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House Approves "Horse Shit Bill"
House Republicans wasting still more time this year with H.R. 503: the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act, a modification to 15 U.S.C. 1821: The Horse Protection Act. That's right, they're updating a bill from 1821 that prohibited "soring" the hoofs of horses for the purpose of making them trot "better" in horse shows.
The general idea of the act is to stop the slaughter of horses for human consumption. Apparently, there are still a few slaughterhouses that kill horses and ship them overseas for human consumption. H.R. 503 makes a number of amendments to the prior act, but the meat of the bill (so to speak) is this:`(8) As a pilot program to evaluate the feasibility and practicability of imposing such a prohibition nation-wide, the shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of any horse or other equine in the States of Kentucky or New York to be slaughtered for human consumption, unless the equine--So they wasted all this time for a pilot program to say that killing horses (for human consumption) is wrong unless you do it for the government. Or if you've been doing it for a long time. Or if it's for charity.
`(A) is owned or controlled by a State or local government or owned by an individual who purchased the equine from a State or local government;
`(B) will be slaughtered at a facility operating before the date of the enactment of this paragraph; or
`(C) will be slaughtered for human consumption for charitable or humanitarian purposes.'.
[ed: To be very clear for our slower readers, we are *not* saying that we think that people should eat horses. They are noble critters, like dolphins, dogs, people, and unicorns. What we *are* saying is that we are incredibly disappointed in this "do-nothing congress." We understand that it's time for mid-term elections and all, but your job is to serve your constituents, not campaign to them. There are a few other issues that need to be addressed -- a stupid open-ended war, terrible oil-based energy policy, ridiculous executive hubris, etc.]
As for the "Horse Shit Bill" comment. That's not me, that's House Majority Leader, John Boehner (R-OH).
Thanks for nothing, Congress!
:: Keith 00:42 [link] :: ::