Comments by Kaintuck
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Posted on November 15 at 2:44 p.m.
Krogers is spot-on. IF this cat is there, please just leave it alone. The existing prey base is huge (I took a buck last Sunday afternoon myself for food). Between dodging intoxicated and doped automobile operators, and released felons, cougars are pretty tame fare. Cougars, AKA pumas, panthers or painters are all the same organism: Felis concolor (thank goodness for biological nomenclature), and are NOT exotic wildlife. They are as American as "Mom & apple pie", historically ranging from Canada to Argentina, and were regularly encountered in Mississippi until the mid-19th Century.
For bona fide cougar buffs, I'll provide the following:
"DuPratz (1758) was probably one of the first individuals to comment on the occurrence of the animal in this State, indicating it was not very abundant even at that early date, as he wrote: 'I have seen two at different times about my habitation [near Natchez]'. Many parts of this State, however, contained areas suitable to the puma's existence, and Audubon, in 1851 remarked on its occurrence in low swampy sections. A few years following Audubon's observations, Wailes (1854) wrote: 'The Panther is now rarely met with, except in dense and extensive swamps and canebrakes.' Hallock in 1880 reported that puma hunting was possible in Tunica County of this State, and also farther south along the Mississippi River in Washington County."
from "The Puma, Mysterious American Cat" by Stanley P. Young and Edward A. Goldman (1946).
They are a fascinating faunal component of the Old South, back by popular demand (and expanding deer herds).
Posted on November 10 at 7:04 p.m.
redusmfan,
That is true my friend, but like Vicksburg (I-20), Baton Rouge (I-10), and Memphis (I-40; I-55), Natchez would probably need an Interstate Highway going through it to make that comparison valid; Natchez is 60 miles from the nearest Interstate Highway.
That is not all bad; there are advantages and disadvantages to each situation, especially in regard to future scenarios. I don't know about how things are over there in Jackson, but as you probably remember, when International Paper closed here in 2000, 700 good jobs simply evaporated from Adams County. Natchez has had to deal with some trying economic situations these last few years. The good news is, Natchez endured this "trial by fire" years before most of the rest of the country. So I understand some of the frustration, but that is not the fault of the local preservationists.
Because of our current U.S. debt load, this nation is ill-prepared for another Great Depression. However, rest assured that Natchez (and Mississippi) survived the Civil War, Reconstruction, yellow fever epidemics and previous economic calamities, and it will this one too. We just need to trust God and our neighbors more, and it will all work to the good.
On Do you think ordinances are too strict in the historic district of Natchez?
Posted on November 10 at 2:12 p.m.
No place is perfect, but consider this: Historical preservation has made Natchez a beautiful, world-renowned town. We receive visitors from all over the world because of this historical preservation. Just how many people would travel here from England, Germany, or even California, to see our Shoney's, McDonald's, Popeye's, the Isle of Capri Casino, or even two of my personal favorites - Fat Mama's and the Pig Out Inn. Who are we kidding? Without the historical preservation, Natchez would become just another town on the banks of the Mississippi, perhaps like those along the Delta or other parts of the State...
On Do you think ordinances are too strict in the historic district of Natchez?
Posted on November 9 at 10:55 a.m.
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
A Declaration by the Representatives of the United States of America in Congress Assembled, July 4, 1776
Barack Obama, perhaps the unlikeliest candidate in American history, will soon be our 44th President. We should wish him well and Godspeed, as he will inherit one of the biggest messes in American history: two unsuccessful wars, a country that buys its manufactured goods from abroad, a new Homeland Insecurity border that leaks like a submarine with screen doors, a ten trillion dollar national debt which doubled in the last eight years, and a looming financial cataclysm that competent observers suggest will be worse than the Great Depression of the 1930s...
President-Elect Obama has a highly unusual background: He is half black, raised by white American grandparents, and spent part of his childhood living in Indonesia. No one, among the previous 43 U.S. Presidents, has ever had such a varied life experience. The only thing that President-Elect Obama has in common with the other 43, is that he is an American and attended Harvard!
God places people where he wants them, and Scripture tells us that this is equally true for rulers. No one is perfect, and Barack Obama is no exception; he will undoubtedly make some mistakes like the rest of us, but let us as Americans take pride in those words penned by Thomas Jefferson 232 years ago. They are great words, for a great nation, and all of us as Americans, should thank the Divine Hand of Providence for touching this nation when it needs it most. God Bless America!
Posted on November 2 at 9:30 p.m.
Many of the folks that post here must make more than $250,000 a year; they would be crazy to vote for Obama. The 150 billion dollar first phase of the Wall Street Bailout went to investment firm shareholders, with huge bonuses for Wall Street titans, incredibly, even those who sunk their businesses. Republicans crow in America today, that if you bailout a rich man it is patriotic; if you bailout a poor man, why, that is Socialism!
Seriously though, George W. Bush will be remembered as the president who created modern American Socialism with his doubling of the federal debt to over $10 trillion, and his plan for taxpayers to pay for the wild excesses of Wall Street. It will certainly benefit America to get Bush, Cheney and Turdblossom (Karl Rove) behind us: it is criminal what they have done to this nation...
Posted on October 12 at 3:08 p.m.
Old Grand Dad is spot-on; 2008 will be viewed by historians as a political tsunami that swamped the 20th Century Republican Party, principally due to the efforts of, ironically, two Republican politicians completely out-of-touch with their constituents: George Bush and John McCain. The former created a new Homeland Security Department that turned a blind-eye to millions of illegal aliens swarming into the United States after 9/11, and the later drafted legislation to provide amnesty for them. Similarly, the U.S. economy appears to be undergoing tremendous duress under Bush, and McCain seems to be parroting the same economic principles espoused by Bush. Win, lose or draw, the Republican Party will be fundamentally revamped, unless it is out-and-out replaced by a nationalistic party. If our economy really does tank, i.e., another Great Depression, the party that fills the right-wing niche vacated by the old Republican Party may make them look like a bunch of sophomoric pansies. Germany experienced a period like this following the Weimar Republic... As Scoobie says - Ruh, Roh!
Posted on October 9 at 7:32 p.m.
America now owes China, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Dubai and South Korea more than 10 trillion dollars ($10,000,000,000,000). Like a drunken sailor broke on shore-leave, I don't understand how we can keep buying "drinks" for everyone in the bar...
Posted on October 5 at 9:14 p.m.
Sadly, the Miss-Lou economy has been exhibiting the tragic effects of "Trickle-down Economic Theory" for decades now. Don't get me wrong: There is MUCH to appreciate about Natchez and the surrounding region, but that has nothing to do with a failed paradigm designed to benefit the wealthiest of Americans. The Miss-Lou region has what it has in spite of 'Trickle-down" - not because of it...
Posted on October 5 at 7:19 p.m.
What did the vintage vampire hunting kit sell for?
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Posted on December 2 at 5:30 p.m.
In the category that truly matters most, Mississippi is Number One:
"And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury. And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites. And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all: For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had."
Luke 21:1-4
On Data shows Mississippi as top giving state