Tuesday, August 08, 2006
"HOGWASH" OR BULLSH*T?
If you have ventured outside in the last week or so, you no doubt have seen signs throughout Arizona that say:
PROP 204 is HOGWASH:
So I went to their site (prop204.com) and I read it.
I can see why they would be upset.
It would be nice if SOMEWHERE on their site they actually PUBLISHED the PROPOSITION they're so damned angry about!
Here it is (I found it elsewhere):
PROPOSITION 204
I-07-2006; HUMANE TREATMENT OF FARM ANIMALS ACT
ANALYSIS BY LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
Beginning January 1, 2013, Proposition 204 would amend the Arizona criminal code to make it a class 1 misdemeanor to tether or confine a pig during pregnancy or a calf raised for veal on a farm for all or the majority of a day in a manner that prevents the animal from lying down and fully extending its limbs or turning around freely. The law would not apply to:
1. Pigs or calves during transportation.
2. Pigs or calves in rodeo exhibitions, state or county fair exhibitions or other similar exhibitions.
3. The lawful slaughter of pigs or calves.
4. Pigs or calves involved in lawful scientific or agricultural research.
5. Pigs or calves while undergoing an examination, test, treatment or operation for veterinary purposes.
6. A pig during the seven day period before the pig's expected date of giving birth.
Proposition 204 would tentatively establish an enforcement and administration fund consisting of fines, penalties and other monies generated by the enforcement of this proposition and donations made to the fund. This fund would only be fully implemented if a court ultimately determined that creation of this fund is required by a separate state law dealing with the funding of programs created by a vote of the people.
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The Ranchers have a point. We don't NEED this. As they point out on the Prop 204 website, veal is not produced in AZ, which is half of the proposition. All of these proposed new practices are pretty much being followed now by ranchers and cattlemen in the state.
Plus all the money is being supplied by radical animal groups. I don't like radical groups of any type. Which is why I'm not a Republican.
Pointless proposition. Don't vote for it.
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While I'm on this, there are TWO anti-smoking bills on the docket for November with SHADES of difference: 201 and 206.
201 is worth having. 206 is being supported by the Tobacco companies and has PILES of advertising behind it already. Don't be fooled. The AD guy is telling you to IGNORE the ADS.
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I drove all the way to Tucson for a gig and had an audience of two. While I did make $30 I spent a lot more than that on a hotel room.
Not helping matters any was that I sent promotional fliers to the coffeehouse a few days beforehand and they were returned to me yesterday; apparently the mailman couldn't find the place. Odd, because the address on the envelope is the very same address on the door of the place. I checked three times.
However, it was nice to drive to Tucson. They've been getting rain. The drive to Tucson from Picacho Peak south was so green I thought I was lost for a second.
TT
If you have ventured outside in the last week or so, you no doubt have seen signs throughout Arizona that say:
PROP 204 is HOGWASH:
So I went to their site (prop204.com) and I read it.
I can see why they would be upset.
It would be nice if SOMEWHERE on their site they actually PUBLISHED the PROPOSITION they're so damned angry about!
Here it is (I found it elsewhere):
PROPOSITION 204
I-07-2006; HUMANE TREATMENT OF FARM ANIMALS ACT
ANALYSIS BY LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
Beginning January 1, 2013, Proposition 204 would amend the Arizona criminal code to make it a class 1 misdemeanor to tether or confine a pig during pregnancy or a calf raised for veal on a farm for all or the majority of a day in a manner that prevents the animal from lying down and fully extending its limbs or turning around freely. The law would not apply to:
1. Pigs or calves during transportation.
2. Pigs or calves in rodeo exhibitions, state or county fair exhibitions or other similar exhibitions.
3. The lawful slaughter of pigs or calves.
4. Pigs or calves involved in lawful scientific or agricultural research.
5. Pigs or calves while undergoing an examination, test, treatment or operation for veterinary purposes.
6. A pig during the seven day period before the pig's expected date of giving birth.
Proposition 204 would tentatively establish an enforcement and administration fund consisting of fines, penalties and other monies generated by the enforcement of this proposition and donations made to the fund. This fund would only be fully implemented if a court ultimately determined that creation of this fund is required by a separate state law dealing with the funding of programs created by a vote of the people.
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The Ranchers have a point. We don't NEED this. As they point out on the Prop 204 website, veal is not produced in AZ, which is half of the proposition. All of these proposed new practices are pretty much being followed now by ranchers and cattlemen in the state.
Plus all the money is being supplied by radical animal groups. I don't like radical groups of any type. Which is why I'm not a Republican.
Pointless proposition. Don't vote for it.
------
While I'm on this, there are TWO anti-smoking bills on the docket for November with SHADES of difference: 201 and 206.
201 is worth having. 206 is being supported by the Tobacco companies and has PILES of advertising behind it already. Don't be fooled. The AD guy is telling you to IGNORE the ADS.
------
I drove all the way to Tucson for a gig and had an audience of two. While I did make $30 I spent a lot more than that on a hotel room.
Not helping matters any was that I sent promotional fliers to the coffeehouse a few days beforehand and they were returned to me yesterday; apparently the mailman couldn't find the place. Odd, because the address on the envelope is the very same address on the door of the place. I checked three times.
However, it was nice to drive to Tucson. They've been getting rain. The drive to Tucson from Picacho Peak south was so green I thought I was lost for a second.
TT
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