[Vision2020] Otter Signs Ag-Gag Bill

[Sunil]

But it's not just Idaho that's backwards on cruelty. Obama's Justice Department won't prosecute government torturers,  but it will prosecute a person who reveals information about the program. 

Sunil

> From: v2020 at ssl1.fastmail.fm
> To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 19:50:32 -0800
> Subject: [Vision2020] Otter Signs Ag-Gag Bill
> 
> Just when I think Idaho can't possibly slide any further into GOP insanity,
> I'm proved wrong:
> http://www.kboi2.com/news/local/Ag-Gag-Bill-Idaho-Law-Governor-Butch-Otter-D
> airy-247886431.html
> 
> This is beyond disgusting -- although not surprising -- that in Idaho, being
> a whistleblower is a bigger crime than tormenting and torturing sentient
> beings.  And if you think this kind of despicable treatment of "farm"
> animals is rare in Idaho, you couldn't be more wrong.  And, if you think
> this kind of abuse doesn't happen right here in Latah County, you're living
> in la-la land.
> 
> Good job, Otter & you damn GOP lunatics.  We'll now make it a point to make
> absolutely certain none of the meat or dairy products we purchase come from
> Idaho animals since you've decided to AGAIN condone animal abuse to protect
> agribuisness.  The Idaho GOP has just done perhaps one of the smartest
> things possible to kill sustainability because the little guys will pay a
> bigger price than the factory farms when people like me stop buying animal
> product in a state that values the almighty dollar over protecting farm
> animals from rampant abuse.  It's too bad those invested in sustainability
> didn't do a better job of speaking out against the ag-gag bill -- I was
> quite disappointed that while there has been some effective advocacy against
> GMOs, for raw milk, and in other issues, there seemed to be very little (if
> any) in-state organized opposition to the ag-gag bill.  At least, according
> to the news articles I read.  Pity.
> 
> 
> 
> Saundra Lund
> Moscow, ID
> 
> I hold that, the more helpless a creature, the more entitled it is to
> protection by man from cruelty of man.
> ~ Mahatma Ghandi
> 
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