Propositions

Change is in the air both in California and here in Iceland, because the US election is over, a clear winner decided. There were also a few Propositions on the California ballot that had my attention, and one of those, Proposition 8, is as of yet still undecided. But I was really happy to hear Prop 2 passed; it requires "farmers" to allow egg-laying hens, pregnant sows, and calfs enough room in their cages to stretch out their limbs completely and turn around. I put farmers in quotes because it is the industrial agricultural giants, and not normal farmers, that have instituted these cruel and restrictive practices. I also note that this proposition likely gained support by strategically only referring to animals that could engender special sympathy as mothers and young children, and that chickens raised for their meat are still going to be stuck in tiny cages (Foster Farms must be happy). So, although I'll feel better about eating meat in California after 2012, I still rather prefer to do so here in Iceland, where it doesn't take a ballot initiative led by ordinary citizens to do something so sensible.   

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