Unequal Rights?

"I'll pay you, if you promise not to reproduce."  Sounds like a funny one-liner.  I hear things like this all the time especially in reference to people who are deemed "less" than the average.  The unfortunate truth... most people aren't kidding.  But, they don't associate their ideas with that of say... Hitler.  He had the "bright" idea of eradicating an entire ethnic group. 

Which brings me to this: Project Prevention.  Oh yes folks.  I'm not kidding.  Barbara Harris, Executive Director of this organization believes babies born to these "types of people" will have zero success in life.  Although, she has adopted four "crack babies" and they are all perfectly normal, bright and productive members of society. 

So, do you know what the Eugenics Movement was?  It's the notion that hereditary improvement of the human race can be controlled selective breeding.  Hmmmm, doesn't that sound exactly like what she is doing? 

So, here are my thoughts: She's a whack job of epic proportions.  She's already paid 3000 folks to either be sterilized or to be on long-term birth control-- only 29 of those are men.  She targets alcoholics and drug addicts-- not thinking, maybe they should be helped with their illness instead of being stripped of their right to produce.

The bottom line: who is to say that drug addicts and alcoholics are the worst members of society?  If you want to use the argument that Barbara uses-- saving taxpayers millions-- then spread the sterilization love over to welfare recipients.  Seriously guys!!!  This is a line no one should walk.  Saying one person is more fit than another... well, no one is perfect.  And no one is really qualified to make such assessments. 

Now, I'm really annoyed.

The Three Stooges

Some people need to avoid populating the gene pool. Tonight was a keen example of that fact.  There were three gentlemen (I use this term loosely) at my local watering hole.  Larry, Moe & Curly range in age: roughly 27, 40 and 65 respectively.  Well, the eldest man, "Curly" is a widower with an endless amount of cash and penchant for younger men with serious misogynistic tendencies.  "Moe" is the middle-aged man whose story is a little fuzzy.  And "Larry", well, he is the youngest of the trio and also the loudest-- or annoying, whichever word you choose will work just fine.

So, apparently today was "420" day.  A celebration of marijuana... well the trio must have celebrated A LOT.  They were bleary-eyed and stupid. They were concentrating the stupid with a side of beer to create a mess known as "morons that walk upright".  They were hooting and hollering at everything with tits.  

Look, I'm all about having a good time but this was ridiculous.  I imagine the display I witnessed was something akin to cave men who were bored on a Friday night with no animals to kill.  Seriously... high, drunken, moronic displays of manhood are not something in which one should aspire.  

Annoying.

Don't delay, neuter today!

I'm late posting this but... I have a reason and I'll explain it in a minute.  The topic of my rant today is:

Spay Day USA-No More Homeless Pets!
Tuesday, February 23rd 2010

Spay Day is an annual campaign of The Humane Society of the United States and 
Humane Society International to inspire people to save animals through spay/neuter.

Did you know that one female cat (and her offspring) can produce 420,000 offspring in just 7 years??  Yep, that's right folks-- 420,000!!!!  Dogs & their offspring can produce 67,000 puppies.  Holy moly, that's a lot of kibble!   Before you question my statistics, let's go into a little lesson about the kitty & puppy version of the "birds & the bees".  One cat/dog can have an average of 5 babies/litter... within 6 months, those "babies" are capable of reproducing.  Do you see where this is going??  Uh-huh,  yep, that's why there are all those vans parked at Wal-Mart on weekends, hawkin' puppies and kitties.  


So... what happens to all those puppies & kitties that don't make it to a loving home?  Well I'm here to tell ya:

-For every person born, 15 dogs (17-million/year) and 45 cats (30-million/year) are born.

-Of the above numbers-- 20-million will end up in shelters and 15-million will be euthanized.

-As many as 25% of dogs entering shelters each year are purebreds.

-Approximately 61% of all dogs are killed in animal shelters.

-Approximately 75% of all cats entering shelters are killed.

-It costs approximately $100 to capture, house, feed, and eventually kill each stray animal -- a cost which you, the taxpayer, eventually pay.

So, if you think it's unimportant to neuter your animals.... think again!  Have you ever seen a starving animal??   It isn't pretty.  Those lovey, cuddly balls of fur become feral and their inner instincts take over.  They hunt, prowl and become aggressive.  They get diseases that spread to domesticated animals and sometimes to people.  They become a nuisance to society by getting into trash or killing livestock (like chickens, etc.).  All this in turn can cost you more money than would have been spent if you'd just paid to have them neutered!

So... I'm sure you are wondering about my point for being late with this post.  Well, wait no further.  

I'm exactly 4 days late with this post.  There are 24 hours/day * 60 minutes/hour * 60 seconds/minute * 4 days= 345,600 seconds.  Statistically speaking, a baby is born every 5 seconds.  So that means there were 69,120 babies born since Tuesday.  If you take my previous information and apply it to this data.... there have been 1,036,800 dogs AND 3,110,400 cats born since Spay Day.  Roughly 58% of those animals will end up in shelters.  

I'm not okay with those numbers and you shouldn't be either!  So, get off your asses and neuter your animals.  Try skipping your morning latte a couple days a week and put those funds towards your community's animal shelter's spay & release program.  If they don't have one... maybe you should peel yourself away from Facebook and start one (this a great link from the ASPCA about forming your own shelter)!