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Obama 'Regulatory Czar' has Secret Animal-Rights Agenda

jodywy

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Obama 'Regulatory Czar' has Secret Animal-Rights Agenda, Says Consumer Group






Cass Sunstein supports outlawing hunting, phasing out meat eating, giving animals the right to file lawsuits; expert available for comment 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.

Washington, D.C. (Vocus/PRWeb) January 15, 2009 -- The nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom said today that Cass Sunstein, the Harvard University Law School professor tapped by President-elect Obama to head the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, has a secret aim to push a radical animal-rights agenda in the White House. Sunstein supports outlawing sport hunting, giving animals the legal right to file lawsuits, and using government regulations to phase out meat consumption.

In a 2007 speech at Harvard University, Sunstein argued in favor of entirely "eliminating current practices such as … meat eating." He also proposed: "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 wrote in his 2004 book "Animal Rights: Current Debates and New Directions" that "animals should be permitted to bring suit, with human beings as their representatives … 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."

The Center for Consumer Freedom's Director of Research, David Martosko, is available to discuss Cass Sunstein's likely impact on typical elements of American life that involve the use of animals. Sunstein's work could spell the end of animal agriculture, retail sales of meat and dairy foods, hunting and fishing, biomedical research, pet ownership, zoos and aquariums, traveling circuses, and countless other things Americans take for granted.

Mr. Martosko said: "Cass Sunstein owes Americans an honest appraisal of his animal rights agenda as America's top regulator. Americans don't realize that the next four years could be full of bizarre initiatives plucked from the wildest dreams of the animal-rights fringe. Think about every outrageous idea PETA and the Humane Society of the United States have ever had, and imagine them all having the force of federal law. This doesn't look good for hunters, ranchers, restaurateurs, biomedical researchers, or ordinary pet owners."

For an interview with Mr. Martosko about how Cass Sunstein's appointment will serve the radical animal rights movement's agenda in the White House, or for more information, contact Sarah Kapenstein at 202-463-7112.

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RobertMac

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Beware, the farther from the public eye, the more radical Obama's political appointees will be! Every law and regulation the Democrats get enacted will open an other slot for lawyers to feed at the taxpayers trough!!!!
 

badaxemoo

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Meat was practically flying off the shelves today at our local store as consumers prepared for the upcoming regulations sure to follow with this appointment.

Now in addition to being sold out of ammunition, Wal-Mart can't keep pork chops and hamburger in stock.

How long will meat keep in a buried in an ammo box?
 

WyomingRancher

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The Rights of Animals: A Very Short Primer

Cass R. Sunstein
Harvard University - Harvard Law School


August 2002

U Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 157; U of Chicago, Public Law Research Paper No. 30


Abstract:
Do animals have rights? Almost everyone believes in animal rights, at least in some minimal sense; the real question is what that phrase actually means. By exploring that question, it is possible to give a clear sense of the lay of the land - to show the range of possible positions, and to explore what issues, of theory or fact, separate reasonable people. On reflection, the spotlight should be placed squarely on the issue of suffering and well-being. This position requires rejection of some of the most radical claims by animal rights advocates, especially those that stress the "autonomy" of animals, or that object to any human control and use of animals. But this position has radical implications of its own. It strongly suggests, for example, that there should be extensive regulation of the use of animals in entertainment, in scientific experiments, and in agriculture. It also suggests that there is a strong argument, in principle, for bans on many current uses of animals.
Keywords: regulation, animal rights, animals in research

Working Paper Series
 

Sandhusker

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badaxemoo said:
Meat was practically flying off the shelves today at our local store as consumers prepared for the upcoming regulations sure to follow with this appointment.

Now in addition to being sold out of ammunition, Wal-Mart can't keep pork chops and hamburger in stock.

How long will meat keep in a buried in an ammo box?

Are you telling us that Sunstein does not have any radical animal agendas? Just say it isn't so.
 
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