It’s tough to fathom some of the things people do. Sending a bullet through the head of a 75-pound bear cub and putting the cub in front of the administration building at Western Carolina, with Obama signs stapled together over him, is one of them.
That the signs were Obama’s, and not McCain’s, is not the issue. The issue is who would do this, and why? Imagine how proud the perpetrator’s parents must be. You shot a bear cub and dumped signs onto it and left it on campus?
We’re proud of you son.
And we’ll be even prouder when you move out of the basement.
That was one story in Tuesday’s Charlotte Observer that stayed with me. Fortunately, another story did for a completely different reason.
We wrote about Jimmy Justice, who died last week at the age of 90. Anybody that walked into the men’s locker room at the Dowd YMCA knew Jimmy. He was always upbeat, always curious, always wanted to talk about sports. A lot of people want to talk about sports. What distinguished Jimmy is that he also wanted to listen.
As sorry as I was to hear about his death, I have to believe that his was a life well-lead. You can’t fake the outlook and attitude he brought.
One way you know you made an impact: when people think about you, they smile.
I smile when I think about Jimmy.
90 days in the pen and 500.00 fine for killing a bear weighing less than 100 lbs in NC regardless of some dumb practical joke. You could also have illegal dump of the carcass on state property and trespasssing.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1989 SESSION
CHAPTER 327
SENATE BILL 514
AN ACT TO DIRECT THE WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMMISSION TO STUDY
THE NEED TO PROHIBIT THE HUNTING OF A BEAR WEIGHING LESS
THAN ONE HUNDRED POUNDS AND TO INCREASE THE PENALTIES FOR
THE UNLAWFUL TAKING, POSSESSION, TRANSPORTATION, SALE,
POSSESSION FOR SALE, OR PURCHASE OF A COUGAR, BEAR, OR BEAR
PART.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. The Wildlife Resources Commission shall consult with biologists
and hold public hearings to determine whether there is a need to prohibit the hunting,
taking, or killing of a bear weighing less than 100 pounds.
Sec. 2. G.S. 113-294 reads as rewritten:
"§ 113-294. Specific violations.
(a) Any person who unlawfully sells, possesses for sale, or buys any wildlife is
guilty of a misdemeanor. Unless a greater penalty is prescribed for the offense in
question, any person convicted under this subsection is punishable by a fine of not less
than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00), imprisonment
not to exceed 90 days, or both.
Posted by: JailAllRetardedHunters | October 22, 2008 at 07:53 AM
Obviously the ploy of old money trying to sway voters. If you ask me, both sides are retarted for acting like they only have two choices. America the free my arse! This GREATly exploited NATION has perverted what democracy should be! Americans, PLEASE excercise your freedoms and choose something other than what is put in front of you, before it is too late.
Posted by: Keeping It Real | October 29, 2008 at 05:09 PM