Here we are again…another edition of Point and Laugh Friday! I’m not even going to pretend to be surprised at how busy our PSA pals have been spreading their version of the truth and ignoring facts and science. They’ve stayed the course and not a single one of them have gotten any smarter since last week. As usual, they have given us a lot to work with this week, so let’s get our fingers out and ready because it’s Point and Laugh Friday! This week is brought to you by the letter `I’ for imbecile.
First stop this week, as always, will be with the fearless leader of the slaughterphiles, Slaughterhouse Sue. She’s been a busy little beaver this week for sure and gotten her Facebook on in a big way. As we were told earlier, she shuffled off to Denver to address the Colorado Horse Council about how she is going to save all equines from becoming extinct by slaughtering them. Ok, I’m paraphrasing, but that was the gist of her mission. According to Suey, it was a success…“I spoke to a full room of supportive horse people yesterday at the Colorado Horsemens Conference at the National Western in Denver. Thanks to all who attended! We are all working hard, hoping, and praying for a better future for horses and horse people. Glad a could share a glimmer of light at the end of the tunnel.” In the UH’s case that `glimmer of light’ may just be an oncoming train, but whatever works for her. Amazingly, she persists in lying through her tooth about the status of horse slaughter and had this to say as well “FSIS has committed that they will have finished validating the science underlying their drug residue testing system, and will be in a position to grant inspection in November or December to plants that meet the requirements. Rockville will be in that fiest bunch. As for what horses are bringing, depends on where they are and how much trucking cost is involved. You can maybe get that price if you are real close to the border.” The last I heard, Rockville is still bogged down in lawsuits and nobody in that town has seen or heard from Suey since way earlier in the year. It certainly hasn’t been retro-fitted nor is it in the process of being retro-fitted. She seems pretty confident about the outcome of the upcoming election as well.
I wish I could tell you that was all Suey had to say, but it wasn’t. As we discussed yesterday, she was endorsing the video from Lt. Col. Dennis J. Foster, Executive Director for the Masters of Foxhounds Association. As one of our dear readers here likened it to, it was basically a modern-day version of Reefer Madness for all the `facts’ it contained and sheer comedic value. However, we know that the PSAs are easily impressed with graphs and British accents so they all dutifully linked it across the internet. Unfortunately for them, the asshat that put this video clip together used Secretariat in their opening sequences and it has now been hastily removed from YouTube. I’m guessing Penny Chennery, Claiborne Farm and Tony Leonard’s estate did not appreciate them using this horse as a poster child for unwanted horses and slaughter. All those people are staunchly anti slaughter. We really should thank Suey for linking that up for us so we could right that wrong.

Not sure where this picture was taken as it was sent to me, but if you look on the table in the background….it speaks VOLUMES.
Next, it’s time to check in with the dastardly duo of Holy Theresa and Douchebag Duquette. Their little meet and greet and mutual admiration visit concluded this week and Holy Theresa is back home and trying to sell off many of her horses. Her rescue website is rarely updated nor does it seem to advertise anything new up for adoption so perhaps there are no unwanted horses where she lives or maybe people don’t want to surrender horses to a slaughter supporting rescue. I only bring this up due to the fact so many PSAs have their panties in a wad over the Dorothy Robertson horses going to a rescue that does NOT support slaughter and that has a chair that has bred horses in the past. That good ole double standard at play again….D-bag has been fairly quiet this week. Although he is still insisting his hometown slaughter emporium will be up and running by next fall, despite the city council and most other normally functioning human beings in that city being in opposition. (http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2012/10/hermiston_doesnt_want_horse_sl.html). I often wish I could have a little of what these people are smoking…..
Mendy Tobiano has been blogging her brain cell out this week. Sadly, she is no closer to telling the truth as she is to being even a little bit as sexy as she would like to be. Apparently, when Wikipedia isn’t a good enough source for your facts, you just go back to telling stories that you pull out of your ass. The only problem with that is when you outright lie about stuff. Actually, she outright lies about most things other than the fact she is finally admitting to selling horses to kill buyers on more than one occasion. One of the more blatant lies told over the past week was her working with all these ex-racehorses, including a son of Bernardini. The problem with the story is she mentions that the horse would be 5yrs old this year. He must be some sort of miracle horse because Bernardini’s OLDEST offspring are only 4yrs old this year and her story doesn’t work at all if the horse was any younger than she claimed. I guess this is kinda like the original NT being the son of a `Lethal White’….those pesky facts always get in the way. Perhaps if she posted up a graph or pie chart, things would seem more believable? At any rate, she becomes more bizarre in her posts and seemed to suggest that it was ok for humans to eat each other at one point. I find her prose a bit tough to read in its entirety so I’m hoping I got that part wrong. Thankfully, the human side of the NT personality has remained in hiding (I’m claiming the win on that one) and claims to be writing a book. All I really have to say about that is I truly hope she finds a good editor and self publishing is within her price range. My 7 year old nephew writes better than Mendy Tobiano and his `stories’ are much more believable…At least I am very relieved we no longer have to witness her flirt with herself and pretend to be sexy. It was beginning to have an adverse affect on my personal life…
I’m going to heap a lot of our former Sunday PSA types into one section here. Thankfully, this blog does some good in that it gets them to either overshare to the point of comedy or just STFU all together which is always preferable. Buckaroo Harmon and The Chin have been relatively quiet this week, although Buckaroo is on several message boards and did take the time to link up that awesome video we talked about earlier. The NT and PSA approved Wild Ones magazine, that was supposed to be all about wild horses, seems to never have gotten off the ground, although they happily collected subscription fees from several people. You may recall the editor of that magazine was Tony Ullrich who loved nothing better than to pick fights with anti-slaughter people. He seems to be off the grid for the time being though. Basically, business as usual for many of them…
We’ve already updated the Nevada 34 and the delusions of their former owner, Dorothy Robertson. I have to say, having watched the online bitching about this situation, I don’t know why anybody rescues horses. It must be one of the most thankless vocations in the horse industry. The PSAs are out in full force and doing their best to deflect from the issue that Dorothy has now been charged with neglect and is going to court soon. For some reason, they want to blame the rescue that is rehabbing those horses for the entire mess and have now taken to attacking NNER’s chair personally. I always thought that the HFA/UH people were the biggest asshats in the slaughter wars; now I know they are strictly amateur hour compared to the Horse Grooming Supply People. Never have I seen such a gathering of ignorance on one message board, let alone one topic. If you feel like having eye burn, go check it out for yourself…(http://www.horsegroomingsupplies.com/horse-forums/vet-had-sheriff-seize-one-our-members-485192-177.html) Dorothy, herself, is posting over there and COTH, so you can get your updates straight from the source that way. Personally, I’d rather wait to hear directly from NNER or the courts about the condition of the horses, and hopefully that will be soon.
So, we’ve come to the end of another week in the land of the moronic. It’s been nothing if not entertaining. To be honest, I would love nothing more than for this entire issue to be laid to rest with the election and move onto other things, but I have a feeling that it’s never going to end. As long as there are PSAs owning horses, we’re going to have problems. It’s really easy to get discouraged if you don’t take a lighter view on some of their antics. I certainly have a difficult time taking many of them seriously lately. As always, I have to thank the people that take the time to email me. I also always appreciate the comments and information so many of you take the time to share on here. That’s the one thing I do notice about anti-slaughter people, they do take the time to educate themselves on the issues and don’t just blindly follow some backwoods politician. Remember, the PSAs are the ones that felt that `Buddy’ from Safe Haven was the very poster child of why we needed slaughter and why it beat starvation. He’s now been with Safe Haven for little more than two months and I think he proved them all wrong; including the ones that insisted that there was no way his organs couldn’t be in failure and that the vets who did the diagnostics on him didn’t know what they were talking about. I’ll leave you with his latest update from Safe Haven. Have a good weekend everybody!
So phone calls placed to the right people work 😉
Appears to have.. good job!!! 🙂
Thank you!
So it seems they used the property of someone else, a photo and had to remove that photo. Evidently the Secretariat Foundation has not been able to act yet, because the video had been taken down. They are now aware it’s back up.
I can drop a line to Claiborne if need be. We’ve done business with them in the past. I think the Secretariat Foundation would probably get more action though..
Go, girl!
Either side of this deal all I see is a bunch of back and forth bickering. Some folks are helping horses others are just a bunch of high school “mean girls.” Who really loses in this, or even wins? I don’t think anybody wins. SMH
The horses who get saved from slaughter are the ones who win.
What about the ones that dont? What about the ones that never even make it to the sale ring because they are sent straight to the truck because people make a big deal out of trying to find past owners and harass them? If I sell my horse and he ends up in the kill pen because the next or possibly next 4th owner took him, why is it fair that I end up being harrassed just because my name USED to be his registered owner?
I question the number of people that have been `harassed’ actually. I know that former TB owners have been contacted and many stepped up and helped bail their old horses out. I know if one of my old horses or one we bred ended up in the pipeline, I would want to know about it and I would do something about it.
Ahhhh so now we know who Shorty Jones is…. HA HA.
The Canadian plants are refusing to take identifiable TBs, because it has been proven to them their medication histories. The other day at the plant/kill pen in Canada not one single identifiable TB.
John Hettinger, founder of Akindale Thoroughbred Rescue, life long breeder of TBs, etc Every horse he sold had attached to the jockey club papers was a note, that he would buy him/her back for 100.00 over the kill buyer price. That became a part of that horses record. This still remains in effect posthumously.
You see John Hettinger got it, he worked for years to get laws passed and took responsibility for those horses he bred. Unlike evidently you “Shorty Jones”
Nick Zito’s wife has left notes on papers too. I know we have done that with horses we retired.
I don’t know Shorty. I don’t harass anybody. If we abolish horse slaughter, horses won’t end up in kill pens and that is what we are fighting for.
Your on a roll, Jo-Claire… 🙂
Not really a fair assumption to say I evidently have not. AQHA has a program where you can mark your papers in the event the horse is “unwanted” and needs a home. Every horse I’ve ever sold I’ve done that, it’s just responsible. And it doesn’t matter who/what you think I am. My opinion is the only one that matters in that.
That certainly is enough alcohol to keep Suet befuddled for a few days. But-isn’t that a Bobcat sitting nearby?!
That was a scary picture, she probably got the cat from Theresa Manzella.
That is a bobcat!! Get him away from her!! She’s looks like she’s sizing him up for an appetizer. Poor bobkitty.
@Shorty Jones-The way I see it, harassment in this situation depends on your perspective and response and the person inquiring about the horse’s history. I am involved with a group who does kill pen rescue. I am sure you know that it is beneficial to the horse and the new owner to have some history. I have yet to be aware of anyone from our group harassing someone for information. We realize that the person on the papers may have no knowledge of what an owner farther down the line may have done with the horse. Harassing for information is not acceptable. If someone approaches you in that manner it is certainly your right to refuse them any information.
We have found frequently the response from former owners is that they are appalled at what has been done with the horse. Often they desire to help in any manner possible. Some immediately buy the horse out of the pen and take it home. We hope that it never hurts to ask if done respectfully.
Supaloma, that is because most TB breeders do not breed for slaughter, then you have people like Shorty Jones, who could care less where their horses end up.
Again…not a fair assumption, but fair isn’t something I have come to associate with this topic. AQHA also has a program, I believe it’s called “Greener Pastures” and every papered horse I sell has that box marked on the transfer. Nice try though.
The AQHA as an organization is in support of slaughter. One of the reason I am glad I got out of QHs some years ago. The Jockey Club does NOT support slaughter nor do they claim they need it to set their prices like the AQHA does.
I can’t comment on that as I’m 100% uneducated in that respect. All I can say is that I personally do what I can do within my means to care for the horses I have and ones I sell.
And if everybody did that, we would have no unwanted horses. The biggest problem we face is that people want slaughter but are unwilling to clean up their own backyards. They are wanting to use slaughter as a disposal for their personal irresponsibility.
I agree slaughter should not be used as a disposal. From the day they are conceived horses are a responsibility, and slaughter brought back or no, it’s time we as humans (in general) become better stewards for what God has left in our care…all creatures great and small and the land we live on.
Problem with the AQHA program is if you ever leave the AQHA, ie stop paying your membership, your horses are no longer enrolled in the program.
“…it’s time we as humans (in general) become better stewards for what God has left in our care…all creatures great and small and the land we live on.”
I absolutely agree with that, Shorty.
I know it can be done without slaughter, no matter how much the psas kick and scream and tell me to prove it. They need to prove it by letting more than a few uterus’s remain empty for a good long time. Ride those brood mares instead of use them to incubate the next horse to go into the shoot. People just need to step up and do their part.
Wallis photo caption:
“Boonowa tweepi, ha, ha.”
“Mi chuga…”
I have the hardest time making it through the ramblings on the NT blog, so I’m glad I’m not the only one who got that super weird “well, technically you could eat people if you wanted to because they are made of meat” vibe from it. I feel like they are trying to go a philosophical route on that blog that they can’t back up with actual training in philosophy or writing skill. I gave up on reading the NT blog, especially since you have to give your info to comment…not worth the potential harassment.
I skim read it a few times a week because the outrageous lies and hyperbole can be amusing, but to actually read it daily and in its entirety is impossible. The fact she claims to be writing a book is hilarious to me. Maybe her and Buckaroo Harmon can do a book tour together…
Some of the entries are rather bulky and unnatural, but I have read a few on there that are worth while. But I have the same problem here, I read 2 or 3 that I really like and then I can’t make it through the next one without reading it 2-3 times. But I still come back. 🙂
I have yet to suggest we eat each other…..just sayin
Bwahahahahahaha OMG that made me laugh so hard my co-worker thinks I’m crazy…I don’t think we should eat each other either…I am 100% ANTI cannibalism. 😀
I don’t think I’ve ever read an entire NT blog. It’s too insipid and I get impatient with all of the careless mistakes. It used to be entertaining looking for mistakes and mentally circling them with my red pen, but even that got boring after a while. A good sense of humor is a must for a blogger. Sure. We make fun of pro slaughter advocates, but anyone who supports the slaughtering of horses for the reasons psa’s have given should have a mirror held before them so that they can see the ridiculousness of their reasoning. I’m sure psa’s make fun of us, they just don’t communicate very well in written or spoken expression so it just doesn’t have much impact.
The aren’t really bright enough to comprehend satire and sarcasm. You have to have an intellect to `get the joke’ most times…They’re still stuck on fart jokes.
Soilent Green!!! =O
Once again. Shedrow..you nailed it….
Is that really $ue Walli$, or just a very unfortunate look-a-like? She usually wears man clothes so it’s weird to see her in a feminine floral pattern.
That be Suey!
Ha! Look how fat Sue is.
NT told us last week we weren’t allowed to call people fat anymore…..call her a bovine…that’s still acceptable!
Or heifer…heifer is nice. Ol heifer.
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The horse looks the same. It is beautiful. Anyway i feel really bad for the horse. Me myself i love horses and would do anything for there safty