AlamoPA Mailing List: The Coyote Principle

[Bob Heiser (w7ikt]

'The  Coyote Principle'

CALIFORNIA
The Governor  of California is jogging with his dog along a nature trail. A coyote  jumps out and attacks the Governor's dog, then bites the  Governor.
 The Governor  starts to intervene, but reflects upon the movie "Bambi" and then  realizes he should stop because the coyote is only doing what is  natural.

He calls  animal control. Animal Control captures the coyote and bills the state  $200 testing it for diseases and $500 for relocating  it.

He calls a  veterinarian. The vet collects the dead dog and bills the State $200  testing it for diseases.

The Governor  goes to hospital and spends $3,500 getting checked for diseases from  the coyote and on getting his bite wound  bandaged.

The running  trail gets shut down for 6 months while Fish & Game conducts a  $100,000 survey to make sure the area is now free of dangerous  animals.

The Governor  spends $50,000 in state funds implementing a "coyote awareness  program" for residents of the area.

The State  Legislature spends $2 million to study how to better treat rabies and  how to permanently eradicate the disease throughout the  world.

The Governor's  security agent is fired for not stopping the attack. The state spends  $150,000 to hire and train a new agent with additional special  training for the nature of coyotes.

PETA protests  the coyote's relocation and files a $5 million suit against the  state.

TEXAS
The Governor  of Texas is jogging with his dog along a nature trail. A coyote jumps  out and attacks his dog.
The Governor  shoots the coyote with his state-issued pistol and keeps jogging. The  Governor has spent $.50 on a .45 ACP hollow point  cartridge.

The buzzards eat the dead coyote.

And  that, my friends, is why California is broke and Texas is  not.

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God Bless,
Bob (W7IKT) & Carol (N5CBQ) Heiser
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