New Mexico Legislature Wastes Time with Pluto, Fighting Cocks Retirement
I was originally going to tease the New Mexico legislature (Joni Marie Gutierrez specifically) attempt to declare Pluto a planet. Yes, people, they are willing to waste time over stuff like this. AS IF THE GOVERNMENT DOESN’T HAVE BETTER THINGS TO DECIDE OVER. But while researching this subject, I encountered something else that was much more interesting. According to New Mexico’s legislature website, the Speaker’s Table has a memorial not just for Pluto’s planet declaration, but a memorial calling for the “suitable retirement of fighting cocks.” I researched some more information on this retirement for roosters, and I laughed.
This isn’t the first time that this resolution has appeared. The first version appeared in February, by Rep. Tom Taylor. He’s the guy who wore a caveman suit and pajamas during a Congressional session in his state. The bizarre resolution he introduced called for visits from the state’s best free-caged hens, an HDTV for every six cocks, and a subscription to ESPN, Animal Planet, and CMT Pure Country; he didn’t want the Food Channel or Fox News. I hope it was a joke!
But the resolution is back on the Speaker’s Table. Do roosters really deserve a better retirement than most seniors stuck in nursing homes? Not a chance, I think. Cocks should not get retirement; not at taxpayers expense.
Tom Taylor plans to dress in a Playboy costume and dance on the floor to seduce lawmakers into providing a fancy retirement for the birds. Expect lawmakers to bring lube and Cialis.
Funny
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