Northcountryman

Yeah, me too, wildlife pics are invaluable

I thought that I read somewhwre that doe/buck ratios were closer to 1:1 , in many cases ,due to much less hunting pressure in many areas of ADK's--is that not so then?

As far as policies go i think Obama tried to work with other leaders where Trump just tried to dominate. I dont know about you guys,but i know who i would rather deal with. What is truly amazing to me is that so many people were willing to look past all of Trumps flaws and mis-steps and to follow him blindly. Can anyine explain that to me? You may agree with his politics,but as a critically thinking person how can you not see what a malicious doofus he is? I am not excited about Biden by the way,I wish Bernie had gotten thw nomination. Here is a politician that has stood by his principles forever. Cool ,appreciate the input; let me reply a quote at a time with my own thoughts and obswervations in regards to each of your points: I actually agree with you here, hands down. Obama--despite his horrible run as Prez-- was the eptiome of gentility and decorum as the nations leader and comported himself as a paragon of dignity; the same cannot be said about Trump: I agree. This is where we profoundly disagree and I'll tell you why: For years, the left has perpetuated this myth about "Barry" being so damn smart cuz they fell in love w him so deeply during his first presidential run. Alot of this unfair attribution originated from a comparison between Obamas college record and Bushs. Bush-- by admission--was a C student at Yale whereas, in comparison, Barry was supposed to be some whiz kid in collge--Really? Lets take a look: In reality, Obamas undergrduate record is almost the same as Bush's (anywhere between a 2.0 or C to a 3.3, a B). So, in comparison he did A LITTLE better than Bush, but not by much!! And , to me, a magna cum laude graduate, neither mans academic record is that impressive!! Also, do you have results from an IQ test to back up your contention that Obama was so damn smart? If so, i'd like to look at them!! Do you know that Donald Trumps IQ is known and is said to be a 156?? Do you know that that means?? HES A FREAKING GENIUS, THATS WHAT!! I highly doubt that Barry comes even close to that and, in reality, is probably much lower, cuz let me tell you, a 156 smokes. Suppose, for arguments sake though, that you were right and Barry did have a higher IQ then Trump (no damn way he does)--does it even really matter that much anyway? Is that the major determining metric or factor in your algorithm used for quantifying Presidential greatness? If so, youre gonna be off by ALOT cuz Ronald Reagan, an ENORMOUSLY SUCCESSFUL PRESIDENT AND LEADER, had an average IQ at best, and Jimmy Carter , a very unsuccessful Presdient (VERY BAD CONCLUDED BY MOST), had THE HIGHEST IQ FOR ANY PRESIDENT EVER MEASURED(except Trump) So, in , reply, id say youre conention is misguided and inaccurate Again, this point is more towards your orginal one in regards to Who he was and how he conducted himself. No argument about the pussy comment and I have nothing in repoly to throw at you about Obama so, again, in that regard, your right. However, I disagree about the fraud thing. I think that Trump was a real go getter his whole life, impressing those around him entire life (See the Richard nixon quote after meeting a young Trump back in the late 70's )--guy was a stud and a beast!! In contrast, Obama exploited his race his entire life, smoked pot with Communists and other America haters ( gooogle his association with Frank Marshall Davis if you dont belive me) , and prior to being elected for the most powerful position in the world, had a poltical resume that ONLY included 2 years as a STATE SENATOR FROM ILLINOIS!!. Before that, he worked as a community organizer , which is code for : SOCIAL ACTIVIST/RACIAL JUSTICE AGITATOR. Absolute piece of garbage IMHO. And you talk about a phony!! This guy isnt even fully black , only 50% as a matter of fact (although he often strived to renounce that other "half" of him) Maybe you think he was a big divider, and maybe theres some truth to that assertion, but what about Barry? Always injecting himself into situations involving race that didnt concern him, that was Barrys MO!! Since he didnt actually know how to lead the country or actually govern, hed stir the turd and add his 2 cents and make things even worse!!! Remeber Travon Martin? The beer summit with the black harvard professor? Why is the president weighing on matters such as this!! Do you know that BLM was acutally founded under Barrys watch? OBAMA WAS CLEARLY AND TRULY THE GREAT DIVIDER, NOT TRUMP Obama made the recession worse. Like many liberals, his belief in Keynesian economics led to his "solution" to the problem being throwing more governement money and programs into the mix in an attempt to "stimulate" the economy-- and not only did it not work, it made things worse!! The deficit was tripled under his watch , and after, crticizing Bush so heavily for imprudently adding to the nations deficit ( in fact, he said it was "unpatriotic" to do so, what a hypocrite!!), he does the very same thing himself and IN FAR GREATER MAGNITUDE Maybe . I know that Obamas economic vision and policies were hugely divisive and he seemed to adopt a "damn the republicans " attitude in ragards to that, but in terms of his military decisions, sometimes he was more pliable and would listen to reasoned judgement from more conservative experts. BUT NONE, STUDDED OUT MORE THAN TRUMP IN TERMS OF THE WAR ON TERROR AND OTHER FOEIGN POLICY DECISIONS!! North Korea as an issue?? SOLVED Chinas unfair trade practices?? Called them on it, first time EVER a US PRESIDENT HAD THE TEMERITY TO DO SO. Israel capital moved to Jerusalem? DONE!! after many US Presidents (Obama included) prmising to do so, and then failing to deliver. Youre last conetention is astounding to me , actually, when you say people "blindly" followed Trump and overlooked hismisteps and flaws-- dont you thin kthe same tning can be said about Obama? An underwhelming slacker, Communist (yes, a Commnuist and probably a Muslim symp too!!)who accomplished NOTHING in his 8 yrs as President except for: making health care in america worse; adding more to the deficit than any other American Pres can ever hope to;drastically weakening the US military during his presidency; stoked racial tensions intentionally; allowed terrorisnm to flourish in Iraq by withdrawing troops prematurely and against all military advice (resluting in the anlage and flourishing of ISIS under his watch; and setting us YEARS BEHIND in terms of development of domestic energy sources!! Oh, but he did get Bin Laden!! His only noteworthy accomplishement!! (that was only because he left the Bush system/ploicy in place watching the courier and allowing his ass to be waterboarded, when caught, to get the requisite intelligence in order to catch his scum bag ass!! ) . Do you remember how he was so AGAINST WATER BOARDING THOUGH?? SO CRICICIZED THE BUSH ADMINISTARTION FOR ALLOWING IT, CHARACTERIZING IT AS A FORM OF TOURTURE?? GOOD THING HE WENT AGAINST HIS OWN PRINCIPLES IN THAT CASE, THE HYPOCRITE!!! As you can see, I am no fan of Barry. I think he was absolutely terrible and am SO glad hes gone. Ill be honest: I dont think biden has even a glimmer of a chance as being as bad, and that comforts me--or am I wrong about that?!

Why do you say that it has become a Political refuge for Despots: like who ? Wondering cuz I never heard that before is all

Where, in PA or NY?

Definitely, their sentence structure was so different back then; consequently, it can be hard to follow. I find that contempoorary writing is more concise...succinct, I guess with shorter sentence structure whereas the older style is more flowery or poetic...something like that, anyway (e.g., they tended to use a buttload of semicolons and dashes back then, making sentences loonger) .

Is it any good? I always wanted to read that....

Nice!! I would love to read this!!

Gotcha, well then that aint good!

Yeah, Obama , to me, was an incredibly weak and indecisive leader (leader is actually a contradiction in terms because he was no leader!! lol). I felt like he was overwhelmed, didnt have a clue what he was doing, and demonstrated this time and again by the mann er in which he governed (or didnt govern!!). Also, I felt that he was VERY synpathetic to the terrorists and their cause, and only acted when he was literally forced to. A very unpatriotic, self aggrandized and imprudent narcissist IMHO (Im amused when they accuse Trump of this cuz to me, NOBODY was more full of themselves then him!). This may be a bit harsh, IDK and I'm trying not to be disrespectful but--in case you havent noticed-- I am no fan of the former Prez!! That being said, however, I do NOT hate him in the least and will not call him names or disrespect him like the Left does to Trump. I respect the office of President and since he was President, he deserves respect IMHO--as do ALL FORMER PRESIDENTS !!

Well, as of right now, its still legal to do--correct?

I'm reading this currently: Alot of the secret messages transmitted between the Soviets and spies in America have since been decoded and the communiques called "The Venona Papers". It took them years to do this cuz it was a very good code , but they finally completed it in the 90's; this book discusses its contents. Turns out, Mccarthy was right-- back in the day-- about the level and scope of Communist spy infiltration into the US Government between the 1930's-1950's. In fact, a BUNCH of these bags of shit held high-level posts in FDR's AND the Truman administration!! This is why I have such a low opinion of FDR. I think he CLEARLY was a fellow traveler back in the day--he and his pinko wife-- and was absolutely in love with the concept of the Soviet Union!! Piece of garbage!!

Thats cool; whats it about?

I agree, hes in serious trouble and may be gone, but what does it matter for us when hell likely be replaced by another hard-core city liberal?

What do you mean; so, he ordered the unfinished receiver and then built the rest is what youre saying?

I dont know, I read the article and I dont really hear him saying that there will be no consequences for their behavior toward the Uighers; I mean,in his speech, he uses language where hes clearly opposed to it. I do get though, that his response sounds very limp in that he also appears to suggest the US will do nothing on their own to condemn the behavior, other than suggesting that the UN will ultimately decide.

I like that quote

Then , if and when you have the time, please do so, because I would be interested in your reasoning behind the characterization of Obama as a "Good " President, as I thought he was one of the worst ever ( although not THE worst). Its interesting how people can see things so completely different, aint it? lol

Mike , can you tell us why you dislike Trump so much ? What are the major reasons why you think he was such a bad President ( I’m assuming that you think that he was ....right?). Also , did you think that his predecessor, Obama , was a good President, and if so , why ? Thanks

In a nutshell , can someone simplify and explain this legal jargon mumbo jumbo Please? What’s all this frame receiver nonsense in relation to guns? thanks

Why do you have to bite your tongue ? You can speak your mind !!

Yeah, to me, I think it all boils down to whether or not your potentially hurting others by the choices youre making; same as anything else, I guess. As I stated earlier in the thread-- and that which, positionwise, mirrors Splitear's stance-- sexual identity and gender identity are not exactly the same thing. In the vast majority of people, there is congruency between the two--in other words, your birth sex conforms with your gender identity--so there is no issue. In a small % of the population, however, they dont and this deviation from the "norm" is the source of all the current controversy. Again, I firmly believe that these individuals that truly and authentically have this "incongruency" are born that way and it is not a choice. And because it is not their choice or their fault, they should not be subject to scorn and ridicule by society. However, if they are jumping on a bandwagon so to speak, or , engaging in a "fad" (i.e., its cool to be trangender , gendefluid, etc. in our hyper tolerant contemporary society) for attention and status, then shame on them. Also, I'm not sure that kids possess the level of maturation to "know" for sure that theyre suffering from gender dysphoria and should be indulged to pursue these "feelings" by taking it to the next level (i.e., dressing like a member of the opposite sex, name changes, using the bathroom of the opposite sex, etc.)at such a young age. From what I've read , their is a greater tendency now, in todays world, for kids to "come out" and say they are transgender, much higher than rational statistics would normally dictate. Are these kids all truly transgender or are they being encourgaed to identify as such by our hyper-tolerant society? is my question. If that is the case, then it should stopped IMHO. Finally, for those that are TRULY incongruent in their sexual/gender identities, my position is, if your a guy that identifies as a girl (or vice versa) , you can be treated as as such in all aspects of normal life EXCEPT in cases or situations in which your activity, presence or behavior clealry disadvantages and/or discomforts many, if not most, of your peers. Examples of this include bathroom usage, participation in sports and, of course, anything else I may have missed. These exemptions would continue until adulthood--at least to the age of 21 , I guess-- AND FURTHER, until the individual takes the extradinary step of undergoing the hormone therapy AND requisite sex reassignment surgery, such to the extent that they can now be classified, biologically and anatomically, as a "woman". Once they have completed those steps, all exemptions to their new sexual/gender identity can now be lifted IMHO. This should remove most of the pretenders and wanna bes that "claim" they feel like a woman but are just looking for attention and to "stand out " in a situation which clearly and unfairly constitutes and advantage for them.

There is a difference though: girls petitioning and then participating in all boys sports league results in a greater challenge for them due to their anatomical disadvantages (i.e., smaller , weaker slower on average , etc.). For a guy the reverse is true as it creates a distinct advantage for him (or her...whatever!!).

Wouldnt be 2 blue states if you split the counties in the proper way

That would be a good thing for upstate IMHO