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Another Obama campaign promise dies; He approves horse slaughter for food
IBD ^ | 12/1/11 | staff

Posted on 12/01/2011 12:45:24 PM PST by Nachum

While you were preparing for Thanksgiving and President Obama was sparing the life of a couple of photo op turkeys, he also approved legislation that will result in the domestic slaughter of thousands of horses every year for human food.

For the past half-decade the relatives of Flicka, Black Beauty and Seabiscuit have been spared the domestic livestock disassembly line -- the quick blow to the head, bleeding, eviscerating, slicing, grinding, packaging and cooking that comes with being edible around hungry Americans or shipped abroad as a delicacy for foreign palates.

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KEYWORDS: agriculture; campaign; dies; horse; horsemeat; horses; obama; promise
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To: OldNavyVet

Under the same logic, of putting our heritage on the table, how long before Rin Tin Tin is in a saucepan?


21 posted on 12/01/2011 1:02:21 PM PST by himno hero (Obamas theme...Death to America...The crusaders will pay!)
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To: frogjerk

Heck, maybe we don’t even NEED a president.

As long as we’ve got the TOTUS to read us speeches and the RPOTUS to sign legislation, I say we cut out the middle-man!


22 posted on 12/01/2011 1:03:08 PM PST by WayneS (Comments now include 25 percent more sarcasm for no additional charge...)
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To: Nachum
So, looks like their signature dish really WILL be their signature dish.


23 posted on 12/01/2011 1:06:41 PM PST by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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To: Nachum

A good move. There needs to be an end game for horses. Present law offers no recourse for euthanizing and properly disposing of horses.


24 posted on 12/01/2011 1:07:57 PM PST by EscondidoSurfer
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To: Nachum

A good move. There needs to be an end game for horses. Present law offers no recourse for euthanizing and properly disposing of horses.


25 posted on 12/01/2011 1:08:01 PM PST by EscondidoSurfer
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To: OldNavyVet
dogfood stable

I've heard of a cabin made out of Canadian bacon, a stable made out of dog food sounds intriguing.

26 posted on 12/01/2011 1:09:42 PM PST by End Times Sentinel (In Memory of my dear Friend Henry Lee II)
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To: himno hero

During WW-II, the best Chinese restaurant in Norfolk, Va (downtown, on Granby Street) was closed down after someone reported a garbage can full of cat-fur skins.


27 posted on 12/01/2011 1:10:05 PM PST by OldNavyVet
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To: OldNavyVet

Forgot to mention that meat was among the many things that were rationed during WW-II.


28 posted on 12/01/2011 1:13:47 PM PST by OldNavyVet
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To: RexBeach
Scuse me, but, uh, we smelled horse meat, friend...


29 posted on 12/01/2011 1:14:04 PM PST by cuban leaf (Were doomed! Details at eleven.)
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To: OldNavyVet

probably some fresh rat too!


30 posted on 12/01/2011 1:14:48 PM PST by himno hero (Obamas theme...Death to America...The crusaders will pay!)
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To: OldNavyVet
When things get tough, the tough survive.

Take a look at the "Donner party" story.

31 posted on 12/01/2011 1:16:28 PM PST by OldNavyVet
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To: sockmonkey

You bet they will. And quick. More power to them.

Horsemeat is a traditional American food. County, city and later federal inspectors certified horsemeat supplies and suppliers for as long as there have been such inspectors. Dogs and cats are not traditional.


32 posted on 12/01/2011 1:20:05 PM PST by bvw
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To: Nachum

With Obama there is no hope for change.


33 posted on 12/01/2011 1:21:06 PM PST by Graewoulf ( obama"care" violates the 1890 Sherman Anti-Trust Law, AND is illegal by the U.S. Constitution.)
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To: Nachum

Another Puff Piece from the PETA idiots.


34 posted on 12/01/2011 1:27:24 PM PST by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: BigFinn
Especially if it’s halalalalalalh.

Surprisingly, I checked on-line, and horse meat appears to be halal.

It is not kosher, however, because horses are not animals that "split the hoof."

And for the most part the peoples of Christian Europe have also refrained from eating horses or dogs.

35 posted on 12/01/2011 1:30:59 PM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: EscondidoSurfer

That’s correct. This was a fairly hot topic in Illinois because one of the last slaughterhouses for horses was forced to close because of the previous law.

It would be nice of our elected officials get on the right side of these issues before they ruin businesses and put people out of work. In a capitalist system, businesses exist because there is a need for what they provide.

Government interference in picking winners and losers FAILS every time it’s tried.


36 posted on 12/01/2011 1:37:15 PM PST by bigbob
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To: Nachum

I don’t really understand the problem with using Horse flesh for food. In the early 70s I lived in San Francisco. Beef prices had gone sky high and people (large Asian community)just couldn’t afford beef and were looking a “red meat” alternative. Locally, the nightly news was full of segments on how to cook Horse (I remember being advised to use butter in cooking Horse because the meat was leaner than beef.), the best cuts, the best places to purchase the meat, etc. The Asian culture highly values Horse flesh, and, the US exported thousands head of Horses to Japan at that time. Then, all-the-sudden, like a “bolt-from-the-blue” the politicos discovered that people actually ate Horses. What someone is cooking and eating “My Friend Flicka” or “Fury?” Let the tearing of clothes begin!


37 posted on 12/01/2011 1:39:47 PM PST by cpa4you (CPA4YOU)
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To: Nachum

I don’t really understand the problem with using Horse flesh for food. In the early 70s I lived in San Francisco. Beef prices had gone sky high and people (large Asian community)just couldn’t afford beef and were looking a “red meat” alternative. Locally, the nightly news was full of segments on how to cook Horse (I remember being advised to use butter in cooking Horse because the meat was leaner than beef.), the best cuts, the best places to purchase the meat, etc. The Asian culture highly values Horse flesh, and, the US exported thousands head of Horses to Japan at that time. Then, all-the-sudden, like a “bolt-from-the-blue” the politicos discovered that people actually ate Horses. What someone is cooking and eating “My Friend Flicka” or “Fury?” Let the tearing of clothes begin!


38 posted on 12/01/2011 1:41:44 PM PST by cpa4you (CPA4YOU)
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To: Nachum

I don’t really understand the problem with using Horse flesh for food. In the early 70s I lived in San Francisco. Beef prices had gone sky high and people (large Asian community)just couldn’t afford beef and were looking a “red meat” alternative. Locally, the nightly news was full of segments on how to cook Horse (I remember being advised to use butter in cooking Horse because the meat was leaner than beef.), the best cuts, the best places to purchase the meat, etc. The Asian culture highly values Horse flesh, and, the US exported thousands head of Horses to Japan at that time. Then, all-the-sudden, like a “bolt-from-the-blue” the politicos discovered that people actually ate Horses. What someone is cooking and eating “My Friend Flicka” or “Fury?” Let the tearing of clothes begin!


39 posted on 12/01/2011 1:41:47 PM PST by cpa4you (CPA4YOU)
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To: kosciusko51

I’d rather eat polar bear meat just to piss AlGore off.


40 posted on 12/01/2011 1:42:38 PM PST by donhunt (Certified and proud "Son of a Bitch".)
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