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Council Legalizes Ferrets, but Veto Is Expected From Giuliani (Rudy's legacy?)
NY Times ^ | May 10,2001 | Eric Lipton

Posted on 03/20/2007 8:35:32 AM PDT by pissant

Ferrets, rejoice.

Or at least, breathe what may be a short-lived sigh of relief.

The New York City Council voted 26 to 13 yesterday, with 7 abstentions, to end the bandit status of the small, furry cousin of the weasel, mink and skunk. But the bill legalizing ferrets as pets failed to pass by a veto-proof margin, and Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani has not been shy about the fact that he is no ferret lover.

''The fight isn't over,'' said Carol Rainey, a Chelsea filmmaker who owns two ferrets.

The ferret legalization bill caused an unusually emotional, party-fracturing and, at times, humorous debate yesterday in the Council chambers, which was marked by alternating hissing and applause from Ms. Rainey and about 25 other ferret owners who assembled in the balcony for the show.

Councilman Noach Dear, an Orthodox Jew and Democrat from Brooklyn, said he could not vote in favor of the legalization of ferrets as pets for a simple reason: he was reminded by his rabbi that they are not kosher.

Councilwoman Una S. T. Clarke and Councilman A. Gifford Miller disagreed over whether rabbits and human babies smell alike, after a suggestion by some opponents of legalization that ferrets were once bred to hunt out and attack bunnies.

''My baby does not smell like a rabbit,'' said Mr. Miller, a Manhattan Democrat and proud father of a 6-month-old child, evoking an outburst of cheers and applause from the balcony. ''I have no problem then with a ferret spending time with my baby, because he will be safe,'' he added.

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I have no idea what the hell this is about.
1 posted on 03/20/2007 8:35:40 AM PDT by pissant
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To: pissant

I'm not a ferret, I'm a bunny.

2 posted on 03/20/2007 8:37:56 AM PDT by LongElegantLegs (...a urethral syringe used to treat syphilis with mercury.)
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I have no idea what the hell this is about.
__________

LOL. So you posted the 6 year old story anyway?


3 posted on 03/20/2007 8:39:06 AM PDT by dmz
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LOL! Its very very important for the Ferret vote!

(((SOB!!!)))I guess Rudy lost the Ferret vote - excuse me while I jump off a bridge! ;-)

4 posted on 03/20/2007 8:40:14 AM PDT by areafiftyone (RUDY GIULIANI 2008 - STRENGTH AND LEADERSHIP)
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To: LongElegantLegs

ROFLMAO!!


5 posted on 03/20/2007 8:40:51 AM PDT by areafiftyone (RUDY GIULIANI 2008 - STRENGTH AND LEADERSHIP)
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To: pissant
OK, you have finally found something Rudy did that I agree with!

Can you imagine what would happen after you got weasels running loose in the city? Could they cross bread with the 20 lb Norway rats that infest the city? Could they swim for miles up sewer pipes and bite you in the butt on your own toilet?

No thanks!

6 posted on 03/20/2007 8:41:00 AM PDT by Jack Black
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It's about Rudy, in a fashion befitting a dictator, outlawing ferrets just because he doesn't like them.

That's the critical factor here.


7 posted on 03/20/2007 8:41:02 AM PDT by TitansAFC ("My 80% enemy is not my 20% friend" -- Common Sense)
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Councilman Noach Dear, an Orthodox Jew and Democrat from Brooklyn, said he could not vote in favor of the legalization of ferrets as pets for a simple reason: he was reminded by his rabbi that they are not kosher.

As I recall from my reading of Leviticus, beasts of the land are kosher if, and only if they have cloven hooves and chew the cud. This makes dogs, cats and bunnies all unclean, doesn't it? Does an animal being unclean prohibit an observant Jew from keeping it as a pet?

8 posted on 03/20/2007 8:41:07 AM PDT by CholeraJoe (Hajjis HATE the waterboard! It can turn a clam into a canary so fast Harry Potter would be jealous.)
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To: areafiftyone

Rudy opposed legalizing ferrets. He wanted to be the boss weasel in NY.


9 posted on 03/20/2007 8:42:00 AM PDT by dirtboy (Duncan Hunter 08)
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To: Jack Black

Ferret don't run loose, and they are rats' natural enemies.

They eat rats, lot of them.


10 posted on 03/20/2007 8:42:26 AM PDT by TitansAFC ("My 80% enemy is not my 20% friend" -- Common Sense)
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To: pissant

I think that many of us have all but conceded that Rudy will not get the pro-ferret vote.


11 posted on 03/20/2007 8:42:34 AM PDT by Gop1040
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To: dirtboy

We have enough RATS in this city! ;-)


12 posted on 03/20/2007 8:42:56 AM PDT by areafiftyone (RUDY GIULIANI 2008 - STRENGTH AND LEADERSHIP)
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To: pissant

"I have no idea what the hell this is about."

It shows to what degree he wants to micromanage people's lives. If he is this passionate about banning ferrets, how will he feel about that AR in your closet?


13 posted on 03/20/2007 8:43:09 AM PDT by FreeInWV
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As I recall from my reading of Leviticus, beasts of the land are kosher if, and only if they have cloven hooves and chew the cud.

Does this mean Hillary is kosher?

14 posted on 03/20/2007 8:44:21 AM PDT by garv (Conservatism in '08 www.draftnewt.org)
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To: FreeInWV

"Is that a ferret in your pocket or are you glad to see me?"


15 posted on 03/20/2007 8:45:35 AM PDT by dirtboy (Duncan Hunter 08)
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To: CholeraJoe

Dear eventually became a Republican.


16 posted on 03/20/2007 8:48:36 AM PDT by Revenge of Sith
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To: pissant; areafiftyone
Ferrets rights advocates meet anti ferret demonstrators.


17 posted on 03/20/2007 8:49:23 AM PDT by Boston Blackie
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To: LongElegantLegs

ROFL!


18 posted on 03/20/2007 8:52:54 AM PDT by pissant (http://www.gohunter08.com/)
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To: areafiftyone

I thought Rudy owned a ferret:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jw5kATQ1-Rs

LOL!


19 posted on 03/20/2007 8:53:13 AM PDT by FreeInWV
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To: pissant
OK, you have finally found something Rudy did that I agree with!

Can you imagine what would happen after you got weasels running loose in the city? Could they cross bread with the 20 lb Norway rats that infest the city? Could they swim for miles up sewer pipes and bite you in the butt on your own toilet?

No thanks!

20 posted on 03/20/2007 8:55:15 AM PDT by Jack Black
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