So let me get this straight: You can’t own a handgun in Chicago, and now you don’t only have to deal with violent criminals, but freaking cougars!
Makes sense. If wild animals know you can’t do anything to them, why do they need to be scared of you? Now Chicago residents are going to have to worry about gangbangers and packs of wolves when they walk to the store — but at least they don’t have to worry about accidentally shooting themselves with their own gun.
not only cougars, but also Bears, Bulls, and Cubs. Not to mention temperatures that get down to -25 Fahrenheit.
Gun control will make our cities like the wild west – feral animals roaming the streets.
This excellent post is another reason to stay in the country and not go to the city: wild animals.
In downstate Illinois, we can cling to all the guns we want, and whenever a cougar, mountain lion, lynx, bobcat, wildcat, puma, jaguar, leopard, ocelot, cheetah, lion, tiger, or simply a feral barn cat tries to eat us, we can take out our bitterness by securing its quick demise.
This is slightly off topic, but do you know of any good recipes for cougar? I know of quite a few for common barn cat, but I’d hate to ruin a perfectly good cougar carcass by improperly spicing it.
Liberals will not rest until we no longer have the freedom to act, speak or think on our own! Each day new laws are passed by the elite to slowly and steadily remove freedom from each one of us and we just go along! Amazing isn’t it? And now we have 3 candidates for POTUS that each agree that more laws must be passed to do more of the same!
As I understand it, they gunned down the helpless tabby and claimed “self-defense” Strikes me as odd that people are writing letters to my local paper (trib dot com) protesting our treatment of the wolves and calling for a boycott of all things connected to Wyoming. (turn off your lights–ever hear of Wyoming Coal?) While I have no complaint actually with the Feds introducing wolves into the greater Yellowstone area (Wyoming,Idaho and Montana) the least they should do is be required to keep them on a leash. We do have laws governing pets, you know.
I’ve heard before about cougars moving back east. Whatever. Gamblin’ Fast Eddie Rendell hasn’t tried to take my guns yet.
Soc – greeting from CU.
How do you do up barn cats? I find there isn’t much meat left after pumping the requisite 9 rounds into them.
In our state, we have several varieties of cougars. Ordinary cougars are shy and don’t bother anyone. The “freaking cougars” are from Pullman (the alcohol capital of the state) and are best handled by Washington Huskies.
In the real Illinois, outside of the Union of Soviet Socialist Chicagoans, we have cougar issues often. About 4 years ago, there was one found dead, shot by an arrow near the Mississippi River. A week later, another was seen within a few miles of where the dead cougar was found. In West-Central IL, on a bird farm where I hunted during college, the farm had over 200 pheasants killed, presumably by a cougar (just a couple of day prior to the birds being killed a neighbor had observed a cougar pace around the bird pens for over an hour). And I could continue with stories, for quite a while.
We also get the occasional wolf coming through. And I know of a hunter who has a picture of a black bear from his trail cam.
It is not a hard stretch to believe that these same species of animals would wander into the USSC. Remember last year when the coyote climbed into the cooler at a Chicago coffee shop?
#8 – Posted by: Jimmy on April 16, 2008 11:42 AM
Hey, is Ty really as bad as Notre Dame fans say he is?
Hey, I’ll take wild animals anyday over liberals, socialists, and islamic jihadi Mooooslims. The former only attacks smaller prey in order to eat, as part of its God-created instinct in the natural food chain. The latter attacks and kills anyone that disagrees, as part of its Satan-spawned brainwashing.
He’s a “beta,” Marko. And he has a win/loss record to prove it. Nice guys come in last.
That sentence in the AP story should read:
“Authorities say the cougar will be checked for any markings, chips or tags for the taxidermist to remove. Also, don’t forget to bring the family for Wildcat Chili night down at Precinct 12.”
#12 – Posted by: Jimmy on April 16, 2008 11:53 AM
Well, at least he’s not a fat arrogant jerk. Even better, he’s not a brain-eating zombie like my favorite team’s coach.
http://img518.imageshack.us/img518/9715/brainsfn9.jpg
Hey – lots of IL homeys here today!
The cougars are coming back big time in Illinois. I know reliable folks from Galena to Marion that have seen them.
DarnCat #7: Barn cats must be skinned and gutted, of course. But as the meat is very tough, and not fatty, it must be cooked twice: once by boiling, then cooled enough for the liquids to harden, then heated again, by some other method than boiling.
For the second cooking I prefer wrapping in aluminum foil with a nice cranberry-honey glaze and cayenne, but YMMV.
The twice-cooked meat should be tender enough for those with good teeth.
Serve with milk and a mint garnish.
What about ordinary, domestic cats that poop in your garden, spread disease and kill birds? Same recipe: KILL THE CAT?? (I find an unchoked 12 gauge barrel works best from 100 feet.)
Mmmmmm! Couuuuugarrrr!
You’ve got it the wrong way around there Jimmy. The birds poop in you garden, on your porch, your car, and you. Kill all the birds and the neighborhood cats will go away.
Uh-oh. Jimmy has played the Pac-10 card. Jimmy, watch your back, ‘cuz Beaver fans (all three of us) are comin’ after you.
A pac of Beavers? You can’t win ’cause you don’t have a lead dog, you know, an alpha male. Beavers are just like the pussycat Cougars from Pullman.
And DamnCat, I rest my case with your name. Apparently, Socrates has renamed you to be less offensive. Must show respect for the critter you’re about to kill and eat. Or something.
Cats are too lean and stringy. Dog – now there’s a meal. Mmmmmm…
“Dog – now there’s a meal”
Saves on ammo too since you only have to kill them once – unlike a damn cat.
Socrates is obviously a person of class and refinement. Sounds like he sets a fine table too.
Nonetheless, I admire your name and it’s intention.
If you’re right about Socrates, however, why – oh why – doesn’t he fix his teeth if he insists on eating feline carcass? Surely, a man of his class and refinement would do that. Plus, he would instinctively suggest a fine wine to accompany the dish.
Jimmy, I sh*t you not, the Beavs just hired Obama’s brother-in-law for mens hoops coach. I don’t quite know what this contributes to our conversation, but I’m still dumbfounded by it. Makes me almost want to move to Seattle.
People were complaining that so many shots were fired at the cougar in a residential neighborhood.
If they let the cops carry rifles, they would have only needed one shot.
Rumors that the cops planted a gun on the dead cat are being investigated.
I know nothing of that, innominatus, but maybe the guy actually has a life, unlike his snobby, bitter sister.
BTW, there’s no income tax up here but we do have the usual regressive B&O, sales, gas and a boatload of ‘sin taxes,’ not to mention the dumbest politicians on the planet. We ain’t called the “Soviet State of Washington” for nothin’.
And! We’re a Barack Obama primary state that just might go for John McStrain in the final stretch.
The best wine to go with cat?
But I wanted spaghetti.
Hey, is Ty really as bad as Notre Dame fans say he is?
Ty is “bad” all right. He’s not smooth, the way Bill Walsh was, but we Stanford alums were just about as unhappy to see him leave. One tough guy, one good coach, and one straight shooter.
Socrates, I thought you’d at least recommend a good bottle of Chateau Brignon.
Ty was a good coach, and a quality individual. I was disappointed to see him go (but I’m a big Weiss fan as well).
150 pounds? I’d say she needed to hit the NutriSlim. badumching!
(Reference: urbancougar.com)
As far as #8 – Posted by: Jimmy on April 16, 2008 11:42 AM is concerned, you should know that the Cougs are best handled by the Vandals at UI, my alma mater! Excepting the May 3, 1998 Pullman riots, all the locals know that the substance-induced fun happens across the border in Idaho!
Came a tribe from the North, brave and bold,
Bearing banners of Silver and Gold;
Tried and true to subdue all their foes
Go Vandals, go mighty Vandals!
But liberals think “reasoning” (sorry for the oxymoron) solves everything.
Liberal: “(Effeminate shriek) Ohhh…poor kitty. You should be in the forrest where you belon….”
Cougar: Munch! Munch! Munch!
In that light, it just might be best to keep firearms out of the hands of immature little children…er…liberals.
Steady…rock. I’ll have to send a squad of Huskies in your direction (with a stop in Moscow, Idaho, of course, where the brew runs like mountain streams). When they get to corn land, they’ll stop for pork- and beef-fed VANDALS!