Kingsnewclothes

There once was a very rich man who "Bought" his own nature reserve and since wind farm companies want to plant turbines nearby, he's doing what he can to stop them from spinning.

He sent out surveys to 868 Bingham County homeowners.

He asked, "Do you believe that windmills in Bingham County could have a general positive or negative impact on the county's citizens?"  Not, "I have my own spot of privately own nature and don't want to look off in the distance and see windmills providing power to anyone or providing more income to the area, what do you think." 

82-percent say it'd be positive impact for the County, this means the rich man needed to try another way to keep his occasional view unmarred.

On day 5 of the 5-day survey, the question changed and asked 162 people "would it affect your opinion about the windmills, if the power from the windmills was sent to California and didn't help Idaho's electric rates at all?"

By the way wherever the power ends up, Bingham County would still profit from the taxes these companies would pay.

Of this group polled close to 66-percent say it would affect their opinion, that means the rich man might have a way to keep his occasional view pristine.

The rich man somehow contacted Governor Otter and he toured the private nature reserve, which he gladly did at the beckon of rich man.  Rich is a poweful word to polticians.

Thinking of another way to joust the windmills he offered some of the private nature reserve to create a state park in southeastern Idaho which could be a tilting factor in the ongoing personal and private windmill war.

The decision is in the governor's hands as to creating a state park and be blessed by this "Don Quioxte".

Rumors say that Governor Otter is doing some preliminary research, I wonder if he is checking his bank account too,  to see if this plan is practible or "profitable" before he mounts his Sancho Panza donkey.

This afternoon Aug. 9th I went for a duckwalk out to Fort Hall Pow Wow Festival as did many other people.  My wife and I brought folding chairs as is custom of Pow Wow watchers, I used to be a participant but duck walking dance is no longer tolerated, and boy oh boy there was some really hot looking dancers out there from 2 to over 65 and all the colors of the rainbow.  Had to have fresh squeezed lemonade, made from a whole lemon per small and 2 whole lemons per large, and the staple of most Pow Wows "fry bread".  My fry bread though was full of a burger and chili and called an "Indian Burger", yum!  The booths of vendors were awesome, the ol duck-walker traded for a few trinkets and bought a few more.  Well heading back to the nest and if you didn't go to this Festival you missed it and missed a gooood time!  so long for now.

Our family owns 2 loyal, loving, and obedient pit bull terriers.  Loving owners have naturally loving dogs - mean, aggressive people have aggressive and mean dogs. I also believe that there are many owners who train dogs to be aggressive animals, as in fierce guard dogs used by persons involved in activities they don't want anyone to observe. Neglected, untrained dogs tied or caged in a yard without contact or affection from humans becomes damaged, mean dogs.  Likewise, there are dog owners who take the responsibility to teach, play, handle, and train dogs to be helpful companions and good friends. Getting rid of aggressive and mean people would solve a lot of our bad dog problems. There are bad dogs in every breed.  Actually, studies about dog behavior show that other breeds have the most reported attacks on people.

          You might also wonder who would want to own pit bull terriers a few were Presidents Woodrow Wilson and T. Roosevelt.  Others include Jessica Alba, Rachael Ray, Jessica Biel, Helen Keller, Serena Williams, Jesse G. James, General George Patton, Fred Astaire, Jan Michael Vincent, Steve Irwin, (The Crocodile Hunter), Alicia Silverstone, Humphrey Bogart, John Steinbeck, Fatty Arbuckle, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Barbra Eden, Rosie Perez, James Caan, Shaquille “Shaq” O’Neal, Judd Nelson, Michael J. Fox, Ken Howard, whose life was saved by his pit bull, Usher, Thomas Edison, Mel Brooks, Anne Bancroft, Madonna, Jack Dempsey, Bernadette Peters, Jon Stewart, Earl Holliman, David Spade,  Brad Pitt, Mary Tyler Moore, the list goes on.

"Montana and Idaho are moving to host the first open gray wolf hunts in the lower 48 states after the animal's removal from the endangered list across much of the Northern Rockies. Montana wildlife commissioners voted Wednesday to let hunters throughout the state shoot 75 wolves, or 15 percent of Montana's population, beginning in mid-September." (From a Journal story.)

This hunting practice is no more than "thrill killing” as wildlife persons have called it. When "game animals" are killed and not harvested for food it is, killing of an animal simply for the "sport" not to put meat on the family table. To boast of the excitement and rush of “murdering" of a wild beast, and using any excuse to justify doing it. But, I do realize the people of these states may contain persons who want to eat a wolf also, but that is not the majority of these thrill killers.

I say this because I was told as a youth to not, "play with your food", and "don't kill anything you can't use or eat." I am of Shoshoni decent and had this told to me from Elders and relatives. I think I would be somewhat less appalled of the killings if the following was added to the "hunts".

"WASTE OF GAME MEAT", RULE from FISH AND GAME. "Hunters are required to remove and care for the edible meat of big game animals, except mountain lions. This includes the meat of the front quarters as far down as the knees, hindquarters as far down as the hock, neck meat, meat along the backbone and meat covering the ribs. It does not include meat of the head, internal organs and meat on the bones after close trimming."

From the same background I do not agree with the "hunts" because the Wolf is a revered animal and is simply "being an animal of its instincts," and does not need to be killed. And as many, many things in this life, is revolving around the religion of the dollar bill.

   When I was a young duck my family would go to Ross Park and my uncle would take us down to the collapsed part of the lava above the park.  He would walk us kids out through the sage brush and over bunny trails, there were no human trails then.  The walk was tough and rough, he would take us to spots though along the rocks and show us what was left by people who stopped hundreds of years before us and take very hard rock; perhaps obsidian; and peck or scratch "stories" on the rock.  He would always take off his hat and stare and tell us to look into the past and imagine natives taking hours, or days  to leave the marks on the rock.  "Do no harm to these, and leave as quietly as we came," he would say, then he would toss a few leaves of tobacco and step back into that present day.  These walks I know took us near what is now Kirkham Trail, I hope convience was worth stepping on ancients.

  When I was a young duck my family would go to Ross Park and my uncle would take us down to the collapsed part of the lava above the park.  He would walk us kids out through the sage brush and over bunny trails, there were no human trails then.  The walk was tough and rough, he would take us to spots though along the rocks and show us what was left by people who stopped hundreds of years before us and take very hard rock; perhaps obsidian; and peck "stories" on the rock.  He would always take off his hat and stare and tell us to look into the past and imagine natives taking hours to peck and leave the marks on the rock.  "Do no harm to these, and leave as quietly as we came," he would say, then he would toss a few leaves of tobacco and step back into that present day.  These walks I know took us near what is now Kirkham Trail, I hope convience was worth stepping on ancients.

Talking with a relative she reminded me that not all of the "art rock" was "pecked" that some was made with numerously scratching the rocks, and I am sure that she is correct.  She wanted to know if some arthropological persons have documented the images on the rocks that will be ran over and buried and I told her, "I don't really know."

Boise our capital, seems the road to Caldwell and Nampa have been torn up since 2006 and still not done or maybe they just keep moving the construction arouind between towns, still hard to get around out of the city.  I mean going 55 or 45 on those roads can get a person killed with all the traffic going by on both sides at the speed of whizz and zoom and they switch lanes up there like they live in UTAH.  They turn into a lane and if they think someone was watchin they turn on a blinker or toss a "your'e #1 finger salute!!" just to let you know they are far enough behind as to not get sucked into their draft.  Went to some mall and a few stores but they were not worth writin about.  Duckwalkin back home and around....lad

I am almost getting the feeling that Dist. 25 is holding up parents and patrons of the schools up for ransom.  Instead of tossing out crossing guards that is top of the list why not suggest instead, the crossing guard program is costing the budget too much, so why not turn it into a voluntary program.  It could possibly be administrated by other existing volunteer programs such as neighboorhood watch. 

LOOK THE KING IS NAKED, tell us where cuts need to be made and let us help don't just cross things off and turn your backs.

  Been out duckwalkin the neighboorhood and settled down in the ol rocker grabbed the journal and scanned for local doings.  When what do my wonderous eyes examine, a legislator I think a senator who says in print, well it is true we passed the bill, it went through in a hurry, and some of us really didn't read and understand it but voted anyway.  STOP, THE KING IS NAKED!!!

Well as I was once told, as near as I can remember, "well if all the other senators ran over a cliff I suppose you would follow them."  For christmas sake man what do you think you were put in office for to READ, UNDERSTAND, EXAMINE, AND ASK QUESTIONS... then pass bills.  Sheesh!