Posted on 11/24/2006 9:44:21 AM PST by raccoonradio
Col. Hunt filling in for Howie today. Happy...Howie-Days! Read below for Howie's latest column...can I get me a huntin' license here?
Today's Howie column--Boston Herald
Take cover! Hunting season’s here again
By Howie Carr
Hot damn! Shotgun deer-huntin’ season starts in these here parts Monday morning, and what in tarnation will any red-blooded, pickup-truck-driving, Budweiser-swilling toothless good ol’ boy be doing come Monday at dawn but tracking Bambi, or, failing that, Bambi’s mother?
As John Kerry would say, Can I get me a huntin’ license here? Only if you’ll tell us where you saw that elusive 12-point buck, Senator.Yessirree Bob, huntin’ season only comes around once in a month of Sundays, but what the Sam Hill is going on with all this here posted property? Buncha danged flatlanders buyin’ up old Billy Bob’s back 40 and telling everbody from the Rod and Gun Club they can’t hunt? This ain’t Russia, bub, we’ll hunt where’s we damn well please.
Look, I have nothing in particular against hunters. I just like to make sport of them once a year. Of course there are way too many deer, and some of them do need to be harvested. But it’s amazing how many two-legged varmints also get harvested. Hunters are like motorcyclists and pit-bull owners - they blame everything on the 1 percent. Riiiiight.
Here’s a story posted Tuesday in Gainesville, Fla. A wily deer ran between two hunters, one of whom opened fire. Toll: no deer, one hunter wounded. The spokesman for hunter safety, whatever that is, lectured the readers: Treat every gun as if it is loaded.
And every hunter, too, he might have added.
Let’s go down the annual reading of the fallen Nimrods, and this is only partial, the more amusing incidents. All of the following occurred this month:
Mississippi - A 16-year-old Diberville high school student was killed by his 20-year-old stepbrother. The game warden lectured: “Know your target before you shoot.” I’m guessing they knew each other.
Maine - A teenage hunter in Penobscot County shot off his toe and part of his left foot last weekend when, according to a press report, the 17-year-old decided to double check the gun to see if it was empty. It wasn’t.
New York - A 49-year-old hunter in Livingston County was shot in the back by a member of his own shooting party who mistook him for a fox.
Kentucky - Two youths near Williamston were wounded Sunday after a hunter fired at a rabbit and the teens were caught in the line of fire. No charges were filed against Elmer Fudd. The wascally wabbit escaped.
West Viriginia - A 44-year-old hunter climbing into his tree stand on the first day of deer-hunting season Monday slipped and was left dangling for six hours, with a broken leg and severe hypothermia, until his father-in-law discovered him. The worst part of it was he couldn’t even reach his beer.
Minnesota - A 14-year-old hunter was killed by a 45-year-old who mistook him for a deer. The dead Nimrod was wearing blaze-orange hunting pants and coat, and a camouflage baseball-style cap. Haven’t you ever seen a deer in disguise?
Utah - A 27-year-old Box Elder County hunter accidentally shot himself in the chest while crossing through a fence, according to a local TV station.
Fence one, hunters zero.
Illinois - A 79-year-old man and his German shepherd were found shot to death inside his car parked alongside a road. The two were preparing to take their daily walk when a hunter opened fire on the car. According to a TV reporter, the hunter says he was shooting at a deer. A deer with four wheels and headlights, apparently.
Ontario - A 60-year-old woman wearing a red turtleneck sweater in the woods was gunned down by a hunter who mistook her for wild game. A week earlier, the dead woman had called the Provincial Police after a close call by another trigger-happy Nimrod.
Wisconsin - A 19-year-old was killed by a hunting buddy who mistook him for a deer. When he went to the location, he discovered his friend had been shot. How many more, Mr. Speaker? How many more must die?
I could go on, until a half hour before sunrise Monday morning. But you get the picture. Watch yourself. Elmer Fudd is in the woods. He’s armed and most likely, he’s also drunk.
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Nothing gets your attention like a nearby (BOOM!)... followed by the sound of pellets ripping through the leaves about you.
But cows were out of season and one of the hunters wasn't insured!
Col. Dave Hunt's voice really irritates me, and I personally wish that Howie would also expand upon his substitute list for his show so that it wasn't Col. Dave Hunt for as often as it has been for the last few months now. It's just my opinion.
Yes...
He used to, maybe still does (Lehrer) live just off Mass.
Ave in Cambridge.
btw Howie's on vacation in Florida this weekend. Anything happening down there...?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1743472/posts
>>An man claiming to be armed entered The Miami Herald building on Friday, causing the evacuation of employees from the newspaper's offices on the sixth floor. Herald employees identified the man as El Nuevo Herald cartoonist Jose Varela, according to newspaper. Some news reports say the man is armed with a shotgun.
Police were on the scene and set up a perimeter around the downtown Miami building that houses The Miami Herald and its Spanish-language publication El Nuevo Herald. It was not immediately known if there were injuries or hostages in the building.
Gee, I didn't know Howie was a cartoonist. Some disguise, eh? :)
He may have fled to Florida earlier than we expected. But he'd call himself Houardo Carro...(el bastardo grande!)
standoff over, cartoonist (for English please press two)
in custody
Entercom has said it was a cost cutting measure. Entercom
paid $20 million a year for the next 10 years for Red Sox
rights...that should explain it. They spent big and now have to make some cuts...They have Fox News at top of hour and
"Metro/Shadow" for local updates. This is the company that has done traffic reports for local stations and expanded into
newscasts.
If you have a station that can't afford a local news staff,
you hire a company like that--they also work for other
stations across town/different owners.
From Boston Radio Watch:
WRKO adds news from Metro/Shadow
Entercom's WRKO AM 680 which sacked its news department (a week ago) will now be getting its local news/weather/sports updates from Metro/Shadow Broadcasting group which already provides traffic reports on the Talk Station. The station will also run national Fox News Radio alerts at the top of the hour.
This is not the first time WRKO has gone without its own locally produced newscasts. Under station’s previous ownership, American Radio Systems(ARS), WRKO dumped local news department in 1995 but some of its news people including Rod Fritz and Pat Carrol were re-hired by Metro and when Metro began delivering news on WRKO, the change seemed seamless. It wasn't full elimination of the news dpartment then as the station did keep some of its own staffers like veteran Listo Fisher. In 1999, station's former program director Al Mayers persuaded upper management at Entercom to re-establish full news department and staff its own news operation so Fritz was hired as news director and news anchor/reporter Paul Tuthill came from WTAG-AM in Worcester.
Here's the official statement from WRKO on yesterday's changes :
--This decision was primarily based on our mission to build upon the core identity of WRKO-AM. It is a talk station, and we need to put all of our resources into improving our talk format.
Because of our format, WRKO will continue to talk about the news of the day through the ongoing dialogue between our show hosts and ourlisteners.
In addition, WRKO will be providing news content to our listeners through a number of different platforms, including our mobile media partners, our web site, our agreements with the Associated Press and Fox News, and innovative features such as customized traffic reports. We also plan to expand further by finding new and entertaining ways to bring relevant news and information to the Boston market through our news partnerships and other initiatives.
Apparently they're nationwide and run/distributed by Westwood One
>>Metro Networks/Shadow Broadcast Services is the largest supplier of traffic, news, sports and weather programming to the broadcasting industry. Metro/Shadow is heard by more than 100 million adults throughout the U.S., on more than 2,200 radio and TV affiliates.
Either they backed him off the mic a little or potted down the volume a little.
The col. on a cellphone is HELL ON EARTH!!!
"Let’s go down the annual reading of the fallen Nimrods, and this is only partial, the more amusing incidents."
I fail to see the amusement in fatal accidents.
Hunter is about 1/2 bubble outta level!
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