Our Wild Horses and the President

of us wanted has sadly been dashed numerous times.

 

When I heard that hamburgers and a weekly Friday evening dinner of steak was on the

President's menu, I knew then -- this was not a man of compassion.  So, should I have

been surprised when his Secretaries of Interior -- past and present did and do nothing to

stop the terrible helicopter raids on the wild horses of the west so that cattle barons like

Bundy could use public lands?  No, I wasn't surprised.

 

Well it seems to me that  the BLM/Bundy fracas should be a wake up call for both the

President and the BLM.  To have Cattle Baron Bundy call the shots by refusing to pay

for the use of public lands and then demanding the return of the cattle the BLM had

removed because of non payment - showed me just how powerful these cattle barons can

be.

 

I hope that the President and the BLM will try to rectify the wrongful use by cattle

barons of land bequeathed to the wild horses by the 1971 Wild Horse and Burro Act.  At

the very least, they should realize that people like Bundy are calling the shots as regarding

the use of public lands so that people like the President can satisfy their meat lust.

 

And what happens to our wild horses after being chased miles on end by the frightening

whirring blades of the helicopters?  They are put in holding pens basically before being

auctioned off.  And who buys these horses? The "meat" men of course, and they are

sent in horrible transport conditions to Canada and Mexico to be cruelly slaughtered for

the tables of Europe.  These horses belong to all of us -- not to the Interior Department,

and not to the President who doesn't care what happens to them when they are exploited

by the meat men.

 

Congress is also doing nothing to stop this horror.  The SAFE Act which would stop the

transport of our wild horses to the slaughterhouses of Canada and Mexico sits wherever

dead bills "sit" in Congress.  Why isn't Boehner introducing it?  Why aren't there a

great many more supporters of this bill?  I tried in vain to convince my Representative-

Marcy Kaptur and my two Senators -- Sherrod Brown and Rob Portman of Ohio to support

this Act.  They didn't even have the kindness of sending me a negative reply.  I hope

you have tried as well, but somehow I don't think so.   Just how hard is it to write

an e-mail?  Before the computer age, I would write or type letters to members of Congress.

And you can't get an e-mail off?

 

 

CAMPAIGN MONEY REQUESTS. 

 

I suppose you have been getting oodles and oodles of requests from your chosen  political

party during this upcoming election.  I ignored them all -- for two reasons.  One -I just don't

extra money -having to take care of 9 rescued cats.  And secondly, I'm not impressed by most

of the people who ask.  

 

Nancy Pelosi is one.  I believe I read that she owns a restaurant where they serve veal.

Obviously, she does not care or know how cruelly so many baby male calves are treated

in the crates from hell.  If she doesn't know, then she should educate herself.

 

Both the President and Vice President said they had not received anything from me.  Why

should I support them when they are doing nothing to support my animal right causes?

 

And back to the President's taste in food.  When he and his family visited France, I was

disgusted to learn that they went to a restaurant where foie gras was served.  In my

opinion, he lost the chance to politely decline as the force feeding of geese is terribly

cruel.  If he didn't want to offend, then he should have chosen a restaurant which didn't

serve this cruel dish.  His two girls learned nothing from him either.  It was a teaching

moment for compassion that he did not use.

 

And just today -news that the President on his visit to Japan feasted on the endangered

bluefin tuna.  I guess this news shouldn't have surprised me.  He consistently shows

that he doesn't care about animals.  If he did, he would join us in compassionate stances

for them.