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Thursday, September 18. 2008

"I will only hunt in places that are beautiful."

A re-post from a year and a half ago -

Jim Harrison: Hunter, chef, author, and all-around cool dude. Interviewed in New York Times Books. Got to love this guy. And how about his eager pup?

 Photo credit: Jeff Topping for the New York Times

Posted by The Chairman in Hunting, Fishing, Dogs, Guns, etc., Our Essays, The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 09:17 | Comments (9) | Trackbacks (0)

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I did a circle tour from Tucson to Tombstone to Bisbee (sp?) and to Patagonia a few years back. Patagonia is beautiful and surprisingly lush and green. I am sure, I too, could quickly learn to love wintering there.
#1 Patina on 2007-02-15 11:19 (Reply)
Sounds like the dude has beenburn'n it. Live life.Sorry about the typeII.

The artcles author made one mistake. Jim recently sold his Montana property and moved near Dripping Springs ,Texas which is near Blanco. He said there were no creative juices in Montana, that it was way too damn cold, the folks weren't smart enough to use a spoon and the place was full of EPA Superfund sites left over from mining days. Ponds full of cyanide and such, so he struck out for Texas, the best state
#2 Habu on 2007-02-15 12:04 (Reply)
love his book The Boy. every son should haver a parent read it to them when they are young. His memoir is pretty good too.
#3 mp on 2007-02-15 14:12 (Reply)
Habu, you're kidding--Dripping Springs?

The pic--he looks like he just discovered the hound has crapped in his pickup bed.
#4 Anonymous on 2007-02-15 16:43 (Reply)
Great article from the American Thinker..really good

http://www.americanthinker.com/2007/02/cultural_marxism.html

just a part...

The pernicious influence of Adorno's ‘authoritarian personality' idea can be clearly seen in some of the research that gets public money.

"In Aug., 2003, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced the results of their $1.2 million tax-payer funded study. It stated, essentially, that TRADITIONALISTS ARE MENTALLY DISTURBED. Scholars from the Universities of Maryland, California at Berkeley, and Stanford had determined that social conservatives...suffer from ‘mental rigidity,' ‘dogmatism,' and ‘uncertainty avoidance,' together with associated indicators for mental illness." http://www.edwatch.org/ ‘Social and Emotional Learning" Jan. 26, 2005)

That's about mid article, not even the warm up.
#5 Habu on 2007-02-15 17:23 (Reply)
Go here to Opinion Journal, read the John Fund essay on why the libertarian is the savior of the whole idea of "America".

http://opinionjournal.com/

NIMH and NSF can run all the agitprop their little pointy-headed statist selves want--they won't budge the core.
#6 Anonymous on 2007-02-15 17:33 (Reply)
That was me. the name decided to blank out. stupid computers--i prefer the hammer, pliers, wrench, and screwdriver.
#7 buddy larsen on 2007-02-15 17:37 (Reply)
Nah, that was/is a great photo. Of course, the subject didn't hurt.
#8 Luther McLeod on 2007-02-15 21:53 (Reply)
Everytime I see 'Habu', I think, "he's back"...then I read the date of the post. Ahhh the good old days before Habu's head imploded.
#9 phil g on 2008-09-18 09:51 (Reply)

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