The longest I’ve ever been able to declare myself a vegetarian is around 36 hours. Yes, really. But after watching movies like Food, Inc., The Cove, and the video below, that may soon change.

Warning, the clip is pretty graphic and difficult to watch.

150,000 chicks are ground up into fertilizer and dog food  every day for simply being the wrong gender. WTF is wrong with us?

More at Mercy for Animals.

I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about the events of the past few days. It’s been both joyous and disheartening; a giant leap forward and huge step back. And based on some of the hate-email I’ve received from Utah and oddly enough Calgary recently, they seem perfectly cool with stripping away rights due to our disgusting habits. More on them later.

Taking all of this into account, I have reached the following conclusions.

While chickens gained new rights in California, gays and lesbians lost them.

Religious groups learned if you exert enough money and influence, they can strip your equal rights.

No how matter how hard you push your own brand of McCarthysim, your electorate can still be stupid enough to put you back into office.

Religion often provides shelter for hate, intolerance and fear of “other”, opening up a whole host of possibilities.

A better educational system would reduce the number of bigots and improve spelling.

And finally…

Exit polling for MSNBC revealed that 24% of Americans are afraid of this black man…