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Schwarzenegger signs bill banning farmers from slicing the tails off California cows
AP on Mercury News ^
| 10/12/09
| Tracie Cone - ap
Posted on 10/12/2009 5:55:45 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
California cows are the first in the nation with the legal right to swat flies as nature intended now that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed a bill banning the painful practice of tail docking that he once mocked as being a waste of legislators' time.
The governor also signed other farm bills he famously ridiculed this summer as he tried to pressure legislators to focus on balancing the state's beleaguered budget.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: blueberries; california; cows; schnitzelwagger; schwarzenegger
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In a signing frenzy that lasted until his midnight Sunday deadline, Schwarzenegger also approved a state blueberry commission and new label requirements for honey.
a blueberry commission?
what next, blackberries?
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posted on
10/12/2009 5:56:51 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard)
To: NormsRevenge
The Brain Tumor is finally showing his true colors.
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posted on
10/12/2009 5:57:23 PM PDT
by
fwdude
(It is not the liberals who will destroy this country, but the "moderates.")
To: NormsRevenge
I’ve never seen them dock tails on cattle.
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posted on
10/12/2009 5:59:18 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
To: NormsRevenge
In a signing frenzy that lasted until his midnight Sunday deadline, Also included...
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posted on
10/12/2009 5:59:49 PM PDT
by
South40
(Islam has a long tradition of tolerance, ~Hussein Obama, June 4, 2009, Cairo, Egypt)
To: cripplecreek
Heck, how ya gonna swat flies with no tail?
We never did on the farm but I didn’t grow up in California.
Not sure if this is more aimed at cattle lots or ..
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posted on
10/12/2009 6:00:49 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard)
To: NormsRevenge
Maybe the other parts that are “sliced off” from the back end of the bulls. That is cruel after all.
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posted on
10/12/2009 6:01:06 PM PDT
by
dhs12345
To: NormsRevenge
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posted on
10/12/2009 6:01:33 PM PDT
by
tommyboy
(We'll do it live)
To: South40
He’s being called the stingiest Gub in recent history..
I could think of another 9-letter word that starts with st and ends with est that better describes him.
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posted on
10/12/2009 6:02:24 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard)
To: dhs12345
we used to lop horns and them other thingys off, never the tails.
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posted on
10/12/2009 6:03:26 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard)
To: cripplecreek
I’ve never seen this practice in all the feedlots, ranches, farms and dairies I ever worked. Nonetheless, it just shows where the California State Legislature and the Governor’s priorities lie.
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posted on
10/12/2009 6:04:36 PM PDT
by
Jagdgewehr
(B. Hussein is not the legitimate POTUS. However, he is the largest cult leader in the United States.)
To: South40; NormsRevenge
Do you really want drunken cows driving on a road near you???
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posted on
10/12/2009 6:06:47 PM PDT
by
tubebender
(Santa Claus is always jolly cause he knows where all the bad girls live...)
To: Jagdgewehr
I grew up around and worked on plenty of farms and I never heard of cutting their tails.
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posted on
10/12/2009 6:07:12 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
To: tubebender
As another poster wrote: How about a device that checks citizenship?
I'm pretty sure the cows were born here. And, for the most part, they are law-abiding bovine. No bull! :-P
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posted on
10/12/2009 6:11:23 PM PDT
by
South40
(Islam has a long tradition of tolerance, ~Hussein Obama, June 4, 2009, Cairo, Egypt)
To: NormsRevenge
The state is falling apart and it was all because they had no blueberry commission.
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posted on
10/12/2009 6:13:24 PM PDT
by
GeronL
("On my twelfth day in office, Nobel nominated me..")
To: GeronL
I’m stuned myself. I can’t believe we went this long without one.
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posted on
10/12/2009 6:16:33 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard)
To: cripplecreek; NormsRevenge
I grew up around and worked on plenty of farms and I never heard of cutting their tails.
They don't do that in Arkansas, either.
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posted on
10/12/2009 6:17:28 PM PDT
by
South40
(Islam has a long tradition of tolerance, ~Hussein Obama, June 4, 2009, Cairo, Egypt)
To: South40
I need a break, oh man.. lol
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posted on
10/12/2009 6:19:25 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard)
To: NormsRevenge
Apparently they’re trying to pass a law here in Michigan that a pig can’t be confined to a space where they can’t turn around.
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posted on
10/12/2009 6:20:26 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
To: South40
There’s always room for Jell-o.
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posted on
10/12/2009 6:21:14 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
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