Jon Tester
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Still awaiting results from the Montana election... it's a nail biter.
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Especially since everyone was conceding victory w/ 30% of the votes accounted for w/ slim margins last night.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1112/83486.html
I'm expecting a shout out in his acceptance speech
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Hope so!
-Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
In its first roll call since September, the Senate voted 92-5 on Tuesday to debate a bill to ease restrictions on hunters and fishermen and allow 41 U.S. hunters to bring home polar bear carcasses trapped in Canada due to a ban on trophy imports.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., immediately moved to block Republicans from amending the bill, potentially stalling further action on the bill for days.
Republicans had blocked the bill before the election, fearing that passage would boost the re-election prospects of the bill’s Democratic sponsor, Montana Sen. Jon Tester. Tester ultimately won re-election, narrowly defeating Republican Rep. Denny Rehberg.
The idea was that the bill would pass easily postelection. Reid said it was “one of the most popular bills” the Senate had considered in the last session.
“I just can’t imagine why we’re still trying to refight an election that took place a week ago,” he said.
Tester’s bill combines 19 measures favorable to outdoorsmen. In addition to dealing with the polar bear hides, it would allow more hunting and fishing on federal lands, let bow hunters cross federal land where hunting isn’t allowed, encourage federal land agencies to cooperate with state and local authorities to maintain shooting ranges, exclude ammunition and tackle from federal environmental laws that regulate lead, boost fish populations and protect animal habitat. A similar bill passed in the House earlier this year.
The polar bear provision would allow the 41 hunters — two are from Tester’s home state— who killed polar bears in Canada just before a 2008 ban on polar bear trophy imports took effect to bring the bears’ bodies across the border. The hunters involved were not able to bring the trophies home before the Fish and Wildlife Services listed them as a threatened species.
The bill has bipartisan support and is backed by the National Rifle Association and the National Wildlife Federation. The White House said Tuesday that the Obama administration also supports the bill.
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Well, there it is right there... If you are hunting for "trophies" then I have no respect for you. Although I haven't been out in years, I grew up in a hunting family. One of the first things I learned was, if you're not going to eat it, don't shoot it. I will never take a hunter seriously who refers to an animal as a "trophy".
was like a picture
of a sunny day
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
― Abraham Lincoln
Im ashamed I gave this guy $10 to enter some PJ contest.
i said the same thing in anouther thread. not because it was tester, but because 10 went to a political entitiy. made me feel dirty. i wish i had not done so.
just sent this email to him via his website
^this^
"Life Is What Happens To You When Your Busy Making Other Plans" John Lennon
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
This thread...
viewtopic.php?f=13&t=198752&hilit=jon+tester
"Life Is What Happens To You When Your Busy Making Other Plans" John Lennon
thanks man! ... i thought i was in a twilight zone episode! ...
This is where the issue gets a bit tricky for me. We don't live in that kind of world but it has been strongly argued by some that we should. I don't know this as a fact, but I'm guessing Tester is very familiar with Mannings work as a conservationist. My guess is based on the fact that Manning is married to Tracy Stone-Manning who is also a conservationist and has done excellent conservation work in Montana works with John Tester. Here is an article related to her work with Tester:
http://www.newwest.net/index.php/city/a ... eam/C8/L8/
My guess is that, from what I've read, Tester has as much interest in establishing wilderness areas as he does in hunting. It looks to me like this is not as clear cut an issue as it might appear on the surface. Like I said, I'm highly opposed to trophy hunting and not a fan of food hunting, but I think we should look at this further before outright judging Tester- or anyone related to his work.
-Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
Also keep in mind that there is a big difference between "industrial tourism" in natural place which ruins all but ruins them- Yosemite being a key example- and the creation of wilderness. I highly suspect expansion of wilderness is a key issue for Tester- one I'm all in favor of.
-Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
Anyway, sorry, but anyone who gives money to political fundraising without even knowing what that politician stands for shouldn't really complain when they discover they are too against something he supports to have donated money.
obviously if I donated money, its my fault 100%.... but it sucks to learn this after the fact. Animal issues are important to me. Dont understand the "culture" of big game trophy hunting as much as I dont understand the "culture" of dog fighting.
I think that this is important to remember when it comes to politics. I don't think we're ever going to find a "perfect" candidate for all of what we believe in, but you gotta find someone to support who's positions are closest to yours, especially in the areas that you feel are important. I know nothing about Tester's political positions. This bill bothers me, but I am not a resident of Montana, so I have no say in who they elect, and in the end I might agree with enough of Testers positions to support him.
I reminds me of the tea party's hard-line antics on the Republican side. They'd rather find the "perfect" candidate to represent them (who will get killed in an election), instead of finding an electable one who shares most of their main concerns.
was like a picture
of a sunny day
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.”
― Abraham Lincoln
http://www.diffen.com/difference/Denny_ ... Jon_Tester
I think it was extremely important that Tester won re-election, so I am glad that Pearl Jam did a benefit concert for him. It's not easy for a Democrat to win in Montana. For fuck's sake, the man is an organic farmer. He's going to fight for a lot of good things in the Senate and he's not going to let anyone kill bald eagles.
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A good thing