Posted on 06/10/2010 7:42:50 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
Ever heard that old adage "Don't mess with the goat, you'll get the horn"? Neither had we, but maybe it's time for it to start going viral, after Rep. Anthony Weiner's bracing encounter with a pair of farmyard animals Thursday on Capitol Hill.
The New York Democrat, known for his flair for theatrics, showed up Thursday morning on the Hill with a pair of mohair goats, Lancelot and Arthur.
It was all about one of Weiner's, um, pet projects: his effort to repeal a nearly 60-year-old federal subsidy for mohair. According to Weiner's office, the subsidy hit the books back in the 1950s, when the government was worried about manufacturing enough wool for military uniforms. Well, that worry has long subsided, yet the subsidy is still there — paying out more than $20 million in the last decade, mostly to Angora goat farmers in Texas.
Ah, but political props, especially live ones, can be tricky. As the Hill's Christina Wilkie reports, one of those incredibly cute goats used its very sharp footlong horn to claim a piece of flesh from the congressman's right hand. "At press time, it was unclear which goat, Lancelot or Arthur, was to blame for Weiner's injury," Wilkie writes.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...
There are lots of GOOD reasons the rag heads want their women covered head to toe.
You say a goat bit Little Anthony’s Weiner? That has got to hurt, and to leave a bad taste in the goat’s mouth.
Calling Barney’s Frank. Calling Barney’s Frank.
Ummm, guys, this is GOOD that he is trying to repeal this....
I hve no idea why this makes me laugh? Goat could’ve have picked a better target. You know it is bad when a goat butts it instead of trying to eat it!
OPPPSSS that should be “Goat could’n’t have picked a better target”
Any headline that includes the words “goat,” “wiener,” and “bite” is guaranteed to get a snicker.
Yeah, I was wondering about that myself. Goats are notorious for butting things with their heads but biting? Maybe but you’d have to be really dumb to get into that position....oh wait....we’re talking about a democrat.
Yes, a goat bit the wiener, but did the moose bite his sister?
Yes, a goat bit the wiener, but did the moose bite his sister?
Depends if there was cheese involved or not. :)
Weiner : another member of the SoS
As Democrapic Party pols go, he is above the average. The goat horned him, but as beastly behavior back on the Democratic Party Farm goes, it could have been worse, far worse.
After all, he has not been accused of horning the goat.
BAAAH, Humbuggery!
I raised Angora goats and they shear mohair....if they cannot even get the name of the animal right, the goat should have given them all a horn in the a$$. If they were under 1 year old, they are not aggressive at all...Only the males that mature to breeding age can be a handful and I'll bet no one in that crowd of dummy's would want to get within 100 feet of one of those......2 adult males can fight and kill one or the other....they don't screw around nipping someone on the hand or using their horns to attack a hand...Weiner is sure a big Weiner...as far as I know the mohair subsidy ended years ago and a lot of herders sold their animals cause they couldn't make a profit....I believe it was during the clinton admin. and they also dropped the subsidy on bee keepers...
The decline in bees for fertilizing many crops was the result of the loss of subsidy. Bee keeping is hard work and not worth the time with assistance....The hives were not protected from diseases and whole hives died out...
The orchards would hire the bee keeper to move all his hives to their orchards for fertilizing the blossoms...The extracting the honey from the hives is also labor intensive and how many people actually buy honey.....The grade and taste of the honey varied from orchard to orchard depending on what tree's were being fertilized...
If you waited to neuter them until the horns started there outword curl, they would continue to look like a non neutered male....
Love caring for my Angora's.......lots of work, lots of hay to put up for winter in Michigan, several thousand bales a season. Kidding season in March and you kept the mother and new baby together in a pen for 3 days and they learn there babies by sound and smell and will not nurse any baby not their own....
What’s a bale of hay go for these days?
I must have lugged millions of dollars of ‘em in my day..
Note: this topic is from . Thanks NormsRevenge.The *real* reason the goat bit him can now be publicly speculated...
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.