# O.K., now this shit is beginning to really frighten me. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 21, 2008, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-k-now-this-shit-is-beginning-to-really-frighten-me/468886 "2008-10-21T13:52:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-k-now-this-shit-is-beginning-to-really-frighten-me/468886/21 "2008-10-21T15:24:03Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > Those who don’t see an association between the bear and Obama-- um, a deab black bear wearing Obama signs? That isn’t a clear association? There’s obviously an association between the _signs_ and Obama, but the bear doesn’t necessarily mean what you think it means. You specifically noted that it’s a black bear, but… polar bears are in pretty short supply in NC. For all we know, the message may be that Obama’s bear policy sucks. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-k-now-this-shit-is-beginning-to-really-frighten-me/468886/22 "2008-10-21T15:30:42Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > There’s obviously an association between the _signs_ and Obama, but the bear doesn’t necessarily mean what you think it means. You specifically noted that it’s a black bear, but… polar bears are in pretty short supply in NC. > > For all we know, the message may be that Obama’s bear policy sucks. OF COURSE! How could I have been so dumb? A black bear with a bullet in his head, draped in Obama signs is just some fool’s funny-haha joke! About bear policy. Or wasting paper on campaign signs. Headshots are very subtle that way. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-k-now-this-shit-is-beginning-to-really-frighten-me/468886/23 "2008-10-21T15:31:55Z")
> [@Liberal](#): > > In fairness, the article did point out that bear season is underway. > [@Enola\_Gay](#): > > Agreed. **It’s open season on bears** , some idiot shoots a cub, and they grab some yard signs and turn it into a foolish prank. > > I don’t think it was intended as some kind of Obama effigy. That’s not to say that there aren’t morons out there who would love to see Obama get a bullet to the head. But that is also true of any US president. There is always some nut who wants to kill them, which is why they have such intense security. It’s illegal to hunt bear cubs or females with cubs in North Carolina. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-k-now-this-shit-is-beginning-to-really-frighten-me/468886/24 "2008-10-21T15:35:20Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > OF COURSE! How could I have been so dumb? A black bear with a bullet in his head, draped in Obama signs is just some fool’s funny-haha joke! About bear policy. Or wasting paper on campaign signs. Headshots are very subtle that way. Take a breath. Obama signs: clearly significant. Bear corpse, as opposed to wolf, deer, heffalump or whatever other large fauna are readily available for shootin’ in North Carolina: not clearly significant. I realize that you’re worried because they _shot_ the bear, and I don’t think anyone would dispute that there are rumblings about assassination attempts should he win\*. I just don’t think this is necessarily tied into all that. Lots of people shoot bears. The same people don’t normally shoot people too. \*My cube neighbor, a fiftysomething black woman, is actively praying for Obama to lose the election because she doesn’t want him to get killed. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-k-now-this-shit-is-beginning-to-really-frighten-me/468886/25 "2008-10-21T15:37:05Z")
> [@An\_Arky](#): > > It’s illegal to hunt bear cubs or females with cubs in North Carolina. Especially in your pajamas. ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2008, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/o-k-now-this-shit-is-beginning-to-really-frighten-me/468886/26 "2008-10-21T15:39:17Z")
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