Here's an interesting article about conservatives getting involved in animal cruelty issues.
http://www.theconservativevoice.com/article/24790.html
I agree with the author that liberals shouldn't have a corner on the compassion issue. I think it's great, that people like Pat Buchanan and G. Gordon Liddy acknowledge these issues. But what are their answers? Tax breaks for treating animals humanely?
Here's Pat's Presidential platform back in 2000:
"We are an overregulated, overtaxed, and overgoverned society. As President, I will begin to roll back this regulation juggernaut by dismantling the Dept. of Education, Dept. of Energy, Dept. of Housing & Urban Development, & the Dept. of Commerce. I will I will also defund the National Endowment of the Arts, National Endowment of the Humanities & Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The Bureau of Land Management will be eliminated, & I will dissolve the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms into the FBI."
I don't think conservatives are necessarily unfeeling and want animals to suffer. I don't think they want to breathe polluted air either. Who does? The question is, what do they have to offer? They spend their time beating the drum to get the Gummint out of everything, but oh yeah, isn't it tragic that animals are being treated inhumanely in labs or slaughterhouses.
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Good point! It's silly to think that the conservatives LIKE animal cruelty, but that's not the problem -- the problem is conservatives who enable the animal cruelty by, for example, deregulating or slashing funds for inspectors.
Jen
www.animalblawg.com
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