BARREL OF MONKEYS: "GENESIS" in Reverse


I consider myself a Democrat. Been called a Socialist. Definitely a bleeding heart liberal.


As a child from a traditional southern family, playing Barrel of Monkeys on the floor, church every Sunday, doing well in public school, learning a trade; in every sense privileged .........


Comfortable in middle age, an avid news reader, on learning the tragic story of a full grown chimpanzee destroying the face of a woman who offered a toy, only trying to help it's owner coax her surrogate child back into his cage......


Today being confrontational, ribald, offensive, restless, rebellious.......


How did I get here from there?


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Thursday, August 12, 2010

Move to Limit ‘Factory Farms’ Gains Momentum - NYTimes.com


"“I work with the hogs every day, and I don’t think there is anything wrong with gestation crates,” he said. “But I have to be aware of things on the horizon, the bigger things at work.”"



Now, the United Egg Producers, a national trade group, says that egg prices would rise by 25 percent if all eggs were produced by uncaged hens, putting stress on consumers and school lunch programs.


Animal proponents say that better noncage methods could be developed and that PRICE....
is not the ultimate issue anyway.



Mr. Weaver insists that his chickens are content and less prone to disease than those in barnyard flocks, saying, “If our chickens aren’t healthy and happy, they won’t be as productive.”


If this farmer was placed on an island with another woman who was very young and VERY PRETTY......wonder how productive they would be?

  • Prolly depend on whether he voted Pro-Life or Pro-Choice.....right?
  • Which one would you rather be alone on an island with?

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