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Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Republican Priorities

posted by on January 16 at 16:22 PM

With the exception of threatening to file a bill to define marriage as being between a man and a woman (take that Sen. Ed Murray!), the GOP doesn’t seem to have many priorities or agenda items in Olympia this session—unless you count harassing animals.

Indeed, I just got of the phone with Sen. Bob Morton (R-7, Orient) who’s sponsoring a bill to allow people to “run down and harass deer, elk, and wildlife” with their snowmobiles. Currently, this is illegal. Morton told me his bill would change that.

Here’s the language:

(2) No person shall operate a snowmobile in such a way as to run down or harass deer, elk, or any wildlife, or any domestic animal, nor shall any person carry any loaded weapon upon, nor hunt from, any snowmobile except: (a) By permit issued by the director of fish and wildlife

Sen. Pam Roach (R-31, Auburn) is a co-sponsor, which seems weird to me given that she made such a big deal about protecting animals last year.

Roach said this last year when she sponsored a bill to outlaw bestiality: “I will be working with groups concerned with animal cruelty to make sure we get a strong law on the books next year. The similarity [between molesting children and] animal abuse is that these perpetrators chose unsuspecting and innocent victims.

Not so, I guess, when you’re going after them with snowmobiles and guns?

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1

Does this mean that they'd approve of me chasing down children with snowmobiles and guns?

Posted by Gitai | January 16, 2007 4:22 PM
2

Only with the proper permit.

Posted by You_Gotta_Be_Kidding_Me | January 16, 2007 4:25 PM
3

Oh Josh, you miss the point. Pam doesn't want to create any more laws that might cause problems for her family... nor does she want any more people from the department of corrections oozing dust on her pearly white living room carpets...

Expect a bill from Roach limiting public officials from stepping on any carpet that might be soiled from their presence in private residences.

Posted by Dave Coffman | January 16, 2007 4:33 PM
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Just remember, friends don't let friends torture animals unless their friends call themselves hunters and torture them for fun.

Used to figure anything Roach had her name on was a bad bill - still true.

Posted by Will in Seattle | January 16, 2007 5:09 PM
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How else do they expect todays well fed hunter to actually get to the game.

Posted by Giffy | January 16, 2007 5:36 PM
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So, under this bill, would it be legal to fuck an elk... as long as you're doing it from a snowmobile?

Posted by Goldy | January 16, 2007 5:59 PM
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Giffy: you must live in the country like I do. The guys (and I use that term lightly) who want to hunt from their snowmobiles are fat fucks who are too lazy to get off their asses and hunt like real men.
Today's fucking lazy hunter doesn't go anywhere there isn't a drink holder.
I like hunting. I'm dating a (real) guy who hunts. Snowmobile hunting is like calling running over raccoons hunting.

Posted by Lard-Asses: Walk a little! | January 16, 2007 7:21 PM
8

Oh come on everyone knows shooting animals and fucking animals are in no way alike, somehow, I guess, maybe.

Posted by Silvertail | January 16, 2007 7:27 PM
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I can See it now, "So is this the right office to get my permit to molest deer? Oh, downt the hall, OK.

Posted by wl | January 16, 2007 9:33 PM
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Only from a snowmobile.

Funny story, at Christmas, my brothers were talking about when one of them got stuck out in the snow with a broken leg after his snowmobile crashed, while the other one ended up having to hike for hours to go get help - and then hike back when help showed up much later.

Remember, real men don't fvck deer, they eat them.

Posted by Will in Seattle | January 17, 2007 12:00 AM

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