Bush-League Breeders Club rules

I’m sure these rules are going to need some revising in the future but until then here is what we have.

1) By registering, you give the Bush-League Breeders Club full rights to any and all posts, information, images ect. Pretty standard stuff like any other forum out there.

a. One account per member, one member per account. -Unless it's been approved by the Command Staff otherwise-

2) The Bush-League Breeders Club isn’t intended to be a “G” rated forum. More like a PG-13 "ish" rating. Just about the same language you’ll hear on network television you’ll see posted here so use your discretion. Harsh language will not be tolerated. No fill in the blank cursing to by pass the language filter either..

~Please review the list of popular censored words listed below~ These words are not accepted here in the BLBC. Using them in a post will result in an infaction being issued which can lead to a member being banned if abused. Also note that these aren't the only words we censor, these are just the more popular ones.

Bypassing the language filter, implying or insinuating these censored words is also not accepted and will result in infactions being issued.

a. All post must be in English.

3) No adult, vulgar or indecent material please. No spam! Just use some common sense on this one.

a. Talk of illegal drug activity or other unlawful and illegal activity is prohibited.

4) Treat others in the same manor that you’d like to be treated. This is a club for people of all types that share the same reptile passion so please keep that in mind. Repeated antagonizing of another club members goes against club rules but if it's going back and fourth by both parties we will not intervene, as long as, there is no threats of violence and it stays in the Saloon and off the open board.

5) Racist post or innuendos will not be tolerated. A word about posting, we don't delete posts or threads here in the Bush-League so think before you post because once you post it, you own it. In the event a post has to be pulled due threats of violence, sexual content ect it isn't deleted, it's just moved from public eye.

6) Keep all threads on topic and in the appropriate sections.

7) The Saloon is a private forum for "Active" Bush-League Breeders Club members with at least 50 posts, not for the general public it’s here to settle disagreements or heated arguments amongst club members that need to be contained away from eyes of the general public. NC-17 rating guidelines apply.

An NC-17 rating, most parents would consider patently too adult for their children 17 and under. No children will be admitted. NC-17 does not mean “obscene” or “pornographic” in the common or legal meaning of those words, and should not be construed as a negative judgment in any sense. The rating simply signals that the content is appropriate only for an adult audience.

8) Please don't abuse the 50 post rule, we're talking about legitimate contribution. If you spam the board just to get access then it'll be denied..

9) The Officers Club is a privileged forum for members that have reached the rank of Lieutenant or higher. More advanced discussion and less moderation for the Officers. Just because you reach the rank of LT doesn't automatically mean you have access. It's determined case by case.

Senior Officers and above can vote to have another Officer removed from the Officers Club as long as that Officer isn't a Colonel or General and the vote has the approval of the OC Commander.

10) Please keep all ads and transactions limited to the classified section and or pm’s. It’s free so please use it. (review the rules and guidelines for the Classified section HERE (http://www.reptileradio.net/reptileradio/showthread.php?t=18561))

11) When it comes to posting images of other people’s animals please give them credit in the post for all their hard work. All images bigger than 800x800 will be resized automatically.

a.) We ask that you do not quote images on the same page of a thread where those images are already quoted. If you do quote images on the same page as the images are posted, a Commander may pull your quoted images from your post. If the images are quoted on the second, third etc page we allow one quote with the images per page..

a.) Images in signatures, anything over 400x80 will be resized automatically. Members are only allowed one banner style image in the sig.

b.) Only fly BLBC sig banners that are of the rank you have achieved.

12) Repeated disrespect of the Bush-League Breeders Club will not be tolerated. If you don't like the BLBC then feel free to not participate.

13) No contest may be hosted without the consent of a Commanding General that's a Major General (2 stars) and up prior to posting. All offical BLBC contests will be posted in the "Club Info" section..

14) We will not for any reason delete any user accounts. Any and all requests for this action will be either denied or simply ignored.

a.) We will not for any reason delete/edit any user posts or threads. All requests WILL be ignored.

15) In addition to any other terms or conditions of use of REPTILERADIO.NET, you agree that when using one, you will not: Publish, post, upload, distribute or disseminate any inappropriate, profane, derogatory, defamatory, infringing, improper, obscene, indecent or unlawful topic, name, material or information.

16) You are responsible for reviewing the Club rules. The Bush-League Breeders Club reserves the right to modify the Club rules at any time. Your continued involvement in the BLBC constitutes your consent to such changes.

17) The BLBC reserves the right in its sole discretion to deny any user access to this Web site, any interactive service herein, or any portion of this Web site without notice, and the right to change the terms, conditions, and notices under which this Web site is offered.

18) A decision made by a Commander with the exception of a "Lieutenant General" or up, can be appealed. To appeal a decision, just submit your argument via email or private message to BT or myself.

19) No soliciting of any kind throughout the BLBC. This includes posting threads for any type of charity or donation request. When in doubt run it by a staff member.

20) Privacy Policy In regards to Google Adsense ads third parties may be placing and reading cookies on your browsers, or using web beacons to collect information as a result of ad serving on from this website.

This forum is owned by me Larry Suttles, and I don’t share the same views and opinions as each individual member does and I assume no responsibility for other club members views, posts or actions. The staff here will deal with issues that come to surface to the best of our ability.

The Staff Officers are here to help and listen to your concerns so don’t hesitate to contact them if you’re having any issues whatsoever.

I really hate to even say it but members that break or violate club rules will either be suspended, infractions given, demoted or their membership revoked completely.

Infraction System

Inappropriate Language 1 point expires in 30 Days
Bypassing language censor 1 point expires in 30 Days
Adult or indecent material 1 point expires in 30 Days
Violation of Club rules 1 point expires in 30 Days
Threat of violence towards other member(s) 2 point expires 60 Days
Spammed Advertisements 3 points expires in 365 Days


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A word about the Southern atmosphere and the Confedearte flags that are flown around the Bush-League Breeders Club, as owners of the Club BT and myself are proud of our Southern heritage and proud of our ancestors.

Various groups have distorted the real meaning of the Confederate Flag for their own purposes. We strive to feature the Confederate Flag in it's true meaning of heritage, history and pride in the Southern way of life.

The Confederate Battle Flag represents all Southern, and even Northern, Confederates since Confederate camps where located throughout the North and even the western regions, regardless of race or religion it is the symbol of less government, less taxes, and the right of the people to govern themselves. It is flown in honor of our Confederate ancestors and veterans who willingly fought and died for Southern independence.

Southern Truth

Just like the War for American Independence of 1776, the War for Southern Independence aka the wrongfully named "Civil War" was fought over "taxation without representation." The North was constantly trying to raise taxes on Southerners through high tariffs on imported goods in order to protect the inefficient big businesses in the North. These big businesses could not compete with manufactured goods from England and France with whom the South traded cotton. The South did not have factories and had to import most finished products.

The Industrial Revolution allowed England and France to produce and ship across the Atlantic products that were cheaper than the products of Northern manufacturers.

When Lincoln was elected President, he and the U.S. Congress immediately passed the Morrill Tariff (the highest import tax in U.S. history), more than doubling the import tax rate from 20% to 47%. This tax served to bankrupt many Southerners. Though the Southern states represented only about 30% of the U.S. population, they paid 80% of the tariffs collected. Oppressive taxes, denial of the states' rights to govern their states, and an unrepresentative federal government pushed the Southern states to legally withdraw from the Union.

Since the Southerners had escaped the tax by withdrawing from the Union, the only way the North could collect this oppressive tax was to invade the Confederate States and force them at gunpoint back into the Union.

It was to collect this import tax to satisfy his Northern industrialist supporters that Abraham Lincoln invaded our South. Slavery was not the issue. Lincoln's war cost the lives of 600,000 Americans.

The truth about the Confederate Flag is that it has nothing to do with racism or hate. The Civil War was not fought over slavery or racism.

Historians claim the North was morally superior

Union Commanding General Ulysses S. Grant initiated one of the most blatant official episodes of anti-Semitism in 19th-century American history. In December of that year, Grant issued his infamous General Order No. 11, which expelled all Jews from the Union Army.


Post commanders will see to it that all of this class of people be furnished passes and required to leave, and any one returning after such notification will be arrested and held in confinement until an opportunity occurs of sending them out as prisoners, unless furnished with permit from headquarters. No passes will be given these people to visit headquarters for the purpose of making personal application of trade permits.

Reference: Jewish Virtual Library LINK (http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/anti-semitism/grant.html)

Some Quotes

"All that the South has ever desired was that the Union as established by our forefathers should be preserved and that the government as originally organized should be administered in purity and truth."
Robert E. Lee Confederate General in Chief

"The Northern onslaught upon slavery was no more than a piece of specious humbug designed to conceal its desire for economic control of the Southern states."
Charles Dickens, 1862

"As for the South, it is enough to say that perhaps eighty per cent. of her armies were neither slave-holders, nor had the remotest interest in the institution. No other proof, however, is needed than the undeniable fact that at any period of the war from its beginning to near its close the South could have saved slavery by simply laying down its arms and returning to the Union."
Major General John B. Gordon, from his book, Causes of the Civil War.

"The flags of the Confederate States of America were very important and a matter of great pride to those citizens living in the Confederacy. They are also a matter of great pride for their descendants as part of their heritage and history."
Winston Churchill

""The free colored population love their home, their property, their own slaves and recognize no other country than Louisiana, and are ready to shed their blood for her defense. They have no sympathy for Abolitionism; no love for the North, but they have plenty for Louisiana."
1st Native Guard of Louisiana (All black brigade of over 3000) Comments to The New Orleans' Daily Delta

"If I thought this war was to abolish slavery, I would resign my commission, and offer my sword to the other side."
Ulysses S. Grant Union Commanding General

"I will say.. that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about.. the social and political equality of the white and black races."
Abraham Lincoln (First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1861 (http://www.bartleby.com/124/pres31.html))





Thomas J. DiLorenzo
Professor of economics at Loyola College in Maryland and the author of The Real Lincoln along with Lincoln Unmasked

On July 19 the Associated Press and Reuter’s reported an "amazing find" at a museum in Allentown, Pennsylvania: A copy of a letter dated March 16, 1861, and signed by Abraham Lincoln imploring the governor of Florida to rally political support for a constitutional amendment that would have legally enshrined slavery in the U.S. Constitution.

Actually, the letter is not at all "amazing" to anyone familiar with the real Lincoln. It was a copy of a letter that was sent to the governor of every state urging them all to support the amendment, which had already passed the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, that would have made southern slavery constitutionally "irrevocable," to use the word that Lincoln used in his first inaugural address. The amendment passed after the lower South had seceded, suggesting that it was passed with almost exclusively Northern votes. Lincoln and the entire North were perfectly willing to enshrine slavery forever in the Constitution. This is one reason why the great Massachusetts libertarian abolitionist Lysander Spooner, author of The Unconstitutionality of Slavery, hated and despised Lincoln and his entire gang.

The Lincoln cult knows about all of this, but works diligently to keep it out of view of the general public. The fact that news organizations reported the "find," however, creates a problem for the cult. A cover-up/excuse-making campaign must commence.

The document was found in the Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, Historical Society archives in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The director of the Society, Joseph Garrera, described in the press as "a Lincoln scholar," immediately announced that the document is not at all important, since such documents are "a dime a dozen."

Well, not really. Most of these kinds of documents have been meticulously whitewashed from the historical record. When they do surface and are made public, the Lincoln cult gets to work burying them in an avalanche of excuses designed to fog the real meaning of the documents in the minds of the average American. Garrerra’s statement is the first attempt at this.

Every once in a while, though, a cult member (or an aspiring cult member) slips up and spills the beans. A recent example is the "political biography" of Lincoln recently published by the confessed plagiarist Doris Kearns-Goodwin entitled Team of Rivals. This is Goodwin’s first publication on Lincoln, and she has apparently not been filled in on the standard modus operandi of cover-up and obfuscation that is the hallmark of "Lincoln scholarship." She discusses the above-mentioned "first thirteenth amendment" in some detail (as I do in my forthcoming book, Lincoln Unmasked: What You’re Not Supposed to Know About Dishonest Abe, to be published in October).

Goodwin dug into the same original sources that all Lincoln scholars are familiar with, but unlike most others, she includes the information in her book. Not only did Lincoln support this slavery forever amendment, but the amendment was his idea from the very beginning. He was the secret author of it, orchestrating the politics of its passage from Springfield before he was even inaugurated. Not only that, but he also instructed his political compatriot, William Seward, to work on federal legislation that would outlaw the various personal liberty laws that existed in some of the Northern states. These laws were used to attempt to nullify the federal Fugitive Slave Act. As explained by Goodwin (p. 296): "He [Lincoln] instructed Seward to introduce these proposals in the Senate Committee of Thirteen without indicating they issued from Springfield. The first resolved that ‘the Constitution should never be altered so as to authorize Congress to abolish or interfere with slavery in the states.’ Another recommendation that he instructed Seward to get through Congress was that ‘all state personal liberty laws in opposition to the Fugitive Slave Law be repealed.’"

Goodwin reveals all of this because the theme of her book is what a great political conniver and manipulator Lincoln was and this, of course, is a good example of such deceitfulness. In the eyes of a lifelong statist like Goodwin, lying, deception and fakery are praiseworthy traits for a politician. She praises him for his pro-slavery amendment because it supposedly "held the Republican Party together."

Lincoln’s efforts in this regard were enormously popular in the North, and especially in Boston. A thoroughly racist society, the vast majority of northerners wanted slavery to persist in the South because that would keep black people in the South. They opposed the personal liberty laws for the same reason: They wanted any escaped slaves to be eliminated from their midst. Thus, Goodwin writes of how, when Seward made a speech announcing these two proposals (the constitutional amendment and the abolition of personal liberty laws) in Boston, "the galleries erupted in thunderous applause." Lincoln’s political handler and campaign manager, the thoroughly corrupt New York City politician Thurlow Weed, "loved the speech," writes Goodwin, again making the point that the proposals were good politics because they "kept his fractious party together."

Lincoln’s slavery forever amendment read as follows:

"No amendment shall be made to the Constitution which will authorize or give to Congress the power to abolish or interfere, within any State, with the domestic institutions thereof, including that of persons held to labor or service by the laws of said State. (See U.S. House of Representatives, 106th Congress, 2nd Session, The Constitution of the United States of America: Unratified Amendments, Doc. No. 106-214).

In his first inaugural address Dishonest Abe explicitly supported this amendment while pretending that he hardly knew anything about it (i.e., lying). What he said was: "I understand a proposed amendment to the Constitution . . . has passed Congress, to the effect that the Federal Government shall never interfere with the domestic institutions of the states, including that of persons held to service." Then, while "holding such a provision to be implied constitutional law, I have no objection to its being made express and irrevocable."

Lincoln was not an abolitionist and, unlike Lysander Spooner, he believed that slavery was already constitutional. Nevertheless, he also favored making it "express and irrevocable."

The director of the museum in Allentown where Lincoln’s letter to the governors was recently discovered made a feeble attempt to dismiss this entire episode as unimportant by saying that Lincoln was only being "pragmatic." Actually, exactly the opposite is true. Another reason why abolitionists like Spooner detested Lincoln, Seward, and the rest is that he understood that their opposition to slavery was always theoretical or rhetorical. They never came up with any kind of pragmatic plan to end slavery peacefully, as the real pragmatists – the British, Spanish, Dutch, French, and Danes – had done. Indeed, the political leaders of these countries could have provided the Lincoln regime with a detailed roadmap regarding how to go about it. But as Lincoln repeatedly said, his agenda was always, first and foremost, to destroy the secession movement, not to interfere with slavery. And as this episode reveals, for once his actions matched his words.



God Speed,
Larry