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Old Ranger Pete

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Author, speaker, retired US Forest Service ranger and biologist. Since 2011, serving as a naturalist on major cruise lines on their Southeast Alaska cruises. Hunter of moose; catcher of fish.

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And the nice thing is you never have to ask!

09.08.2025 02:57 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oooh, ooh! (raising hand) Can we call them Trump Youth?

06.08.2025 19:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Pam Bondi: "Hold my beer."

05.08.2025 21:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So, the only way Democrats can win on this issue is to promise 2000 percent cuts in drug prices.

04.08.2025 14:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I know the course has been open for only a day or so, but has Trump had time to win the tournament there yet?

30.07.2025 01:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

When we take those weather-modifying bastards to trial, I suggest a dunking chair. Lower them into a pond for 10 minutes. If they survive, they are guilty. If not, well, they probably supported un-American weather modification anyway.

29.07.2025 23:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"School? We don't need no stinking school!"

27.07.2025 17:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"I have come to bury Epstein, not to praise him," said Donald, maybe.

20.07.2025 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Huh. It seems a little DEI to name professional sports teams for minorities, but what the hell do I know about it.

20.07.2025 16:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I've gotta ask: What is the distinction between incarcerating middle class violent criminals, lower class violent criminals, and upper class violent criminals?

17.07.2025 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for the acknowledgement! After years in government service, the Hatch Act is a very real limit on my personal expressions of political viewpoints. That is changing with the help of you and your cohorts.

04.07.2025 21:09 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm going to try and communicate with my Republican colleagues in a new way.

26.06.2025 21:44 β€” πŸ‘ 20280    πŸ” 4514    πŸ’¬ 1039    πŸ“Œ 574
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That would be awful. Don’t share this.

31.05.2025 01:17 β€” πŸ‘ 28921    πŸ” 12979    πŸ’¬ 912    πŸ“Œ 703

We must be reminded daily that Dear Leader is watching over us.

16.05.2025 04:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We are in a new era, one in which doublethink is now an everyday term.

12.05.2025 17:06 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"I had not heard that, so I can't comment."

11.05.2025 21:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The Trump Presidential Library is a website.

11.05.2025 17:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

At a minimum, we should expect an Executive Order to that effect.

07.05.2025 16:48 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Diary of a Forest Ranger: Mack Lake Fire
YouTube video by Pete Griffin Diary of a Forest Ranger: Mack Lake Fire

45 years ago today we were saving a bird from extinction. It was a day that changed my life and my career in the US Forest Service. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lglp...

06.05.2025 05:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

In the multi-verse, this universe that revolves around Trump, the laws of logic, physics, and cause and effect exist only at the whim of Donald. In this universe, both statements are true.

30.04.2025 16:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I don't know who will be making the fortune, Donald, but I do know it won't be the little people. 3/3

29.04.2025 17:31 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

The old man looked at Pat and said, "This isn't for the little people."

Donald Trump's Truth Social quote from Monday: β€œThe USA lost Billions of Dollars A DAY in International Trade under Sleepy Joe Biden. I have now stemmed that tide, and will be making a fortune, very soon." 2/3

29.04.2025 17:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Forty years ago I took a writing class with Pat, who spent two years in Thailand in the Peace Corp. He watched a construction project in his village. He said to the old villager, "This project will bring prosperity to the village." 1/3

Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Getty

29.04.2025 16:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Well, folks don't understand just how rich those teeth commercial contracts made her back when she was still the governor of South Dakota.

22.04.2025 04:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Certainly. There could be extra bonuses for bearing spawn of Elon. But I don't want to give them ideas.

22.04.2025 02:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

They're nearing the bottom of the barrel, searching for people stupid enough to serve under this tattooed buffoon.

21.04.2025 16:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

While Donald Trump looks on with envy.

17.04.2025 15:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe he looked deep into his eyes and saw his soul.

13.04.2025 01:40 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So, using phrasing from the essay, the Republican Party is now in the unenviable position of being "pot-committed."

05.04.2025 17:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Welp, I hope the Acting IG has retirement plans in place. I can't see this review lasting long enough for any kind of report.

03.04.2025 18:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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