control of the United States, or be punished. That’s as good a description of slavery as you’re likely to find. The people who complain about the Confederate flag are
misinformed and mistaken. The flag in front of the post office
is the symbol of slavery. A Passing Thought Sam Aurelius Milam III
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have tyranny. Where the government fears the people you have liberty. —John Basil Barnhill
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A while back, I watched several documentaries about feral pigs.
Time flies, and maybe by now feral pigs are old news. Maybe people have already solved that problem. I doubt it but, either way, the documentaries left me with some thoughts about the pigs, which led to this article.
First, according to the documentaries, those pigs aren’t native to this continent, or even to this hemisphere. Reportedly, they were intentionally released here during the 1500s, or thereabouts, by the conquistadors. Since then, they’ve spread across most
of both continents. They’re a harmful, invasive species. They damage or destroy habitats wherever they go. They’re strong and smart. They reproduce prolifically. They can even pose
a threat to people. Surely, even the most tearful and avid of the something huggers can see that we don’t need to “Save the Pigs”.
Now, about the documentaries. It seems to me that a new documentary niche, albeit a small one, might have grown up around the feral pig problem. It seems to be manned (manned, ladies, not personed) mostly by pig removal professionals whose job it is
to deal with the pigs, and to be seen in documentaries. I’m skeptical,
suspicious, even cynical.
Consider the word deal. Among its various meanings is the concept of selling or distributing something, maybe a service. Is dealing with the pig problem the same thing as solving the pig problem? I don’t think so. Indeed, they don’t seem to be the same thing at all. I expect that there’s a lot more financial security for the pig removal professionals in dealing with the problem than there is in solving it. There’s also, probably, a lot more camera time.
So, what do those pig removal professionals actually do? They capture the pigs and relocate them. Well, imagine that. I doubt if they plan to relocate the pigs all the way back to Europe. After the pigs were first released in this hemisphere, the species managed to spread all the way from Central America to here, so I expect
that a relocated pig, after it’s released, will probably be able to
find its way back to wherever it was captured. Even if it doesn’t, its descendants will. Yup, there’s a lot more financial security in relocating the pigs every time that they sneak back, than there is in killing them. Better yet, it makes the professionals look soooo concerned about the welfare of the poor little curly-tailed critters.
So, the pig removal professionals use dogs, ropes, sticks, cages, and so forth, to capture the pigs, expertly appraise their health, comment on their rugged natural beauty, repeatedly remind everybody about how dangerous they are, and act like humanitarian heroes
in front of the cameras. The helpless farmers and their anxious
wives are joyfully grateful.
What? Helpless farmers? Anxious wives? Aren’t those farmers and their wives from the same sturdy pioneer stock that nearly made everything extinct, and still might? Can’t they eliminate a few pigs? The pioneers did that kind of thing with guns. So, it seems to me that the answer to the feral pig problem is easily at hand. A .30-06 in the hands of every farmer and a carbine in the hands of every farmer’s dainty little wife ought to do the trick nicely and, as we like to say down here in the South, them pigs is mighty fine eatin’.
The authorities appear to disapprove of that solution to the problem. Why? Now, I’m just speculating here and I might be way off target, in a manner of speaking, but maybe people who can solve the feral pig problem for themselves might also be able to solve other kinds of problems for themselves. Why would that make the authorities nervous? It’s
a long shot, so to speak, but maybe all of those rifles might be just as
effective against the other kind of pigs, as well.
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That Villain Sam Aurelius Milam III
Here’s something that seems to have eluded the historians. The secession of the southern states from the union was a peaceful political process, involving legislative debates. The subsequent war was a part of the military process by which the southern states were forced to involuntarily rejoin the union. Nobody died in the debates. Many people died in the war. So, who was really the villain?![10x5 Page Background GIF Image](../../Images/10x5_Page_Background.gif) ![Gun](../../Images/Gun.gif) Page 2 | Frontiersman,0c/o 4984 Peach Mountain Drive, Gainesville, Georgia 30507 http://frontiersman.org.uk/ | July 2022 | |