We have lots of rattlesnakes around here. I haven't had to kill one yet. We have one that lives in our pump shed. He's a really big guy, maybe 2" in diameter (rattlers out here don't get particularly long, but they do gain girth). He's been there on and off for a few years, but he never bothers anyone. In fact, he has never "rattled".

However, if one shows up near the front door, rattle or no, we pick him up and move him. They keep the mice down.

bp
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On 3/12/2016 2:49 PM, Glen Waldrop wrote:
Big picture being humanity, our world as a whole.

Left vs Right has overridden any and all logic in most debates (arguments really) and left the real world behind.

Example, gun control.

We still live in the same world as our great great grandparents. There are still critters out there that can and will kill a man. Guns aren’t evil, but apparently a portion of the world thinks that guns exist solely for murder. I say that they make a much more humane way for us to kill a hog/deer/etc so we can put meat away.

We still kill rattlesnakes here quite often. I killed a copperhead a few months back. I’m glad my neighbor always carries. He’s killed two between my house and the neighbor’s. There are kids all over the place out here.
Logically, guns are tools.
*From:* CBB - Jay Fuller <mailto:[email protected]>
*Sent:* Saturday, March 12, 2016 12:47 PM
*To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Is it 1968 all over?
define big picture. i think if you ask 100 people who follow politics....you'll get 100 different answers.

    ----- Original Message -----
    *From:* Glen Waldrop <mailto:[email protected]>
    *To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
    *Sent:* Saturday, March 12, 2016 11:18 AM
    *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Is it 1968 all over?
    Wow.

    Way to gang up guys.

    I have to agree with Rory here. Black Lives Matter has all but
    become the mirror image of the KKK. Sure, some of them are doing
    it for the right reasons, but like environmentalists, feminists
    and dozens of other –ists the wackos have hijacked what could have
    been something powerful, something good, and gone *way* over the line.

    One common thing among those groups are the very vocal fringe left.

    I’m sitting here in the middle watching both sides go completely
    apeshit crazy.

    Can no one sit back and look at the big picture?

    Are we so divided that logic has completely left the discussion?
    It certainly seems that way and not just on the list.
    *From:* Bill Prince <mailto:[email protected]>
    *Sent:* Saturday, March 12, 2016 11:02 AM
    *To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
    *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Is it 1968 all over?
    You know Rory, as long as it's "conservatives versus liberals" and
    liberals are the scum of the earth, you're never going to listen
    to reason.

    For the most part I F6 your posts because they all seem to go down
    the same rat hole. You seem to have a chip on your shoulder.

    bp
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    On 3/12/2016 8:56 AM, Rory Conaway wrote:

    You know what Ken, let’s do this.

    You need me to sound racist because your liberal mindset is that
    everyone is a victim.  I probably have a much wider diversity of
    friends, business partners, and colleagues than you do and never
    has anyone ever called me racist. Because I abhor racial division
    and call it out for what it is, an excuse for failure and control
    by race hustlers, I’m a racist. That’s the pea-brained mentality
    of the intellectually dishonest.  You simply can’t understand
    that there are those of us who don’t care about race, we simply
don’t have time for it in our lives and we don’t see it. However, we can define the problems created by race, race
    hustlers, and liberals who don’t want to face facts, just blame
    everyone else for their problems and failures.

    What I care about is that there is a class of people that are not
    assimilating into society because nobody wants to face the
    facts.  You would rather stick your head in the sand and call out
    those of us who see the truth racists.  Here is a fact, not
    having a solid family support system, not following the law, and
    not working hard is a recipe for failure, regardless of the
    race.  If you don’t want to face that fact, so be it.  Stick your
    head in the sand, blame me and call me names, and stand by while
    our country falls apart because you don’t have the intellectual
    honesty to face that fact that the greatest country in the world
    is falling apart from within and from the outside. Hell yes, I
    want our borders sealed and immigrants required to learn our
    language and honor our heritage.  Hell yes I want every child to
    get a good education that honors this country, the founders that
gave it to us, and the men and women who died to protect it. And until we recognize that keeping an entire culture in poverty
    and ignorance by not expecting them to excel is a bad thing, then
    we as a country are doomed to further internal violence, strife,
    and separation.   I don’t care about the color, I care about the
    fact that color is used as an excuse.

    The sad part is it’s not just any specific culture, it’s the
    entire generation. There isn’t a manufacturer here that doesn’t
    have engineering outside this country because they can’t find
    enough engineering talent within our own borders because our
    culture and education failed an entire generation.   And as for
    Obama, his policies have escalated this problem, including
    unemployment, a poor economy, lower standards of living, hatred
    of police and authority, and racial division and escalation.  So
    if you are big supporter of him, congratulations, you picked a
    real winner there.  You want the truth, that’s it.  So bring it
    on Ken.  I’ll back my conclusions with the facts from the Census
    bureau, the FBI, the U.S Department of the Interior, the U.S.
    Bureau of Labor, and the Bureau of Economic Analysis but those
    facts won’t matter will they?

    Rory

    *From:*Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Ken Hohhof
    *Sent:* Saturday, March 12, 2016 9:25 AM
    *To:* [email protected]
    *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Is it 1968 all over?

    Yes, I think your statements sound racist, and finally I call
    your out for it. Why is that over the line?  You have made some
    pretty inflammatory statements, but it seems you can’t take any
    criticism?

    We have a WISPA conference coming up. One thing I always notice
    is we are not a very diverse crowd.  Almost all white men.  That
    leads to the belief that prejudice is OK because everyone here
    thinks that way too.

    *From:*Rory Conaway <mailto:[email protected]>

    *Sent:*Saturday, March 12, 2016 10:14 AM

    *To:*[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>

    *Subject:*Re: [AFMUG] OT: Is it 1968 all over?

    That’s out of line Ken, at any level.  What matters to me is that
    the violence fostered by ignorant people in our society who don’t
    contribute, but foster racial hatred and disdain for the
    Constitution, the Laws of this country, and want special
    treatment.  I don’t give a crap what color they are but they keep
    bringing it up.  Black Lives Matter, Black Caucuses, etc… The
    rest of us just want everyone to be Americans but it’s liberals
    that won’t let race go because they need it to stay in power.

    You want to attack me for my beliefs Ken, that’s fine.  You want
    to call me a racist, what I really want to tell you will get me
    banned.  I’m done with this and Ken, please don’t ever speak to
    me again.  You went too far.

    Rory

    *From:*Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Ken Hohhof
    *Sent:* Saturday, March 12, 2016 8:17 AM
    *To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
    *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Is it 1968 all over?

    Black people really seem to set you off.

    *From:*Rory Conaway <mailto:[email protected]>

    *Sent:*Saturday, March 12, 2016 8:51 AM

    *To:*[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>

    *Subject:*Re: [AFMUG] OT: Is it 1968 all over?

    Faisal, I’m ready to continue our other discussion. BTW, Black
    Lives Matter showed up to the Chicago rally and now there is
    looting and gun fire. I really doubt the Trump supporters are
    doing that.

    Rory

    *From:*Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Faisal Imtiaz
    *Sent:* Saturday, March 12, 2016 7:32 AM
    *To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
    *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Is it 1968 all over?

    I hope you realize that everyone participating in this discussion
    is an Adult, and a Patriot. Everyone is very much concerned about
    the future of our great nation. The discussion is over the events
    as they are unfolding.

    It is very interesting to me, as an independent, that folks on
    the right are so upset, and so polarized in their view that they
    are  willing to accept bad behavior from anyone  of their
    affiliated party, since that person can do nothing wrong  and the
    other side cannot do nothing right...

    I fully understand that everyone is passionate, but exchange of
    views in a polite healthy manner is the proper decorum, watching
    the GOP primaries turn  into a circus act is embarrassing,
    because the world is watching, and to see folks trying to explain
    and justify is even more troubling.

    Bad behavior is bad behavior, it should be called out, and it
    should not bt acceptable at any level from anyone. While the
    media is fully responsible for fueling the fire and covering only
    the inciting stuff.... watch closely the clips of trouble at the
    Trump rallies, there appears to be an steadily increasing amount
    of 'supporter participation' in this bad behavior.... (when
    someone is being lead out, by security there are folks hitting
    and throwing punches at the person being lead out....).. and Mr
    Trump constantly refuses to condemn such behavior, which
    indicates approval.

    While you can explain it and justify it which ever way you want,
    some of us who have had a broader view of the world, have seen
    this type of behavior and events , in the other parts of the
    world.. and the end results were not very good for anyone.... As
    such their is  rising concern.

    The GOP is playing with Fire, one they think they can control....
    historically speaking when that particular type of genie is let
    out of the bottle, no one has  been able to control it .....

    :)

    Regards

    Faisal Imtiaz
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        *From: *"Rory Conaway"
        <<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]>
        *To: *<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]
        *Sent: *Saturday, March 12, 2016 9:05:42 AM
        *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] OT: Is it 1968 all over?

        Jaime, travel to the WWII museum and learn about the
        sacrifices we made as a country to stop men like Hitler.  You
        have so mischaracterized what Trump is saying but I’d rather
        take this discussion elsewhere to someplace like Facebook.

        Rory

        *From:*Af
        [<mailto:[email protected]>mailto:[email protected]]
        *On Behalf Of *Jaime Solorza
        *Sent:* Saturday, March 12, 2016 6:59 AM
        *To:* Animal Farm
        *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Is it 1968 all over?

        Fault? Its human nature....you push me and I push back...most
        fights start that way...literally and figuratively... Trump
        doesn't deny he has asked him audience to beat the crap of
        those "bad dudes"...let's go back to old days....what civil
        rights riots? Wallace?  Lynching?  He is playing to  the
        older white man who fears foreigners are taking over the US.
        Xenophobia was one of Hitler and others methods used to
        create a fervor and led to murder of millions. i have a
        different perspective on things from my ancestors and
        upbringing plus traveling.  Travel outside USA and your eyes
        open a bit more. I normally stay quiet on politics but not
        this time.....too much at stake...Trump will not win.



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