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This video is of the public comment portion of a regional Fish and Game hiatus in Kellogg Idaho. SaveWesternWildlife president Scott Rockholm, rips into F&G commissioners over the legality, public safety and damages suffered due to the introduction of Idaho’s own (experimental and nonessential) population of Canadian Gray Wolves. Notice the arrogance of Commissioner Randy Budge of Pocatello who represents the Southeast region of Idaho.

These commissioners are charged with the management of “Fish & Game” in the state of Idaho not sociology as Mr. Budge believes. If politics is the only component our Fish & Game deploys compounded with its total lack of courage, the responsibility falls on us (Hunters) to manage, and believe me we are ready!

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We appreciate all of the hard work and information IDFW is doing to save wildlife in our great state. IDFW has a great web site, with mountains of information. We encourage all of you to visit their site, and especially the #38 issue of the Outdoorsman. There you will find not only a great article, but a recording of a IDF&G Commission meeting. This recording is amazing, and I invite you all to take a look.

http://www.idahoforwildlife.com/Outdoorsman-38.html

The saga of the wolf wars once again finds us in a situation created by deception or just completely inept leaders. I feel it is more the former than the latter, but either way these people need to go.

During the last budget a rider was added to the bill. This bill would have changed the ESA and also included the intent of congress for it not to be subject to judicial review. This particular rider completely exempted wolves from ESA protections. When one considers that the Grey wolf has never been an endangered species in the true sense of the word, this was the correct course of action. Thank You Denny Rehberg, we appreciate your attempt to put a true end to this madness, unfortunately, this was not the final rider that passed with the budget bill.

As soon as Rehberg’s rider hit the bill, it was attacked. Anyone surprised by this would have to be completely asleep as the money mongers who sue over their prized cash cow sure aren’t going to go away easily. There is just to much money in this for them to give up now.

Then come along the faux hero’s, Jon Tester (D) of Montana and Mike Simpson (R) of Idaho. Now either these guys were playing politics or they are complete fools. They decided to not support Rehberg’s rider and entered one of their own. They claimed it would put an end to this mess and return management of wolves back to the states. But, as we find out now, for how long?

Essentially what they did was force the Dept. of Interior to reissue the 2009 delisting that had already lost one court battle and was in appeal at the time. They failed to change the law itself (ESA) and just attempted to override a judge’s ruling in an ongoing case. Although they included that it was supposed to be beyond judicial review, they failed to account the action itself was very likely unconstitutional. Congress has the power to create and amend laws, not overrule judges on current ones. This in my opinion is a blatant violation of the separation of powers clause in the constitution. The eco-terrorists promptly sued on exactly that argument.

Although I am not a lawyer, this issue’s seems so basic that even a layman can see it. It would be no different if congress just came out and said Obama Care is not to be subject to judicial review and force it on the American people without due process in an open case. As much as I want this fake endangered animal delisted, I am unwilling to sacrifice the United States Constitution to do it, that would make me no better than the people we fight against who make a living off of the ESA, which is also unconstitutional and a violation of at least 4 amendments of the COTUS. I find some irony in the fact that these groups are only concerned with what the constitution says and stands for when they think it might work to their advantage in exploiting other unconstitutional laws.

So, which is it, corrupt or inept? Either way, both Mr. Tester and Mr. Simpson need to find other work. Do not be fooled by their grandstanding on how they fixed this problem. All they have done is perpetuate it. Now more tax dollars will be funneled to eco-terrorist groups through the Equal Access to Justice Act, and these wolves are going to end up listed again.

It seems yet again we find ourselves faced with the rewriting of fact and claimed science in the wolf issue. The people who make their living from perpetuating the madness of this issue have once again found a new straw to grasp at in an attempt to keep their ‘cash cow’ alive and tied up in court where they can reap the benefits from taxpayer funded lawsuits.
An interesting new twist in this tale is that this new attempt to stifle state management of never threatened species is that it came from a judge. No longer has the activist Judge Molloy waited for his allies to even bring a suit before he attempts to expand his ruling beyond the scope of a suit already settled in his court. I am not sure why Judge Molloy just doesn’t conference with the Defenders of Wildlife and the Center for biological Diversity et al, groups that leech their living off of this mess, and rewrite the entire Endangered Species Act to suit their wishes. But I digress…..
As many are aware and the pro wolf people have attempted to ignore, the entire ‘re’-introduction of the wolf into Idaho and Yellowstone required a declaration in the federal register known as 50 CFR Part 17, this has also become known as both “The Final Rule” and “The Deal”, and is a legally binding contract that defines the terms, standards and conditions of which the Secretary of the Interior and all others are bound by concerning wolf introduction, binding not only himself but all of his successors.
In the final rule of 50 CFR Part 17 Ed Bangs clearly outlined the reason and function behind the definition of nonessential and experimental in the population of introduced wolves into the NRM states. In the article he states:

“Under section 10(j), a listed species reintroduced outside of its current range, but within its historic range, may be designated, at the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary), as “experimental.” This designation increases the Service’s flexibility and discretion in managing reintroduced endangered species because such experimental animals may be treated as a threatened species. The Act requires that animals used to form an experimental population be separated geographically from nonexperimental populations of the same species.
Additional management flexibility is possible if the experimental animals are found to be “nonessential” to the continued existence of the species in question.” 50 CFR Part 17
I have to ask, is a failure of the USFWS to not keep these two populations separated, not a violation of their own final rule?
But even more important, it clearly defines that this designation is clearly about being able to manage the species within the area, and not about specific wolves or even recovery. When the USFWS decided to release this intrusive predator on the people of three states, they knew in advance there would be conflicts and trouble, and therefore allowed for the ability to manage these animals in the face of those conflicts. Without this designation, people would simply be at the mercy of the wolves in every case except in the protection of a human life.
“Management of the nonessential experimental wolf population would allow reintroduced wolves to be killed or moved by Service authorized Federal, State, and tribal agencies for domestic animal depredations and excessive predation on big game populations. Under special conditions, the public could harass or kill wolves attacking livestock (cattle, sheep, horses, and mules).” 50 CFR Part 17

Ed Bangs in writing this rule also clearly states the following, which basically states that the only sound reason for a change in this designation, is in fact, delisting. If Molloy’s claim is that the original wolves are now dead, therefore the designation no longer fits, I guess he figured Ed Bangs believed the original wolves would live forever or until delisted. Which I am sure even Bangs would not claim.
“The Service does not intend to reevaluate the “nonessential experimental” designation. The Service does not foresee any likely situation which would result in changing the nonessential experimental
status until the gray wolf is recovered and delisted in the northern Rocky Mountains according to provisions outlined in the Act.” 50 CFR Part 17

One then has to ask why? Why is the removal of this designation so important that an activist judge would propose such a thing? I can only come up with one answer, the fallacy of genetic diversity.
Once the pseudo scientists could no longer come up with excuses to keep the wolves listed, those who profit by this were desperate to create a new fiction: Genetic Connectivity, the manufactured belief that all the wolves in the NRM states have to have access to each other in order to spread their genes around. While on first glance, this may seem to make sense, one once again has to look at science. Not manufactured science, but actual results from the living laboratory, Isle Royale.

The wolves of Isle Royale are all the descendants of three wolves. Dr. David Mech, the godfather of all wolf biologists has been studying Isle Royale wolves his entire career which began in 1958. He testified to this reality on Isle Royale. Here is part of his testimony, under oath.

“II. DISCUSSION
A. Response to Wayne Declaration
14. Based on my long history and experience studying wolves in
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Yellowstone and throughout the world, I disagree with several of the conclusions drawn
by Dr. Wayne’s Declaration. Dr. Wayne’s conclusion that “an effective metapopulation
dynamic . . . has yet to be achieved” in the Northern Rockies is based on data collected
from 1995-2004 from only a fraction of the actual population. Wayne Decl. at ¶3. More
recent data demonstrates connectivity between the YNP population and wolves elsewhere
in the Northern Rocky Mountains. Moreover, the life span of wolves in the wild is at
least 13 years (Mech 1988), and they breed from ages 2 (sometimes 1 year of age) – 13.
The fact that no “genetically effective immigration of wolves to YNP” was found for a
10-year period from 1995-2004, Wayne Decl. at ¶3, is neither relevant nor important to
long-term wolf persistence.” Mech Case No. cv-08-56-M-DWM

His entire testimony can be seen here: http://westinstenv.org/wp-content/Declaration_L_David_Mech.pdf

In conclusion, considering the facts, no valid claim can be made as to this pseudo science being valid, nor any valid claim can be made as to a sound reason to remove the experimental, nonessential definition of the wolves in the NRM states. Unless of course, the wolves will be delisted and their and proper management turned over to the states as should have rightfully be done in the first place.
Barry Coe

Oh it was a sad day, five days ago in Egypt, when unhappy Egyptians poured into the streets of Cairo to show  their disgust with Mubarak .

Thirty years of “Hell” is finally over for the Egyptian people….maybe?  Sharia Law lurks like Cancer in the lymph nodes of the Middle East ,anxious to come roaring back . Back from remission to finish the job, the “Final Solution” for Islam .

Only affluent societies can dabble in “Playing God” . With the collapse of Egypt, affluence for America ended. The Environmentalists have ran thru billions of dollars (some of it their own) costing America and Americans dearly !

Environmental Groups will swear in court on Bibles that what they were trying to do, was make America a better place to live, I beg to differ .

Let’s look at some of the accomplishments of the Environmental Movement – Cars are no longer affordable .

Yellowstone now has no Wildlife .

Are Enviros responsible for Abortions…..YES !

Could 30,000 Dead  Mexicans in the last three years be laid at the feet of “Pot Smoking Greenies”, “YES” !

Has the Endangered Species Act been turned inside out and used to accomplish acts of Evil – YES ! (see Wayne Hage)

“WHY” ??? Why would anyone use Wildlife and Nature to abuse Wildlife and Nature ?……..unless , maybe it has nothing to do with Wildlife and Nature …..tail wagging the dog ?

As Egypt collapses into the “Caliphate” emerging in the Middle East,the dreams of Environmentalists and their hope for world domination fade like Gorillas in the Mist . Reality chastens the Liberal Naivety with poverty and the American Pioneer once again rises from the Plains.

The Holocaust that has been “The Environmental Movement” has caused great damage both Socially and Economically but none will suffer more than “They Themselves” ! They no longer possess the skills of Survival, they no longer have neighbors ….. they are no longer HUMAN . The Humans, that Enviros fought so hard against are now stalking the land, and they have guns !

Guns make for Good Neighbors !

The Fat Lady is singing in Egypt tonite, the curtain is coming down on one of the most heinous periods in American History….”Green is Now Dead” ! Let us never forget what almost happened to America and Thank You Egypt ! You saved us from the Environmentalists !

For those of you who have  lost your Humanity , head for Yellowstone Park there are going to be allot of hungry Grizz this Spring . Grizzly that  you planned to starve to Death……now they won’t have to! Believe me it’s the least you can do and probably the most you ever did for Wildlife……oh don’t drive “Walk” !

TJ Fross Ex Vice Pres SWW

” Slob Hunting” created the Greatest Elk Herd that the world has ever seen , it took eighty years , Environmental Gluttony destroyed it in seven.

Today Yellowstone Park ,”The Worlds Worst Neighbor” , is empty. Once home to some 60,000 Elk , it  is now  home to 5-6000 Wolves scattered from Oregon and Washington to Utah and Colo and 4,000 Elk. The devastation is real and undeniable……..but that doesn’t stop the bureaucrats from trying .

Denyhilation is a term that I use to describe total destruction carried out with plausible deniability . This rolling thunder was only  achievable by usurping the power of the states by hijacking the Lacey Act and thus was born ” The Endangered Species Act” and set in motion the Denyhilation of the “American West” ! (see Wayne Hage)

Endangered Species Act
It’s not about saving species. It’s about spending taxpayer money and making some groups wealthy

By Karen Budd Falen

Below please find some disappointing data regarding the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”) and its cost to the American public. ESA process and litigation are not about saving species; they are about spending American taxpayer money. In an economic time where American jobs are scarce, private property rights are being taken and the federal deficit is trillions of dollars, certainly the federal government can find a better way to spend American taxpayer dollars than lining the pockets of radical environmental groups and their “pro bono” (i.e. allegedly free) attorneys and spending money on a program that by the federal government’s data is a complete failure.

The ESA was signed into law in 1978 with the best of intentions. However, over the years it has become the battle cry to eliminate private property rights and property use, shut down agriculture and other industries and fund radical environmental groups and their attorneys. There is not a single state within the United States that does not have listed, threatened or endangered species. It would not be so bad if the original intent of the ESA was followed and species were listed, then recovered, then removed from the list – but that is not what is happening.

As of May 17, 2010, there are a total of 1,374 species listed as threatened or endangered. This list includes everything, even bugs, worms, plants, snakes, spiders, bogs, moss, mice, rats and other species. According to a 2009 report by Greenwire citing the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the average cost of listing a single species is $85,000 and the average cost of designating critical habitat is $515,000 per species.

Thus, the approximate cost to the American taxpayer of listing the 1,374 species is $116,790,000 and the approximate cost of designating critical habitat for those species is $707,610,000.

If it weren’t bad enough that America’s taxpayers are spending millions simply listing species, that is not the end of the story. The ESA sets very specific time frames for species listing and critical habitat designation; time frames which the federal government cannot seem to meet. Species are listed by a petition process, which means that anyone can send a letter to the federal government asking that a species, either plant or animal, be put on the ESA list. The federal government has 90 days to respond to that petition, no matter how frivolous. If the federal government fails to respond in 90 days, the petitioner – in the vast majority of cases, radical environmental groups – can file litigation against the federal government and get its attorneys fees paid. The simple act of filing litigation does not mean the species will get listed or that it is warranted to be protected; this litigation is only over whether the federal government failed to respond to the petition in 90 days. Between 2000 and 2009, in just 12 states and the District of Columbia, 14 environmental groups filed 180 federal court complaints to get species listed under the ESA and were paid $11,743,287 in attorneys fees and costs.

Again, there are listed ESA species in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and the U.S. Territories. Consider how much in attorneys fees have been paid if all litigation in all states is considered.

And it doesn’t end there; the federal agencies have placed 341 more species on the candidate species list, meaning that they are under consideration for listing on the ESA threatened or endangered species list. That is 341 species times the average cost of listing of $85,000 per species and $515,000 for each critical habitat designation for a total of $204,600,000 – all from America’s pocketbooks.

And it still doesn’t end there; certain radical environmental groups have petitioned for additional listings of even more species and critical habitat designations.

In the last 8 months, the Center for Biological Diversity, the WildEarth Guardians and the Western Watersheds Project have threatened the federal government with litigation if the government fails to list 238 more species. If the federal government does not respond to those listing petitions or Notices of Intent to Sue, federal court complaints will be filed and according to recent history, attorneys fees will be paid.

And with all this money – $116,790,000 for species listing; $707,610,000 for critical habitat designation; $11,743,287 in attorneys fees paid to some radical environmental groups because the federal government simply missed deadlines – only 47 species have been taken off the ESA list and of that 47 only 21 because they were recovered. That is a 1.5% success rate! The other 26 species were taken off the list because they either went extinct (9 species) or should never have been put on the list in the first place (17 species). There is something wrong with this picture.

And while you are thinking about the ESA and its cost versus failure rate, consider the additional individual costs to American taxpayers and small businesses.

The California red and yellow-legged frogs have cost the taxpayers $445,924 just in litigation attorneys fees. Part of the reason that California farmers in the Central Valley have no water for their crops is because of Natural Resources Defense Council litigation over the delta smelt, a 2 to 3 inch long minnow. Wolf litigation has cost American taxpayers $436,762 in attorney fees, all paid to environmental groups who sue the federal government. Litigation over the desert tortoise, (a total of 11 cases) – a species that only spends 5% of its life above ground – has cost the American taxpayers $702,519 just in payment of attorneys fees. In fact, in the last 10 years, the federal government has spent more than $93 million in taxpayer money on the desert tortoise.

And that is not counting the costs to American business, even “green business.”

In California, Brightsource Energy will have to spend $20 million dollars to relocate 20 tortoises plus create a permanent tortoise trust fund so it can build its solar power plant. That is 1 million dollars plus per tortoise. Other businesses that have been impacted or stopped by the desert tortoise include a wind farm that would supply electricity to Las Vegas. Private landowners who wish to develop their own property are required to pay “mitigation fees” of between $370 and $550 per acre to develop private lands designated as desert tortoise critical habitat. Once the money is paid, it does not matter how many desert tortoises are killed. Hyundai car company had to buy 3000 acres of additional land for $5 million so that it could use its own private property for a car safety test track.

In addition to the $5 million, the company also agreed to pay $1.5 million into an endowment fund for the desert tortoise. The National Military Training Center at Ft. Irwin has also been negatively impacted, agreeing to pay $6.9 million to relocate desert tortoises on the base so it can conduct its military training. None of this counts the over 30 family ranches that were eliminated because they used to graze their cattle on desert tortoise critical habitat.

It is clear that the American taxpayers have a tremendous problem. This wouldn’t be so hard to take if the ESA was successful or if the radical environmental groups that are getting taxpayer money to litigate over the ESA were spending money on species or their habitats. However, there is no evidence that one single dime of the money the federal government pays to environmental groups to litigate over ESA species is spent on habitat or species research or mitigation projects—the money is just spent to get more taxpayer money and put more small businesses out of business or stop private landowners from using their properties. Even those businesses that supply “green jobs” and “green technology” suffer. This is a maddening state of affairs for America – somewhere the madness must stop!

    Yellowstone Park has been closed until further notice!

 Neighboring States, Idaho, Montana and Wyoming closed all roads leading into and out of Yellowstone Park and Declared Yellowstone a Disaster Area.   

Authorities cited the sewage, air pollution and unchecked killing by Yellowstone Wolves as the reasons for shutting the gates to the much loved National Park.

Environmental groups were uncharacteristically quiet.

When asked how these three states could justify such an action they produced evidence of the incredible negative impact that Wolves have been on the economies of Idaho, Mont and Wyoming.

“We see no revenue from Yellowstone, all the money collected in the Park, at the gates, goes directly to Washington DC. While a few communities see some benefit from tourism the majority of communities have lost the Hunting dollars and that was a major part of the economy. So when your neighbor is costing you money, you have to do something about that “Bad Neighbor”!

Since 1995, when the first Wolves were introduced, it is estimated that 90,000 Elk have been killed by wolves, in the three state areas. Leaving only 3,900 Elk in Yellowstone today, where less than ten years ago there were 50,000 Elk. (90,000 counts include calves that were killed and are an estimate. Actual count could be much higher)

Many are wondering if the States have the authority to shut down Yellowstone.

One individual, who wishes to remain anonymous, said,” It’s not a question of authority; it’s a matter of responsibility. When you see something being abused, you are obligated to intervene and unfortunately Yellowstone was being abused, to the point that it was having a negative effect on its neighbors. That’s why we shut it down”!

Water quality and garbage are also a big problem. One long time resident of Gardiner, Mont. put it rather plainly, “How can that many people (3.5 million) going to the bathroom right on top of the world not affect the water quality of those drinking below? The smog from Yellowstone is real, so the water has to be effected “.  

The carbon footprint of Tourism in Yellowstone has long been a subject Washington wouldn’t talk about but with Yellowstone shut down, I think they will finally have to address the pollution that this cash cow produces.

A rancher in Pinedale said it best,” They complained about our cows polluting and it was their cow all along “.

A spokesman for the Tourism Board of Wyoming stated,” Tourists have had a negative impact on our states. Their opinions have been taken as Gospel by Washington and the surrounding states have been ignored. We live here, these people come to visit, signed a petition, which sentenced our Wildlife to Death and went home to watch it play out on TV. Tourism can no longer have the impact that it has had in the past, you’re welcome to come and visit, spend your money but keep your opinions to yourself “!

 One young National Park Service ranger was in tears,” I am so glad they shut this down, I was going to quit tomorrow, and it’s like a sign from God. You can’t imagine some of the things that these Biologists have done to this Eco-System. It was like an Aldo Leopold Pissing contest up here. These NPS administrators were running a predator pit and they all knew it but the Enviros love to watch Wolves kill! Thank God it’s over “!

So as the smog from the last Tourists to visit Yellowstone Park settles in Jackson Hole and night falls. We are left to ponder the wisdom of the Cowboys who shut down Yellowstone Park, are they criminals or are they saviors?

                                   TJ Fross Co-Founder “SaveWesternwildlife”

                          “ARE YOU REALLY GREEN OR JUST OBSCENE “ ???

                   MOLLOY – Two Bites of the Apple AND OTHER GREAT MISTAKES !

There are great moments in History and the relisting of the wolf as an Endangered Species by judge Molloy is just such a moment !

The Endangered Species Act cannot to be applied arbitrarily. To do so corrupts the spirit and intent of the Endangered Species Act.

Many have known for quite some time that the Endangered Species Act was being abused. A noble gesture in the beginning, it quickly has become the Govt’s“Small Pox Blanket “of the 21’st Century.

With Molloy’s second trip to the ESA and his second bite of the apple all the abuses of the Endangered Species Act that have been  hidden from the Public can finally be seen in  the light of day . The Public can now look upon the monster.

Idaho and Montana have a second chance to do it right. The Game & Fish of each of your states has been rendered irrelevant with the relisting of the Wolf. With the decimation of your Wildlife they had become irrelevant anyway but now you can deal directly with the US Govt and your Game Agencies can be quietly dismantled and rebuilt to serve the people of Idaho and Montana.

The lessons learned in the first rounds of negotiations will not be repeated in the second.

1-The Non-Native Wolf that was Illegally Introduced now has a rap sheet. The Elk are gone, Yellowstone is empty , there is nothing to negotiate!

2- Those responsible for the Illegal Introduction now have no place to hide. The evidence is over whelming “ The Wolf is Good For Nothing”

3- Economic burden of Wolf Introduction and Management now falls on the Federal Govt not the respective state…….and I would leave it in their lap until Hell freezes over.

4- No more deals!!!! If we haven’t learned anything else, we should have learned that!

5- You can now join Wyoming & Arizona……”We’ve been waiting for you to wake up“.

Molloy’s second bite of the apple opened the door for those of us who want to dismantle the Endangered Species Act. Arrogance is the only explanation for his monumental blunder, but we’ll take it how ever we can get it!

                                TJ Fross – Co- Founder” Save Western Wildlife”

I completely understand the frustration and the disgust and the questions we are left to ask. Sadly, I have little doubt that most people understand that trying to reason with the unreasonable is a futile effort. But, where do we go from here? Very good question and I have given that a lot of thought since last night.
Here are some things I see:
1. This is a really good opportunity for F&G to save face. They have threatened all along that if they were relisted they would implement 10(j) to the maximum reduction of wolves to 150. Do I think they’ll do it, sadly, I have no faith at all left in F&G. But, if they are really looking to turn around, here is their chance. If someone actually has any influence on them, perhaps pointing this out might be beneficial.

2. This has exposed the ESA as nothing more than the flawed and vile legislation most of us have recognized it for long ago. I see that RMEF is looking to take a shot at that. That would be the very best outcome of all. Do they have deep enough pockets? I don’t know, but I would support anyone looking to rid this nation of this oppressive and unconstitutional law. One thing is for sure, they just proved that the ESA has NOTHING to do with science, so I guess we can put that dog to sleep finally.

3. Time for an overhaul, BIG TIME. If in fact, as I suspect, F&G again drops the ball on this. I would suggest we all start using our legislature to restructure the F&G department. I have studied a few F&G departments across the country that are ran at a county level. Every county in this state is a game unit in one way or another and perhaps more local control is the most functional way to move forward. And in no uncertain terms, those now with the department that had anything to do with moving the goalposts need to be unemployed.

4. We start making real and intensive efforts to fund Mr. Fannings law suit. As I understand it, he has the only claim that in fact has standing, as such, this may be the best road forward. But, again, I have little faith in any court, although the SCOTUS is where this issue is eventually going to be decided.

5. Wyoming is right on this issue, they always have been. This ruling is nothing but an attempt to bring pressure on them to go along with the destructive programs that ID, and MT fell for. We all need to remain in support of their choices.

6. Isn’t it ironic, that they still use an interstate and national boarder to separate populations, but somehow a state boundary doesn’t count. The stupidity of this ruling is beyond comprehension.

This isn’t my first street fight, when you get knocked down, you wipe the blood off your face and get back at it. Sometimes when things look their most bleak, some real success comes from that, and if by some long shot we could rid this nation of the ESA, this will have been worth the fight. So lets all dust ourselves off and get back to work.

In the last 10 years or so, I have spent a great deal of time studying the past administrations of presidents in this country. Some were of no surprise to me, such as FDR being a socialist and setting this country back to the point we changed our constitution, yet others have held some surprises. Teddy Roosevelt may have held the biggest surprise for me and also the greatest let down. As I studied his administration it became abundantly clear to me that this man has been clearly mis-defined by history, portrayed as the great outdoorsman, hunter and environmentalist. Sadly, he was nothing more than an enemy to the Constitution of these United States and a supporter of a vile agenda. Perhaps the first adamant progressive/marxist/communist to sit as a president of this country, his use of the presidential order to circumvent the constitution is well known, the results of such actions have taken decades to come to light.

I know many sportsmen and women who hold him and his actions in high regard, as I once did, at first glance they seemed to be beneficial, although time has shown them to be nothing more than a huge jump toward the abuses we now see inside our burgeoning and oppressive federal government. Perhaps the following information will also enlighten you as it has me, to support this man or his actions are nothing short of supporting the destruction of freedom.

Charles Davenport, a Harvard professor toward the end of the 1800’s and an avid supporter of eugenics, he was in support of removing what he seen as the substandard humans in this nation. Following is one of his quote’s:

“The general program of the eugenicist is clear — it is to improve the race by inducing young people to make a more reasonable selection of marriage mates; to fall in love intelligently. It also includes the control by the state of the propagation of the mentally incompetent. It does not imply the destruction of the unfit either before or after birth.”

In further reading of Davenport’s it becomes obvious as to whom he considers incompetent, and it basically boils down to anyone who is not an elite. I could write an entire story on this vile human being but, that is not the subject of this article, I suggest you take some time to do further research. What was so disappointing to me in my studies of T. Roosevelt was his reply to this man and the exposure of his agenda in doing so. Following is the letter of reply from T. Roosevelt to C. Davenport.

January 3rd 1913. ”My dear Mr. Davenport: I am greatly interested in the two memoirs you have sent me. They are very instructive, and, from the standpoint of our country, very ominous. You say that these people are not themselves responsible, that it is “society” that is responsible. I agree with you if you mean, as I suppose you do, that society has no business to permit degenerates to reproduce their kind. It is really extraordinary that our people refuse to apply to human beings such elementary knowledge as every successful farmer is obliged to apply to his own stock breeding. Any group of farmers who permitted their best stock not to breed, and let all the increase come from the worst stock, would be treated as fit inmates for an asylum. Yet we fail to understand that such conduct is rational compared to the conduct of a nation which permits unlimited breeding from the worst stocks, physically and morally, while it encourages or connives at the cold selfishness or the twisted sentimentality as a result of which the men and women ought to marry, and if married have large families, remain celebates or have no children or only one or two. Some day we will realize that the prime duty the inescapable duty of the good citizen of the right type is to leave his or her blood behind him in the world; and that we have no business to permit the perpetuation of citizens of the wrong type.”
Faithfully yours, [signed] Theodore Roosevelt

A picture of this letter can be seen here:

http://www.dnalc.org/view/11219-T-Roosevelt-letter-to-C-Davenport-about-degenerates-reproducing-.html

I guess one has to wonder, given this information, what further damage this man may have brought to the freedom of the citizen of this country if given the chance. His actions, including the theft of state land a resources are what now seems to be merely the stepping stone to the tyranny that is so obvious in today’s society and our leaders. I am sure ol’ Teddy would have more than elated with some oppressive legislation such as the Endangered Species Act. What better way to control the people, take away what they have and ‘appear’ to be an environmentalist at the same time?

In my research, this man has fallen from one of the best we have had serve, to one of the worst. Sadly, our progressive educational system in this country only teaches us what they want us to think, I am very glad I continued to look out the window of the box they wanted me to reside in. Take nothing you learned there for granted, keep thinking, keep researching and always doubt when the government is claiming to do something beneficial for you, and when in doubt, go back to the founders as they were truly the ones that had real freedom in mind for the people.

Barry Coe

SaveWesternWildlife’s President and CEO addresses members of the new Bonners Ferry Chapter of Idaho for wildlife. Hunters are organizing from many different groups focusing their many strengths and ideas to become one united voice against those that would wish to deny us our heritage, freedoms and constitutionally protected right to the pursuit of happiness!

How Many Polar Bears Does it Take….

……..before you realize you have been took????

Honestly what does the Polar Bear need more than anything else ……” Ice”!!! What can Defenders of Wildlife do about that?

“Nothing”!

So why do people give to Wildlife organizations……I can only tell you why I gave to RMEF.

I gave to RMEF to keep Elk in the mountains, to keep Elk in Yellowstone , to preserve Hunting , to Save Elk , that is why I gave.

Now out of the “Internet Ether” comes an E-Mail , warning of impending litigation against all the States by Wolf Advocates sent by the RMEF …. (more…)