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joether -> RE: Animal abuse as a campaign issue (4/10/2014 12:53:53 AM)
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ORIGINAL: SadistDave
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If cockfighting is an issue, then the high number of birds killed by wind farms is definitely in play. In 2013, the Obummer administration decided to give a "free pass" to windfarms giving them a 30 year span to kill bald and golden eagles without facing prosecution.
When push comes to shove, I think the public would be more outraged at the death of the eagles than a few chickens...
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Well, when you can demonstrate that the eagles are being deliberately thrown into the wind farms in front of an audience, that comparison might look a bit less absurd.
Strange how the real question in the link from the OP -that this is something that Bevin is pursuing as a states' rights issue, and the fact that it's one about a bloodsport is largely incidental- is being ignored in favour of ridiculous bullshit like this, isn't it?
It is a perfectly valid point. It doesn't matter that you don't like the comparison.
For starters, not a whole lot of people care about what happens to chickens. We grow them to eat them, and we eat an awful lot of them. The eco-terrorists at P.E.T.A. are about the only people that will really give a rats ass about the issue, and I'm pretty sure they're already aware. Chickens don't enjoy any special legal protections other than the usual anti-cruelty laws, so most Americans are beyond apathetic to the "issue".
On the other hand, you have eagles and other migratory birds that are protected by law. Any other industry would be forced to take steps to protect the birds. However, now the liberals have willfully removed the legal protection of these animals, knowing full well that they are being slaughtered. They were legally protected for a reason, but because the Democrats are now trying to push green energy, it is politically expedient for them to just let people kill eagles. Unfortunately for the Democrats, people of all political backgrounds actually care about what happens to eagles in this country.
It is a stunning double standard. Changing laws to allow people who who run wind farms to kill eagles and other migratory birds indiscriminately is pretty much the same thing as changing laws to allow people to kill chickens indiscriminately. The only absurdity is your inability to comprehend the similarity.
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A double standard?
You admit that chickens, like any other animal fall under, and I quote directly from you "...usual anti-cruelty laws....". And yet, that is the WHOLE POINT of this thread. Whether someone who is openly displaying being cruel to animals should be in public office. Whether running for it, or within office now.
Who was it that placed many of those animals, INCLUDING, the Bald Eagle on the 'endangered species list'? Those Liberals your harping on. And who would LOVE to take all those animals off? The Republican/Tea Party that you support so much. Because they usually live in those areas some rich bastard wants to develop, mine, or draw resources from. An those rich bastards....ALWAYS....vote Republican/Tea Party.
Yes, Democrats are pushing green energy, as its sensible and intelligent business. An emerging market, with new technologies, and bring those to the market is very high profits to be made. Unlike firearm studies, there does exist quite a large depository of information on how to develop these technologies, while taking the environment these facilities are located in, into account. No real Americans enjoys seeing another Bald Eagle being smashed to death by the blade of a large windmill. But until you develop a 'Speak with Animals' spell from Dungeons and Dragons, there will be these loses.
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