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red rocker fan
03-03-2003, 05:50 AM
Don't know if you are familiar with the past governor of Georgia, Zell
> Miller, who is now Georgia's junior senator in Washington or not. By the
> way - he is a democrat. I thought this article in the paper was very
> apropos.
>
> Zell Miller knows how to boil things down to the basics. That's what
> Georgia's junior senator did when he explained why it's important that
> Saddam Hussein be defanged. But he's also a good storyteller.
>
> Here's the text of Mr. Miller's remarks, made on the Senate floor about the
> need to help President Bush deal with Iraq. We couldn't say it any better.
>
> "Mr. President, I have signed on as an original co-sponsor of the Iraq
> resolution, and I'd like to tell you a story about why I think it is the
> right path to take:
>
> A few weeks ago, we were doing some work on my back porch back home, tearing
> out a section of old stacked rocks, when all of a sudden I uncovered a nest
> of copperhead snakes. Now, I'm not one to get alarmed at snakes. I know they
> perform some useful functions, like eating rats. And when I was a young lad,
> I kept snakes as pets. I had an indigo snake, a bull snake, a corn snake and
> many others. I must have had a dozen king snakes at one time or another.
> They make great pets and you only had to feed them a mouse every 30 days.
>
> I read all the books by Raymond C. Ditmars, who was the foremost
> herpetologist of his day. That's an expert on snakes. For a while, I wanted
> to be a herpetologist, but the pull of being a big-league shortstop outran
> that childhood dream. I reminisce this way to explain that snakes don't
> scare me like they do some people. And I guess the reason is that I know the
> difference between those that are harmless and those that will kill you. In
> fact, I bet I may be the only senator in this body who can look at the last
> three inches of a snake's tail and tell you whether it's poisonous or not. I
> can also tell the sex of a snake, but that's another story.
>
> A copperhead will kill you. It could kill one of my dogs. It could kill one
> of my grandchildren. It could kill any of my four great grandchildren. They
> play all the time where I found these killers. And you know, when I
> discovered these copperheads, I didn't call my wife Shirley and ask her
> advice, like I do on most things. I didn't yell for help from my neighbors
> or take it to the city council. I just took a hoe and knocked them in the
> head and killed them. Dead as a doorknob. I guess you could call it a
> unilateral action. Or pre-emptive or even bellicose and reactive. I took
> their poisonous heads off because they were a threat to me. And they were a
> threat to my home and my family. They were a threat to all I hold dear.
>
> And isn't that what this is all about?"

Mandelon
03-03-2003, 06:21 AM
Well, that's better than the dog post.......
The old senator makes sense. How many UN resolutions is it going to take???

JetBoatRich
03-03-2003, 06:58 AM
A lot better than the dog, you are forgiven wink .
Just Giving you a hard time :o

HalletDave
03-03-2003, 07:23 AM
I like what the good Senator said. :) Rich, you think he is related to you? :D I am sure there are people that will say that the Senator should have just relocated those low down slithering VARMITS. eek! Good morning Mandelon, JBR & Rocker.
HD

Thunderbutt
03-03-2003, 07:32 AM
Snake (http://www.umass.edu/umext/nrec/snake_pit/pages/copper.html)
According to this link. The copperhead is not aggressive. It is venomous but not deadly. It is on the endangered list, so it is against the law to kill or capture. I wonder if Mr Miller voted for the law.

Metal_King
03-03-2003, 07:51 AM
Thunderbutt:
Snake (http://www.umass.edu/umext/nrec/snake_pit/pages/copper.html)
According to this link. The copperhead is not aggressive. It is venomous but not deadly. It is on the endangered list, so it is against the law to kill or capture.Sorry, TButt, but if the snakes are in an area that can endanger my boys, or the neighbors kids, then fu** the law.

Metal_King
03-03-2003, 07:51 AM
Good to see a democrat comparing Al-Qaeda to venemous snakes.
[ March 03, 2003, 07:54 AM: Message edited by: Metal_King ]

bmff
03-03-2003, 10:48 AM
NEWS FLASH The snakes are no longer endangered.

red rocker fan
03-16-2003, 09:49 PM
all right!

spectratoad
03-17-2003, 05:48 AM
Thunderbutt, Are you from France??? :D

Seadog
03-17-2003, 06:03 AM
Remember the old song about the snake, where the silly woman saved the snake and then got bit?

572Daytona
03-17-2003, 06:19 AM
Thunderbutt:
Snake (http://www.umass.edu/umext/nrec/snake_pit/pages/copper.html)
According to this link. The copperhead is not aggressive. It is venomous but not deadly. It is on the endangered list, so it is against the law to kill or capture. I wonder if Mr Miller voted for the law. Um...Zell Miller lives in Georgia, not Massachusettes. Here is the list of endangered reptiles in GA, note that Copperhead is not on the list http://www.fws.gov/r4gafo/txt/teherps.html There are several species of Copperheads including the Northern and Southern Copperhead. The Northern which is what you would see in Mass is on the endangered list in several north eastern states.

HCS
03-17-2003, 06:30 AM
Saddam's on the indangered list. :rolleyes: His head will roll.

Dusty Times
03-17-2003, 06:33 AM
Had to shoot you a five star for that one Red. And it's not just for your good taste in music or vitamin T. You found a guy that says it how it is and how the normal person can understand. I've never heard it put like that (but I liked it).That's a guy I would vote for if he ran.