Campaigning à la Formula One

Saw this on a friend’s refrigerator this week and couldn’t keep it to myself:

“Politicians should dress like race-car drivers. At least we’d know who their corporate sponsors are!”

[Photo from the Jaguar Clubs of North America.]

Oops! Forgot to Say…

The Draw the Line video came to me from a Lull reader and I failed to acknowledge her in that post. A belated thank-you, dear reader, for the heads-up on an important issue.

If you need a nudge to sign the Draw the Line petition, read Indiana Senate-hopeful Richard Mourdock’s view on pregnancy after rape. The article includes info on Romney’s position regarding abortion—that is, his positionS, since he can’t bring himself to commit to just one.

[For a brief historical overview of other Republicans’ comments on these topics, read Salon. See Ms. magazine’s recent issue for voting suggestions.]

Wake Up, My Sisters

Women around the world are fighting for more respect and better treatment—for equal education, for parity in marriage, for an end to gender-justified violence. Yet we’re losing ground right here in our own backyard.

Please spread the word that our reproductive rights are being dismantled, state by state. Send politicians a message by signing the Draw the Line petition. We owe it to the previous generations who worked so hard to improve the status of women in the U.S.

We owe it to ourselves.

Drink of Choice

My husband saw this on a bumper sticker and I can relate. Can you?

No tea for me, thanks. I prefer progress.

[Art by Mary Cassatt.]

Tired of Politicians?

If you’re as weary of “elected” officials as I am, you may be pleased to hear that a new breed of politician is running for office in Virginia. He’s a Maine Coon named Hank, and he’s after a Senate seat.

Hank wouldn’t be the first companion animal to get elected, though. Since the late ’90s, voters in Rabbit Hash, Kentucky, have put not one, but THREE different canines into the mayoral position.

So who’s to say a two-legged is better than a four-legged?

“Where there’s Hank, there’s Hope.” (This isn’t his slogan, but it could be.)

Stupidity Goes Bipartisan on Horse Slaughter Legislation

Here’s a brief roundup of brilliance from U.S. politicians. I’ll post my rebuttal soon.


“We wanted to allow horse slaughter again in America because of an unanticipated problem with horse neglect and abandonment.”
—Rep. Jack Kingston, R-Georgia

Horse owners in Cole’s district are “pretty unanimous that they want the means to deal with an excess population.”
—Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma

The federal horse-slaughter ban devastated “an entire sector of animal agriculture for purely sentimental and romantic notions.”
—Rep. Sue Wallis, R-Wyoming

“In Montana, we’ve seen some sad cases of horse abandonment and neglect as owners struggle in this tough economy. Now we can fight to revive the jobs shipped to Canada and Mexico as a result of this ban along with making sure injured and sick horses are not abandoned or subject to inhumane treatment.”
—Sen. Max Baucus, D-Montana