Fixing the Democratic Party: I've Found the Problem

... and it's this guy. Joe Moore protecting Wyoming cows from terrorists is starting to look a lot more normal this morning.

Lawmaker wants tiny boxing gloves on roosters

OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) -- An Oklahoma senator hopes to revive cockfighting in the state by putting tiny boxing gloves on the roosters instead of razors.

The Oklahoma legislature outlawed the blood sport in 2002 because of its cruelty to the roosters, which are slashed and pecked to death while human spectators bet on the outcome.

But State Sen. Frank Shurden, a Democrat from Henryetta and a long-time defender of cockfighting, said the ban had wiped out a $100-million business.

To try to revive it, he has proposed that roosters wear little boxing gloves attached to their spurs, as well as lightweight, chicken-sized vests configured with electronic sensors to record hits and help keep score.

This isn't legislation. This is a cry for help.

It doesn't take a rocket surgeon™ to know that cock fighting is wrong. It has been shunned by intelligent, civilized people everywhere. Pining away for "the good old days" is fine, I suppose, if you also miss bear baiting and frog gigging. Electronic sensors on chickens so they can pursue a career in prize fighting, however, is not the way to go about it.

On the plus side, I suppose it's good that this guy is a Democrat. Had he been a Republican, he'd probably be Bush's Secretary of Agriculture already.