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california's pets: down with barker

t'was an epic battle.

in one corner: bob barker. the retired jesus of game show hosts.
in the other: jon provost, TV's "timmy" of lassie and america's son/brother.

for one week their clash turned the regal california statehouse into the blood soaked antietam of the war on animal sex.

here in sacramento, at least 5-10 minutes per 30 minute evening news program has been devoted to the "spay-neuter" bill, leaving a meager 10-15 for sacramento kings coach search coverage and a paltry 5-15 for any area whale and or fire news. from the sac bee:

About 300 people attended Wednesday's hearing, but more than 20,000 signed letters or petitions to press their case, Capitol officials said.

f"I've never seen this volume of mail," said Peter Detwiler, staff director for the five-member Senate panel. The committee's fax machine broke under the flood of missives, he said.

in the end, timmy and "laddie", the ninth-generation offspring of lassie, prevailed and raised the beating heart of barker over the assembly chamber to the celebratory barks and hisses of all.




this morning the streets of california were strewn with fur and scratch marks from what appears to have been a truly bone-crunching feline and canine caligula.

all hail lord laddie!

Labels: california

posted by the cold cowboy @ 12:22 PM