings behind, be proactive and logical... it works.

Does not make you a maverick but probably someone who works across party lines.