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Happy [belated] 65th birthday, Smokey Bear
The Examiner ^
| August 9 2009
| Thomas McAdam
Posted on 08/10/2009 3:57:03 AM PDT by Daffynition
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To: Daffynition
His real name was Smokey Bear.
To: ETL
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posted on
08/10/2009 5:17:57 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
("...... we are about to be czarred and fettered." ~ alterum ictum faciam.)
To: Dusty Road
Correction, his real name was Smokey.
To: Daffynition
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posted on
08/10/2009 5:29:53 AM PDT
by
ETL
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To: Daffynition
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posted on
08/10/2009 5:32:45 AM PDT
by
ETL
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To: PowderMonkey
Perhaps it is, but a zoo without animals is not a zoo.
Your memories of the National zoo differ from mine. I was a kid who went a couple of times a year. They had animals of every kind ,some of which amazed me as a kid. Herds of Zebra, Wildebeests,they had Prairie dogs, Panthers and white Tigers.
Perhaps you are right , Kids can see these animals on a video tape now, they dont need to see the real thing. I guess the animals they do have left over there will just be allowed to go as they die off. Probably all for the best.I do know I wont be going there again , but if you like to hike and climb a large hill and be ripped off by high price concessions, give it a shot. There are a couple of elephants left, and an old mangy male lion. LOL
There are a few more animals left there, but not enough to make it worthwhile paying the 20 buck parking fee and traipsing that hill with two Grandkids in tow.
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posted on
08/10/2009 6:00:29 AM PDT
by
Venturer
To: Dusty Road
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posted on
08/10/2009 6:06:24 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
("...... we are about to be czarred and fettered." ~ alterum ictum faciam.)
To: ETL
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posted on
08/10/2009 6:15:49 AM PDT
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Daffynition
("...... we are about to be czarred and fettered." ~ alterum ictum faciam.)
To: ETL
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posted on
08/10/2009 6:18:16 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
("...... we are about to be czarred and fettered." ~ alterum ictum faciam.)
To: Daffynition
I’ve heard those six-legged headless grizzlies are extremely rare in some parts.
:)
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posted on
08/10/2009 6:24:11 AM PDT
by
ETL
(ALL the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: Venturer
You are correct. A zoo without animals is no zoo. My visits to the National Zoo obviously predated yours. I spent many years in direct contact with animals in the wild. A good many of them in Central America and on the African continent. And so, though it's been over 50 years, I still choke up at the memory of first entering the National Zoo's “Elephant House” and setting eyes on a heartbreaking sight: “Jimbo” the resident African elephant. He was confined in that concrete block house. He was chained and staked by one leg to a corner of the room. The old tusker had long since been driven mad by his confinement, and spent his days ceaselessly rocking, and shifting his weight from one side to another. Despite improvements, like yourself I refuse to go back for the reasons you cited. It's a overly-priced rip off, and you can't even drive across the old ford of the artifical stream they once had there (an early and very lame attempt at a “Safari” theme park). It's not what I would consider a "National" zoo at all.
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posted on
08/10/2009 7:13:51 AM PDT
by
PowderMonkey
(Will work for ammo. Proud member of the well dressed mob.)
To: Daffynition
I wish I could find the Far Side cartoon with Smokey blindfolded blowing out the candles that look like little trees, and saying “Can I look now?”
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posted on
08/10/2009 7:18:59 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: PowderMonkey
Many people dont get direct contact with wild animals. They dont get the opportunity to visit foreign countries and see exotic animals. The Nations zoos are the only opportunity they will get to see these animals.
I see your point in wanting animals to be free , it’s a great point , I also see a need for people to actually see these animals, so that when they are asked for funds to save their habitat so they know what kind of animals are being saved. It’s educational for kids to see these wondrous beasts. They wont get that opportunity any longer at the National zoo. That too is shameful.
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posted on
08/10/2009 8:34:48 AM PDT
by
Venturer
To: PowderMonkey
<I remember as a boy seeing Smokey during his brief stint at the National Zoo in Washington, DC
Me too! I still call him ‘Smokey the Bear.’ Screw the Park Service.
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posted on
08/10/2009 1:41:08 PM PDT
by
radiohead
(Buy ammo, get your kids out of government schools, pray for the Republic.)
To: Daffynition; All
OK, everybody! Let's all sing that song we learned as kids. All together now...
Smokey the bear. Smokey the bear.
Prowlin' and a growlin' and a sniffin' the air.
He can spot a fire before it starts to flame.
That's why they call him 'Smokey.'
That is how he got his name.
Happy Birthday, big guy.
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posted on
08/10/2009 2:24:35 PM PDT
by
PowderMonkey
(Will work for ammo. Proud member of the well dressed mob.)
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