I know this quote is supposed to stand alone, but gosh dang I wish I had the slightest confidence that Shrub has ANY experience whatsoever with rattlesnakes. You may affect a nice hick drawl while readingt he rest of this if you l - ai - ke.
--If you actually SEE a rattlesnake, you have to have been ignoring a whole lot of rattling! Rattlesnakes generally blend into the background so they are likely to see you and rattle, probably more than once, long before you see them.
--Saddam Hussein IS NO RATTLESNAKE. For one thing, he ain't exactly HIDING out on the trail.
--Once you see a rattlesnake, it is nearly always possible to back away without getting bitten. In fact sticking around to blast away with the six-shooter can really be a dumb-ass idea. If you miss you just wind up with an even more pissed off rattlesnake that's even more likely to strike.
--One analogous argument is "we shouldn't ... because the results could be a whole lot more destabilizing...."
--Rattlesnakes only deliver venom about one out of every 4 bites and even if they bite, their venom is much less poisonous than the other poisonous snakes in the US.
--Okay, okay, can you say "emptiy warheads."
--You'd think Shrub could at least cite some gruesome self-help tricks about how to suck out the venom
--I am not sure whether rattlesnakes are officially endangered, but they are certainly "threatened." If anyone is fool enough to be blasting away at a rattlesnake with a six-shooter, they darn well better be prepared for some explicatin afterwords.
--Uh-oh. If Shrub holds the Endangered Species Act in the same high regard as he holds certain international treaties....
--If one doesn't manage to blast all the rattlesnakes away with a sixshooter, I believe rattlesnakes' value in the ecosystem is that they eat rodents. Probably someone should tell Sam Donaldson to be careful where he leaves his hairpiece though.
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