Birds of a feather, flock (or slam) together...

Oh lawdy.
Another strike! How IS America managing to mess up so much lately? Or getting caught after messing up, rather.
So this new development on those 200 starlings in South Dakota showering from the sky is quiet 'bird's' eye-opening. Ha. The US Department of Agriculture decided that birds are less important than let's say, cattle, who happen to provide us with milk, cheese, and the hamburger goodness. Of course, lots of $$ as well! So, in this time of 'crisis', they acted appropriately..As "USDA wildlife biologist Ricky Woods explained that a large group of starlings was causing problems in a north Nebraska cattle feedlot, eating the feed and leaving waste on both the feed and equipment. So the USDA put out DRC 1339 poison for the birds.
"Lethal means are always a last resort," said Woods. "In this situation it's what we had to do."..<-- Ya right!
So if the birds are just following nature's orders to you know eat and excrete, I guess you have to give them poison.
Wow. It's also pretty amusing that 'wildlife experts' stated that the 5000 birds died earlier were 'startled' by NYE fireworks and running into buildings. Thank you scholars for the hearty laugh.
Not that I'm a bird lover or bird watcher or a member of PETA or anything. But I guess this is another screaming example of how the 'government' (I don't just mean American in this case, however, due to the stupidity of the incident, it is exclusive here) constantly manipulates our surroundings to advance ahead how they feel necessary. I mean, did they take an opinion from the local population to see how they would feel if they killed 200 birds who harmlessly ate cattlefeed? How am I supposed to believe that birds can take away food from cows? I think that cattle should learn to share. It's only fair!
I guess this incident is a bigger warning for what's actually been kept hidden from the public in general. They only admitted to poisoning birds that dropped down from the sky, but not all wrongdoings have such loud, obvious consequences. Am I being cynical about the government? Sure.
The sad thing is that there is nothing anyone can do about these secret projects until they unveil. Do I have a distrust in secretive authority? Yes. I do believe that the government should have some covert operations to ensure the safety of its citizens and prevent mass paranoia, but when such trivial happenings occur, it does raise some flags on what the government is actually capable and doing behind closed doors. Do those 'experts' really believe that 5000 birds can randomly die from shock of firewords and buildings? I smell some bull****.
Keep an open eye and ask lots of questions. That's all you can do to play your part. Oh, look up to God and pray..watch out for any dead birds coming your way though.
Smirk.