THIS JUST IN: Oh boy. . . .
Taken from:
http://www.consumerfreedom.com/news_det ... dline/3807
Exposed: The Secret Animal Rights Agenda Of America?s
Next Regulatory Czar
Barack Obama?s pick for ?regulatory czar,? Harvard Law School Professor
Cass Sunstein, may be the incoming president?s most popular
appointment so far. Judging from his resume -- best-selling author, ?pre-
eminent legal scholar of our time,? and an endorsement from The Wall
Street Journal -- we can almost understand why.
Almost.
Because as we?re telling the media today, there?s one troubling portion of
the new Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA)
Administrator?s C.V. that has seems to have flown under everyone?s
radar:
Cass Sunstein is a radical animal rights activist.
Don?t believe us? Sunstein has made no secret of his devotion to the
cause of establishing legal ?rights? for livestock, wildlife, and pets.
?[T]here should be extensive regulation of the use of animals in
entertainment, scientific experiments, and agriculture,? Sunstein wrote in
a 2002 working paper while at the University of Chicago Law school.
?Extensive regulation of the use of animals.?
(That's PETA-speak for using government to get everything PETA and the
Humane Society of the United States can't get through gentle pressure or
not-so-gentle coercion.)
Not exactly the kind of thing American ranchers, restaurateurs,
hunters, and biomedical researchers (to say nothing of ordinary
consumers) would like to hear from their next ?regulatory czar.?
A version of the same paper also appeared as the introduction to
"Animal Rights: Current Debates and New Directions," a 2004 book that
Sunstein co-edited with then-girlfriend Martha Nussbaum. In that book,
Sunstein set out an ambitious plan to give animals the legal ?right? to file
lawsuits.
We're not joking:
?[A]nimals should be permitted to bring suit, with human beings as their
representatives, to prevent violations of current law ? Any animals that
are entitled to bring suit would be represented by (human) counsel, who
would owe guardian like obligations and make decisions, subject to those
obligations, on their clients? behalf.?
****anybody hear "The Twilight Zone" theme music besides me?****
Wait-for-it......Wait-for-it....
It doesn't end there.
Sunstein delivered a keynote speech at Harvard University?s 2007
?Facing Animals? conference. Keep in mind that as OIRA Administrator,
Sunstein will have the political authority to implement a massive federal
government overhaul.
Consider this tidbit:
?We ought to ban hunting, I suggest, if there isn?t a purpose other than
sport and fun. That should be against the law. It?s time now.?
Sunstein also argued in favor of ?eliminating current practices such as
greyhound racing, cosmetic testing, and
meat eating, most
controversially.?
He concluded his Harvard speech by expressing his ?more ambitious
animating concern? that the current treatment of livestock and other
animals should be considered ?a form of unconscionable barbarity not the
same as, but in many ways morally akin to, slavery and mass
extermination of human beings.?
Sound familiar?
As the individual about to assume ?the most important position that
Americans know nothing about,? Sunstein owes the public an honest
appraisal of his animal rights goals before taking office.
Will the next four years be a dream-come-true for anti-meat,
anti-hunting, and anti-everything-else radicals?
Time will tell.
For now,
meat lovers might want to stock their freezers.
Read around a few sources and evidence for either the muslim side of no heaven or character of the general for doing such things seems contradictory or non indicative. Neat Idea though (working on the assumption you mean the pig story)