Man Convicted In Eagle Deaths Grateful For Pardon

by Jim Salter - November 30th, 2008 - Yahoo News

The 1995 incident that changed the life of the farmer from the Charleston area of southeastern Missouri began when he noticed an increasing number of wild turkeys, which were believed to have died away. "I got it in my head that if I eliminated some of the coyotes it would give the turkeys a jump-start," on their comeback, Collier said.

So he put out hamburger meat laced with the pesticide Furadan in an effort to kill the coyotes. It worked; seven coyotes died.

The problem occurred when the eagles fed on the coyotes' carcasses. They died, too.

We have become a nation of evil bureacrats. If this man had continued to feed poison to the coyotes, which was not a crime, after the eagles died then he should have been prosecuted for killing the eagles. The reason he was prosecuted for this first offense was that he was a decent man. Our court system only grants rights to criminals. Average everyday Americans are not permitted to avoid prosecution for accidents or results they do not intend. That right is reserved for illegal aliens, drug peddlers, rapists, murderers and Democrats. If he had killed somebody he would probably have been given probation.

Of course the same rules do not apply for those who defend our nation's borders. Ramos and Compean are in jail for 10 years for shooting back at a drug smuggler. George W. Bush's buddy U.S Attorney Johnny Sutton will never allow those patriots to be pardoned.

The same applies to people like Collier. I am actually astounded that Bush gave him a pardon. It is not typical of the first socialist President that he actually cares about average Americans.