Is this the end of US Conservatism?

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^^^^Some people cry,some monkey wrench And no ones ever been hurt in an ELF attack.

http://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/ ... ching.html

I don't have time or the inclination to read all of that but at a glance it appears to give instructions on and/or condone eco-terrorism which is still terrorism.

I have a story about that but I'll make it short.
We had a tree hugging left wing nutjob at work (recently retired) that had a chainsaw accident while on his property in the mountains. He was getting things ready to retire there and was cutting trees. Yes, a peacenik tree hugger cutting trees down with a chain saw if you can believe that.
Anyhoo, he tore up a chain or two on those trees because they had been spiked. It was then that he remembered that he'd spiked those trees when he was 15. He actually told us that then got mad when we laughed our asses off at him. That property had been in his family since he was a kid and they'd go there on weekends to get away. He and his old lady bought some of that land off of his folks to retire on in recent years.
We asked him why he, a GD tree hugger, was cutting down trees and his answer was that those trees were blocking their view of the valley.

This same idiot, who also would whine incessantly about SUV's and non-green vehicles, bought an old '84 Jeep Wagoneer which is about as green as a lump of coal.
When asked why, he simply answered that he'd gotten a good deal on it. He drove it to work every day instead of his little Hyundai. Of course, he got furious when we'd pick on him for being a hypocrite. We had so much fun tormenting that douche but he'd keep handing us more ammo to use.

I don't think spiking trees is ok,if one gets to the saw mill with a spike in it,it can throw a piece of metal into some one.You wanted the def of monkey wrenching so I supplied it.I have noticed that some of the die hard tree huggers here have houses that are all wood.Seems like they would use rock,no shortage of them here.I support sustainable logging,which was done here by the locals.But I hate clear cuts,in South Ark Weyerhaeuser and IP would bull doze down huge old oaks into winrows,let them rot,and plant their damm pine tree plantations. I have 20 acres of marketable large timber and I have no plans to ever log it.One sneaky spike trick timber buyers would use if you didn't want to sell your large walnut trees is to drive copper spikes into a tree,this eventually kills the tree,and then they show back up and offer to buy your dead tree.I have walnut trees so big I can't reach around them.To hug them you know I can gather the walnuts in the fall and Hammons buys them,they will even hull some for you.Or you can spread them out in the drive way and back over them a few times.Black Walnut cake is delicious.

^^^So is driving copper spikes into people's trees to kill them.And they know where that spike is,no danger to them at the mill.They drive it in low at the base so it will be below the chainsaw cut.We have also had loggers get over "accidentally" on land they shouldn't be,they will claim ignorance,"we didn't know where the property line was."That's stealing.

Hickory nuts are good,unless it's a pignut hickory.We have scaly bark hickories here and some other types.I have some huge ones,they turn the best color yellow in the fall.There are also wild hazel nuts,small but tasty.I have two pecan trees but no nuts yet.I miss the papershell pecans that grew at all the old home places in South Ark.I used to crack them with my teeth,I'm not doing that anymore.
And hickory nut cake with penuche frosting is also really good.
My biggest black walnut is right by the house,it gets loud when those nuts hit the tin roof.
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Pictures of my big Walnut,the best shade tree ever.This is an old someplace so no telling how old this tree is.

^^^Indeed,I can't see any neighbors and I'm about a 1/4 mile off a dirt road.My own water supply also.And blessed with good quiet neighbors.I have deer and turkey in the yard.I released 20 bobwhite quail and they seem to be making it.If the s**t ever does hit the fan I could survive here.And a fishing hole about a 15 mnt walk.The only disadvantage is the road can get really bad.this area is real sparse so we are the low ones on the totem pole when it comes to road maintenance.And bears can be a nuisance,they ate my black raspberries and wallowed them down.They always get to the paw paws before I do.Did you have paw paws where you lived,and persimmons?And if we get snow or ice,the power may go out for a long time.On two occasions it was out two weeks.I have wood heat,so I can cook on top of the wood stove,and keep Petzel headlamps for just such occasions.One time I didn't leave for a month,the road was so bad.Private swimming holes with no tourists,a big bonus.Just locals drinking a few beers.

Pawpaws and persimmon are common in the eastern US but I don't think I've actually eaten them. I've had plenty of black berries, raspberries elderberries, wild strawberries, etc. Also wild grapes and muscadines and whatnot. You're bear problem contains its own solution since black bear meat is especially good when the bear has been eating stuff like that: Kill the bear, have the berries for yourself, and have meat for the winter. If it has a good hide use it to make a winter coat or at least a decorative bearskin rug for the wall.