[missbird] Re: (no subject)

  • From: Martha Swan <marthaswan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "delta_gamekeeper@xxxxxxxxx" <delta_gamekeeper@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 3 May 2013 13:39:57 -0500

OK all, enough said!
Back to the birds...

Martha


On Fri, May 3, 2013 at 12:28 PM, Rob Heflin <delta_gamekeeper@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Last thing I'm saying about this. I used a bad choice of words. I was not
> trying to offend people that weren't born in the USA and that live here
> now. I was trying to say the starlings got something they didn't work for
> much like the ideology that grips our country today.
>
> I apologize to all who were hurt. Happy birding.
>
> Rob Heflin
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On May 3, 2013, at 10:38 AM, Reese Partridge <reesepartridge@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> Thank you for your response, Rob.  Since you went ahead responded on
> Missbird after Martha asked us to take it off, let me just say this:
>
> The problem is not that I might be offended, it is that real people are
> hurt by snide commentary about their heritage.  Innocent people.  I am
> glad that in this country people are free to talk like that all day long on
> talk radio, cable news and websites devoted to that sort of thing.  But I
> don't expect to read it on Missbird and hope I don't see it again.
>
> Reese
>   *From:* Rob Heflin <delta_gamekeeper@xxxxxxxxx>
> *To:* Reese Partridge <reesepartridge@xxxxxxxxx>
> *Cc:* "RubyThroat@xxxxxxx" <RubyThroat@xxxxxxx>; "
> shelbyforester1223@xxxxxxxxxxxx" <shelbyforester1223@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; "
> larrypace64@xxxxxxxxx" <larrypace64@xxxxxxxxx>; "missbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <
> missbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> *Sent:* Friday, May 3, 2013 9:35 AM
> *Subject:* [missbird] Re: (no subject)
>
>  Sorry, didn't mean to offend you. My folks are from Ireland for Pete's
> sake.  I just meant getting something for nothing, which seems to be a
> common theme these days.
>
> Rob Heflin
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On May 3, 2013, at 8:42 AM, Reese Partridge <reesepartridge@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>   I have no trouble understanding Van's analogy.  But Rob, would you mind
> explaining to me how the "non-natives" who are members of my family are
> like house-robbing starlings and house sparrows?  And further, the couple
> of times I've run into you I don't remember seeing an abundance of Choctaw,
> Cherokee or Chickasaw blood in you.  Just exactly which less fortunate
> non-natives did you have in mind?
>
> Reese Partridge
> Jackson  MS
>
>   *From:* "RubyThroat@xxxxxxx" <RubyThroat@xxxxxxx>
> *To:* delta_gamekeeper@xxxxxxxxx; shelbyforester1223@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Cc:* larrypace64@xxxxxxxxx; missbird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Sent:* Friday, May 3, 2013 7:27 AM
> *Subject:* [missbird] Re: (no subject)
>
>  Ouch!!!  Tell it like it is guys!!!!
> Bob Sargent
> Clay, AL
> I'm no fan of either of these non-native species here in the America's.
> I'm told they are sometimes accident prone?
>
>  In a message dated 5/2/2013 11:01:51 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
> delta_gamekeeper@xxxxxxxxx writes:
>
> No I think they represent modern day America. That yellow hammer didn't
> build that. Now he has to let the less fortunate, non-native starlings
> enjoy it.
>
> Rob Heflin
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On May 2, 2013, at 10:58 PM, "Van Harris" <shelbyforester1223@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>   They are sort of like the bank.  You work hard for a nice home and then
> they come and take it away from you.
>
> Van Harris
> Millington, TN
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Martha Swan
1665 Toccopola Junction Road
Thaxton, MS 38871

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