I want to remind everyone if you send the link in a cut and paste form you will NOT be counted. Every news website counts the ratings, the emails, and discussion and then chooses the MOST popular stories to air on their programs. If we cut and paste we will not be counted. At the bottom of the story it gives you the options to rate, discuss, and email please use these links. We are all in this together and I do not think any one of us will mind if we get the story in our mailboxes more than once. Send it to me as many times as you want, if it helps the horses it's worth a full mailbox.
MSNBC is FINALLY reporting on the slaughter debate and we need to vote and comment. Also if you can send the link on from the website, they count every time it is sent from the site. The more attection it gets the more likely they will talk about it during PRIMETIME hours.
Here is the link to the story.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26860570/from/ET/
Sincerely,
Laura Boothby
Pure Thoughts, Inc
www.pthr.org
http://astand4thehorses.blogspot.com/
http://www.myspace.com/4thehorses
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Friday, September 19, 2008
Wait.....Wait For It...Wait For it.....
Responsibility? what’s that?
Responsibility? not quite yet
Responsibility? what’s that?
I don’t want to think about it; we’d be better off without it
So much on my mind, I have to say paying close attention to our government this week was excruciating............................
While I watched the hearing for HR 6598 a song kept creeping into my head, Responsibility by MxPx. The lyrics remind me of every irresponsible horse owner who refuses to see they hold the power in their hands to finally run the horse killers off. But that would mean they would have to think when breeding, or buying or trading a horse. Why think of the future? Why think of being responsible for a living being who is immediately affected by your inability to live up to an unspoken promise?
The Pro Slaughter camp really have shown their true colors over the last week. Cheating on a poll on Washington Watch, a committee member admitting he did not care if they got to HR6598 because he was against it, calling horse rescues under the guise of needing to place horses, and let's not forget the 288 horses that will go to slaughter every day this week while another chance for the horses slipped through the cracks. What happened to Due Process? Whether in a court of law or on Capitol Hill we as Americans should be able to have our concerns heard. First Larry Craig (Minnesota Bathroom Visitor) stalls S311 in committee and now in a committee chaired by an Anti Slaughter supporter the newest version of the bill is still not getting it's fair chance.
So as for our leadership in DC? I have come to the conclusion. After I watched the entire committee hearing on HR6598, I sat back and realized that there is a reason we have a DO NOTHING CONGRESS, regardless of who is in power. I am dismayed to see the people, that we as voters, have allowed to run our government continue to destroy what our country was founded on. Sometimes I seethe with such anger when I hear the words of Goodlatte or read how once again Stenholm was able to blur the lines of reality. And then it hits me. This is just one issue that I have watched very closely. There are thousands of issues that our government is very good at not dealing with, brushing under the rug, or completely destroying with amendment after amendment. And let's not forget the continued partisan squabbling and arrogant men and women who rarely can agree on anything for the betterment of our country. Watching the proceedings of an immigration law discussion get dragged out for hours and hours after the committee started late and took a 45 minute lunch it all became very clear to me. We are paying the people in Washington full time wages for doing a part time job. They have perks thrown at them by every interest group, they get treated like kings in there hometowns, and they continue to give themselves raises every chance they can while people like my husband who works 7 days a week, leaving the house at 7 am and often getting home long after dinner time and hasn't had a raise in three years!!
There are people out there who have been out of work for months and will soon see there unemployment benefits end and will more than likely find themselves with repossessed cars, foreclosed homes and sadly some who will have to turn to living in their parents homes or in shelters while they struggle to get themselves back on their feet. These are people with degrees and years of experience who have worked so hard for what they have. And who is getting a bail out? High risk investment companies who played with other people's money. How does this make sense? Insurance companies who continued to raise rates and then give their executives $20 million bonuses!! This type of irresponsible, pass the buck business has become the status quo whether it is big business or horse breeders who are sending horses to slaughter for being the wrong color.
We have President Bush who has lost all credibility, the man has even lost his own party's respect and trust, come on TV and tell everyone he is talking with his advisers? The same advisers that have advised us into this debacle? Please enough already. I know when this is discussed on the hill, in hearings and on the floor of our great Capitol building it will takes weeks and weeks, if not months, then DC will go on Thanksgiving break, then they will go on Christmas break, then they will go on Winter Break. They get more vacation then my kids do.
So the purpose of my rant?
If the government refuses to take care of it's own people than how are we ever to think they will do the ethical thing when it comes to our National herd [especially when there is hard cold cash being stuffed into their pockets]? If they, (our ELECTED officials) continue to leave Washington with unfinished business we will lose everything WE have fought for. It's bad enough that we can't get an animal cruelty bill passed what happens when there is a bill on the table to protect Senior Citizens or Kids from predators and it's forgotten so our government whiners...err, leaders can get on the first plane to Disney World.
Now as for the second half of the song Responsibility, I have a message for our government leaders:
You think I'm so simplistic
I'm onto you and your tricks
I'm still young and I'd like to stay that way
'Cause growing up won't make everything okay
I'm still young and I'd like to stay that way
I've got a voice and I've got a lot to say
I've got a lot to say. . .
Responsibility? not quite yet
Responsibility? what’s that?
I don’t want to think about it; we’d be better off without it
So much on my mind, I have to say paying close attention to our government this week was excruciating............................
While I watched the hearing for HR 6598 a song kept creeping into my head, Responsibility by MxPx. The lyrics remind me of every irresponsible horse owner who refuses to see they hold the power in their hands to finally run the horse killers off. But that would mean they would have to think when breeding, or buying or trading a horse. Why think of the future? Why think of being responsible for a living being who is immediately affected by your inability to live up to an unspoken promise?
The Pro Slaughter camp really have shown their true colors over the last week. Cheating on a poll on Washington Watch, a committee member admitting he did not care if they got to HR6598 because he was against it, calling horse rescues under the guise of needing to place horses, and let's not forget the 288 horses that will go to slaughter every day this week while another chance for the horses slipped through the cracks. What happened to Due Process? Whether in a court of law or on Capitol Hill we as Americans should be able to have our concerns heard. First Larry Craig (Minnesota Bathroom Visitor) stalls S311 in committee and now in a committee chaired by an Anti Slaughter supporter the newest version of the bill is still not getting it's fair chance.
So as for our leadership in DC? I have come to the conclusion. After I watched the entire committee hearing on HR6598, I sat back and realized that there is a reason we have a DO NOTHING CONGRESS, regardless of who is in power. I am dismayed to see the people, that we as voters, have allowed to run our government continue to destroy what our country was founded on. Sometimes I seethe with such anger when I hear the words of Goodlatte or read how once again Stenholm was able to blur the lines of reality. And then it hits me. This is just one issue that I have watched very closely. There are thousands of issues that our government is very good at not dealing with, brushing under the rug, or completely destroying with amendment after amendment. And let's not forget the continued partisan squabbling and arrogant men and women who rarely can agree on anything for the betterment of our country. Watching the proceedings of an immigration law discussion get dragged out for hours and hours after the committee started late and took a 45 minute lunch it all became very clear to me. We are paying the people in Washington full time wages for doing a part time job. They have perks thrown at them by every interest group, they get treated like kings in there hometowns, and they continue to give themselves raises every chance they can while people like my husband who works 7 days a week, leaving the house at 7 am and often getting home long after dinner time and hasn't had a raise in three years!!
There are people out there who have been out of work for months and will soon see there unemployment benefits end and will more than likely find themselves with repossessed cars, foreclosed homes and sadly some who will have to turn to living in their parents homes or in shelters while they struggle to get themselves back on their feet. These are people with degrees and years of experience who have worked so hard for what they have. And who is getting a bail out? High risk investment companies who played with other people's money. How does this make sense? Insurance companies who continued to raise rates and then give their executives $20 million bonuses!! This type of irresponsible, pass the buck business has become the status quo whether it is big business or horse breeders who are sending horses to slaughter for being the wrong color.
We have President Bush who has lost all credibility, the man has even lost his own party's respect and trust, come on TV and tell everyone he is talking with his advisers? The same advisers that have advised us into this debacle? Please enough already. I know when this is discussed on the hill, in hearings and on the floor of our great Capitol building it will takes weeks and weeks, if not months, then DC will go on Thanksgiving break, then they will go on Christmas break, then they will go on Winter Break. They get more vacation then my kids do.
So the purpose of my rant?
If the government refuses to take care of it's own people than how are we ever to think they will do the ethical thing when it comes to our National herd [especially when there is hard cold cash being stuffed into their pockets]? If they, (our ELECTED officials) continue to leave Washington with unfinished business we will lose everything WE have fought for. It's bad enough that we can't get an animal cruelty bill passed what happens when there is a bill on the table to protect Senior Citizens or Kids from predators and it's forgotten so our government whiners...err, leaders can get on the first plane to Disney World.
Now as for the second half of the song Responsibility, I have a message for our government leaders:
You think I'm so simplistic
I'm onto you and your tricks
I'm still young and I'd like to stay that way
'Cause growing up won't make everything okay
I'm still young and I'd like to stay that way
I've got a voice and I've got a lot to say
I've got a lot to say. . .
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
IReport About HR 6598
For some reason CCN flagged my report and did not release it for over 4 hours. It finally is up.
http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-88520
http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-88520
Horse Slaughter Bill Receives Added Support – Pro-Slaughter “MYTHS” Dispelled
September 17, 2008, Wellington, Florida Today Victoria McCullough will be in Washington D.C. to speak at the Judicial Committee on Behalf of H.R.6598 The Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act of 2008.
On May23, 2008 Victoria McCullough and members of Pure Thoughts Inc. Horse & Foal Rescue traveled to Sugarcreek, Ohio to attend one of the gruesome weekly kill-auctions held every Friday. This was the day The Triumph Project was born; all the horses were saved from slaughter. The Triumph Project was not just about saving the horses that day. It is about changing the future of the horses and horse slaughter by raising awareness through tested and proven facts. Former Representative Charlie Stenholm, (now a lobbyist for the pro-slaughter campaign) would like the country to believe that the horses going to slaughter are “old and infirm.” Pro-Slaughter would also like us to believe that disposing of 90,000 horses a year would be impossible and economically not feasible for horse owners. Both of these statements could be construed as crucial to the cause IF they were true. Horses that are sent to slaughter have been labeled “unwanted” when really they are inhumanely DISCARDED, with no accountability or responsibility to the owners.
Contrary to Mr. Stenholm’s statements, the proven facts are the following:
Total Horses Purchased 163 (all horses that were destined for slaughter)
Number of old and infirm horses from that total 7 (4.3% of the horses purchased were old or infirm and needed to be humanely euthanized, all due to neglect)
Cost to euthanize and dispose of ALL old & infirm horses $1225
In addition, in less than 3 ½ months since their purchase from auction almost half of these horses have been placed in forever homes and successfully adopted, which shows they are not unwanted horses.
In regards to Victoria McCullough’s continued fight against slaughter the following statement was made. “I firmly believe that the present economic crisis is a very clear tutorial that in arrogance we have lost a sense of human definition and traded our once core fundamentals for self-serving elements. How we treat our children, our elderly, our pets and companion animals give us our identities I would prefer to endeavor to reach for alternatives to restore our compassion and sensitivities. To slaughter young healthy beautiful horses, ponies, foals and mares in foal and to overuse and abandon work animals that have given their lives in service is purely barbaric and unjust in our country of opportunities and dreams. I am in Washington to fight for the environment; the human environment. Cruelty such as this is intolerable and I have promised the horses that we have saved from slaughter to illuminate the injustice corruption and senseless mass disposal that has lingered in back rooms permeated by greed. These one hundred and sixty three horses spared on May twenty-third will save many many more; they and I have been reborn.” Victoria McCullough for The Triumph Project
The Triumph Project - The Davis McCullough Foundation funded the Triumph Project as an awareness campaign to enlighten the world through unified efforts, both in the United States as well as abroad, of the betrayal of our equine ally. Throughout history, horses have served us by escorting us to battle, tilling our fields, drawing our carriages, and enriching our lives as our companions and friends.
Pure Thoughts Inc. - is an all-volunteer 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to saving the lives of horses, yearlings and foals that were intended to go to slaughter for human consumption. These horses would have been brutally tortured and slaughtered. Pure Thoughts Inc. Horse & Foal Rescue also rescues horses from starvation, abuse and neglect, any horse in need. To date, over 1150 innocent equines have been saved and we will continue to fight for the horses. We cannot do this alone...we need your help!! Please help us and others save these beautiful animals and please remember in your thoughts the ones we were unable to reach.
Jennifer Swanson
561-254-0415
Jswan0415@aol.com
www.PTHR.org
Jennifer SwansonPure Thoughts Inc.Horse & Foal Rescuewww.PTHR.org19181 Capet CreekLoxahatchee, FL 33470Saving the life of a horse may not change the world...................but it will change that horse's world.
September 17, 2008, Wellington, Florida Today Victoria McCullough will be in Washington D.C. to speak at the Judicial Committee on Behalf of H.R.6598 The Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act of 2008.
On May23, 2008 Victoria McCullough and members of Pure Thoughts Inc. Horse & Foal Rescue traveled to Sugarcreek, Ohio to attend one of the gruesome weekly kill-auctions held every Friday. This was the day The Triumph Project was born; all the horses were saved from slaughter. The Triumph Project was not just about saving the horses that day. It is about changing the future of the horses and horse slaughter by raising awareness through tested and proven facts. Former Representative Charlie Stenholm, (now a lobbyist for the pro-slaughter campaign) would like the country to believe that the horses going to slaughter are “old and infirm.” Pro-Slaughter would also like us to believe that disposing of 90,000 horses a year would be impossible and economically not feasible for horse owners. Both of these statements could be construed as crucial to the cause IF they were true. Horses that are sent to slaughter have been labeled “unwanted” when really they are inhumanely DISCARDED, with no accountability or responsibility to the owners.
Contrary to Mr. Stenholm’s statements, the proven facts are the following:
Total Horses Purchased 163 (all horses that were destined for slaughter)
Number of old and infirm horses from that total 7 (4.3% of the horses purchased were old or infirm and needed to be humanely euthanized, all due to neglect)
Cost to euthanize and dispose of ALL old & infirm horses $1225
In addition, in less than 3 ½ months since their purchase from auction almost half of these horses have been placed in forever homes and successfully adopted, which shows they are not unwanted horses.
In regards to Victoria McCullough’s continued fight against slaughter the following statement was made. “I firmly believe that the present economic crisis is a very clear tutorial that in arrogance we have lost a sense of human definition and traded our once core fundamentals for self-serving elements. How we treat our children, our elderly, our pets and companion animals give us our identities I would prefer to endeavor to reach for alternatives to restore our compassion and sensitivities. To slaughter young healthy beautiful horses, ponies, foals and mares in foal and to overuse and abandon work animals that have given their lives in service is purely barbaric and unjust in our country of opportunities and dreams. I am in Washington to fight for the environment; the human environment. Cruelty such as this is intolerable and I have promised the horses that we have saved from slaughter to illuminate the injustice corruption and senseless mass disposal that has lingered in back rooms permeated by greed. These one hundred and sixty three horses spared on May twenty-third will save many many more; they and I have been reborn.” Victoria McCullough for The Triumph Project
The Triumph Project - The Davis McCullough Foundation funded the Triumph Project as an awareness campaign to enlighten the world through unified efforts, both in the United States as well as abroad, of the betrayal of our equine ally. Throughout history, horses have served us by escorting us to battle, tilling our fields, drawing our carriages, and enriching our lives as our companions and friends.
Pure Thoughts Inc. - is an all-volunteer 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to saving the lives of horses, yearlings and foals that were intended to go to slaughter for human consumption. These horses would have been brutally tortured and slaughtered. Pure Thoughts Inc. Horse & Foal Rescue also rescues horses from starvation, abuse and neglect, any horse in need. To date, over 1150 innocent equines have been saved and we will continue to fight for the horses. We cannot do this alone...we need your help!! Please help us and others save these beautiful animals and please remember in your thoughts the ones we were unable to reach.
Jennifer Swanson
561-254-0415
Jswan0415@aol.com
www.PTHR.org
Jennifer SwansonPure Thoughts Inc.Horse & Foal Rescuewww.PTHR.org19181 Capet CreekLoxahatchee, FL 33470Saving the life of a horse may not change the world...................but it will change that horse's world.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
ALERT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PLEASE CROSS POST :We need comments ASAP.Both the ABC and NBC local affiliates here in Palm Beach covered the vote for H.R. 6598. We need to get the grassroots campaign going to let them know we want more info and to please cover more of this story.Channel 5 NBC reporter email: Jennifer Rivera: jrivera@wptv.com WPTV Station Email Contact: pnroghaar@wptv.comPhone:( 561) 655-5455Channel 25 ABC:To Make Comment: http://www.wpbf.com/station/index.htmlTo Call: 561-694-2525 It does not matter if you live in the viewing area. Tell them you heard that the station was reporting on the bill H.R. 6598 and you want to thank them and ask them to continue their coverage of this NATIONAL ISSUE. In order to get something like this picked up nationally there has to be a large audience reaction to a local story. We have our foot in the door here. We have TWO TV Stations that have reported on this today and they both are partnered up with CNN. Come On Everyone Consider This Part of The Call In Day!! Do It For The Horses!
West Palm Beach: WPTV Covers Equine Cruelty Bill H.R. 6598
Local Channel 5 WPTV came out to Mida Farm and interviewed Pure Thoughts, Inc Horse and Foal Rescue's Jennifer Swanson and Victoria McCullough about their trip to DC and the tomorrow's vote on H.R. 6598 The Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act of 2008 and H.R. 6597 Animal Cruelty Statistics Act of 2008 . You can see the interview today at 5 on Channel 5 (check your local cable provider) or for those across the country who would like to view it please visit www.wptv.com after 5pm today. Thank You WPTV and Reporter Jennifer Rivera for continuing to support PTHR and our National Campaign to bring humane care to out National Herd and to stop Horse Slaughter For Human Consumption in the US.
Sincerely,
Laura Boothby
Pure Thoughts, Inc
www.pthr.org
http://astand4thehorses.blogspot.com/
http://www.myspace.com/4thehorses
Sincerely,
Laura Boothby
Pure Thoughts, Inc
www.pthr.org
http://astand4thehorses.blogspot.com/
http://www.myspace.com/4thehorses
Monday, September 15, 2008
PLEASE VOTE!!!
The Pro-Slaughter camp is cheating in the vote by clearing the cookies and voting again!
URGENT Faxing and email campaign against horse slaughter
Guest Blogger Jennifer Swanson
Good Afternoon Everyone,
As the AWI put out this morning the vote for H.R.6598 The Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act of 2008 and H.R. 6597 Animal Cruelty Statistics Act of 2008 will be on Wednesday. We are encouraging everyone to contact your representative and ask him to please vote in support of these bills.
We have just returned from Washington D.C. and meeting with Carol Patton, the author of the bills and we have written a sample letter for you to send to your representative as well as a list of representatives. It is imperative we let our politicians know that there IS a successful alternative.
Please let me know if you would like this letter emailed to you. You can email me at Jennifer@PureThoughtsHorseRescue.com . Please feel free to crosspost this information
Sincerely,
Victoria & Jennifer
Dear ________________________;
I know you have been inundated with correspondences, faxes and telephone calls, and I am sure you know just how our country feels about this cruelty and inhumanity of horse slaughter.
We have continued to ask everyone to please vote in support of H.R.6598, The Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act of 2008 and also now ask that you vote to support H.R. 6597 Animal Cruelty Statistics Act of 2008, which will require the collection of data on animal cruelty crimes.
I am not sure if you are aware of the real story, but less than 8% of the horses that go to slaughter are “Old and Infirm." Senator Charlie Stenholm would like you to believe ALL horses destined for slaughter are in that condition as a result of abuse and neglect when in reality horse slaughter encourages that cruel treatment.
The remaining 92% of the horses are young healthy horses, pregnant mares and even foals. The slaughterhouses do not want old, infirm, skinny horses. And what you may not be aware of is that there IS an alternative for these horses. There is no need for horses to go to slaughter. They are not unwanted horses; they are DISCARDED. There are over 550 horse rescues in the United States, over 4.6 million horse owners in the United States, as well as there are over 10,000 organizations in the United States that are horse oriented or utilize horses in their program, (the 4H groups alone has 6.5 million members)
When a horse rescue attends an auction and outbids a killbuyer the rescue does not keep that horse for its entire life. They rehab and then re-home the horses. The rescues also have a follow up program for the horses to insure that the horse does not wind up in a "bad" situation again. These horses have gone on to help autistic children, physically and mentally disabled children, and even as parade or police horses. Some become show horses, family pets, trail horses, working horses, varied therapy horses, and rehabilitation horses etc. through the many adoption programs throughout this country. For the few that are older or unable to be retrained because of health issues, there are many organizations that are in place to take in these horses also. Humane euthanasia by a licensed vet is also an alternative for any horse that is suffering.
By ending slaughter you will allow the rescues organizations and individuals who want these horses to have the ability to step in and not have to travel to the kill auctions and outbid the killbuyers. Slaughter is a cruel and inhumane end to a life and not one that we condone in this country. Even the conditions that surround the slaughter process is inhumane.. Slaughter just allows a blind eye to be turned to the illegal abuse and neglect practices.
I would again like to encourage you to support the bills of H.R.6598 The Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act of 2008 and H.R. 6597 Animal Cruelty Statistics Act of 2008. Rest assured there is an alternative to slaughter that is functioning successfully in the United States. This cruel and inhumane practice is not needed and must end immediately.
Thank you for your attention to this matter,
House Judiciary Committee
Democrats
Republicans
The Honorable John Conyers, Jr., (MI)*ChairmanTel: 202-225-5126Fax: 202-225-0072Email: john.conyers@mail.house.gov
The Honorable Lamar Smith (TX)Ranking MemberTel: 202-225-4236Fax: 202-225-8628
The Honorable Mark Berman (CA)*Tel: 202-225-4695Fax: 202-225-3196Email: howard.berman@mail.house.gov
The Honorable Lamar Smith (TX)Ranking MemberTel: 202-225-4236Fax: 202-225-8628
The Honorable Rick Boucher (VA)*Tel: 202-225-3861Fax: 202-225-0442Email: ninthnet@mail.house.gov
The Honorable John Sensenbrenner (WI)Tel: 202-225-5101Fax: 202-225-3190
The Honorable Jerry Nadler (NY)*Tel: 202-225-5635Fax: 202-225-6923
The Honorable Howard Coble (NC)Tel: 202-225-3065Fax: 202-225-8611Email: howard.coble@mail.house.gov
The Honorable Bobby Scott (VA)*Tel: 202-225-8351Fax: 202-225-8354
The Honorable Elton Gallegly (CA)*Tel: 202-225-5811Fax: 202-225-1100
The Honorable Melvin Watt (NC)*Tel: 202-225-1510Fax: 202-225-1512
The Honorable Bob Goodlatte (VA)Tel: 202-225-5431Fax: 202-225-9681
The Honorable Zoe Lofgren (CA)*Tel: 202-225-3072Fax: 202-225-3336
The Honorable Steve Chabot (OH)*Tel: 202-225-2216Fax: 202-225-3012
The Honorable Sheila Jackson Lee (TX)*Tel: 202-225-3816Fax: 202-225-3317
The Honorable Dan Lungren (CA)*Tel: 202-225-5716Fax: 202-226-1298
The Honorable Maxine Waters (CA)*Tel: 202-225-2201Fax: 202-225-7854
The Honorable Chris Cannon (UT)Tel: 202-225-7751Fax: 202-225-5629Email: cannon.ut03@mail.house.gov
The Honorable William Delahunt (MA)*Tel: 202-225-3111Fax: 202-225-5658Email: william.delahunt@mail.house.gov
The Honorable Ric Keller (FL)*Tel: 202-225-2176Fax: 202-225-0999
The Honorable Robert Wexler (FL)*Tel: 202-225-3001Fax: 202-225-5974
The Honorable Darrell Issa (CA)*Tel: 202-225-3906Fax: 202-225-3303
The Honorable Linda Sanchez (CA)Tel: 202-225-6676Fax: 202-226-1012
The Honorable Mike Pence (IN)*Tel: 202-225-3021Fax: 202-225-3382
The Honorable Steve Cohen (TN)*Tel: 202-225-3265Fax: 202-225-5663
The Honorable Randy Forbes (VA)*Tel: 202-225-6365Fax: 202-226-1170
The Honorable Hank Johnson (GA)*Tel: 202-225-1605Fax: 202-226-0691
The Honorable Steve King (IA)Tel: 202-225-4426Fax: 202-225-3193
The Honorable Betty Sutton (OH)*Tel: 202-225-3401Fax: 202-225-2266
The Honorable Tom Feeney (FL)Tel: 202-225-2706Fax: 202-226-6299
The Honorable Gutierrez (IL)*Tel: 202-225-8203Fax: 202-225-7810
The Honorable Trent Franks (AZ)Tel: 202-225-4576Fax: 202-225-6328
The Honorable Brad Sherman (CA)*Tel: 202-225-5911Fax: 202-225-5879
The Honorable Louie Gohmert (TX)Tel: 202-225-3035Fax: 202-225-5866
The Honorable Tammy Baldwin (WI)*Tel: 202-225-2906Fax: 202-225-6942
The Honorable Jim Jordan (OH)Tel: 202-225-2676Fax: 202-226-0577
The Honorable Anthony Weiner (NY)*Tel: 202-225-6616Fax: 202-226-7253Email: weiner@mail.house.gov
The Honorable Adam Schiff (CA)*Tel: 202-225-4176Fax: 202-225-5828
The Honorable Artur Davis (AL)*Tel: 202-225-2665Fax: 202-226-9567
The Honorable Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL)*Tel: 202-225-7931Fax: 202-226-2052
The Honorable Keith Ellison (MN)*Tel: 202-225-4755Fax: 202-225-4886
Good Afternoon Everyone,
As the AWI put out this morning the vote for H.R.6598 The Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act of 2008 and H.R. 6597 Animal Cruelty Statistics Act of 2008 will be on Wednesday. We are encouraging everyone to contact your representative and ask him to please vote in support of these bills.
We have just returned from Washington D.C. and meeting with Carol Patton, the author of the bills and we have written a sample letter for you to send to your representative as well as a list of representatives. It is imperative we let our politicians know that there IS a successful alternative.
Please let me know if you would like this letter emailed to you. You can email me at Jennifer@PureThoughtsHorseRescue.com . Please feel free to crosspost this information
Sincerely,
Victoria & Jennifer
Dear ________________________;
I know you have been inundated with correspondences, faxes and telephone calls, and I am sure you know just how our country feels about this cruelty and inhumanity of horse slaughter.
We have continued to ask everyone to please vote in support of H.R.6598, The Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act of 2008 and also now ask that you vote to support H.R. 6597 Animal Cruelty Statistics Act of 2008, which will require the collection of data on animal cruelty crimes.
I am not sure if you are aware of the real story, but less than 8% of the horses that go to slaughter are “Old and Infirm." Senator Charlie Stenholm would like you to believe ALL horses destined for slaughter are in that condition as a result of abuse and neglect when in reality horse slaughter encourages that cruel treatment.
The remaining 92% of the horses are young healthy horses, pregnant mares and even foals. The slaughterhouses do not want old, infirm, skinny horses. And what you may not be aware of is that there IS an alternative for these horses. There is no need for horses to go to slaughter. They are not unwanted horses; they are DISCARDED. There are over 550 horse rescues in the United States, over 4.6 million horse owners in the United States, as well as there are over 10,000 organizations in the United States that are horse oriented or utilize horses in their program, (the 4H groups alone has 6.5 million members)
When a horse rescue attends an auction and outbids a killbuyer the rescue does not keep that horse for its entire life. They rehab and then re-home the horses. The rescues also have a follow up program for the horses to insure that the horse does not wind up in a "bad" situation again. These horses have gone on to help autistic children, physically and mentally disabled children, and even as parade or police horses. Some become show horses, family pets, trail horses, working horses, varied therapy horses, and rehabilitation horses etc. through the many adoption programs throughout this country. For the few that are older or unable to be retrained because of health issues, there are many organizations that are in place to take in these horses also. Humane euthanasia by a licensed vet is also an alternative for any horse that is suffering.
By ending slaughter you will allow the rescues organizations and individuals who want these horses to have the ability to step in and not have to travel to the kill auctions and outbid the killbuyers. Slaughter is a cruel and inhumane end to a life and not one that we condone in this country. Even the conditions that surround the slaughter process is inhumane.. Slaughter just allows a blind eye to be turned to the illegal abuse and neglect practices.
I would again like to encourage you to support the bills of H.R.6598 The Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act of 2008 and H.R. 6597 Animal Cruelty Statistics Act of 2008. Rest assured there is an alternative to slaughter that is functioning successfully in the United States. This cruel and inhumane practice is not needed and must end immediately.
Thank you for your attention to this matter,
House Judiciary Committee
Democrats
Republicans
The Honorable John Conyers, Jr., (MI)*ChairmanTel: 202-225-5126Fax: 202-225-0072Email: john.conyers@mail.house.gov
The Honorable Lamar Smith (TX)Ranking MemberTel: 202-225-4236Fax: 202-225-8628
The Honorable Mark Berman (CA)*Tel: 202-225-4695Fax: 202-225-3196Email: howard.berman@mail.house.gov
The Honorable Lamar Smith (TX)Ranking MemberTel: 202-225-4236Fax: 202-225-8628
The Honorable Rick Boucher (VA)*Tel: 202-225-3861Fax: 202-225-0442Email: ninthnet@mail.house.gov
The Honorable John Sensenbrenner (WI)Tel: 202-225-5101Fax: 202-225-3190
The Honorable Jerry Nadler (NY)*Tel: 202-225-5635Fax: 202-225-6923
The Honorable Howard Coble (NC)Tel: 202-225-3065Fax: 202-225-8611Email: howard.coble@mail.house.gov
The Honorable Bobby Scott (VA)*Tel: 202-225-8351Fax: 202-225-8354
The Honorable Elton Gallegly (CA)*Tel: 202-225-5811Fax: 202-225-1100
The Honorable Melvin Watt (NC)*Tel: 202-225-1510Fax: 202-225-1512
The Honorable Bob Goodlatte (VA)Tel: 202-225-5431Fax: 202-225-9681
The Honorable Zoe Lofgren (CA)*Tel: 202-225-3072Fax: 202-225-3336
The Honorable Steve Chabot (OH)*Tel: 202-225-2216Fax: 202-225-3012
The Honorable Sheila Jackson Lee (TX)*Tel: 202-225-3816Fax: 202-225-3317
The Honorable Dan Lungren (CA)*Tel: 202-225-5716Fax: 202-226-1298
The Honorable Maxine Waters (CA)*Tel: 202-225-2201Fax: 202-225-7854
The Honorable Chris Cannon (UT)Tel: 202-225-7751Fax: 202-225-5629Email: cannon.ut03@mail.house.gov
The Honorable William Delahunt (MA)*Tel: 202-225-3111Fax: 202-225-5658Email: william.delahunt@mail.house.gov
The Honorable Ric Keller (FL)*Tel: 202-225-2176Fax: 202-225-0999
The Honorable Robert Wexler (FL)*Tel: 202-225-3001Fax: 202-225-5974
The Honorable Darrell Issa (CA)*Tel: 202-225-3906Fax: 202-225-3303
The Honorable Linda Sanchez (CA)Tel: 202-225-6676Fax: 202-226-1012
The Honorable Mike Pence (IN)*Tel: 202-225-3021Fax: 202-225-3382
The Honorable Steve Cohen (TN)*Tel: 202-225-3265Fax: 202-225-5663
The Honorable Randy Forbes (VA)*Tel: 202-225-6365Fax: 202-226-1170
The Honorable Hank Johnson (GA)*Tel: 202-225-1605Fax: 202-226-0691
The Honorable Steve King (IA)Tel: 202-225-4426Fax: 202-225-3193
The Honorable Betty Sutton (OH)*Tel: 202-225-3401Fax: 202-225-2266
The Honorable Tom Feeney (FL)Tel: 202-225-2706Fax: 202-226-6299
The Honorable Gutierrez (IL)*Tel: 202-225-8203Fax: 202-225-7810
The Honorable Trent Franks (AZ)Tel: 202-225-4576Fax: 202-225-6328
The Honorable Brad Sherman (CA)*Tel: 202-225-5911Fax: 202-225-5879
The Honorable Louie Gohmert (TX)Tel: 202-225-3035Fax: 202-225-5866
The Honorable Tammy Baldwin (WI)*Tel: 202-225-2906Fax: 202-225-6942
The Honorable Jim Jordan (OH)Tel: 202-225-2676Fax: 202-226-0577
The Honorable Anthony Weiner (NY)*Tel: 202-225-6616Fax: 202-226-7253Email: weiner@mail.house.gov
The Honorable Adam Schiff (CA)*Tel: 202-225-4176Fax: 202-225-5828
The Honorable Artur Davis (AL)*Tel: 202-225-2665Fax: 202-226-9567
The Honorable Debbie Wasserman Schultz (FL)*Tel: 202-225-7931Fax: 202-226-2052
The Honorable Keith Ellison (MN)*Tel: 202-225-4755Fax: 202-225-4886
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Some Quick Facts and Responses That Can Be Used to Debate HR 6598
We need to remember the facts about horse slaughter.
1)Slaughter is NOT Humane Euthanasia
2)Horse Slaughter Promotes Neglect. If a horse owner/trainer does not feel responsible for the animal and he can dump him at an auction sick, starved or injured without facing any charges there is no reason for them to be responsible
3) Horse Meat is full of carcinogens. On any feed, supplement or drug used in the equine industry it states Do Not Use On Animals Intended For Human Consumption.
4)Horses Are Not Raised in the U.S. as a food animal.
5)Transport to slaughter is inhumane. Laws are broken on a daily basis. Severely Injured, starved equine, mares heavy with foal delivering on trailers or slaughter house floors, blind horses, and foals under 6 months are transported off of feedlots and from auctions to Mexico on a regular basis.
6)The proponents of slaughter are not thinking of the horses they are thinking of their wallets.
7)90% of horses bought for slaughter are healthy serviceable animals under the age 10. Alarge portion of these horses are race horses, TBs and AQHA, they are loaded with drugs, hormones, and other products lethal to humanes. So the theory that US horse meat is better for you or is safer....well it's just that a theory based in lies not truth.
1)Slaughter is NOT Humane Euthanasia
2)Horse Slaughter Promotes Neglect. If a horse owner/trainer does not feel responsible for the animal and he can dump him at an auction sick, starved or injured without facing any charges there is no reason for them to be responsible
3) Horse Meat is full of carcinogens. On any feed, supplement or drug used in the equine industry it states Do Not Use On Animals Intended For Human Consumption.
4)Horses Are Not Raised in the U.S. as a food animal.
5)Transport to slaughter is inhumane. Laws are broken on a daily basis. Severely Injured, starved equine, mares heavy with foal delivering on trailers or slaughter house floors, blind horses, and foals under 6 months are transported off of feedlots and from auctions to Mexico on a regular basis.
6)The proponents of slaughter are not thinking of the horses they are thinking of their wallets.
7)90% of horses bought for slaughter are healthy serviceable animals under the age 10. Alarge portion of these horses are race horses, TBs and AQHA, they are loaded with drugs, hormones, and other products lethal to humanes. So the theory that US horse meat is better for you or is safer....well it's just that a theory based in lies not truth.
Mr.McCain Enough Already!!!
1. lipstick on a pig :
slang for when someone tries to dress something up, but is still that something. usually used on ugly broads, when they put on a skirt and some lipstick and well, they still look like the same digusting pig ( http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=lipstick%20on%20a%20pig )
Why is a comment about putting lipstick on a pig an insult to Sara Palin? Mrs. Palin called herself a dog for goodness sake when she compared being a hockey mom with being a pitbull with lipstick.
Mr. McCain, you yourself made very similar comments about Hilary Clinton's health insurance plan (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMPYkNQlJMM&feature=iv ). Why was it okay for you to use this slang phrase but not anyone else? And let's face it when you said it, I don't know if you meant it to be mean, but it sure got a laugh from your listeners. I wonder if they were laughing so hard because they interpreted your comments as an insult to Mrs. Clinton? I mean why else would they laugh that hard?
When Mr.Obama said it he was exposing your call for change for what it was, another spin on the same old tired policies of the Bush Administration, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPd4yk0x-eg your campaign started demanding apologies. You know I am so sick and tired of all this political posturing. I want to know if you are elected every time CNN, MSNBC or any critic voices displreasure with you or asks solid legitimate questions of your adminstration are you going to start whining for an apology so we are all distracted by your same old tired policies as the prior administration? Or maybe your adminsitration will invoke and exploit the horrors of 9/11 as you did during the RNC to put us all in our place? ( http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26645619/ )
I have to admit over the last several weeks your campaign has gotten quite crafty. Your ability to avoid the issues, to address voters' concerns, and to keep Palin away from the media has been quite masterful. Who does that remind me of? Oh yeah that's right the BUSH administration!
slang for when someone tries to dress something up, but is still that something. usually used on ugly broads, when they put on a skirt and some lipstick and well, they still look like the same digusting pig ( http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=lipstick%20on%20a%20pig )
Why is a comment about putting lipstick on a pig an insult to Sara Palin? Mrs. Palin called herself a dog for goodness sake when she compared being a hockey mom with being a pitbull with lipstick.
Mr. McCain, you yourself made very similar comments about Hilary Clinton's health insurance plan (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMPYkNQlJMM&feature=iv ). Why was it okay for you to use this slang phrase but not anyone else? And let's face it when you said it, I don't know if you meant it to be mean, but it sure got a laugh from your listeners. I wonder if they were laughing so hard because they interpreted your comments as an insult to Mrs. Clinton? I mean why else would they laugh that hard?
When Mr.Obama said it he was exposing your call for change for what it was, another spin on the same old tired policies of the Bush Administration, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPd4yk0x-eg your campaign started demanding apologies. You know I am so sick and tired of all this political posturing. I want to know if you are elected every time CNN, MSNBC or any critic voices displreasure with you or asks solid legitimate questions of your adminstration are you going to start whining for an apology so we are all distracted by your same old tired policies as the prior administration? Or maybe your adminsitration will invoke and exploit the horrors of 9/11 as you did during the RNC to put us all in our place? ( http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26645619/ )
I have to admit over the last several weeks your campaign has gotten quite crafty. Your ability to avoid the issues, to address voters' concerns, and to keep Palin away from the media has been quite masterful. Who does that remind me of? Oh yeah that's right the BUSH administration!
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
I am Back!!
I am so sorry to have not written for days. When Mike lost his job I was a bit freaked out and I couldn't write. I was always worried and always on the edge of tears. But last night Mike got a call and he was hired at another plumbing company. We didn't get to have our planned date today but it is okay because he has a job!!!!!!
Anyway our date would have consisted of bitching about McCain and his running mate. How so many in our country are naive about this Republican Ticket is beyond me. I don't understand how this woman who has come out of left field with a horrendous environmental and animal rights record as she has I would think CNN would have covered it sooner than last night. She believes that the war is God's Plan and that the church where she spoke these words believes that Alaska is going to one of the safe haven's during the "End Of Times". Watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4LjsfWbZLA and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQq4b5IQhq8&feature=related
She told the members of the church to pray for the gas pipeline and that again it was God's Will. Now normally I would say everyone has a right to their beliefs and this is a free country after all. BUT guess who paid for the travel expenses for that trip? The Alaskan Tax Payers Did, That's Who!!! $639.50 of state funds were used for her to spread her gospel. What happened to the separation of church and state? Why would tax paying Jews, Muslims, and other denominations be okay with this type of abuse of power? Maybe Palin feels since Alaska is so far away from the rest of the country her words would never be heard, I don't know, but it is scary to think that of all the men and women that died defending our rights, our way of life, our ability to choose what is best for OUR families. Those who laid down their lives during The Revolutionary War, Civil War, WWI, WWII, Korean War, Vietnam War, The Gulf War, and now the Iraq War all died in vain, if we don't stand up and say enough is enough!!!! I guess Separation of Church and State means nothing in 2008. It scares the hell out of me, when we allow our government officials to write and approve laws with a Bible in their hand instead of the Constitution, it only leads to more of our freedoms being stripped away.
In the end I am an Independant who is a christian, I believe the Lord is my Savior, I also see him as my only judge. I know when I die that I will answer only to him, not the Republican Party. I refuse to allow this group of judgemental liars be my moral judge. I find it ironic that the Republican Party is always complaining about Democrats wanting BIGGER government when in truth they are the ones who want to be in our homes ruling over every move, every decision we make for ourselves while they meet men in public restrooms (http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/28/craig.arrest/ )
and flirt with underage congressional pages ( http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/29/AR2006092901574.html ). \
Then the lying about why we as a country invaded Iraq while they line their pockets with dirty oil money. I find it terrifying that many people in this country believe that Saddam and his government had something to do with 9/11. He didn't! It was proven that he didn't, history will show that Saddam and Osama bin Laden HATED one another. Osama bin Laden saw Hussein as a plight on the Muslim world, an infidel and Saddam saw him as a threat to his rule over terrified Iraqis.
(http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0303-01.htm ) http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/jun/16/alqaida.september11
So again with Sarah Palin and now the Lipstick/Pig comments Republicans prove they are better at Spin and munipulating the press, the American people and most of all the TRUTH!!
Anyway our date would have consisted of bitching about McCain and his running mate. How so many in our country are naive about this Republican Ticket is beyond me. I don't understand how this woman who has come out of left field with a horrendous environmental and animal rights record as she has I would think CNN would have covered it sooner than last night. She believes that the war is God's Plan and that the church where she spoke these words believes that Alaska is going to one of the safe haven's during the "End Of Times". Watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4LjsfWbZLA and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQq4b5IQhq8&feature=related
She told the members of the church to pray for the gas pipeline and that again it was God's Will. Now normally I would say everyone has a right to their beliefs and this is a free country after all. BUT guess who paid for the travel expenses for that trip? The Alaskan Tax Payers Did, That's Who!!! $639.50 of state funds were used for her to spread her gospel. What happened to the separation of church and state? Why would tax paying Jews, Muslims, and other denominations be okay with this type of abuse of power? Maybe Palin feels since Alaska is so far away from the rest of the country her words would never be heard, I don't know, but it is scary to think that of all the men and women that died defending our rights, our way of life, our ability to choose what is best for OUR families. Those who laid down their lives during The Revolutionary War, Civil War, WWI, WWII, Korean War, Vietnam War, The Gulf War, and now the Iraq War all died in vain, if we don't stand up and say enough is enough!!!! I guess Separation of Church and State means nothing in 2008. It scares the hell out of me, when we allow our government officials to write and approve laws with a Bible in their hand instead of the Constitution, it only leads to more of our freedoms being stripped away.
In the end I am an Independant who is a christian, I believe the Lord is my Savior, I also see him as my only judge. I know when I die that I will answer only to him, not the Republican Party. I refuse to allow this group of judgemental liars be my moral judge. I find it ironic that the Republican Party is always complaining about Democrats wanting BIGGER government when in truth they are the ones who want to be in our homes ruling over every move, every decision we make for ourselves while they meet men in public restrooms (http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/28/craig.arrest/ )
and flirt with underage congressional pages ( http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/29/AR2006092901574.html ). \
Then the lying about why we as a country invaded Iraq while they line their pockets with dirty oil money. I find it terrifying that many people in this country believe that Saddam and his government had something to do with 9/11. He didn't! It was proven that he didn't, history will show that Saddam and Osama bin Laden HATED one another. Osama bin Laden saw Hussein as a plight on the Muslim world, an infidel and Saddam saw him as a threat to his rule over terrified Iraqis.
(http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0303-01.htm ) http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2004/jun/16/alqaida.september11
So again with Sarah Palin and now the Lipstick/Pig comments Republicans prove they are better at Spin and munipulating the press, the American people and most of all the TRUTH!!
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