I find it interesting that this guy went to so much trouble to try to name the horse Sally Hemings!
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I bet "Hillary" wouldn't get approved either...
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2 posted on
08/07/2007 1:01:44 PM PDT by
darkwing104
(Let's get dangerous)
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"To be sure, the First Amendment protects horse owners' rights to free speech, and we do not foreclose Mr. Redmond indiscriminately from asserting that right, but the right to free speech is not absolute in all contexts," Batchelder wrote. What say ye?..........................
5 posted on
08/07/2007 1:04:22 PM PDT by
Red Badger
(All I know about Minnesota, I learned from Garrison Keilor.............)
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Didn’t Thomas Jefferson have a pet name for her that the horse owner could use?
9 posted on
08/07/2007 1:06:17 PM PDT by
Dixie Yooper
(Ephesians 6:11)
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The owner finds there are limits to “free speech.” Then begs the question does the constitution really guarantees us “free speech”? Or guarantees us “limited speech” instead? Is the term “free speech” a misnomer?
10 posted on
08/07/2007 1:06:59 PM PDT by
lilylangtree
(Veni, Vidi, Vici)
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He should change the name to “Sal E. Hemmings” and be done with it.
16 posted on
08/07/2007 1:11:14 PM PDT by
Jaysun
(It's outlandishly inappropriate to suggest that I'm wrong.)
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"In short, because he has spent three years insisting he has a constitutional right to name his horse 'Sally Hemings' and that no other name will do, Mr. Redmond now finds himself, like the songster of the 70s, having 'been through the desert on a horse with no name,'" Batchelder wrote. Ouch.
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named "Sally Hemings" after Thomas Jefferson's most famous slave and reputed lover.Liberals love scandals, whether they're true or not. IIRC, comparisons of DNA from Sally Hemings' clan proved that they were not Thomas Jefferson's descendants, but in a lineage from a different member of the family. Other historical accounts had Hemmings leaving the Thomas Jefferson home before she reached puberty.
My take is that the big reason this Jefferson/Hemmings story got legs is idiot democrats trying to make everyone look as bad as Clinton.
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It looks like the better headline would be Court agrees Jockey Club can set naming standards for itself.
28 posted on
08/07/2007 2:21:23 PM PDT by
Tribune7
(Michael Moore bought Haliburton)
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This guy is going to a lot of trouble and not using his brain. If he wants to honor Sally Hemings, he could name the horse “Sally H” or if he is trying to poke fun at The issue of Thomas Jefferson for having an African lover, he could name the horse “ThomsBabe” or similar.
29 posted on
08/07/2007 2:25:05 PM PDT by
Michael.SF.
("The military Mission has long since been accomplished" -- Harry Reid, April 23, 2007)
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Dan Galbreath had a racehorse named Roberto, after Clemente.
31 posted on
08/07/2007 3:06:07 PM PDT by
TBP
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He should appeal. As a quite literal gatekeeper for the state, they aren’t really a private organization.
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That is a good point.
One wonders why his reasons, if any, were not included in the article.
Seems a rather foolish waste of time and money to sue the Jockey Club over this.
I once had a pure bred dog, and officially registered him with the AKC name Ludwig Von Budweiser.His “real” name was Bud.
The AKC also reserved the right to deny owner submitted names for official registration, according to their guidelines.
Had they challenged the name, I can’t think of a single reason I would have sued over the situation.
43 posted on
08/07/2007 4:26:16 PM PDT by
sarasmom
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How about Camilla..it kind of fits.
46 posted on
08/07/2007 4:53:29 PM PDT by
The Great RJ
("Mir we bleiwen wat mir sin" or "We want to remain what we are." ..Luxembourg motto)
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How about “Intifada NYC”?
48 posted on
08/07/2007 5:02:08 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
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In short, because he has spent three years insisting he has a constitutional right to name his horse 'Sally Hemings' and that no other name will do, Mr. Redmond now finds himself, like the songster of the 70s, having 'been through the desert on a horse with no name,"' Batchelder wrote. So, the Judicial system is 'an ocean with its life underground and the perfect disguise above...'
Thought so, just checking.
52 posted on
08/07/2007 8:29:14 PM PDT by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly.)
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This is bull.
Totally politically motivated.
I’ll bet they’d let him name one Nancy Reagan or Barbara Bush.
63 posted on
08/08/2007 10:10:34 AM PDT by
bannie
(The Good Guys cannot win when they're the only ones to play by the rules.)
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