Rep. Burgess draws fire and attention for Humane Society remarks in recalled beef hearing
This from the Midland Daily News Focus on feds, not Humane Society, in meat safety issue Let’s not be distracted when the topic is safety of the nation’s meat. The key issue is not how long a nongovernmental organization waited to show federal officials a videotape. Instead, let’s all concentrate on what government should have [...]
What Rep. Burgess actually said about the Humane Society and the beef recall
The audio above is Rep. Michael Burgess (R-TX), in his opening statement during a congressional hearing on food safety. Rep.Burgess is right. he was one of only two Texas GOP house members to vote in favor of the horse slaughter ban. In that recording, however, he was taking the Humane Society to task over its [...]
Get down, Kyrgyzstan!
Over at a neat internet news spot called NowPublic, I ran across an article posted by amyjudd about Kyrgyzstan holding a song contest. Ok, what rhymes with Kyrgystan? she asks. Imagine trying to find words that rhyme with this country’s name? I think the prize money is not high enough! BISHKEK (Reuters) – Kyrgyz rights [...]
Rep. Burgess attacks Humane Society for massive beef recall
(not making this up)
Congressman Michael Burgess charges the Humane Society shares the blame for biggest beef recall in history. He leveled his charges during a Capitol Hill hearing, saying the animal rights group did not act soon enough. Okay, granted, my source for this is the New York Times. I wasn’t there. Apparently Andrew Martin was, and I [...]
Barack Obama was NOT wearing a “turbine”!
Monday, when I wrote about the picture reportedly leaked by the Hillary Clinton campaign that showed Barack Obama in a turban, I explained that the picture was Obama in tribal clothes as part of an official visit. The picture to the left is not the one in question; I cannot afford the rights AP would [...]
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