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	<title>Comments on: Beck Rants Against Polar Bears: &#8216;They Eat People! For The Love Of Pete, They&#8217;re Big, Angry Bears!&#8217;</title>
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		<title>By: batteries</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/04/beck-inhofe-bears/comment-page-2/#comment-5284714</link>
		<dc:creator>batteries</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:51:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It’s true that predation by polar bears on humans is rare, but it has happened. In Richard K. Nelson’s book “Hunters of the Northern Ice”, about the Inuit and their traditional hunting culture, the author says: “Nonwounded bears are generally quite timid. Whether they see a man from a distance or are suddenly confronted, they nearly always run away. Well-fed bears are particularly unlikely to bother with man, because they are afraid or because humans are regarded as a second-rate meal. In northwest Alaska, many stories of polar bears attacking or stalking men relate to the fact that the animals were thin and hungry. Even then they are probably only after seals or other meat that is being carried on a sled or stored in a camp.”

He also says that “… a bear is usually more curious than belligerent, and stories of bears attacking people are probably often the result of curiousity’s leading the bears to investigate what they see. Sometimes, however, a bear will risk anything in order to get food, and may even attack a man.”

So yes, the normal food of a polar bear is non-human, but they have killed and eaten people, although it is apparently a very rare occurrence. This applies as well to black and grizzly bears. Even if a human isn’t considered a prey species by the bears, attacks may occur for other reasons, like defense of their young or food or territory, or maybe &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.batteryfast.com/sony/pcga-bp2t.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;sony pcga-bp2t battery&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.batteryfast.com/sony/pcga-bp3t.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;sony pcga-bp3t battery&lt;/a&gt; even just being in a bad mood (presumably due to injury or sickness or something else, not from watching idiots like Beck and the other fools.)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It’s true that predation by polar bears on humans is rare, but it has happened. In Richard K. Nelson’s book “Hunters of the Northern Ice”, about the Inuit and their traditional hunting culture, the author says: “Nonwounded bears are generally quite timid. Whether they see a man from a distance or are suddenly confronted, they nearly always run away. Well-fed bears are particularly unlikely to bother with man, because they are afraid or because humans are regarded as a second-rate meal. In northwest Alaska, many stories of polar bears attacking or stalking men relate to the fact that the animals were thin and hungry. Even then they are probably only after seals or other meat that is being carried on a sled or stored in a camp.”</p>
<p>He also says that “… a bear is usually more curious than belligerent, and stories of bears attacking people are probably often the result of curiousity’s leading the bears to investigate what they see. Sometimes, however, a bear will risk anything in order to get food, and may even attack a man.”</p>
<p>So yes, the normal food of a polar bear is non-human, but they have killed and eaten people, although it is apparently a very rare occurrence. This applies as well to black and grizzly bears. Even if a human isn’t considered a prey species by the bears, attacks may occur for other reasons, like defense of their young or food or territory, or maybe <a href="http://www.batteryfast.com/sony/pcga-bp2t.htm" rel="nofollow">sony pcga-bp2t battery</a>,<a href="http://www.batteryfast.com/sony/pcga-bp3t.htm" rel="nofollow">sony pcga-bp3t battery</a> even just being in a bad mood (presumably due to injury or sickness or something else, not from watching idiots like Beck and the other fools.)<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=5284714', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: M Hotley</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/04/beck-inhofe-bears/comment-page-2/#comment-4831360</link>
		<dc:creator>M Hotley</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:14:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Read this article from the Oklahoma Gazette from 2/6/2008 to learn about Sen. Inhofe&#039;s background: &lt;a href=&quot;http://tulsatvmemories.com/inhofeog.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;The Making of a Mountain&lt;/a&gt;

He&#039;s dumb as a box of rocks:

&quot;One day he (Inhofe) walked into the office and said, &#039;I just rode up the elevator with Barney Frank (an openly gay congressman). And I told him that I&#039;ve never met a real queer before. I hope I didn&#039;t catch AIDS.&#039;&quot;

--Mike Miller,
who worked for Inhofe
in the early Nineties.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Read this article from the Oklahoma Gazette from 2/6/2008 to learn about Sen. Inhofe&#8217;s background: <a href="http://tulsatvmemories.com/inhofeog.html" rel="nofollow">The Making of a Mountain</a></p>
<p>He&#8217;s dumb as a box of rocks:</p>
<p>&#8220;One day he (Inhofe) walked into the office and said, &#8216;I just rode up the elevator with Barney Frank (an openly gay congressman). And I told him that I&#8217;ve never met a real queer before. I hope I didn&#8217;t catch AIDS.&#8217;&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8211;Mike Miller,<br />
who worked for Inhofe<br />
in the early Nineties.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4831360', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: carworld</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/04/beck-inhofe-bears/comment-page-2/#comment-4812368</link>
		<dc:creator>carworld</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt; The media wants us to be entertained with Polar Bears, while the price of gas at the pumps go throught roof. Why is it that no one(Referring to Companies) has brought up the idea of going to a nationwide 3 or 4 day work week?  Come on!  Polar Bears are not high on the consumers list of things that matter! Wal-Mart uses the 3 day and 4 day work schedules and actually improved production with them.  The 3 day work week was more productive than the 4 day with 4 less hours per day.  In short, WE as American citizens should be stepping up to suggest to our employers that we would rather be on the road 3 or 4 days a week instead of sticking to &quot;this is this way we&#039;ve always done it.&quot; Polar Bears will be around after we are long gone.

Author: Fred
CarWorldConnect&lt;/strong&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong> The media wants us to be entertained with Polar Bears, while the price of gas at the pumps go throught roof. Why is it that no one(Referring to Companies) has brought up the idea of going to a nationwide 3 or 4 day work week?  Come on!  Polar Bears are not high on the consumers list of things that matter! Wal-Mart uses the 3 day and 4 day work schedules and actually improved production with them.  The 3 day work week was more productive than the 4 day with 4 less hours per day.  In short, WE as American citizens should be stepping up to suggest to our employers that we would rather be on the road 3 or 4 days a week instead of sticking to &#8220;this is this way we&#8217;ve always done it.&#8221; Polar Bears will be around after we are long gone.</p>
<p>Author: Fred<br />
CarWorldConnect</strong><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4812368', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: douglasg</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/04/beck-inhofe-bears/comment-page-2/#comment-4756140</link>
		<dc:creator>douglasg</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 20:28:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What a bunch of wannabe&#039;s. Global warming my Butt. the 1930&#039;s were the warmest years on record, with the last 50 years being on average within 1 degree of each other. Puleaze! Get sommeone more gullible.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What a bunch of wannabe&#8217;s. Global warming my Butt. the 1930&#8217;s were the warmest years on record, with the last 50 years being on average within 1 degree of each other. Puleaze! Get sommeone more gullible.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4756140', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: MyFreedomWings</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/04/beck-inhofe-bears/comment-page-2/#comment-4755932</link>
		<dc:creator>MyFreedomWings</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 20:16:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Oh right, &#039;cause everyone knows if they were gone they&#039;d have no impact on the environment. *sarcastic tone*

Why must you say things to make me dislike you, Glenn?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh right, &#8217;cause everyone knows if they were gone they&#8217;d have no impact on the environment. *sarcastic tone*</p>
<p>Why must you say things to make me dislike you, Glenn?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4755932', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Aardvark Tongue</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/04/beck-inhofe-bears/comment-page-2/#comment-4751622</link>
		<dc:creator>Aardvark Tongue</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 15:09:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.aardvarktongue.com/blog&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;We enjoy a good joke&lt;/a&gt; at the expense of endangered species as much as anyone (or more than most people actually). It’s a shame that this isn’t a joke.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.aardvarktongue.com/blog" rel="nofollow">We enjoy a good joke</a> at the expense of endangered species as much as anyone (or more than most people actually). It’s a shame that this isn’t a joke.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4751622', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Habanero4u</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/04/beck-inhofe-bears/comment-page-2/#comment-4750732</link>
		<dc:creator>Habanero4u</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 13:50:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>A quick check over at Wikipedia might have given Glenn something he&#039;s totally unfamiliar with....FACTS!

In 102 years there have only been just over 100 bear attacks in North America. How many from polar bears? 5

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_bear_attacks_in_North_America_by_decade</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A quick check over at Wikipedia might have given Glenn something he&#8217;s totally unfamiliar with&#8230;.FACTS!</p>
<p>In 102 years there have only been just over 100 bear attacks in North America. How many from polar bears? 5</p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_bear_attacks_in_North_America_by_decade" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_bear_attacks_in_North_America_by_decade</a><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4750732', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: GL2814</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/04/beck-inhofe-bears/comment-page-2/#comment-4750380</link>
		<dc:creator>GL2814</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 13:20:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Pretty soon the polar bear will become extinct.  

When that happens, bastards like Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Sean  Hannity, Ann Coulter, Chimpy, Cheney, etc., will have share a collective smirk and a drink.

Cheney will be asked about it by reporters. His response?  &lt;strong&gt;&quot;So?&quot;&lt;/strong&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Pretty soon the polar bear will become extinct.  </p>
<p>When that happens, bastards like Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, Sean  Hannity, Ann Coulter, Chimpy, Cheney, etc., will have share a collective smirk and a drink.</p>
<p>Cheney will be asked about it by reporters. His response?  <strong>&#8220;So?&#8221;</strong><a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4750380', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: questioneverything</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/04/beck-inhofe-bears/comment-page-2/#comment-4742808</link>
		<dc:creator>questioneverything</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 03:50:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Glenn Beck as appetizer. He certainly isn&#039;t big enough to be dinner.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Glenn Beck as appetizer. He certainly isn&#8217;t big enough to be dinner.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4742808', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: marlow</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/04/beck-inhofe-bears/comment-page-2/#comment-4741024</link>
		<dc:creator>marlow</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 01:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Too dumb to live, Glenn, too dumb to live.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Too dumb to live, Glenn, too dumb to live.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4741024', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: TomR</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/04/beck-inhofe-bears/comment-page-2/#comment-4738536</link>
		<dc:creator>TomR</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 23:03:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Just goes to show what a genius Stephen Colbert is.  His satire is truly ahead of its time.

- Tom</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just goes to show what a genius Stephen Colbert is.  His satire is truly ahead of its time.</p>
<p>- Tom<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4738536', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: williamf</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/04/beck-inhofe-bears/comment-page-2/#comment-4738364</link>
		<dc:creator>williamf</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:54:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This dickhead will say anything for money.  This is what happens when unskilled talentless people get paid millions and they spew nonsense.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This dickhead will say anything for money.  This is what happens when unskilled talentless people get paid millions and they spew nonsense.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4738364', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Hawkeye</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/04/beck-inhofe-bears/comment-page-2/#comment-4738328</link>
		<dc:creator>Hawkeye</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 22:52:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yeah Beck is a known prick. Stop giving this guy the satisfaction huh? Your just spreading his garbage to more people.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah Beck is a known prick. Stop giving this guy the satisfaction huh? Your just spreading his garbage to more people.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4738328', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Gregor Samsa</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/04/beck-inhofe-bears/comment-page-2/#comment-4737488</link>
		<dc:creator>Gregor Samsa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:56:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In case you had any questions whether Beck is a raving idiot, this should have removed all doubts...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In case you had any questions whether Beck is a raving idiot, this should have removed all doubts&#8230;<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4737488', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: pete</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/04/beck-inhofe-bears/comment-page-2/#comment-4737246</link>
		<dc:creator>pete</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:37:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Will these phuckwits never learn? Once the &quot;lower&quot; animals can no longer exist, neither can humans. Personally, when the worst possible case is &quot;everything dies&quot; it&#039;s time to take a few precautions.

On a related note: I recently heard a gentleman on the radio who asserted that the average American cadaver should be considered toxic waste. It seems that all those persistent chemicals are collecting in our bodies. Jeez, who would have figured that eating, breathing and drinking poison results in our bodies becoming poisonous?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Will these phuckwits never learn? Once the &#8220;lower&#8221; animals can no longer exist, neither can humans. Personally, when the worst possible case is &#8220;everything dies&#8221; it&#8217;s time to take a few precautions.</p>
<p>On a related note: I recently heard a gentleman on the radio who asserted that the average American cadaver should be considered toxic waste. It seems that all those persistent chemicals are collecting in our bodies. Jeez, who would have figured that eating, breathing and drinking poison results in our bodies becoming poisonous?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4737246', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Tawdry</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/04/beck-inhofe-bears/comment-page-2/#comment-4737116</link>
		<dc:creator>Tawdry</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:29:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Beck and Inhofe. Dumb and Dumber.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Beck and Inhofe. Dumb and Dumber.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4737116', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: tombaker</title>
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		<dc:creator>tombaker</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:02:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>62 - sorry - I&#039;ve seen &quot;The Benny Hill Show&quot;, and a number of those &quot;Japanese Pain-and-Humiliation Game Shows&quot; so you&#039;ll need to re-calibrate that comment.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>62 &#8211; sorry &#8211; I&#8217;ve seen &#8220;The Benny Hill Show&#8221;, and a number of those &#8220;Japanese Pain-and-Humiliation Game Shows&#8221; so you&#8217;ll need to re-calibrate that comment.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4736768', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: MapleStreet</title>
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		<dc:creator>MapleStreet</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 20:44:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Uh Glen, even if you&#039;re a vegeterian, you&#039;ve probably killed many more animals than there are animals that have killed you.

Just compare the number of sharks killed by humans to the number of humans killed by sharks.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Uh Glen, even if you&#8217;re a vegeterian, you&#8217;ve probably killed many more animals than there are animals that have killed you.</p>
<p>Just compare the number of sharks killed by humans to the number of humans killed by sharks.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4736516', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: rmf</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/04/beck-inhofe-bears/comment-page-2/#comment-4736368</link>
		<dc:creator>rmf</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 20:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s true that predation by polar bears on humans is rare, but it has happened.  In Richard K. Nelson&#039;s book &quot;Hunters of the Northern Ice&quot;, about the Inuit and their traditional hunting culture, the author says:   &quot;Nonwounded bears are generally quite timid.  Whether they see a man from a distance or are suddenly confronted, they nearly always run away.  Well-fed bears are particularly unlikely to bother with man, because they are afraid or because humans are regarded as a second-rate meal.  In northwest Alaska, many stories of polar bears attacking or stalking men relate to the fact that the animals were thin and hungry.  Even then they are probably only after seals or other meat that is being carried on a sled or stored in a camp.&quot;  

He also says that &quot;... a bear is usually more curious than belligerent, and stories of bears attacking people are probably often the result of curiousity&#039;s leading the bears to investigate what they see.  Sometimes, however, a bear will risk anything in order to get food, and may even attack a man.&quot;

So yes, the normal food of a polar bear is non-human, but they have killed and eaten people, although it is apparently a very rare occurrence.  This applies as well to black and grizzly bears.   Even if a human isn&#039;t considered a prey species by the bears, attacks may occur for other reasons, like defense of their young or food or territory, or maybe even just being in a bad mood (presumably due to injury or sickness or something else, not from watching idiots like Beck and the other fools.)

It&#039;s a good idea to respect big wild critters, and never assume you&#039;re in Disneyworld.  I know this first hand, having been charged at and bowled over by a pissed-off cow moose who thought I was too close to her and her calf.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s true that predation by polar bears on humans is rare, but it has happened.  In Richard K. Nelson&#8217;s book &#8220;Hunters of the Northern Ice&#8221;, about the Inuit and their traditional hunting culture, the author says:   &#8220;Nonwounded bears are generally quite timid.  Whether they see a man from a distance or are suddenly confronted, they nearly always run away.  Well-fed bears are particularly unlikely to bother with man, because they are afraid or because humans are regarded as a second-rate meal.  In northwest Alaska, many stories of polar bears attacking or stalking men relate to the fact that the animals were thin and hungry.  Even then they are probably only after seals or other meat that is being carried on a sled or stored in a camp.&#8221;  </p>
<p>He also says that &#8220;&#8230; a bear is usually more curious than belligerent, and stories of bears attacking people are probably often the result of curiousity&#8217;s leading the bears to investigate what they see.  Sometimes, however, a bear will risk anything in order to get food, and may even attack a man.&#8221;</p>
<p>So yes, the normal food of a polar bear is non-human, but they have killed and eaten people, although it is apparently a very rare occurrence.  This applies as well to black and grizzly bears.   Even if a human isn&#8217;t considered a prey species by the bears, attacks may occur for other reasons, like defense of their young or food or territory, or maybe even just being in a bad mood (presumably due to injury or sickness or something else, not from watching idiots like Beck and the other fools.)</p>
<p>It&#8217;s a good idea to respect big wild critters, and never assume you&#8217;re in Disneyworld.  I know this first hand, having been charged at and bowled over by a pissed-off cow moose who thought I was too close to her and her calf.<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4736368', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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		<title>By: Alejandro</title>
		<link>http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/04/beck-inhofe-bears/comment-page-2/#comment-4736366</link>
		<dc:creator>Alejandro</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 20:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Why hasn’t this moron been canceled yet?

Why?&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Remember &quot;Access Hollywood&quot;? When they started doing stories about Charlie Sheen and his views on 9/11, they were cancelled. They were replaced by Glenn Beck. You think they will cancel their own boy?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Why hasn’t this moron been canceled yet?</p>
<p>Why?</p></blockquote>
<p>Remember &#8220;Access Hollywood&#8221;? When they started doing stories about Charlie Sheen and his views on 9/11, they were cancelled. They were replaced by Glenn Beck. You think they will cancel their own boy?<a href="javascript:void(0)" title=""  onmouseover="window.status=''; return true" onmouseout="window.status=''; return true" onclick="ddrc_popup('http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/plugins/dd-report-comments/report.php?c=4736366', 400, 400)"></a></p>
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