I know this is a political blog, but it's Friday. Rather than blog about my cats or post their pictures on this traditional cat blogging day, I thought I'd write this diary about a topic related to pets and the government.
There is a revolution starting, a revolution to save the lives of millions of cats and dogs. We've been doing a lot of killing in our lives. No, not just the criminals and the politicians, but all of us. I'm not talking about Iraq, or crime, or anything to do with human life. I'm talking about the animals. We have all been killing them, 5 million of them every year by some counts.
I'm not an animal rights person, I'm not going to tell you about laws that we need (just the opposite) and I'm not going to lecture you about spaying or neutering your pet. I want to talk to you about your government and how you want it to behave. Do you want your government to kill animals, or do you want your government to save lives? Even if you care nothing for these animals, do you want your government spending your tax dollars on an inefficient method of animal control, or do you want your government to do what is necessary to spend less? If you said save lives and save money, then read on.
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