Permit to Kill Bald Eagles

[Billy V]

More horse sh!t shovel down our throats.

The United States government has granted a permit allowing an indian tribe to kill 2 bald eagles. They need the feathers and body parts for religious purposes.
http://news.yahoo.com/video/us-15749625/permit-to-kill-an-american-symbol-28621180.html

Nice huh ?
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Well seeing as I'm Catholic and it is Lent I will need a steady diet of local Fish for Religious purposes, for myself and family.

These are the rules...and nothing else matters- except the BRTF can go fuk themselves.
http://www.ewtn.com/faith/lent/fast.htm

[jorluivil]

WOW.

[Yakin]

Whats next the permit to take a human life for religion?!?!
save a bird eat a fish:reeling::wsb:

[Devildawgjj]

No permit was issued for the slaughter/massacre of the indigenous peoples' in America.

What happend to the bison in America? At least they asked...

[Devildawgjj]

Whats next the permit to take a human life for religion?!?!
save a bird eat a fish:reeling::wsb:


Nope, religion is already the permit. ALLAHU AKBAR!!!

[JohnnyCope]

No permit was issued for the slaughter/massacre of the indigenous peoples' in America.

What happend to the bison in America? At least they asked...



x2

[Yakin]

Nope, religion is already the permit. ALLAHU AKBAR!!!

yeah now days i beleive it

[Whizz Bang]

Billy,

Respectfully, I think you are missing the point here. We can use this, a door has been opened and we would be foolish not to capitalize on it.

We need to create a religion whose most sacred rituals, holy rites of great importance, rely on freshly killed and locally procured pinnipeds.

I am thinking that maybe we should call it the Church of the Holy Mackerel. From my Google search, the old expression probably dates from the 19th century as a derisive term for the Catholic practice of eating fish on friday, but what if there is more to it? What if the Mackerel is not just Holy, but perhaps worthy of deification? How many of us lowly fishermen have been fed from the ultimate sacrifice a Mackerel makes on the terminal end of a fly line? That ultimate sacrifice absolves us of the sin of being a less than perfect fisherman, and in so doing, feeds the multitudes that constitute our family and friends.

There may be other practical benefits to this as well, the church would have tax exempt status and while I am no expert with regard to what a 501(C)(3) organization is actually exempt from, I am angling toward fishing gear (our tithing could comprise of costs associated with time on the water etc.).

The more I think about this, the more sense it makes..."All Hail the Holy Mackerel".


Post script: These momentously profound ceremonies will probably require the burning of computer keyboards and checkbooks obtained from environmental wackos. Just a thought, or maybe, just maybe, it was divine inspiration. Mackerel knows it would not be the first time a religion was created from divine inspiration that conveniently benefited the prophet.

[Hunters Pa]

Billy,

Respectfully, I think you are missing the point here. We can use this, a door has been opened and we would be foolish not to capitalize on it.

We need to create a religion whose most sacred rituals, holy rites of great importance, rely on freshly killed and locally procured pinnipeds.

I am thinking that maybe we should call it the Church of the Holy Mackerel. From my Google search, the old expression probably dates from the 19th century as a derisive term for the Catholic practice of eating fish on friday, but what if there is more to it? What if the Mackerel is not just Holy, but perhaps worthy of deification? How many of us lowly fishermen have been fed from the ultimate sacrifice a Mackerel makes on the terminal end of a fly line? That ultimate sacrifice absolves us of the sin of being a less than perfect fisherman, and in so doing, feeds the multitudes that constitute our family and friends.

There may be other practical benefits to this as well, the church would have tax exempt status and while I am no expert with regard to what a 501(C)(3) organization is actually exempt from, I am angling toward fishing gear (our tithing could comprise of costs associated with time on the water etc.).

The more I think about this, the more sense it makes..."All Hail the Holy Mackerel".


Post script: These momentously profound ceremonies will probably require the burning of computer keyboards and checkbooks obtained from environmental wackos. Just a thought, or maybe, just maybe, it was divine inspiration. Mackerel knows it would not be the first time a religion was created from divine inspiration that conveniently benefited the prophet.


Communion in the Church of the Holy Mackerel consists of roast pinniped in a fish sauce distilled from fish caught in our sacred Hunting Grounds, the MLPAs

[mtnbykr2]

"Holy Mackeral" I am in...:D

[roadx]

i see no difference between a bald eagle and a turkey. if they are legally taken then they should be fair game.

i don't have an hierarchy for animals. if they taste good, eat'm

[RK]

Billy,

Respectfully, I think you are missing the point here. We can use this, a door has been opened and we would be foolish not to capitalize on it.

We need to create a religion whose most sacred rituals, holy rites of great importance, rely on freshly killed and locally procured pinnipeds.

I am thinking that maybe we should call it the Church of the Holy Mackerel. From my Google search, the old expression probably dates from the 19th century as a derisive term for the Catholic practice of eating fish on friday, but what if there is more to it? What if the Mackerel is not just Holy, but perhaps worthy of deification? How many of us lowly fishermen have been fed from the ultimate sacrifice a Mackerel makes on the terminal end of a fly line? That ultimate sacrifice absolves us of the sin of being a less than perfect fisherman, and in so doing, feeds the multitudes that constitute our family and friends.

There may be other practical benefits to this as well, the church would have tax exempt status and while I am no expert with regard to what a 501(C)(3) organization is actually exempt from, I am angling toward fishing gear (our tithing could comprise of costs associated with time on the water etc.).

The more I think about this, the more sense it makes..."All Hail the Holy Mackerel".


Post script: These momentously profound ceremonies will probably require the burning of computer keyboards and checkbooks obtained from environmental wackos. Just a thought, or maybe, just maybe, it was divine inspiration. Mackerel knows it would not be the first time a religion was created from divine inspiration that conveniently benefited the prophet.


Holy shit Whizz Im all in on this one....
This is a genius idea.............
:cheers1:

[JohnnyCope]

The Lord !

[tasteslikechikn54]

Billy,

Respectfully, I think you are missing the point here. We can use this, a door has been opened and we would be foolish not to capitalize on it.

We need to create a religion whose most sacred rituals, holy rites of great importance, rely on freshly killed and locally procured pinnipeds.

I am thinking that maybe we should call it the Church of the Holy Mackerel. From my Google search, the old expression probably dates from the 19th century as a derisive term for the Catholic practice of eating fish on friday, but what if there is more to it? What if the Mackerel is not just Holy, but perhaps worthy of deification? How many of us lowly fishermen have been fed from the ultimate sacrifice a Mackerel makes on the terminal end of a fly line? That ultimate sacrifice absolves us of the sin of being a less than perfect fisherman, and in so doing, feeds the multitudes that constitute our family and friends.

There may be other practical benefits to this as well, the church would have tax exempt status and while I am no expert with regard to what a 501(C)(3) organization is actually exempt from, I am angling toward fishing gear (our tithing could comprise of costs associated with time on the water etc.).

The more I think about this, the more sense it makes..."All Hail the Holy Mackerel".


Post script: These momentously profound ceremonies will probably require the burning of computer keyboards and checkbooks obtained from environmental wackos. Just a thought, or maybe, just maybe, it was divine inspiration. Mackerel knows it would not be the first time a religion was created from divine inspiration that conveniently benefited the prophet.

all hail the holy mackerel... I am in...

[salty pirate]

Don't you mean the Northern Arapaho tribe of Wyoming?

Hmmm. bald eagle taste just like spoted owl:farmer:

[Billy V]

Billy,

Respectfully, I think you are missing the point here. We can use this, a door has been opened and we would be foolish not to capitalize on it.

I didn't miss it at all.:) I wanted to see how long it would take for someone else to see the light.

More than 25 years ago my little sister started her own religion. It works for them in many ways.
http://www.apath.org/creating_religion.html

The Church of the La Jolla Canyon Mackerel.
God is a Fish (A Pacific Mackerel) and He resides in La Jolla Canyon. Yellowtail are the raging creatures of destruction who's soul mission in life is to destroy our God.

They must be stopped.

[blitzburgh]

I didn't miss it at all.:) I wanted to see how long it would take for someone else to see the light.

More than 25 years ago my little sister started her own religion. It works for them in many ways.
http://www.apath.org/creating_religion.html

The Church of the La Jolla Canyon Mackerel.
God is a Fish (A Pacific Mackerel) and He resides in La Jolla Canyon. Yellowtail are the raging creatures of destruction who's soul mission in life is to destroy our God.

They must be stopped.

HAHAHAHAHAHA! That's it I'm in!

[Salty Dog]

Amen to that, Brother Billy!

[RK]

I didn't miss it at all.:) I wanted to see how long it would take for someone else to see the light.

More than 25 years ago my little sister started her own religion. It works for them in many ways.
http://www.apath.org/creating_religion.html

The Church of the La Jolla Canyon Mackerel.
God is a Fish (A Pacific Mackerel) and He resides in La Jolla Canyon. Yellowtail are the raging creatures of destruction who's soul mission in life is to destroy our God.

They must be stopped.



YESSSSSSSSSSSS! Praise him god greenie

[Yakin]

The Lord !

I'm all in
should the Wonderful all BSB be the queen that always gets away?

[J3FFro]

Brillant idea!!

But you forgot the other sinful creatures of the deep (halibuts & WSB).

:reeling:

[Gman]

I am ready to convert where's our 1st Meeting?

[Yakin]

Thats what we are looking for Is our 1st services and make sure to remember your donations :wsb:

[maui jim]

But nobody minds going to the casinos...:D...interesting......:cool:

[TCS]

The new trinity could be the sardine the squid and the holy mackerel. Catching YT and WSB is the expression of devotion.
Dogs are the sign of the beast.
Whizz bang is the prophet who climbed the mount...

All hail.
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Btw. this thread made my day. Organized religion is for the weak minded (Jesse Ventura said it, I agree)

[Yakin]

The new trinity could be the sardine the squid and the holy mackerel. Catching YT and WSB is the expression of devotion.
Dogs are the sign of the beast.
Whizz bang is the prophet who climbed the mount...

All hail.


He Climbed the Mount. and its younger brother :notworthy::notworthy:

[wade]

I am ready to convert where's our 1st Meeting?

There is a lovely service @ the Matlahuayl Center.
Communion is usually the second day after the storm front...
:reeling:

[TJones]

we have been killing these people since the dawn of time.

[blitzburgh]

we have been killing these people since the dawn of time.

OK. American Indians got hosed. So did the millions, yes, millions of Africans that died coming to the new world. So did all of the poor souls that ran into the Spanish Conquistadors and British and Mongolians......I could go on and on. The point here is the protection being given to take an otherwise protected species under the guise of Religion. Billy, first permit we apply for is for Garibaldi :evil:.

[bellcon]

we have been killing these people since the dawn of time.

What do you mean "we" Pale Face?

[Whizz Bang]

Can we please get back to the specifics of my cult...I mean religion.

And for the record, If I remember correctly through the fog of booze and time back to my days at ASUs School of Anthropology.....There were several migrations across the Bering Strait over a span of thousands of years. The Indians we "slaughtered", had in many cases displaced earlier settlers themselves. Perhaps not as creatively as small pox laced blankets or deprivation of the tribes' keystone like the bison with the plains peeps, but effective nonetheless.

This, gentleman, is called progress or perhaps even evolution.

Agrarian societies in temperate climates over time develop specialized professions, specialized professions develop sh#t like guns. Guns win.

Now, returning to the Church of the Holy Mackerel.... The YT cannot be some kind of nemesis or evil entity. Why would anyone drag their god through demon infested waters in the hope of having him savaged? I am thinking that the YT are in fact a reincarnated soul that may have some bearing on your life. Think soul circles and lessons unlearned. This is why the mackerel makes the sacrifice, to bring us one step closer to redemption.

The pinnipeds on the other hand seek to separate you from your path, your growth. They are the true antithesis to the HM.

[taggermike]

Many tribes when they signed thier treaties, and basicly had every thing stolen from them, made provitions that they could hunt and fish in their tradition areas. They can't live there or sell the land but they can hunt and fish there "in perpetuaty". It often causes a big stink when indians go to court and force the feds to actually honor these treaties. Check out the Bolt decission in washington state. Hunting eagles may fall under this type of treaty. The joking around about starting a profishing church is cool, but lets show respect for a persecuted people trying to save a part of thier culture. Mike

[stairman]

No permit was issued for the slaughter/massacre of the indigenous peoples' in America.

What happend to the bison in America? At least they asked...
what kinda cool aide you drinking soldier

[Yakin]

what kinda cool aide you drinking soldier


That brown coolade causes a lot of problems down in the Florida keys but doesn't seem like to much of a problem

[Devildawgjj]

what kinda cool aide you drinking soldier


Soldier, huh? :mad:

ok, ok, It never happened! :rolleyes:


Sovereign land is just that. As far as I'm conserned they can do as they wish on their land. It's no differnent than leagally hunting mountain lions in ID. And the antithesis to that is you can't in CA.

Carry on....