Protect the Environment courtesy of the U.S. President, Dubya.

[JackDee]

DUBYA: ...we were just on a ranch with -- owned by a lady who knows it's important to protect the environment by taking care of the land. And as a result of her taking care of the land, worrying about bird habitats, we happened to see a lot of birds today.... I think 2004 is going to be a great year. And in the spirit of great years, I'll answer a few questions.
REPORTER: How was the hunt?
DUBYA: It was good fun. You know, when you hunt quail, you get a lot of exercise. As you know, I like exercise. And so my Dad and I, and Ms. Negley, whose ranch we were on, walked a lot of territory, watched the dogs work, and knocked down some birds.
REPORTER: How many?
DUBYA: I think I shot five. The limit in Texas, I believe, is 15. I'm not that good a shot, but it was a lot of fun.
-- It appears that we protect the environment so that Dubya can continue hunting with his daddy, Falfurrias, Texas, Jan. 1, 2004

 

[LucaBrasi]

Not to turn this into a political brawl, but I do believe that hunters and fishermen care more about protecting the environment than some pasty-faced environmentalists that never go outside.........


just one sportswriters opinion

 

[exilarch]

Filthy Bush and Filthy Cheney are running the environment into the ground.

 

[max1234]

Killing quail doesn't hurt the enviornment. Quail suffer about a 60% mortality rate each year naturally. Hunters and fisherman contribute most of the money used for wildlife conservation by buying licenses each year.

 

[lander]

Too bad the older more senile, yet somewhat smarter Bush didn't mistake "Quail Season" for "Idiotic Genocidal Facist Season"

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that could have have done wonders for the enviroment

 

[JudgeWapner]

Hunters are the least of our environmental problems.

 

[JackDee]

"Not to turn this into a political brawl, but I do believe that hunters and fishermen care more about protecting the environment than some pasty-faced environmentalists that never go outside........."

i think so myself, but most environmentalists do too.

"Killing quail doesn't hurt the enviornment. Quail suffer about a 60% mortality rate each year naturally."

The point of this post, and the quote, was not a discussion on quail bio-availaibility, it was about a thick as a brick (ex) president who manages to merge an environmental discussion on "important to protect the environment by taking care of the land" and "worrying about bird habitats" with such obnoxious comments as "knocked down some birds" and "I think I shot five. The limit in Texas, I believe, is 15. I'm not that good a shot, but it was a lot of fun.", adding some moronic regressive "my Dad and I" in the process.

It's good for a laugh, even if it's somewhat unsettling. At least the (ex) president seems to have had some "good fun" with his dad on their hunting trip.