Galt's Gulch

Talk about cutting pork.

Posted by $ johnrobert2 10 years, 9 months ago to Politics
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Love this ad. (BTW, I know how to do it, too.) Doesn't work for gilts, though.

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  • Posted by Ben_C 10 years, 9 months ago
    The good news is that John Dingel from Michigan is finally retiring. His family has been in Congress for 1/3 of the existence of our country. Terry Bowman, a union conservative (they do exist) is running against Dingels wife, Debbie. Together, Joni and Terry WILL "cut the pork."
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    • Posted by $ jbrenner 10 years, 9 months ago
      Good riddance to Dingel, too. He is a looter of the highest order and was very instrumental behind the scenes in the Cash for Clunkers debacle.
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      • Posted by Robbie53024 10 years, 9 months ago
        He and his wife are the foulest politicians ever to come out of Michigan.
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        • Posted by $ jbrenner 10 years, 9 months ago
          That is hard to do, but I am not disagreeing with you. There have been a lot of foul politicians in MI. Coleman Young and Kwame Kilpatrick, both former mayors of Detroit are both in my top 20 foulest politicians anywhere. Debbie Stabenow deserves a dishonorable mention. I don't like Republican politicians either, but the ones from MI haven't been too offensive. The one really GOOD politician from Michigan is Justin Amash. Dave Camp is not too bad either. Amash may be the one in all of Washington that best epitomizes Galt values. I am sure that I will get some arguments on this last item, but the persecution of Amash by RINOs like Karl Rove points to why I should like Amash.
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          • Posted by Robbie53024 10 years, 9 months ago
            True. Young and Kilpatrick only affected SE MI, CL and JD have brought that stink to the rest of the nation. DS is mostly an empty skirt.

            There was an R there that I respected when I lived there - Thaddeus McCotter - he was my congressman. What a fall - from announcing a run for president to resigning from congress due to nomination paper irregularities in the course of less than a year. Wow.
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            • Posted by $ jbrenner 10 years, 9 months ago
              Coleman Young's effect on politics may have only been in SE Michigan, but what he did to Detroit (Starnesville) is a big reason why all the non-US automakers have made the strides they have ... in the non-union Southern states. It could be reasonably argued that Coleman Young's effects were quite internationally measurable, and I'm not just talking about the part of Canada that is south of Detroit (Windsor, Ontario).
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  • Posted by Notperfect 10 years, 9 months ago
    Carl Levin is retiring also from Michigan. Maybe just maybe we can get this state back from the deepest blue side! He has been a moocher since 78'. Ain't figured out if that is 1778,1878 or 1978. No matter still love this add. LMAO!
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    • Posted by $ jbrenner 10 years, 9 months ago
      Good riddance. I tried to vote him out back in 1990 when I lived in MI. He has been a particular thorn when trying to get people who believe in the Constitution confirmed for the Supreme Court, particularly Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas.
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      • Posted by Robbie53024 10 years, 9 months ago
        My two years in MI didn't cover a voting year for CL, but I definitely would have voted against. MI needs an opponent that can beat the margin of fraud.
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        • Posted by Notperfect 10 years, 8 months ago
          You know when I came to live in Michigan I guess I knew what I was getting into. No I knew, but oh true love. I have never in my life seen so much (spin) it makes my head hurt. Detroit is now referred to as "little beirut", but you can bet that Stabbenow, Levin, Dingle, Camp never missed a damn meal. Then the Governor wants to help B.H.O. by giving out 50,000 visas to illegal aliens. Same old story different day.
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  • Posted by Robbie53024 10 years, 9 months ago
    Yeah, you've got to hold their legs very firmly and basically sit on their head, otherwise they will squirm away. And it helps to have a 3rd person there to pour the peroxide (or iodine) quickly. We raised 40 pounders.
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    • Posted by $ Snezzy 10 years, 9 months ago
      Right. It's rather easy, once you know how. Not as easy as lambs & kids, though. Horses are substantially more difficult, and I leave them to the vet.

      Why is it done? Anyone who has owned intact male livestock knows the answer. 600 pounds of testosterone is dangerous. Selective breeding reserves a small number of the male meat animals for breeding. The rest can be found in the meat section of your supermarket.

      "Killing animals is disgusting," say some 'city' folk, "we get OUR meat at the grocery store."

      Report from someone else's farm, where they actually name their livestock:
      Guest: "This beef is delicious!"
      Farm child: "No. That's Tasty. We ate Delicious last month."

      If you're gonna name them, use appropriate names!

      Farm kids, even ones from the city (like me and my wife) seem to have a slightly firmer grasp of reality.
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      • Posted by Robbie53024 10 years, 9 months ago
        Those that hang down are easy - we had a tool (a spreader) that you put a small rubber band on and just slipped it up and around. Didn't want to be standing behind some of those soon to be steers, though, they didn't take very kindly to the procedure!

        Love the "delicious" and "tasty" references! :-)
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        • Posted by monalisaturberville1957 10 years, 9 months ago
          You have worded this well. Tells me you have had your hand on a pitch fork. A ranch hand, now get down here and help me choose a milk cow. Which breed is best. I grew up with a jersey as our milk giver. They were not however the ones used at the dairy. That is a question I need an answer to. No one left in my family that knows.
          Sorry to jump into your conversation like this but I really do need the answer. I do not trust every thing I read, so many prefer this or that breed. Does it make any difference. What I remember is the jersey was used because of the milk fat ratio. Thank you Robbie, M.L.
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          • Posted by Robbie53024 10 years, 9 months ago
            My grandparents had Holsteins. Your typical black and white milk cow. I don't know how they compare vs. Guernsey's and Jersey's, but I know the Holsteins are prevalent in Wisconsin and Minnesota, so I would say that pretty much speaks for itself.
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          • Posted by $ Snezzy 10 years, 9 months ago
            I'd really go with a Jersey. They're readily available, and tend to be nicer to people than the Holsteins. You'll have to figure out how you'll breed (AI or a local bull) and what you'll do with the calves.

            The breeds that are the best producers were bred for production, not docility.

            If you can read conformation, which is likely, and deal with buying at auction, you can pick up a heifer at a livestock auction. If not, you'd be better off getting a good animal from a successful Jersey dairyman. From the auction you do have to worry more about disease.

            You'll get plenty of butter. But you knew that already.
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            • Posted by monalisaturberville1957 10 years, 9 months ago
              Yes I do know about the butter. There is no one left in my family that could answer that question. They really have forgotten how to make butter, buttermilk, and cheese. I am the one that is picking up where they left off. I go through far too much milk to not have one of my own. My little farm needs one. I think it was the Guernsey's that they milked. I need to pull out the old photos. Thank you very much. M.L.
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    • Posted by $ johnrobert2 10 years, 9 months ago
      We strung it up by its hind legs, cut it open (one on each side), pulled 'em, cut 'em, dusted 'em and turned it loose. Took less than 5 min.
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      • Posted by Robbie53024 10 years, 9 months ago
        I was the holder, had to sit on the head, pull the legs forward towards the head and hold on like hell cause they didn't like it very much. Not sure that I blame them.
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        • Posted by khalling 10 years, 9 months ago
          why is it done? Isn't the goal more pigs?
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          • Posted by Robbie53024 10 years, 9 months ago
            Not for feeder pigs. The hormones make them more aggressive, thus they fight and harm one another. Just like cattle you keep one or two as breeders and castrate the rest. They are kept in pens and fed to fatten them up to slaughter weight. Sorry, but you asked. Don't complain about how the sausage is made if you don't want to know.
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            • Posted by khalling 10 years, 9 months ago
              huh. learned something new today. I kinda thought about the aggression thing, but didn't know for sure.
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              • Posted by Robbie53024 10 years, 9 months ago
                If you can stomach it
                http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M18VwPE2t...
                They're doing it the hard way. The easy way is for one person to basically sit on the piglet's head holding it down and using your thighs to hold the piglet still. You grab the piglet's legs one in each hand and pull forward, exposing the area to be addressed. There's no sack, so you have to find the bumps and cut a slit over each one, popping them out and then just cut each off. There's little blood. We used hydrogen peroxide to clean the wound and prevent infection. Other than the size of the knife, this is basically it.
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  • Posted by KYFHO 10 years, 9 months ago
    What a wonderful ad....wish I could vote for her, but I can send her a contribution if she checks out OK. Thanks for sharing!
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