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Member Section => Politics & RKBA => Topic started by: bryand71 on March 09, 2009, 10:58:28 AM
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Things like this do not help us at all.
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20090307_16_A1_Thirte498540
Liberals told to leave
An instructor for a hunter safety course orders Obama voters to get out of his class.
By RANDY KREHBIEL World Staff Writer
Published: 3/7/2009 2:23 AM
Last Modified: 3/7/2009 3:06 AM
Thirteen-year-old Lane Dunkley just wanted to go hunting with his grandfather.
What he got was a lecture on politics.
Dunkley and his father, Daniel Reddy, who live in Tulsa, went to Broken Arrow on Tuesday night for a hunter safety course normally required to get an Oklahoma hunting license.
The class was a reward of sorts. Dunkley, who wants to go hunting with his grandfather, was told he could take the class only if he brought up his grades.
So he did — to a B-plus average.
But when father and son arrived at the lesson, the volunteer instructor, Kell Wolf, asked if any of the students voted for President Barack Obama.
Reddy, a transplanted Californian — and former Marine — raised his hand.
According to Reddy and others in the room, Wolf called Obama "the next thing to the Antichrist" and ordered Reddy and Dunkley from the room. When Reddy refused, Wolf said he would not teach "liberals" and would cancel the course if Reddy didn't leave.
So Reddy and Dunkley left, as did a few others.
Lance Meek, hunter education coordinator for the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, said Wolf had been a volunteer instructor for "a long time, probably 15 years or more" and "from what we've heard and observed, had always done a great job. He worked with the kids really well."
But when Meek received a call Wednesday morning — from someone other than the Reddys — he said he had no choice.
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got the call at 8:30, and by 9 o'clock (Wolf) was no longer a volunteer for us."
Contacted on Friday, Wolf had no comment on the matter. Meek said he talked briefly to Wolf on Wednesday, and that Wolf did not deny ordering Reddy from the class or offer an explanation.
Lane Dunkley said the situation made him angry.
"This was a big deal for me because my grandpa doesn't have a lot of time to hunt anymore," he said. "I rarely get to hang out with my grandfather.
"I thought I would never be able to get my license."
Stacy Reddy, Daniel Reddy's wife and Lane Dunkley's mother, said the family was surprised by how quickly the wildlife department acted.
"Lance Meek called and apologized up and down and wanted to know what they could do to make it right," she said.
"The only thing we really wanted was for my son to be able to take the hunter safety course, and there wasn't another one in the Tulsa area with an opening for the rest of 2009."
So Meek arranged for a private class
"They called and said they'd meet us any time, anywhere," said Daniel Reddy. "Their response has been exemplary. It has really restored my faith in government."
Meek and Stacy Reddy said it illustrates how difficult the ongoing changes in the federal government are for some Oklahomans.
"I realize a lot of people are unhappy right now," said Stacy Reddy, "but this was something my son worked his tail off to do."
Meek sounded grieved that a long-time volunteer with a spotless record seemed to have veered so suddenly off the tracks.
"It's a shame. What he did is definitely not all right with us," Meek said, "but his heart has been in the right place for a long, long time."
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""It's a shame. What he did is definitely not all right with us," Meek said, "but his heart has been in the right place for a long, long time."
His HEART is still in the right place, it's his head that's up his a$$. People taking "hunter safety", or enrolling their kids in hunter safety, are obviously not part of the problem, regardless of how they voted.
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it's his head that's up his a$$.
Glad to hear the Divison of Wildlife acted on this as soon as they did. We don't need to give any ammo to the anti-guners.
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""It's a shame. What he did is definitely not all right with us," Meek said, "but his heart has been in the right place for a long, long time."
His HEART is still in the right place, it's his head that's up his a$$. People taking "hunter safety", or enrolling their kids in hunter safety, are obviously not part of the problem, regardless of how they voted.
I guess the guy forgot that part about being an adult and sometimes having to do things or deal with people that you don't personally agree with. It's called being professional.
If he couldn't deal with the possibility of having a 'liberal' in his class, he should have quit teaching a long time prior to this.
(47 more and I can go get that soda)....
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Unbelievable LACK of professionalism.
Glad to see it was quickly resolved. This type of intolerance makes us no better than the Moveon.org, Code pink, or the Brady Bunch.
I would have had a hard time keeping my mouth shut, if it was me. I would have made him cancel the class and than explain why.
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what a jack ass.
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This would have been a great opportunity to show a liberal how we actually do things. That we're not nut job gun freaks.
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To stir things up, I will say what we have been doing has not been working so well.
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To stir things up, I will say what we have been doing has not been working so well.
They know we're here and they are scared of us. Look how quick Obamature came out and back tracked after Holder announced the AWB.
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To stir things up, I will say what we have been doing has not been working so well.
so do you think what he did was a good thiing?
The gun community is its own worst enemy.
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To stir things up, I will say what we have been doing has not been working so well.
Alienating people who have an interest in our cause is just plain self defeating.
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I agree with you there. Embracing them and showing them the right path is like pouring hot coals on their head.
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The gun community is its own worst enemy.
Unfortunately, millions of gun owners voted for Obama. So in a sense, TAB is right on that point.
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No doubt a lot of ya'll got caught sleeping. We needed change. It was hard to prove that B.O. was a communist hell bent on changing us into something between Great Brittan and Cuba. But, we can take control in 2010. We have to get the right liberals, the right conservatives in office.
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No doubt a lot of ya'll got caught sleeping. We needed change. It was hard to prove that B.O. was a communist hell bent on changing us into something between Great Brittan and Cuba. But, we can take control in 2010. We have to get the right liberals, the right conservatives in office.
Not if you did the slightest bit of research beyond the MSM.
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You got that right. I could have vomited watching the Primaries.
You should watch this video on Youtube.
http://www.georgiafirearmsforum.net/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=22 This is Biden on gun control.
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You got that right. I could have vomited watching the Primaries.
You should watch this video on Youtube.
http://www.georgiafirearmsforum.net/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=22 This is Biden on gun control.
I'm a history buff, every time I saw video of Obama it reminded me of the days of Stalin and Hitler. :-\