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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI opposed military action in Syria, I opposed Summers, and I have no egrets.
[font size =6]Now on to TPP and Keystone.[/font]
el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)Maybe I should get an egret.
Bryant
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)Sorta like one of those clips of a bomber on a forest fire mission, except it ain't water.
el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)Oh and the old PT Barnum "This way to the Egress" joke. But That makes me think I wouldn't want one as a pet.
Bryant
quakerboy
(13,920 posts)Dont leave this one out...
That beak and neck. Think about what those are for. This is an creature that has turned its face into a spear. Ya know... for stabbing things.
Do you really want a pet that stabs things with its face?
el_bryanto
(11,804 posts)quakerboy
(13,920 posts)I want it nowhere where theres even the potential of being in close proximity. Animals tend to be able to rotate and turn. And I have various pieces of body that I prefer to keep Un-faceshanked. Namely.. All of the pieces of my body.
wandy
(3,539 posts)Th1onein
(8,514 posts)I'm not going to fall in lock step with everything that Obama wants to do, simply because he is the candidate I campaigned and voted for. I'm going to criticize, bring pressure to bear on his decisions, and make my voice heard. Because this is a DEMOCRACY and because I am PARTICIPATING in this democracy.
Anyone who doesn't like that can kiss my ass.
tiredtoo
(2,949 posts)snagglepuss
(12,704 posts)Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)Octafish
(55,745 posts)Autumn
(45,120 posts)wet from the rain last night and foggy. I went out to feed the animals this morning , we have a large mound of dirt and manure a ways back from the paddock. I looked over and there was a bird very much like that one sitting on the the mound. Grayish and white, at least I think it was those colors. By the time I was done it was gone.
Vanje
(9,766 posts)I bet thats exactly what you saw.
Orrex
(63,220 posts)In fact, it's so feeble that it needs a Heron aid.
Octafish
(55,745 posts)They are magnificent creatures. When they fly, they sometimes make a deep "Hroo-hroo-hroo-hroo" sound. Their long necks make it easy to fish. Their legs in the water must look like reeds to the poor fish.
We got them all over Michigan, even in metro areas. In Detroit, I've seen several kayaking around Belle Isle and at the various MetroParks. As I'm always getting swamped by wakes, etc., I don't take my camera in the boat.
I photographed that particular bird at the Yuko-En Zen Garden in Georgetown, Kentucky.
It was a happy, happy surprise as my kids didn't want to get out of the car -- so my wife and I were able to get close enough without the bird getting alerted by their complaining.
lark
(23,147 posts)Every year they come thru here during migrating season and are sooo awesome! My window overlooks the river, when I see one standing in the shallows fishing, it just makes my day. They aren't real shy, you can walk by on the river-walk and they don't fly away, so I tend to take extra long breaks those days.
Autumn
(45,120 posts)Beautiful birds.
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)The blue heron is one of my totem creatures. They have appeared at many times and brought comfort in my life crises. I can't explain their personal significance to anyone who doesn't already know about that sort of thing.
NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)They'll be a real tweat for everyone.
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)But chirrup, the raven loons haven't flocked in yet.
NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)It's the one cardinal their deck.
SomeGuyInEagan
(1,515 posts)God, I love the cheese.
lastlib
(23,268 posts)...without robin his thunder. I have no egrets a-teal about it either. (However, I am wondering what effect Summers' withdrawal might have on the stork market.....Not that I care much if the Wall Street warblers lose their stuffed shirts.......)
Octafish
(55,745 posts)As I wrote to Autumn above: They are magnificent creatures. When they fly, they sometimes make a deep "Hroo-hroo-hroo-hroo" sound. Their long necks make it easy to fish. Their legs in the water must look like reeds to the poor fish.
We got them all over Michigan, even in metro areas. In Detroit, I've seen several kayaking around Belle Isle and at the various MetroParks. As I'm always getting swamped by wakes, etc., I don't take my camera in the boat.
I photographed that particular bird at the Yuko-En Zen Garden in Georgetown, Kentucky.
It was a happy, happy surprise as my kids didn't want to get out of the car -- so my wife and I were able to get close enough without the bird getting alerted by their complaining.
PS: Grok what you wrote about explaining the unexplainable, my Friend. You should see what showed up on the Detroit River the other day.
cali
(114,904 posts)I have to confess something. I'm confounded about keystone. I don't know what the hell should be done. No, I don't want to see it. It's terrifying to contemplate a major spill, but it's also terrifying to contemplate more train disasters like Lac Megantic. They are going to keep extracting that filthy oil in Alberta. They are going to keep transporting it.
Seems like there are no good options at all.
jeff47
(26,549 posts)And that would significantly reduce the transportation risks.
My personal take on Keystone is we shouldn't do it because it offers no benefit to the US - the oil is going to be shipped overseas.
Thus Keystone gives us all the risk and no reward, so it doesn't make any sense to do it. Canada can run their own pipelines to their own coasts.
ljm2002
(10,751 posts)...when you say:
"Thus Keystone gives us all the risk and no reward, so it doesn't make any sense to do it. Canada can run their own pipelines to their own coasts."
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)And that's all that matters to TPTB.
Whatever increases the cost of oil production is an incentive to the development of green energy.
bluedeathray
(511 posts)Jazzgirl
(3,744 posts)Lo and behold........ real egrets!! And no regrets too.
Whisp
(24,096 posts)and I am glad you don't have any.
Pretty sure you are not one of the hair on fire, deep end group but someone who is honestly worried about all kinds of ugly possibilities.
But I could be wrong!
Anyway, yep Keystone is heavy shit too. Lots of hurdles coming and will not ever end, unfortunately.
zbdent
(35,392 posts)Vanje
(9,766 posts)smokey nj
(43,853 posts)Vanje
(9,766 posts)with messy laughter
MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)demwing
(16,916 posts)pnwmom
(108,990 posts)I think you do have egrets.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)gopiscrap
(23,763 posts)Rex
(65,616 posts)Since he was Obama's top pick for the Fed chair. Glad to be wrong.
ChiciB1
(15,435 posts)I DO have EGRETS, and they are in my yard or neighbor's yards almost every day! They love raw "chicken necks" or almost any raw meat. I used to buy boxes of the necks and feed them all the time UNTIL my husband made me stop. His reason? Not that he dislikes them, they're beautiful as are the gray ones and other varieties of large birds that frequent my area. BUT... my husband got upset because they fly around and drop large globs of "you-know-what" and many times it lands on our vehicles and "we the people" too.
Just couldn't help myself with the pun, but living in Florida... EGRETS aren't the biggest problem. It's REGRETS aplenty! Not the least of which is Rick Scott and the rambling one man posse named GEORGIE ZIMMERMAN!
(not so much)
IronLionZion
(45,514 posts)A lovely pair of the blue footed kind of course
KoKo
(84,711 posts)Because it's very funny.
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)What a wonderful way to give Summers the bird.
KoKo
(84,711 posts)I'm a great fan of "Blue Herons"...and they are there where I'm happy...