I’ve again missed a couple of Watcher’s Council results posts — here is the first of these, from May 13. Winning Council Submissions First place with 2 1/3 points! – Wolf Howling – Waiting For The Iranian Shoe To Drop……

A bit belatedly, the council has spoken. The winning entry this week on the Council said was Wolf Howling’s Waiting For The Iranian Shoe To Drop and the runner up was Bookworm Room’s Predators and Prey. On the non-council side the winning entry was W…

This week’s Watcher’s Council nominations are up: As yet another example of demonizing the speech of your opponent as “dangerous” … – About 15 years ago, Yale University refused an alumni donation that was to be devoted to strengthening its Weste…

It takes almost forever for America to be mobilized, but once mobilized, we will steamroll over anything in our path. In the cape toad world, a huge lion or elephant would be the equal of one of their bulls, if not superior. In America’s world? Nobody is our equal, period, should we go on the rampage. The world hasn’t seen its like since WWII and WWI. The Japanese, however, saw a glint of it just at the end, even if it cost Truman his backbone in the next war for Korea.

And just like with the cape buffalo, there will only be a few members of the herd willing to truly attack first. Most of the members will huddle together for warmth and simply go with the flow. This defined the majority of Americans after 9/11, who simply went with WMDs because Bush was leading the charge and then went against WMDs because the Democrats were now leading the charge.

And just like with America, the cape buffalo will try a half hearted attack on one lion, stop just when it is about to catch it, and then turn back towards the herd, only to repeat this over and over again. Thus America never decisively occupies or crucifies a nation, it always does what is needed to repel the threat, ensures it doesn’t come back in the future, and then leaves people alone. Unfortunately, in some circumstances, America leaves before the threat is nullified, meaning some buffalo can chase lions away, but that doesn’t mean that lion won’t in the future kill another buffalo. Not enough to chase lions away, you got to wound, cripple, and kill em. Then they won’t ever prey on you again.

But, America is like the peaceful cape buffalo. They don’t see a need to hunt down lions. They are happy just the way they are.

I think Book may also like it, given her interest in these animal anthropomorphic challenges ; )

Awesome! I particularly greatly enjoyed the integration with the video (one of the best videos ever on the web!) That creative integration took real work – and kudos for bringing in Dick Cheney!

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Lion Hunter 1: There’s some buffalo over there that don’t see us.

Lion Hunter 2: You think we can take em?

Lion Hunter 1: The bulls outmass us and could kill us if they got the will. But they weak, they won’t defend themselves if we all attack.

Lion Hunter 3: Who should we attack?

Lion Hunter 1: The Americans are feckless cowards and infidels in the eyes of Allah, the Lion God King. When we attack their children, they will fold before us from our mighty host and from their ungodly fear.

Lion Hunter 2: Praise Allah, let us attack now!

Lion Hunter 1: Wait for it… wait for it… NOWWW Allahu AkBBAARRRRR

1:59

Great Big Buffalo: We’re being attacked! Disarm yourselves and run for it!

Mama Buffalo: But the children! They are going for my babies!

Great Big Buffalo: Leave that kid, he’ll be dead soon. I should have made you abort him anyways.

Mama Buffalo: You did try that, but he survived and I nursed him back to health.

Great Big Buffalo: Keep RUnning Everybody! So Sayeth the ObamaCow. And You Will Obey the ObamaCow.

2:05

Lion Hunter 1: I got one of the small satans!

Lion Hunter 2: Yes, behead the infidel. Strangulate it, kill it, make it suffer!!

Lion Hunter 3: Git Em Git Em Git Em.

Buffalo Baby: Help! I Need Help. These lions have kidnapped me and are threatening to kill me! Please, I need the help of the American military. Somebody?!?! Anybody?!?

Great Big Buffalo: Hurry up and die, soon to be aborted, sonny.

3:30

Harry Reid Crocodile 1: I want me a piece of that, my jihadist friends.

Nancy PillowC Crocodile 2: Those are some delicious baby parts.

Lion Hunter 1: No Infidel, this is ours by the mercy of Allah!

Lion Hunter 2: You shall get nothing you infidel.

Harry Reid Crocodile 1: Give me that baby or I will make sure the buffalo military herd will bomb all of your stinking tribe.

Lion Hunter 3: Try it, lizard-dog. I slap my paw in your face!

4:30

Great Big Buffalo: It’s too late. He’s dead. Don’t sacrifice yourself (myself) for a lost cause!

Harry Reid Crocodile 1: Get your fat arse over here and get rid of these lions so I can get me my baby fat!

Great Big Buffalo: Ok. You two military nimrods and myrmidons! Go Attack!

General Petraeus: My army, now persuant to the commander in chiefl, has been ordered to surround the enemy and cut off all escape routes before implementation of Operation Salvation.

Great Big Buffalo: *snickers* Salvation, who are you going to save? Some choice meat for my buddy?

5:15

Sergeant Major Buffalo: Commencing preliminary softening up of target, General.

General Petraeus: Our duty as protectors of the American herd is to do our best to save all Americans, especially the innocent and the defenceless.

Great Big Buffalo: Yadda Yadda Yadda, shut up with your white man superiority monologue and do what I told you to do.

Sergeant Major Buffalo: I chased one of the jihadists away, Sir.

5:25

Great Big Buffalo: Excellent!

Sergeant Major Buffalo: I was addressing General Petreaus, Mister Obama.

General Petreaus: Good job, Smaj. Return to your unit.

5:40

Soldier Buffalo: We have them surrounded, General.

Dick Cheney Buffalo: I want me a piece of this action, General. I’m old, my teeth is getting worn, and I want to kill me something.

General Petraeus: Uh sir… you have a heart…

Dick Cheney: I don’t give a good god damn about a heart, you either let me through the front lines at the enemy or you are going to have to deal with me. And I am no longer your Vice President so don’t think the argument that I am needed “alive” is going to cut it from you.

General Petreaus: Let the old bull through, he shall make the first attack of Operation Salvation.
5:45
(Lion Jihadist goes flying) Dick Cheney: Damn, I missed her vital organs.

Lion Hunter 1: What do you mean “her”? I am male, you perfidious infidel and tool of satan!
5:50

Lion Hunter 2: There are too many of the infidels! I am running for it.

General Petraeus: Commence the chase, Smaj.
5:52
Sergeant Major Buffalo: Yes, sir. Sergeant Beefiness, please order the herd to advance on the Lions at the double, ASAP. Get to it!

6:15

Sergeant Major Buffalo: We have chased away most of the enemy, sir. We only have 2 more lions stopping us from recovering the hostage.

Lion Hunter 3: I am scared, leader.

Lion Hunter 1: Hold here, they will run away like the cowards that they are. And then we can feast on the flesh of their weakest.

Sergeant York: Smaj, the baby is still alive!

General Petraeus: What? No, belay that question. Charge at Once, Smaj!

Dick Cheney: Yipee Chayeeeeeee

Lion Hunter 1: Nooo! Preposterous! Allah has abandoned us!

6:30

Great Big Buffalo: What are you doing? I ordered that you were to get rid of the lions, not to commence any rescue attempt on the bod… I mean baby.

General Petreaus: Under your current orders to the Army of the Herd, we have authorization to commence giving aid to the baby should the baby’s life be endangered by lion actions.

Great Big Buffalo: But I didn’t think you’d be so reckless as to attack!!

HR Croc 1: Hey Our Big Ass Mistake America, Barack, where is my juicy fat at ?

NP Croc 2: …….. I’m waiting with my tail and whip, black man.

Great Big Buffalo: Sorry, can’t give him to you now that the media knows he is alive and the military is protecting him.

HR Croc 1: You are pretty useless, Barack. I don’t know why we helped elevate you to the top position in that herd.

7:21

Lion Hunter 1: I will be back!

Dick Cheney Buffalo: Yeah, and you’ll still be a female too!

Watch this while reading MIke’s dialogue.

When the lions chase the buffalos off, remember that this is when Obama is talking. When the buffalos go back after a regime change, it is when it is “too late” for the Republic.

And the center of the video? That’s us, the American people. Small. Young. Less able to defend ourselves than the politicians that have political or military power to wield.

Too bad that Australian guy’s accent was just too much at times, couldn’t understand him.

Notice how some of the buffalo go out of the herd and then go right back? That would be the American nature to conquer and then go back to the herd after the slight use of aggression has pushed the threat back.

Bears are American individuals, but America as a whole is definitely a herd of cape buffalo.

But single cape buffalo, the bulls, those are the most dangerous, because the yhave no herd to protect and if you wound one and don’t finish them off, they will start hunting you. And a full charge by a buffalo with their horn will gore you and destroy your internal organs.