/Vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin is extending mercy to animals in Alaska./
By killing them? Oh, yes, like how the conquistadors showed "mercy" to the Aztecs and Incas by slaughtering them. Right.
/Some of you people would not know mercy if she was standing next to you./
Speak for yourself, dimwit.
/We have dominion over animals as descendants of Adam and Eve./
So, what? One could make the argument that if one has dominion over something, that one is inevitably responsible for it. Therefore, we have a responsibility for the animals' welfare. Shooting them does not fall into the category of welfare.
/The packs of wolves are killed before they eat each other/
WTF? Wolves eat OTHER animals. They eat caribou, deer, elk, moose, rabbits, etc. The only time I could see them resort to cannibalism was if there was no other available food left and if they were really desperate.
/or starve to death./
Starve to death? Wolves are an endangered species! They are so far outnumbered by their prey that it's not even funny. In fact, nature even makes so that there is hardly ever an overpopulation of predators. Please, Palin doesn't give a rat's rear about the wolves. All she cares about is the thrill of killing them and the satisfaction in knowing that there will be more deer around for other hunters to shoot. As a wolf-lover and an environmentalist, I find that despicable.
/What do you want the governor to do?/
Uh, leave the wolves alone, for starters?
/House and feed the wild wolves? C'mon./
Don't you give me this "C'mon," you insensitive twit. I want her to leave them the heck alone! Wolves hardly ever attack humans, so shouldn't we repay the favor? We're on the top of our food chain, you'd think that we would identify more with nature's predators. I could rant about all the other things that I don't like about Palin: that she's a deluded fundie, that she's inexperienced, that she's an anti-feminist, but even if she were none of those things, I still would dislike for hunting wolves like she has. Hunting them from A BLASTED HELICOPTER, no less!
/And, we need oil more than we need starving polar bears./
Yes, I'd like to see you explain to your hypothetical child a few years from now how you allowed the polar bear to become extinct, thus joining the ranks of the dodo bird and passenger pigeon, so that you could drive your fancy SUV to work. A while ago, people shared the same idea, only it concerned whales. Who cares if you destroy one of the world's largest and most marvelous animals? Just as long as you can light your lamp and get your soap.
/We need a strong, organized, praying woman in the White House/
A strong and organized woman OTHER THAN PALIN in the White House would be nice. Praying would not be a requirement for her and it should not be a requirement for any candidate.
/-- helping our strong, praying, president, John McCain. Palin is that woman./
She is not and you are deluded.
