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Lawmaker wants tiny boxing gloves on roosters
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| Wednesday, January 26, 2005 Posted: 9:35 PM EST (0235 GMT)
| CNN
Posted on 01/26/2005 7:11:17 PM PST by Middle-O-Road
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) -- An Oklahoma senator hopes to revive cockfighting in the state by putting tiny boxing gloves on the roosters instead of razors.
The Oklahoma legislature outlawed the blood sport in 2002 because of its cruelty to the roosters, which are slashed and pecked to death while human spectators bet on the outcome.
But State Sen. Frank Shurden, a Democrat from Henryetta and a long-time defender of cockfighting, said the ban had wiped out a $100-million business.
To try to revive it, he has proposed that roosters wear little boxing gloves attached to their spurs, as well as lightweight, chicken-sized vests configured with electronic sensors to record hits and help keep score.
"It's like the fencing that you see on the Olympics, you know, where they have little balls on the ends of the swords and the fencers wear vests," said Shurden. "That's the same application that would be applied to the roosters."
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TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: animalrights; cockfighting; democrat; oklahoma; peta; workingdogs
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I thought I was having fun playing a troll tonight, but it just doesn't get any better than this! LOL!
To: Middle-O-Road
To: Middle-O-Road
Oh wow!!! Finally an issue the demonicrats can get behind. This will go over like a lead balloon.
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posted on
01/26/2005 7:15:54 PM PST
by
Iam1ru1-2
To: Middle-O-Road
The Onion, right? ROTFLOL OH...just a democrat....
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posted on
01/26/2005 7:16:45 PM PST
by
Libertina
(CPAC here we come!)
To: Middle-O-Road
Next they'll have tiny license plates for bees!
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posted on
01/26/2005 7:18:56 PM PST
by
RetroWarrior
('I will guard my post from flank to flank and take no 'crap' from any rank')
To: Libertina
The Onion, right? ROTFLOL OH...just a democrat.... I simply DON'T understand how these guys stay in office ... LOL!
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posted on
01/26/2005 7:21:14 PM PST
by
Middle-O-Road
(In favor of blowing all terrorists to China, via other hotter places where they'll linger a while.)
To: RetroWarrior
Next they'll have tiny license plates for bees! Hey, new tax revenue generator. They'll sell 'em vanity plates! LOL.
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posted on
01/26/2005 7:22:38 PM PST
by
Middle-O-Road
(In favor of blowing all terrorists to China, via other hotter places where they'll linger a while.)
To: RetroWarrior
OK, I'll bite. Why do bees need license plates?
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posted on
01/26/2005 7:23:47 PM PST
by
Mercat
(Forgiveness is part of Your plan.)
To: Middle-O-Road; abbi_normal_2; Ace2U; adam_az; Alamo-Girl; Alas; alfons; alphadog; AMDG&BVMH; ...
Rights, farms, environment ping.
Let me know if you wish to be added or removed from this list.
I don't get offended if you want to be removed.
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posted on
01/26/2005 7:24:13 PM PST
by
farmfriend
( Congratulations. You are everything we've come to expect from years of government training.)
To: Mercat
OK, I'll bite. Why do bees need license plates?To avoid getting a ticket.
To: Middle-O-Road
For those of you that might think the Senator is a one issue candidate, I located this information on the web:
Throughout his political career, Senator Shurden's 'hot topic', the one to which he has devoted both considerable time and attention and the one upon which he has introduced legislation in practically every session since first joining the Oklahoma Legislature is Testicles.
You can read more at http://www.bubbaworld.com/shurden.html
To: Middle-O-Road
I knew it! I heard this on KMJ while driving to Fresno from L.A.! It just had to be a Dummy!!
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posted on
01/26/2005 7:27:20 PM PST
by
stboz
To: Middle-O-Road
And then I realized...like I was shot...Like I was shot with a diamond...a diamond bullet right through my forehead.. And I thought: My God...the genius of that. The genius.
...And then I realized they were stronger than we.
To: Iam1ru1-2
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posted on
01/26/2005 7:28:48 PM PST
by
diamond6
(Everyone who is for abortion has already been born. Ronald Reagan)
To: skip_intro
Throughout his political career, Senator Shurden's 'hot topic', the one to which he has devoted both considerable time and attention and the one upon which he has introduced legislation in practically every session since first joining the Oklahoma Legislature is Testicles. LOL! Yes, but is he FOR or AGAINST? Only a Dem could come up with this stuff!
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posted on
01/26/2005 7:28:54 PM PST
by
Middle-O-Road
(In favor of blowing all terrorists to China, via other hotter places where they'll linger a while.)
To: RetroWarrior
Next they'll have tiny license plates for bees!
Actually that's too cute
:D !
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posted on
01/26/2005 7:30:37 PM PST
by
SunnySide
(Ephes2:8 ByGraceYou'veBeenSavedThruFaithAGiftOfGodSoNoOneCanBoast)
To: Middle-O-Road
Damn, thank goodness it's a Democrat behind this looniness.
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posted on
01/26/2005 7:32:15 PM PST
by
MisterRepublican
("I must go. I must be elusive.")
To: Middle-O-Road
I await everyone's laughter even as I say this, but why isn't it a good idea?
$100,000,000 worth of economic activity has to be worth something in a state the size of Oklahoma.
Boxing gloves on fighting roosters are stupid, of course, but so are razor blades. And the cock-fight GDP sounds like it could support the laser-tag-style "vests".
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posted on
01/26/2005 7:32:55 PM PST
by
Burr5
To: Middle-O-Road
To: Burr5
I await everyone's laughter even as I say this, but why isn't it a good idea? I don't know. Every time I think about a rooster with little boxing gloves on it's feet, I crack up! And with a vest, it'll look like Foghorn Leghorn! LOL!
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posted on
01/26/2005 7:36:30 PM PST
by
Middle-O-Road
(In favor of blowing all terrorists to China, via other hotter places where they'll linger a while.)
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