Book Review of the Second Testament by Scot McKnight
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Thanks for keeping me posted on what is happening in the little village on the slough. After reading the article, my BS detector went off and I was sure that it was in error, so I adjusted the guages and once again the BS detector pegged out at "extreme bovine excrement"! Still wanting to give the benefit of the doubt to the decison, I sent the article through my common sense anti-lier (analyzer)detection device. When you analyze the situation, we have record amounts of snow this year, the snow is up to the belly of the moose. Just as humans, the moose pick out the path of least resistance and like to hang out in areas that are clear of snow like, parking lots and sidewalk areas. Food is of short supply in the hamlet bench area due to the sprawl of civilization therefore any nice looking bushes in a plowed out area is fair game. Along with the snow, we have been having cold temperatures, in Homer from zero to 15 degrees. Buildings put out warmth, especially large brick buildings and they also provide wind breaks. So now you have less snow to contend with, food, and warmth which I am sure moose enjoy. Those sidewalks that are not heated are salted, a must in any animals diet so add just a pinch of salt to the solution. So, now we know why the moose like to hang out around buildings. How do we protect the humans. Over the past three weeks, I have been around a lot of moose. I have been within 20 feet of several of these animals including small bull moose. Although hestitant and always insuring that I have a retreat zone, I have seen no agressiveness from any of the animals, this time of the year due to conditons, they are very passive but you should use caution and not go near them unless you know you can escape. Alternative solutions, since you went to that school, recall how many entry and exit doors are in that building. Shut down the main doors, rope off the area until the moose leave and use the side doors. Oh, I forgot, that means we may have to walk a little further. The moose has one preditor this time of the year which they hate, the cannine! Wolves and dogs kill a good many moose each winter due to deep snow and energy levels. On bare ground, a dog is faster than a moose. Bring in a good dog, put him on the moose and the moose will most likely leave they area. I have to wonder why the moose showed a little agressiveness, lets see, they were yelled at, blaring sirens, shot with pepper spray, and repeateadly shocked with electric currents. That would tend to upset just about any animal or human. The cow waundered off with all of that, the young bull who was most likely the calf of the cow would have waundered off to catch up with the cow eventually - solution of side doors comes into play. Even in the worse case scenerio, it should not have taken that many shots to put a moose down at that distance. You have now opened the gate for every landowner in Alaska to shoot a moose in their yard in defense of life and property. Poor example to set.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Stan. No wonder the little moose was aggravated. They talk about last resort. This seems to be behavior I would expect from people who were not use to the presence of moose, not people who have lived with them for years!
ReplyDeleteVery excessive use of force, I would say.
ReplyDeleteI didn't even read all that Stan wrote (when do i?), but, can you imagine how long you would have to stew the steaks of a young, wound-up, hyper-tense moose before it was edible?
Erotic screamer, would you insure that the Plumma read the blogs or comment postings in their entirety. I mean, we are talking about a guy that can sit down and enjoy the operating manual of a Apple II computer or even his favorite book, "1,000,000 Tips on Plumbing", yet he cannot sit long enough to read just a few lines of a subperbly written blog or comment. You are responsible for him, I bet he even cheated in school when it came time to make book reports!
ReplyDeleteI can't even get him to read a comic book...
ReplyDeleteI view all the material in comics that make them worth the read...sometimes words just get in the way. There have been songs written on that note.
ReplyDeleteand-yes. book reports were easy enough to "skim" read for the just of it...,"...and if you want to learn the outcome of Velveteen Rabbit, you must read this wonderful book!....thank you."
What about tough steaks? sausage, maybe.
ReplyDeletePrattler - to say "the moose has only one predator..." is not including bears that come out for a little "snack" during their long nap.
ReplyDeleteNow, HPD is on the predatory list.
ReplyDeleteThey should have stabbed it.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6CSIFi78Nw
Trust me. It's pretty funny.
Where are the rights for these animals, didn't anyone ever them you can't poke it unless your gonna eat it?
ReplyDeletePlumma, I did consider the bear, he is the worst predator of all when it comes to moose, however, with the snow up to the belly of a moose and below zero temperatures, I have seen no sign of bear waundering around this winter, sad thing to because in Homer you can put bird feeders out in the winter time because the bear is a sleep. However, I am surprised that no one picked up ont he biggest problem this episode created. With school in session and hundreds of student faces pasted to the windows, do you realize the trauma and mental anguish of seeing this moose shot down on the steps of the school is going to create. I bet some of the teaches will even need further counseling. I would guess that bus loads of counselors along with several bus loads of lawyers will descend on Homer High. I guess the moose that was killed was donated to the biology class, they are going to whack it up and study the organs, then dry the bones and recreate the skeleton remains and have it standing in the commons area. It will go quite well with the whales hanging from the celiings. I undersdtand the Student Counsel is even considering changing their mascot from the "Mariner" to that of the "Moose" but Palmer has already dedclared that they will file a class action lawsuit for infringement rights. This one little moose and two over zelous police officers have created a big mess!
ReplyDeleteDoes this story remind anyone of the "Homer Airport Shooting" that occurred a couple of years ago? Within the last couple of days the investigative report on that situation was released, however, the State Tropper investigation report has yet to be completed!
ReplyDeleteI was going to point all of that out, well minus the biology class using it, but I figured the Homer Snooze probably ran with a story, that may or may not have included all of the facts.
ReplyDeleteI also founbd it interesting that this story ran with the headline about the report from the airport shooting...I was thinking maybe the officers were celebrting?
What do you have you counter set on, will it be able to continue registering?
ReplyDeleteI am not sure what you mean?
ReplyDeleteHey I don't even have a counter... in Internet Exploder
ReplyDeleteHey I lost my counter in FireFox also... who's tinkering?
ReplyDeleteYou have registerd so many hits, it likely broke down!
ReplyDeleteWudda you mena? You got a counter, right now it says 17,581 but after this posting it should go to 17,582 because it goes up one each time someone clicks onto your site, that is the way it works so don't tinker with it.
ReplyDeleteI feel sorry for the mother moose, she lost her baby.
ReplyDeleteI wish they would have just gotten some food for this young one, it might have worked, seems they didnt try everything. What a sad story, sure hurts to read it.
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