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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>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. <br><br>Sunil<br><br>> From: v2020@ssl1.fastmail.fm<br>> To: vision2020@moscow.com<br>> Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 19:50:32 -0800<br>> Subject: [Vision2020] Otter Signs Ag-Gag Bill<br>> <br>> Just when I think Idaho can't possibly slide any further into GOP insanity,<br>> I'm proved wrong:<br>> http://www.kboi2.com/news/local/Ag-Gag-Bill-Idaho-Law-Governor-Butch-Otter-D<br>> airy-247886431.html<br>> <br>> This is beyond disgusting -- although not surprising -- that in Idaho, being<br>> a whistleblower is a bigger crime than tormenting and torturing sentient<br>> beings. And if you think this kind of despicable treatment of "farm"<br>> animals is rare in Idaho, you couldn't be more wrong. And, if you think<br>> this kind of abuse doesn't happen right here in Latah County, you're living<br>> in la-la land.<br>> <br>> Good job, Otter & you damn GOP lunatics. We'll now make it a point to make<br>> absolutely certain none of the meat or dairy products we purchase come from<br>> Idaho animals since you've decided to AGAIN condone animal abuse to protect<br>> agribuisness. The Idaho GOP has just done perhaps one of the smartest<br>> things possible to kill sustainability because the little guys will pay a<br>> bigger price than the factory farms when people like me stop buying animal<br>> product in a state that values the almighty dollar over protecting farm<br>> animals from rampant abuse. It's too bad those invested in sustainability<br>> didn't do a better job of speaking out against the ag-gag bill -- I was<br>> quite disappointed that while there has been some effective advocacy against<br>> GMOs, for raw milk, and in other issues, there seemed to be very little (if<br>> any) in-state organized opposition to the ag-gag bill. At least, according<br>> to the news articles I read. Pity.<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> Saundra Lund<br>> Moscow, ID<br>> <br>> I hold that, the more helpless a creature, the more entitled it is to<br>> protection by man from cruelty of man.<br>> ~ Mahatma Ghandi<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> =======================================================<br>> List services made available by First Step Internet,<br>> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<br>> http://www.fsr.net<br>> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>> =======================================================<br> </div></body>
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