Who's Crying Wolf ?

In 1915 one of the pioneers of conservation, Aldo Leopold, delved into what he thought of as “game management.” One of his main conclusions was that wolves, mountain lions, and any other predator that fed on deer should be exterminated in order to save the deer population for sport hunting. He later admitted that the premise was wrong and began to correct the error.

Instead of increasing the deer population, the elimination of animals that killed and ate the deer allowed the number of deer to increase so drastically that there was not enough forest to feed them all. The deer then started dying of starvation and disease.

In 1929 the federal government built the 60 mile long North Star Road. This road allowed hunters to access the starving deer herd so it could be thinned. The North Star Road is now the boundary between the Aldo Leopold and Gila wilderness areas.

In 1976 the Mexican gray wolf was placed on the Endangered Species List and reintroduced to South Western New Mexico. Today the wolf population is on the increase but the merit of this development is being disputed publicly.

The State of New Mexico, the federal government, and various environmentalist groups are on one side of the fence wanting to protect the wolves. On the other side of the fence stand the ranchers and residents that live where the wolves are.

Saturday morning I met a lady in Silver City who was handing out literature (see: http://www.amprowest.org/) that warned of dangerously bold wolves. When I asked her if the ranchers were compensated by environmentalist groups when a wolf killed any livestock she loudly replied, “We are concerned about the safety of our children and our pets. We’ve had to build shelters from plywood and chicken wire to protect the kids at the bus stops in Reserve. There have been too many close calls.”

Another group has put up billboards warning of the danger for pets, elk, and children. These signs have graphic illustrations of what they claim are victims of the wolves.

On the other hand, the forest service has posted signs urging citizens to report any injury or killings of wolves. The New Mexico State Hunting Proclamation states that anyone convicted of killing a wolf will face one year in prison and fines of up to $50,000.00.

None of the anti-wolf propaganda encourages the killing of wolves but leads one to feel that it may be warranted.

Maybe the wolves should stay in designated lest they be shot or trapped. Maybe the people should move to a big city like Albuquerque. I am trying to stay objective on this issue. Please post your comments.

Dog and Pony Show

Many Americans have developed a thirst, like never before, for genuine knowledge and the truth. Unfortunately the light of reality has been bent by the prism of recorded history. The truths have been divided and color coded so that they can easily be taken from context, by those claiming to be scholars, then projected in the way that best meets their agendas.In the fantasy world of academia, young people are indoctrinated by being required to learn from text books written by the professors who teach the classes. In this manner liberal fanatics are allowed to represent their own personal agendas to students as pertinent facts that need to be learned in order to pass the classes.The fruits of our traditional strengths are rotting from the inside out making the disease more difficult detect and identify. If the cart of hard won American strengths were being overturned openly then the perpetrators could be easily identified but the values and beliefs of our young people are being perverted by the mass media and the teachers in our universities. These are two institutions that have made almost untouchable by virtue of their own power.Who is at the heart of this ruse? Is there some group that is determined to confuse us and weaken our core values?
The guiltiest of these wolves in lambs’ clothing are the educators charged with the responsibility of teaching our children the laws of nature through the sciences and the wisdom of the past through history. If the so called knowledge being developed is built on an ever shifting foundation flawed with un-truths then the building blocks of our future are sure to be fractured.. If the realization that hard work and sacrifices are required to attain greatness is being replaced by the cancerous myth of entitlement then all of the fundamentals of productivity are being violated and we will destroy ourselves.The cultures of needy groups grown in the protection of our military strength have already begun to fight among themselves over the spoils of what has been amassed in the past. On nearly a weekly basis, our economy and society are being patched by one type of flimsy bandage or another. Ever one of these bogus fixes has done nothing but distribute billions of dollars among rich executives as unemployment continues to rise and the tax base continues to diminish compounding the real problems.This absurd behavior is being promoted by the people with the highest levels of education and the least understanding of how sacrifice and hard work made this country great. We need to find out who is behind this fiasco that has reigned over our land during the past months, whether it is the Bilderbergs, Skull and Bones or whoever, and put them out of power. The tide needs to be turned back in the direction of rational action as soon as possible. If the cause of the chaos can’t be determined quickly then the symptoms need to be treated. Specifically, we need to contact the congress people that represent us and let them know that they will be replaced soon. That is the way political change has been affected in the past. Hopefuly the hordes of voters that were groomed in the four year marathon campaign will be stunned by the "change" they have brought about and stay in their own area of expertise and away from the polls.