Declassifying Animals as Property by Loretta Baughan
Declassifying Animals as Property by Loretta Baughan. There is a bill being written in Wisconsin that proposes to declassify animals as property in order to give the HSUS more power to take animals away from owners with little cause or justification. The implications here are scary, both for the average pet-owner as well as for [...]
The Voice of Agriculture – American Farm Bureau
Statement by Bob Stallman, President, American Farm Bureau Federation, Regarding President Obama’s State of the Union Address. America’s farmers are crucial to its lifeblood and economy. Encourage your leaders to remember this when they vote on policies that will affect American agriculture.
‘Scary time’ to be in the political middle, Arlington family says | Top Stories | News f…
‘Scary time’ to be in the political middle, Arlington family says | Top Stories | News f… Amber is a friend of mine from my high school graduating class. I have to say that I completely agree with her and her husband’s comments in this article.
This Election Is About Obama
Purdue University is currently running a Vote Early campaign to encourage their students to get out and vote this election cycle. A great idea if you ask me. The student political organizations are campaigning hard for their chosen candidates, of course, and sidewalk chalk graffiti is in abundance. Here’s the thing I’ve noticed – nowhere [...]
Ostrich Syndrome, Anyone?
Ok, I’m sorry – but our President and his administration are a bunch of idiots. [via: Scalzi]
We Need Better Leaders
It’s incidents like this one that demonstrate to me that there is a general sense of paranoia in American culture these days that borders on insanity. In the article linked above, you have a father who mistakenly ordered a hard lemonade for his 7-year-old son, followed by the hysteria of the ballpark guard and the [...]
Who?
Is it just me, or does the Qualified Candidate pool get smaller, shallow, and more stagnant with every election cycle?
Popular Elections – Not What You Think
I love today’s Non-Sequitur: ((Though I have to admit that most days I do find the comic just plain strident.)) It does seem like we elect government officials based on emotions and popularity and how pretty we think they are, rather than electing them based on whether or not they’re actually qualified for the job. [...]
