NJ Gov. Corzine Once Agains Claims No Bear Problem
October 6, 2008
Hat tip to reader “Jim”.
Meeting at Grand Cascades Lodge at Crystal Springs, New Jersey, those involved in the state’s commerce hashed out ideas. Toward the end of the weekend-long meeting, New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine decided to entertain members of the press for a bit of question and answer time.
According to a report in the AIM Sussex County press, one member of the media reminded the governor that their conference was being held only a few miles from one area having the most troubles with dealing with black bears. He was asked why he was personally against having a bear hunt.
“Well I think that I have read that a lot of this problem, if you would call it that, is something that can be resolved by better game management, waste management (and) education. And there is a real argument about whether the bear hunt will be effective.â€
Once again Corzine shows his ignorance of the issue which should be a concern for all residence. This man is making the decisions and he doesn’t know what’s going on. He, for the second time in recent days, says there is no bear problem when he says, “if you would call it that”.
He also claims the state needs “better game management”. I think he would be better quoted by saying the state needs to manage game according to the animal rights groups and anti-hunting groups wishes, which we all know are based purely on special interest and lack of science.
Acting like an ostrich, Corzine told reporters they should talk with Department of Environmental Protection head Liza Jackson, who was also attending the conference. He said he would go find her, disappeared and never returned, nor did Jackson.
Tom Remington
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When you have an inflated view of your position, and self proclaimed supreme intelligence which makes you think your smarter than everyone else. Then where is the need to listen to anyone else.
N.J. bear complaints jump 84 percent in ‘08
by The Associated Press
Monday October 06, 2008, 6:26 AM
Black bears in New Jersey are getting bolder as they search for food before hibernating for the winter.
As of Sept. 20, the state had recorded 2,155 bear complaints.
The most serious complaints in which bears threaten humans or property have more than doubled to 203 from 87. The number of home entries has more than doubled to 65.
The state has euthanized 25 bruins this year for aggressive behavior, up from 18 a year ago.
State Fish and Wildlife Division assistant director Larry Herrighty told The Record of Bergen County there are more bears and less food in the forests.
Why thats normal for humans who reach the top of the political chain or money chain or power chain over the rest of the humans to act like their brilliant and we are dumb, common human trait, maybe in 10,000 more years humans will grow up and knock it off.
No other country on earth does a better job than the United States in respect of the environment and caring for the wonders of nature. And one of the reasons for that leadership is the active concern and participation of the American sportsman. Sportsmen tend to be the best informed and the most determined advocates for sensible wildlife and habitat conservation.
I’m at a loss to explain what’s happening in New Jersey. Might be what you get from the best Governor money can buy?
Time could be running out. I know we are all concerned with our little piece of the world. But It’s not just us. This whole thing is going global! What do you think the result will be?
Germany is now in the hot seat. The collapse of a rescue deal for Hypo Real Estate on Saturday threatens a €400bn (£311bn) bankruptcy that nearly matches the Lehman Brothers debacle for sheer scale.
Chancellor Angela Merkel has been forced to pull her head out of the sand, guaranteeing all German savings, a day after she rebuked Ireland for doing much the same thing. Reality intrudes.
During the past week, we have tipped over the edge, into the middle of the abyss. Systemic collapse is in full train. The Netherlands has just rushed through a second, more sweeping nationalisation of Fortis. Ireland and Greece have had to rescue all their banks. Iceland is facing an Argentine denouement.
The US commercial paper market is closed. It shrank $95bn last week, and has lost $208bn in three weeks. The interbank lending market has seized up. There are almost no bids. It is a ghost market. Healthy companies cannot roll over debt. Some will have to sack staff today to stave off default.
As the unflappable Warren Buffett puts it, the credit freeze is “sucking blood†out of the economy. “In my adult lifetime, I don’t think I’ve ever seen people as fearful,†he said.
We are fast approaching the point of no return. The only way out of this calamitous descent is “shock and awe†on a global scale, and even that may not be enough.
There is a line in the movie Braveheart just before Wallace is about to charge into battle. His companion looks at him and says, My God says I’m going to be OK ,but you all are Fuc-ed