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We city slickers are such suckers. Flash a photo of a dead chicken before our eyes and our collective lower lip trembles, so easily convinced are we that the sins of a few farmers are the standard for most. Which likely explains why Proposition 2, the Standards for Confining Farm Animals initiative on the ballot this November, is getting widespread support among voters, according to recent polls. Proposition 2 is a well-meaning measure that would require “calves raised for veal,...
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posted by rightthinking on Saturday, October 25, 2008 at 08:33 PM
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What was I thinking?   It’s a question I’ve asked myself more than once since I agreed to participate in the Proposition 8 debate last week at Cal State Bakersfield. I am, after all, an ardent supporter of the California Marriage Protection Act and the debate was co-sponsored by the school’s Gay Lesbian Straight Student Alliance. I suppose I thought the students might actually be interested in civil discourse on the issue. In my naiveté, I thought all...
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posted by rightthinking on Saturday, October 18, 2008 at 03:48 PM
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  It's good to be the king. Or PG&E. When you're king, or a fat-cat near-monopoly like PG&E, it's OK to goose your subjects, then pooh-pooh the protests. Or so PG&E apparently thought in July, when it donated $250,000 to the campaign to crush Proposition 8, the November ballot initiative that protects traditional marriage. Secure in the knowledge it's got its customers right where it wants them, PG&E paid out the big bucks to...
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posted by rightthinking on Saturday, October 4, 2008 at 10:50 AM
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