Wednesday, 7 May 2008

Fischer Makes Move A Little To Late

Survey USA has another poll out that shows Lunsford with a huge lead, but Fischer is closing the gap. The latest numbers show Lunsford leading Fischer 41% - 22%.

Looking at the trends we see that Lunsford has been trending down. This doesn't surprise me. Lunsford isn't exactly a candidate Democrats can get excited about and he carries a lot of baggage which Fischer has exploited. On the other hand Fischer has been trending upwards. Again this isn't surprising either. He has been advertising and has increased his name recognition. He is consolidating a good deal of the "anti-Lunsford" vote.

Unfortunately for Fischer he has made his move too late in the game. Even if the current trend continues for the next two weeks Lunsford will still win by around comfortable 10 point margin. Unless something happens to radically shake up the election, I still think Lunsford will win handily.

Fischer will have no one to blame but himself for the loss. He waited too long to engage in the primary. He had zero name recognition and needed to spend resources early to increase his name recognition. Instead he waited until it was too late and will not surprisingly find himself coming up short.

Posted by brians at 10:12 PM in Kentucky Politics

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Never Saw That Coming Part II

I have long been an opponent of animal rights groups like PETA. I find their dogma to be silly at best. They constantly tell us that animals are precious and should never be killed for any reason. Not even as a means to feed ourselves. To them it is immoral to use animal byproducts for food. As if animals share the same moral platform as humans and should never be exploited under any condition.

I always wondered why animals were so special and plants could be killed and eaten in a heart beat. It seemed to me that someone needed to stand up for the rights of plants.

Well that time has come. It appears that the Swiss Federal Ethics Committee on Non-Human Biotechnology created a report entitled, "The Dignity of Living Beings with Regard to Plants"

It is a strange document where they attempt to determine if plants are sentient beings. Regardless of the answer to that question, they believe that plants should be protected from random acts of violence and that any use of plants must have a moral justification.

Therefore I assume it is immoral to spray my lawn to kill off weeds. The whole concept is preposterous. But it is just the next logical step in the dehumanization of man. Such rationalization has taken us down the path that we are no better than animals. Now it is being extended to its logical conclusion. We might not be any better than plants. Amazing.

Posted by brians at 9:56 PM in Political Issues

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