Some folks are all upset because horsemeat tastes good enough that there is
a market for it.
Other folks are all upset because horsies are getting whacked and they
consider them as sacred as Bambi.
Horses have not said a word one way or the other.
However, when the question was big enough to toss it to politicians, it went
to Congress, and we know that there isn't anything that Congress can't screw
up.
Now Congress didn't ban horse slaughter outright. Instead, the weaselly
lawmakers used a tactic that is common in their legislation. The law now
says that horsies going to the glue factory must pass inspection by Ag
department veterinarians before they are slaughtered.
Our ever wormy congresscritters didn't want to take a stand on the horsie
issue, so our august lawmakers figured out a slimy way around the question
and voted to yank the salaries and expenses of those inspectors.
I do however, have every confidence that these same congresscritters are
qualified to protect me via their meddlings in homeland security and the war
on terror. Don't you?
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