FB: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[tmerton]

Wow - two big exits in one week.  Roberto Alagna and now MR - two peas in a pod?

[bennie]

Wow - two big exits in one week.  Roberto Alagna and now MR - two peas in a pod?

Wow, opera!! You are quite the Renaissance man!

I had to google Roberto to find out who he was!

[tmerton]

You mean they can't already do this in Minnesota? 


AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A Texas lawmaker is aiming to allow the blind to hunt.

Texas State Representative Edmund Kuempel has introduced a measure that would allow blind people to hunt any game that sighted people can currently pursue.

He hopes it will be passed after the legislature reconvenes in January though he does not expect it to come into affect until 2008.

"This opens up the fun of hunting to additional people, and I think that's great," Kuempel told Reuters.

The bill may find little resistance in Texas, where politicians of all stripes endorse hunting, which is wildly popular in the state.

Under the bill, blind hunters would be required to have a sighted hunter with them and would be allowed to use laser sights and other devices that are currently not allowed.

"A blind person can shoot a rifle by mounting an offset pistol scope on the side of the rifle instead of on top," said Terry Erwin, the Austin-based Hunter Education Coordinator with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

"This allows their companion behind them to peer over their shoulder and help them sight it, but the blind person can pull the trigger," he told Reuters.

[tmerton]

Wow - two big exits in one week.  Roberto Alagna and now MR - two peas in a pod?

Wow, opera!! You are quite the Renaissance man!

I had to google Roberto to find out who he was!

MR can sing - he just can't dance!

[janesvilleflash]

I have suspected some of the Chicago hunters that come to Wi. and Minn have been blind all along.

[bennie]

You mean they can't already do this in Minnesota? 


AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A Texas lawmaker is aiming to allow the blind to hunt.

Texas State Representative Edmund Kuempel has introduced a measure that would allow blind people to hunt any game that sighted people can currently pursue.

He hopes it will be passed after the legislature reconvenes in January though he does not expect it to come into affect until 2008.

"This opens up the fun of hunting to additional people, and I think that's great," Kuempel told Reuters.

The bill may find little resistance in Texas, where politicians of all stripes endorse hunting, which is wildly popular in the state.

Under the bill, blind hunters would be required to have a sighted hunter with them and would be allowed to use laser sights and other devices that are currently not allowed.

"A blind person can shoot a rifle by mounting an offset pistol scope on the side of the rifle instead of on top," said Terry Erwin, the Austin-based Hunter Education Coordinator with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

"This allows their companion behind them to peer over their shoulder and help them sight it, but the blind person can pull the trigger," he told Reuters.

There is a Vice President joke in there somewhere!

[Willy Wonka]

Check out the new poll on the front page:

What Johnnie football player's baby would you most like to have?

Duffman is the early leader.   

Blake Elliot a distant second.

Will your daughter be home this weekend?

Yes, I think two of them will be home.

So will my shot gun.

Did you know I am a former postal worker?  

What about the one that's legal?  8)

PS - I've two years as a carrier on my resume. That threat doesn't scare me 

Remember the time MR threw a hissy fit at me? I don't even remember what it was about, but I'm pretty sure I've said/done worse to TDT in my time here...

[Retired Old Rat]

What about the one that's legal?  8)

Nope, she's away at school. 8)

[Kilted Rat]

You mean they can't already do this in Minnesota? 


AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - A Texas lawmaker is aiming to allow the blind to hunt.

Texas State Representative Edmund Kuempel has introduced a measure that would allow blind people to hunt any game that sighted people can currently pursue.

He hopes it will be passed after the legislature reconvenes in January though he does not expect it to come into affect until 2008.

"This opens up the fun of hunting to additional people, and I think that's great," Kuempel told Reuters.

The bill may find little resistance in Texas, where politicians of all stripes endorse hunting, which is wildly popular in the state.

Under the bill, blind hunters would be required to have a sighted hunter with them and would be allowed to use laser sights and other devices that are currently not allowed.

"A blind person can shoot a rifle by mounting an offset pistol scope on the side of the rifle instead of on top," said Terry Erwin, the Austin-based Hunter Education Coordinator with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

"This allows their companion behind them to peer over their shoulder and help them sight it, but the blind person can pull the trigger," he told Reuters.

I'm picturing something hilarious happening, like a drunk seeing dude telling his buddy he's aiming at a 16 pt buck when it's really a cow.

"No man, all bucks moo!"

[BDB]

I do believe that amongst our own,  amongst the MIAC, we should show a certain level of respect.  A level that is not achieved by full fee-paying membership in the CAC, president or member-at-large.

I guess he means people like me, kubiak and janesvilleflash.

[DuffMan]

PS - I've two years as a carrier on my resume.

A carrier of what...syphilis?

[OzJohnnie]

I do believe that amongst our own,  amongst the MIAC, we should show a certain level of respect.  A level that is not achieved by full fee-paying membership in the CAC, president or member-at-large.

I guess he means people like me, kubiak and janesvilleflash.

Well, no, I was not singling out non-MIAC posters as members-at-large.  I was using the term to make sure that even those who are not card-carrying members are included.

Nice effort on the rhetorical flip, though.  That would be the type of smack I find entertaining.

[BDB]

Fair enough.

I am currently writing my family's Christmas letter known as "Not Your Typical Brag Sheet" while checking in on the board.

Apparently looked forward to by many, disdained by a few.

I tell it like it is in my family's world, and I rip Wal-Mart in every issue.

For some reason that pisses some people off. 

[sumander]

I rip Wal-Mart in every issue.

BDB, +k for that!

[Touchdown Tommy]

Looks like I riled up the troops today    .  Just remember the President calls em like he sees em.  No Bullsh!t from South Fla.

That's how we roll.  That's how we roll....