John Sullivan Fears Dangerous Canadian Drugs
So US Rep. John Sullivan of Tulsa believes Canadian drugs can be dangerous and Americans should be denied the opportunity to buy them and save hundreds, if not thousands of dollars a year? Yea, sure. Canadian drugs are no more dangerous than "American" drugs. Canadians are not stupid people. Why are we so stupid that we put up with hypocritical Congressmen and a pharmaceutical industry willing and able to buy them?
Millions of Americans are tired of paying the highest prices in the world for drugs. But does Congressman Sullivan care? Apparently not enough. I wonder how much money his campaign gets from pharmaceutical interests?
Friday, November 07, 2003
Cockfighters Caught Breaking the Law - Again.
This week the cockfighters, er..."gamefowl breeders" of Oklahoma were caught red-handed using illegal traps to kill protected hawks and owls. The US Fish and Wildlife Service issued citations to 31 of these characters for putting steel-jaw traps on top of poles to catch hawks and owls - something that they all knew was illegal. These, as you may remember, are the folk that told us they were law-abiding, upstanding patriotic Americans that just want to be left alone to care for their chickens - you know, the ones that they don't fight.
The US Fish and Wildlife Service explained that the hawks and owls are trapped by their talons and hang upside down until they die or are killed.
According to the Associated Press, the investigation, which included about a dozen agents who set up surveillance in rural Oklahoma, netted more violators of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act than any other in recent years. Richard McDonald, who oversees Wildlife Service law enforcement in the Southwest, said the investigation revealed "a callous disregard of the law and the birds
it protects."
The really "funny" part is that James Tally, president of the Oklahoma Game Fowl Breeders Association (cockfighters) was quoted as saying "It is a little unfair that you cannot protect your own property," he said. "Some of these roosters are worth as much as calves." Umh... I thought the cockfighters raised their birds just because they loved them. How could a gamecock be worth as much as a calf? Unless of course they fight them for illegal gambling purposes. But surely these nice people wouldn't break the law AND lie to us, would they?
Kudos to the federal agents and the USFWS! Now, judiciary, do your duty and give the offenders jail time and the maximum fine of $15,000. If these destructive meanass lawbreakers can afford dozens or hundreds of chickens that are worth as much as cows then they can afford the penalty.
This week the cockfighters, er..."gamefowl breeders" of Oklahoma were caught red-handed using illegal traps to kill protected hawks and owls. The US Fish and Wildlife Service issued citations to 31 of these characters for putting steel-jaw traps on top of poles to catch hawks and owls - something that they all knew was illegal. These, as you may remember, are the folk that told us they were law-abiding, upstanding patriotic Americans that just want to be left alone to care for their chickens - you know, the ones that they don't fight.
The US Fish and Wildlife Service explained that the hawks and owls are trapped by their talons and hang upside down until they die or are killed.
According to the Associated Press, the investigation, which included about a dozen agents who set up surveillance in rural Oklahoma, netted more violators of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act than any other in recent years. Richard McDonald, who oversees Wildlife Service law enforcement in the Southwest, said the investigation revealed "a callous disregard of the law and the birds
it protects."
The really "funny" part is that James Tally, president of the Oklahoma Game Fowl Breeders Association (cockfighters) was quoted as saying "It is a little unfair that you cannot protect your own property," he said. "Some of these roosters are worth as much as calves." Umh... I thought the cockfighters raised their birds just because they loved them. How could a gamecock be worth as much as a calf? Unless of course they fight them for illegal gambling purposes. But surely these nice people wouldn't break the law AND lie to us, would they?
Kudos to the federal agents and the USFWS! Now, judiciary, do your duty and give the offenders jail time and the maximum fine of $15,000. If these destructive meanass lawbreakers can afford dozens or hundreds of chickens that are worth as much as cows then they can afford the penalty.
Sunday, November 02, 2003
A Perfectly Good Night
It's a beautiful midnight in Oklahoma. Sunday night in the city and its so quiet I can hear the crickets, tree frogs or whatever creature is making the soothing white noise outside. No traffic, no sirens, just natural background sound. The temperature is a comfortable 68 degrees. The TV is off - no Bill O'Rielly or Hannady and Combs (sp?) to interfere with a perfectly good midnight in Oklahoma.
It's a beautiful midnight in Oklahoma. Sunday night in the city and its so quiet I can hear the crickets, tree frogs or whatever creature is making the soothing white noise outside. No traffic, no sirens, just natural background sound. The temperature is a comfortable 68 degrees. The TV is off - no Bill O'Rielly or Hannady and Combs (sp?) to interfere with a perfectly good midnight in Oklahoma.