Joe Ferguson forever

Several times... What the f “doc”? Is that an East Indian reincarnation thing?

So I can live with all but coyotes. I don't have an interest in avidly protecting the others except hawks which are way cool...unless you're raising rabbits. Oh, and dogs...

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4637371-kristi-noem-hunting-dog-anecdote-experts-weigh-in/

I hope she doesn't wear permethrin : https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28863253/#:~:text=Tick-borne diseases of special,in the state as well. I've seen a couple cases. Good dog loving hunters...

you tell me. How many has she killed? I think she's lost the S Dakota sportsman's vote and that's probably pretty sizable.

uh huh. she apparently doesn't train dogs well. Maybe she should just do those harvest hunts down the road. Leave the dogs to them. Just gotta say, watching bird dogs work is awesome. They're fearless and will hurdle steep ravines, go thru thick briars and smile bringing back a bird. The author of my linked piece gets it. Im sure many S Dakotans do. I just don't see a seasoned hunter doing what Noem did...

Bird dogs are well loved in S Dakota hunting culture: https://www.sdstandardnow.com/home/veteran-conservation-officer-noem-clearly-did-not-understand-how-to-prepare-and-train-her-dog-and-it-suffered-because-of-that

I would love to see a vid of her shooting skeet. She's definitely hot. If she can shoot that'd be like watching Anika Sorenson but I digress.

Maybe a place down her road like this: https://www.pottersfieldssd.com might have tried to retrain him. I'm a decent shot. Never hit a dog instead of a bird.

Cultural differences...because killing a puppy is routine in South Dakota hunting land?

We agree again. Farmers are under appreciated and vital. But in most American society (including farming) killing a pig and killing a dog are 2 very different things. What bothers me most about Noem's story is that she goes out and buys an expensive, desirable, unusual breed known for high energy. It doesn't live up to expectations and she discards it after a year. Sure hope he died on the first shot. I dunno why but just can't see her as seasoned sportsman. Maybe it's because she killed a puppy...

Geez that's f'in miserable. As I said, I don't know anyone who has shot a dog or at least admitted to it...I bet these folks wouldn't have shot that dog but I suppose you think they're soft hearted. http://www.nationalgwprescue.com

i agree with the first paragraph although I think you're describing fringe modern liberals rather than mainstream Most all of my liberal friends share my view or something similar.. Re the second paragraph, there will never be equal outcomes because of the womb lottery. Although it wouldn't surprise me if trump advocated for eugenics...

pathetic comeback. trying to emulate trump huh. You're preaching to your own cult choir....grow up. Get a job.

i had a pretty productive career. what have you accomplished? bmi is 27. what's yours? Let's talk academic achievements...but that's the best you got cuz there's no there, there. no idea where you get this. I'm liberal and still want robust competition which necessarily results in winners and losers but also in innovation and motivation. One can believe all that yet believe in a safety net for the truly unfortunate.

yeah, he's losing the game. sadly, he doesn't realize that nothing is going to get better for him under trump or anyone else. he is the problem, not the president. perhaps he'll feel better if the winners do worse to even things out....I'm imagining NC to be much the same. either that or independently wealthy allowing him to post garbage each and every day, hour after hour...

obfuscation. your stock in trade second to propaganda. answer the question: do you want trump as dictator?

do you agree that it would be desirable to have trump act as dictator? he thinks you do. is he correct?

Trump gives an interview to Time and says he's going to deport millions of undocumented aliens using the National Guard as his private army, free the Jan 6 traitors, warns that he will incite violence if he loses an "unfair election" and says this: At one point, the Time reporter, Eric Cortellessa, asked Trump if he understood why so many Americans are troubled by what he claimed were his past jokes about being a dictator for one day or terminating the Constitution. The former president replied simply, in one of the most revealing but disquieting answers of the entire interview: “I think a lot of people like it.” He’s not wrong. Trump raced to the Republican nomination, crushing his rivals despite his disgraced exit from Washington in 2021, two impeachments and legal quagmire that would be remarkable for any defendant, let alone a potential future president. His strength shows that millions of Americans support policies that, if implemented, would buckle many of the safeguards on presidential power and that are likely to test the rule of law. What is wrong with you MAGA's? Why do you think a dictatorship would be preferable to our current democracy? probably because so many MAGA's are losing in the current game....

I’m a boomer and I agree we threaded the needle for timing. I don’t agree that we hoard all the cash nor pay no taxes. I think we would all like to control the present and future. I certainly know I don’t. Give a thought to all the advances made, especially in tech, during the boomers boom years. Yeah, greed got big but it has never been small. On the whole, I don’t think we failed society.

No, Mabel could hear. She was lovely. Then she was stolen...Pretty sure I read this was the puppy's breed: https://marketplace.akc.org/puppies/german-shorthaired-pointer

Not in my town...pretty cool. they have prisoners care for them and keep the shelter clean. Regardless, a pure bred bird dog aint gonna last long at a rural shelter. Someone would take a shot a training it or take it as an intelligent, attractive pet. btw, there are breed specific rescues that find good homes for dogs just like this. No charge...

She didn't need to do it. It was a bird dog. It was likely beautiful. It would have been adopted at a no kill shelter. One things for certain. She'll never be featured in "Gentleman Farmer". She's no gentlewoman.

I live in the country too. Have had a great many farmers as patients. An early one gave me pick of the litter from a Dalmation litter. He always kept the runts cuz he felt sorry for them....About 1/2 the litter was deaf (if you're looking to buy a Dalmatian bring a pop can with pennies inside- deafness is congenital) I've never heard of a farmer putting down a healthy puppy for behavioral problems. I personally have herding dogs. A good one is quite valuable. A bad one isn't destroyed. They're turned into pets rather than working dogs. Had bird dogs and have hunted with them. A Vet friend actually raised them and I've hunted in reserves with hunting dogs on site. They're treated like royalty and would never be put down for anything other than severe health problems. The governor is the B word here.

The Klan was big in the 30’s. He was a politician and he was wrong.