Let it not be said that DK is not fair and balanced. (Sorry for the double negative.)
But since there is a diary up right now about Obama personally legalizing "Horse Slaughter for Human Consumption," I thought it only fair to also point out that Obama is personally offering each and every citizen of the United States a FREE PONY!
These free ponies -- actually horses and burros -- are offered by the Bureau of Land Management's wild horse and burro adoption program, which you can read about here:
http://www.blm.gov/...
In New Mexico, it gets even better!!!
IN NEW MEXICO, YOU GET A FREE PONY AND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS!!! YOU HEARD ME RIGHT, A FREE PONY AND $$$$ 500 . 00 !!!!
In New Mexico, if you adopt a wild mustang over 4 years old, you may be eligible to participate in an incentive program that gives you both the pony, er horse, and an incentive payment of $500.00 !!
Reaction in the left blogosphere has been SWIFT.
Congressman Denis Kucinich issued a press release saying:
This is a disgrace and an outrage!!! Why is it that this administration, which was elected by progressives with such enthusiasm, is BAILING OUT people who have the wherewithall to house and stable a pony Where are the ponies for the working people of Ohio ???
On her website, Firedoglake, Jane Hamsher wrote a blistering attack on the administration:
The overwhelming majority of Obama's base wanted not just a second rate, used wild mustang. WE DEMANDED UNICORNS! WHERE ARE THE FUCKING UNICORNS? Any so-called Democrat who SETTLES for a HORSE when we demanded UNICORNS is TOO FUCKING STUPID TO COMPREHEND!!!
Glenn Greenwald was equally harsh in his condemnation of the administration:
While I can't document this from my writing studio in Brazil, there is strong evidence that these horses are held in solitary confinement without the right to see a veterinarian before being adopted out. We also believe, based on what we think we may have heard here down in Brazil, that some of these horses may actually be being adopted out to owners who feed them hay instead of oats. In other words, the Obama administration's free pony program is actually WORSE THAN BUSH'S !!!
UPDATE: I really should add on a serious note, that the resumption of slaughter of horses and the wild horse and burro adoption program are ways of addressing the same problem -- that there are lots of wild and semi wild horses that have no predators, and their populations are increasing. The more free ponies Obama personally gives away, the fewer ponies Obama personally slaughters in the basement of the White House at midnight Mau Mau Kenyan Socialist Goldman Shill DLC Corporatist Satanic rituals.