Hiya, FsOB

#### To Jennie in KY: It makes me sooo crazy, too, that neither of KY's Senators have co-sponsored S 311. I know all of our FsOB in the Bluegrass State are keeping the pressure on. ####

Good morning!

We could use some help in NC fighting horse slaughter... any Tarheels out there who could spare some time and energy?!

Please email antislaughter@earthlink.net for details...

Thanks

Oh my, that should be antislaughterlobby@earthlink.net... :)

David K,

Since I am a die hard Cowboys fan (I even had season tickets in 1989 when they were 1-15), I really enjoyed your post last night comparing Tony Romo's success with Barbaro's success!

Alex, I love ya, but I have to part with you on this game. Go Cowboys!!

Run with the wind forever Barbaro.

Good Wednesday Morning FOBs

Robyn, the situation in Florida is actually worse than Kentucky. Here we have 2 Senators who both co-sponsored last year and won't co-sponsor this year. Every now and then the aides offer stupid excuses when questioned, but there must be something going on that we don't know about. It's very upsetting especially knowing that Barbi our leader and our calling group are very diligent and hard working. Although frustrated, we won't give up - ever.

Have a wonderful day all!!

Janice
A forever FOB

Hi to all. Love to Barbaro. Thanks Alex

Good morning, reporting for duty!

Cold here in Pa today!

Have a great day.

Morning skritches to the BBH, Sir JH, Gorgeous G and and all of the gang in Equine Heaven...!

Meanwhile, down below (cold in the forest too, btw)

MORNING POST SHELLEYA, DEBRA, WI

Strategy for Wednesday November 28

Inside Edition did an excellent job of educating the public about the horror of horse slaughter. We must jump on this opportunity and make sure our legislators see this story. It is also a good time to send it to all CBS networks and see if we can get any of them to pick up the story. Details on how to do this will be posted on the Discussion Board under thread called MEDIA BLITZ.

We must still call the people we’ve been asked to target because they will make the difference in whether we have enough support to pass the bill. Letters of support from senators who would rather not cosponsor but will vote for our legislation, have been requested. They should be sent to Senator Landrieu’s office.

Remember….these calls are to gain co-sponsors and support for HR503 and S311. As difficult as it is, please concentrate on the transport of the horses to slaughter more than the conditions in Mexico. We can’t let anyone who is not well informed come to the conclusion that it would be better to have the plants in this country because of the conditions in Mexico.

Those who voted in support of the Ensign-Byrd Amendment Senate (2005) but have not yet cosponsored the bills

Gordon Smith (OR) ph: 202-224-3753 fax: 202-228-3997 Aide: Cort Bush

Jim Bunning (KY) ph: 202-224-4343 fax: 202-228-1373

Robert F. Bennett – UT Phone: 202-224-5444 Fax: 202-228-1168 Aide: Tyler Owens

Richard Burr - NC Phone : 202-224-3154 Fax : 202-228-2981

Saxby Chambliss – GA Phone: 202-224-3521 Fax: 202-224-0103

Judd Gregg - NH Phone : 202-224-3324 Fax : 202-224-4952 Aide Tim Litvin

New to the Senate – No Record

Jim Webb (VA) ph: 202-224-4024 fax: 202-228-6363 Aide: Trent Bauserman

Special Daily Target

Please make sure to call both his office and Obama’s National Campaign Headquarters.

Barack Obama - IL Phone: 202- 224-2854 Fax: 202- 228-4260 Aide: Amrit Mehra National Campaign Headquarters (866) 675-2008

Remember, WE ARE BARBARO’S VOICE…..let it be heard!!

Shelley and Debra

Posted by: ShelleyA at November 28, 2007 2:02 AM

Cheers,
Friar Tuck

Good morning all - Big Boy we miss you. Losing is not an option

Good morning - finished the list - still praying.

Hay, FOB's!

I'll join today's roll call - just finished today's round...will spend the rest of the day writing.

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Prayers for Kat - little girl who is on her way to Children's Hospital in Phila. May God hold her in his gentle hands. Prayers for her family and the doctors as well.

Healing, Love, Peace
ONS
Padme (Lyn Gilbert)

Good Morning Barbaro

Your star was so bright and beautiful...thank you for that...we know in our hearts that you are so happy and painfree....and proud of your FOBS.

Good Morning Family/Fans of Barbaro

Here I am....counted for....

Please call, fax, email...we can do this, family...we can get this bill passed this year...I know in my heart we can...

I am so thankful to be a small part of this wonderful family...where could you go and find love and devotion like this family, the FOBS.

All the gold in this country cannot measure up to the love, devotion and care of each of you...

Please remember our rescues, Our Fallen Angels, the ones suffering human or animal, our wildlife and our family.

Have a nice day.

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Good Morning Alex...watch out for the fire ants.
Good Morning Tim and Fair Hill.
Our precious Fallen Angels...we are marching on...we will get this bill passed...your death was not in vain.

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Another Approach
When one approach is not working to reach the desired goal, that's not a reason to abandon the goal. Instead, it is time to devise another approach. Sometimes the objective and the means to that objective become so intertwined that it is difficult to imagine one without the other. Yet there are many different ways to reach any particular goal, given enough persistence and creativity.

That's why, for those who are able to consistently get things done, there is no such thing as failure. There are only approaches which have been proven ineffective.

There is a way to achieve whatever you desire, even when you've already fallen short of the mark. There is a way to do it. That way may not be obvious. It may well require some skillful, creative thinking. It's there, though. Learn from each attempt, learn from each approach and you'll surely discover one that works spectacularly

Roll call! I am here.
Made my calls here how it went.

Gordon Smith (OR) voice mail said you have called after hours are we are getting a high volume of calls right now! Yippy

Jim Bunning (KY) his aide for S311 is Sara, but she was not in, the nice young man took the info and didn’t ask my name are where I was calling from!

Robert F. Bennett got his voice mail. Yippy!

Richard Burr - the aide’s name is Katy Landi, she was not in but the young man took my message down!

Saxby Chambliss – Voice mail!

Judd Gregg - Aide Tim Litvin but he was not answering his phone, so I talked to another young man. He was sweet, and thanked me for calling. : )

Jim Webb (VA) Voice mail!

Went fast and now off do my Alabama list

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Roll call...I'm here and ready to roll.

Good morning all.

Good morning Barbaro,
You are shining from above, thank you for the sunshine.I love and miss you.

Roll Call!!

Just made all the calls on today's list. Let's 'em today!

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Robyn Hoffmann Your welcome!
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Windy my vet would not sign the letter! And told me it was a humane death for the horses!
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Janice Yes I was always on pins and needles waiting for CAN for our Barbaro
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Joan Roya Another Approach I love it!
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Lyn G what happened to Kat?

Prayers for Kat - little girl who is on her way to Children's Hospital in Phila.

Roll Call!
Cold in Mn. Sitting in a coffee shop next to a fireplace, e-mailing DC contacts. Calls later! Once fingers have thawed out!
Daryl

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Daryl
LOL

Good Morning Sweet Barbaro in Heaven!

Good morning Bobby's Lil Angel, Spirit, Jonah, Rosie, Misty and all the fabulous animals at MHR

FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION!

For Barbaro, for Fitch, for Apache, for Ho'pats and all horses.

####Debbie:
Thjnhansks: Seee, my fingggerrss weeally arre froozzedd.
ddaayrly

anyone have the direct e-mail contacts for Kentucky Senators Bunning and McConnell?

I have their general (website published) e-mails. But would love to have their aides or some other e-mail contact.

Daryl,
Sounds cozy.

FRIDAY is the DEADLINE for The Miracle Horse Rescue November Hay Drive. Don't miss a chance to win Kathleen Parsons BEAUTIFUL Legacy Print. One chance $5.00 or 3 chances $8.00

Doc Wilbur Memorial Hay Drive

Ro & Brady

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Jennie (Kentucky)
Kentucky Senator Bunning the aide in DC that is handling S311 is Sara so I was told this morning. But she was not in when I called.
You could call each office and ask for their emaill address. The only email I can find is on his web site.

Washington, D.C.
316 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 20510
Main: 202.224.4343
Fax: 202.228.1373

District 4 - Ft. Wright (Main State Office)
1717 Dixie Highway
Suite 220
Ft. Wright, KY 41011
Main: 859-341-2602
Fax: 859.331.7445
Toll free: 1-800-283-8983

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District 1 - Hopkinsville
1100 S. Main Street
Suite 12
Hopkinsville, KY 42240
Main: 270.885.1212
Fax: 270.881.3975
Toll free: 1-800-283-8983

District 2 - Owensboro
423 Frederica Street
Room 305
Owensboro, KY 42301
Main: 270.689.9085
Fax: 270.689.9158
Toll free: 1-800-283-8983

District 3 - Louisville
600 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Place
Room 1072 B
Louisville, KY 40202
Main: 502.582.5341
Fax: 502.582.5344
Toll free: 1-800-283-8983

District 5 - Hazard
Gorman Education Center
601 Main St., Suite 2
Hazard, KY 41701
Main: 606.435.2390
Fax: 606.435.1761
Toll free: 1-800-283-8983

District 6 - Lexington
771 Corporate Dr.
Suite 105
Lexington, KY 40503
Main: 859.219.2239
Fax: 859.219.3269
Toll free: 1-800-283-8983

Mornin', Gang.

We are a standing army here.

I have to root for Green Bay, but I will be watching Romo with admiration. (We're NEVER too old for that, are we?) :)

ROLL CALL - Arizona checking in here .... at 60 degrees ....... heading for 73 ........ sorry, Darryl !!!!
Picking up phone and about to make calls ......

Sherry

Joe is asking for help! Mist in the Dark is out of Danzig son of Northern Dancer and granddaughter of Alydar!

Wednesday, November 28th... Been around forever. I once potty trained a dinosaur. And I have never seen so many horses in trouble. If you can help, give me a call at 530-383-2120. I am asking you to phone instead of e-mail. Much quicker this way. Here we go:

A family not very far away needs to find homes for their 3 quarter horses. Cathy and I delivered grain and hay to them over the weekend, as they have no money for feed.

A thoroughbred filly in Sacramento is too hot for her owner. She is a beautiful mover, and needs a new home fast.

A half arabian mare in Sacramento is too hot for her owner. She needs a new home fast.

Feed lots are bursting. 2 cattle trailers to slaughter last week, and there will be at least 2 more this week. If you would like to rescue a horse from a feed lot, give me a call. They are usually priced by the pound, though not always.

The blackmail phone calls. Take my horse or my horse will die. Here we go:

7 older thoroughbred mares and geldings, all at different locations in Northern California.

2 paint mares, and both are broke to ride.

4 quarter horses, and they are at different locations in Northern California.

Mixtures of this and that, a total of 16 if I am counting correctly, and they are at different locations in Northern California. Several of these 16 are senior citizens. They would make wonderful companion horses.

In most cases you will not be getting Seattle Slew. Many of the above horses are skinny. After years of neglect they need dental and feet work. There is no such thing as a free horse. These horses will cost you money to maintain and money to bring back to good health.

But you should see the before and after pictures from many of our readers. And our readers all say the same thing. There is no better feeling in the world.

If you decide to open your arms to a needy horse, tbfriends will help with transportation. We will help with encouragement. We will help anyway we can.

Who knows what the answer is? I was told over and over that if slaughter stops in America, there would soon be thousands of unwanted horses who slowly starve. Thousands of horses with no where to go.

On the phone horse killer Manny Phelps laughs at me. Calls me a pair of panties. Been called lots of not very nice things in my life, but never a pair of panties.

There was a thoroughbred gelding with a racing tattoo, and he was 9 years old. The gelding was dark bay with a white face. White legs. He came right up to me at the feed lot in Elk Grove and said please take me home. I told the gelding do not worry, I will get you out of here. Horse killer Manny Phelps said $600.00. I gave him cash. I told horse killer Manny Phelps that my driver Gary Duncan was gone for Thanksgiving, but we could pick up the gelding on Tuesday. Horse killer Manny Phelps said okay.

Yesterday was Tuesday. The dark bay gelding with the white face and white legs was no longer there. Horse killer Manny Phelps forgot. Over the long weekend the gelding was loaded onto a cattle trailer and taken away to slaughter.

And on the phone I blasted him. It takes a lot for those kinds of words to come out of my mouth. I blasted him. And horse killer Manny Phelps only laughed, and called me a pair of panties.

My $600.00 will be credited to another horse.

My good friend Holly Meeks saw an ad on the internet for a free donkey. The donkey was not far from her apartment. Holly Meeks went to look on Sunday, and horse killer Manny Phelps was already there. Loading the poor donkey onto his trailer.

Holly Meeks, the nicest sweetest girl on earth. Never says a bad word about anyone. But on Sunday Holly Meeks called horse killer Manny Phelps a f****** a******. And horse killer Manny Phelps only laughed.

Holly Meeks asked how much, and horse killer Manny Phelps said $300.00. The donkey was saved, and is now with a mutual friend in Elverta. In less than 2 minutes horse killer Manny Phelps profited $300.00. He is really beginning to annoy me.

And so I think about kids. Hanna Draper. Cora Mason. Brianna McDonald. Katie Malone. Becky Coombs. Mikka Thorson. Jenny Hartman. Ryan Miller. Josh Anderson. Allison Martino. Literally hundreds of kids who love horses. Who love animals. Who would never be a Manny Phelps.

It is the kids, the horses, and all the possibilities.

Takes the sting away from having to deal with horse killer Manny Phelps all the time.

Enjoy your Wednesday, and always remember to hug your horses.

Joe

A new filly from the race track yesterday, and she is below on the left. Her name is Mist In The Dark, and she is 4 years old. A very nice mover, and she seems to be sound. Which is rare for us.

A mare who was in serious trouble, and she came to us from a rodeo. Her picture is below on the right, and we named her Melody.

Dear FsOB ..... IF you need anymore motivation .... I've providing JOE's blog ... to follow - from tbfriends ....... JOE .... my HERO .... being called a "pair of pants! ... by a KB ...... YA wanna scream ...... holler - throw things ......... channel this into even more calls and emails and faxes ...... "kick it up a notch !!" I AM FURIOUS ....... that scum like these kb's not only live .... but are getting rich off of our beloved horses !

Wednesday, November 28th... Been around forever. I once potty trained a dinosaur. And I have never seen so many horses in trouble. If you can help, give me a call at 530-383-2120. I am asking you to phone instead of e-mail. Much quicker this way. Here we go:

A family not very far away needs to find homes for their 3 quarter horses. Cathy and I delivered grain and hay to them over the weekend, as they have no money for feed.

A thoroughbred filly in Sacramento is too hot for her owner. She is a beautiful mover, and needs a new home fast.

A half arabian mare in Sacramento is too hot for her owner. She needs a new home fast.

Feed lots are bursting. 2 cattle trailers to slaughter last week, and there will be at least 2 more this week. If you would like to rescue a horse from a feed lot, give me a call. They are usually priced by the pound, though not always.

The blackmail phone calls. Take my horse or my horse will die. Here we go:

7 older thoroughbred mares and geldings, all at different locations in Northern California.

2 paint mares, and both are broke to ride.

4 quarter horses, and they are at different locations in Northern California.

Mixtures of this and that, a total of 16 if I am counting correctly, and they are at different locations in Northern California. Several of these 16 are senior citizens. They would make wonderful companion horses.

In most cases you will not be getting Seattle Slew. Many of the above horses are skinny. After years of neglect they need dental and feet work. There is no such thing as a free horse. These horses will cost you money to maintain and money to bring back to good health.

But you should see the before and after pictures from many of our readers. And our readers all say the same thing. There is no better feeling in the world.

If you decide to open your arms to a needy horse, tbfriends will help with transportation. We will help with encouragement. We will help anyway we can.

Who knows what the answer is? I was told over and over that if slaughter stops in America, there would soon be thousands of unwanted horses who slowly starve. Thousands of horses with no where to go.

On the phone horse killer Manny Phelps laughs at me. Calls me a pair of panties. Been called lots of not very nice things in my life, but never a pair of panties.

There was a thoroughbred gelding with a racing tattoo, and he was 9 years old. The gelding was dark bay with a white face. White legs. He came right up to me at the feed lot in Elk Grove and said please take me home. I told the gelding do not worry, I will get you out of here. Horse killer Manny Phelps said $600.00. I gave him cash. I told horse killer Manny Phelps that my driver Gary Duncan was gone for Thanksgiving, but we could pick up the gelding on Tuesday. Horse killer Manny Phelps said okay.

Yesterday was Tuesday. The dark bay gelding with the white face and white legs was no longer there. Horse killer Manny Phelps forgot. Over the long weekend the gelding was loaded onto a cattle trailer and taken away to slaughter.

And on the phone I blasted him. It takes a lot for those kinds of words to come out of my mouth. I blasted him. And horse killer Manny Phelps only laughed, and called me a pair of panties.

My $600.00 will be credited to another horse.

My good friend Holly Meeks saw an ad on the internet for a free donkey. The donkey was not far from her apartment. Holly Meeks went to look on Sunday, and horse killer Manny Phelps was already there. Loading the poor donkey onto his trailer.

Holly Meeks, the nicest sweetest girl on earth. Never says a bad word about anyone. But on Sunday Holly Meeks called horse killer Manny Phelps a f****** a******. And horse killer Manny Phelps only laughed.

Holly Meeks asked how much, and horse killer Manny Phelps said $300.00. The donkey was saved, and is now with a mutual friend in Elverta. In less than 2 minutes horse killer Manny Phelps profited $300.00. He is really beginning to annoy me.

And so I think about kids. Hanna Draper. Cora Mason. Brianna McDonald. Katie Malone. Becky Coombs. Mikka Thorson. Jenny Hartman. Ryan Miller. Josh Anderson. Allison Martino. Literally hundreds of kids who love horses. Who love animals. Who would never be a Manny Phelps.

It is the kids, the horses, and all the possibilities.

Takes the sting away from having to deal with horse killer Manny Phelps all the time.

Enjoy your Wednesday, and always remember to hug your horses.

Joe

A new filly from the race track yesterday, and she is below on the left. Her name is Mist In The Dark, and she is 4 years old. A very nice mover, and she seems to be sound. Which is rare for us.

A mare who was in serious trouble, and she came to us from a rodeo. Her picture is below on the right, and we named her Melody.

Located in Northern California, TB Friends is dedicated to the rescue and placement of horses that have been abandoned or neglected. Usually these horses arrive from the race track. The horses obtained by TB Friends are often saved from the brutal trip to rendering facilities in Texas.

When possible TB Friends takes care to select horses well suited to make the transformation to riding mount or show horse. Our proximity to the bay area race tracks, along with the throwaway nature of the racing industry, unfortunately results in a situation where there are many horses in need of rescue, and therefore many horses from which to choose.

At TB Friends we manage to rescue about two hundred horses every year. When we place a horse there is no charge for the care that we provide them here at Shelton Farms. We only ask for the cost of a horse's rescue and transportation to the farm. For most horses this amounts to less than $1000 dollars.

Sadly, we can not save them all. We are limited by the number of horses that we can care for at any one time. However, as we find homes for the horses we have rescued, we replace them by rescuing others. For this reason we ask you to consider purchasing a horse from our farm. Not only are you likely to obtain a beautiful animal, but you will also help us to save more horses.

You can call me on my cell at 530-383-2120. If I do not answer it means I am probably busy with a horse. Or on the couch with a rerun of Malcolm In The Middle. Just leave a message and I will call you back soon.

Ha !! I see that Debbie and I both have Joe on our minds !

Sherry

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Sherry LOL we both think alike!

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After reading Joe's blog...what a wake up call...and how dare that killer buyer?

Money is the root of evil...but sad to say that is what it is going to take to place the horses in beautiful loving homes and rescues.

Well...I think there is alot of drinking (cokes and whatever at the campground we stay in our rv) maybe it is time I start collecting for extra money for our horses....pennies, nickels, and dimes.

FOBS...WHAT A CHALLENGE WE HAVE...BUT NO DOUBT IN MY MIND....WE CAN HANDLE THIS....LOVE TO ALL OF YOU.

All Rainbows For Our Angel Horses And Angels Here.

Special Words Of The Day: All Rainbows
Seek And Ye Shall Find....Wonders....Beautiful Signs....

Barbaro (8)
With You........

His Presence........
His Love........

His Circle Of Love........
Here........
Glowing........

The Wings Of Prayer........
Praying Hands........
Sacred Prayers........
S311........
The Wings Of Love
Glowing........
The Rainbow Of Support........
Connection........
Togetherness........
Love........
The Rainbow Of Prayer........
Receiving Wonders........

Sending All My Love And Prayers To Our Angel Horses And Angels Here........

Most Of All........Glowing Rainbows........

Angelic........
Wings Of Love........
Wings Of Support........

To LIFT Up........

Affirmed

Debbie - Clearly we DO think alike !
We posted at the exact same moment !
Perhaps we outta go halves on a Powerball ticket ..... proceeds to JOE and the horses !!
Email me privately with 3 of your LUCKY numbers !

Sherry
sherryvw@aol.com

Sending All Beautiful Rainbows And Glowing Emeralds To Angel Alex.

My Love To You.

Affirmed

Horses on the Hill
I don’t mind what Congress does, as long as they don’t do it in the streets and frighten the horses.
Victor Hugo

Well, we mind what Congress does, especially when it comes to horses, hence our forming of the Horse on the Hill Gang.

Did you know that horses are featured in the fresco painted by Constantino Brumidi in the Interior Dome of the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.? Click on the thumbnail to enlarge. How many are there, and can you spot them?

####Debbie LA-Thanks for the info. I was hoping someone already had aides e-mails. Just lazy. I'll call and get them.

joan,
The word killer buyer sends me inot a spin. I want all of them unemployed and to sit and think of what they did and how they will do it no more. They all should be fined big bucks for their actions. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr then slaughter with tucker.

I feel like being a real pest today. I really loved Kentucky when I was there this summer. I'm sure the reps want me to keep coming and telling people up north what a great place Kentucky is. Gotta make calls. byyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyye

Good Morning Famblee

I too am hooked on Joes Blog and the story of the bay gelding with the white faces has me in tears and is tragic because I can see him pleading with Joe to save him. Please forgive me famblee and God but I hope that f***ing Manny Phelps rots in Hell. (Sorry) I look into the eyes of saved horses at MHR. I look into Cloud's eyes and they are so grateful and so happy. Cloud is just a great big puppy dog. How many Clouds have we lost or are losing?

Phew! Big Sigh here at work. Anyway....

ROLL CALL....I'M HERE AND I'M CALLING

Roll Call......I'm HEEERRRREEEEE:)

No time to read this a.m., been a real "ZOO" at my house....and I must 'zoom' soon...HOWEVER, I did catch ONE sentence which really "CHAPPED MY HIDE" A KB called 'our' Joe...a "PAIR OF PANTS"????

WHAAATTTTT??? Ohhhh, :/ I will be reading here LATER.....:/

My 'stinkin' faxes are SENT....'FINALLY'....MANY problems this morning with the stinking printer and cartridge and...and....and....but I did NOT GIVE UP....I KEPT 'MARCHING' and I'm GLAD I DID!!!

O.K. Famblee....must zoooom....bbl8r Everyone have a GREAT DAY TODAY:)

Kathy, SC....Where are YOU? How is "COOPSTER", please???? Got that camera figured out yet???? I'm growing older by the dayyyyyyyy....I wanna seee that beauuuuuuuutiful 'TRIPOD DOGGY OF MY HEART':) xo

Lynne-Barbaro's Forever Friend in CA

Sorry for jumping in again...we need to tell the reps about our (The horses of the United States) they belong to us not the belgians or mexicans or the canadians. All of these horses come from other's who helped build this country,who help children with physical and mental disabilities,who farm our land,who entertain and who are our beloved pets and companions.
I'm done now.

Hay, FOB's!

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Debbie L.A. - Kat is a little 8-year-old girl with Down's Syndrome and leukemia. Last night I heard from her Dad - Kat may have pneumonia. Windy bonded with her in October - bonded big time and I take his guidance very seriously when it comes to healing sessions with other people. He was sending his healing energy to her at full strength and I had to guide it so she could work with the intensity of it. Later she told her father she called Windy a unicorn. If anybody can understand where I come from, its this famblee. There are other things I can't discuss publicly, but Kat has a sweetness and strength about her and an agelessness in her eyes. She reminds me of Barbaro and his energy and trust of loved ones. Her family is very spiritual, very loving and right now their faith is being tested. Have not heard if they want me to come to the hospital and I don't want to intrude so I do what I do behind the scenes. All I can do is send Reiki for the highest good.

Her 9th birthday is December 8th and I have been invited to the party. I wouldn't miss it for the world. I just wish I could bring Windy with me...

Healing, Love, Peace
ONS
Padme (Lyn Gilbert)

A breakthrough in laminitis research by a team of scientists at University of Queensland, Australia, and colleagues, was published in August 2007 The Veterinary Journal. The study explains an important link in sugar and starches as causes for laminitis.

Laminitis was induced in healthy, lean, young ponies by prolonged (up to 72 hours) administration of insulin via euglycemic clamp. This procedure maintains blood glucose at a set level, eliminating involvement of glucose toxicity. Prior to the study, all ponies’ insulin levels were in normal range. In addition to clinical observation of lameness, examination of hoof tissues after euthanasia confirmed laminitis in all four feet. There was no evidence of gastrointestinal involvement.

While insulin resistance has long been associated with laminitis, researchers have only speculated as to the causative agent. Some have suggested that inflammatory substances released as a consequence of obesity were to blame. This new research points the finger at the toxic aspects of insulin, although the mechanism by which it causes laminitis is still not understood. The subject ponies were not obese. While obesity is sometimes (but not always) a consequence of insulin resistance, this study shows it is not necessary to trigger laminitis.

This study puts new importance on the role of sugar and starch as the cause of laminitis. These are the carbohydrates that induce a glycemic response that includes release of insulin. Much of the data being used to justify the fructan theory of laminitis are actually water soluble carbohydrates, which include sugar and fructan in cool season grasses.

This study now explains why horses get laminitis from eating warm season grasses such as Bermuda, or legumes such as clover, that don’t have fructan. Sugar concentration increases in both warm and cool season grasses under stress, such as cold, drought, or low nutrient supply. This stress triggers the formation of storage carbohydrates to be used later after conditions for better growth resume. In cool season grasses, the storage form of carbohydrate is fructan, and in warm season grasses it is starch. When fructan concentration in grass is high, sugars are nearly always fairly high as well. To read the rest of the article click on the link

This must be the week we are all getting frustrated. The other day I felt like picking up a building and throwing it across the road. I am calmer today.

Since most of the horse owning community must know about Mexican 'techniques' by now, how come these owners are still taking their horses to sales, knowing the horses are at great risk for a brutal end? This is what I CANNOT wrap my head around. And this is what makes me very, very, ashamed of my fellow Americans. The world is watching.

### Margie- let me tell you what horse owners arent thinking. Right now hay and grain prices are SO High. Hay is non-existent in MO. It has to be shipped in. They cant feed them! And sometimes it doesnt have anything to do with desire-it has to do with the lack of supply. Hay fields are being tilled up to put in corn because of the high price of corn. They just take them to sales because there is no other alternative, and I think they just leave them there with the attitude that what they dont know wont hurt them. They dont know where they are sold to, so lack of knowledge always give them the sense that the horse is OK. Jen

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I agree with you Jen....100 percent.....Lack of knowledge is so harmful....
Thinking that the horse will be okay and not following through what is right....(alot of the owners do not do)
And...ethanol is killing everyone because instead of growing hay....corn is the crop that is bringing in the money....
MONEY..MONEY...GREED....GREED....AND LACK OF KNOWLEDGE...

Still waiting to access the HAHS extra target list for today. Meanwhile - suggest you work on the Media Blitz, the ABR National Strategy list for today, and the instructions of your State Group Leader (and if you're not in one, PLEASE contact Stephanie, sbreaux1@verizon.net ASAP).

My input re Media Blitz - strictly IMO, btw

I'm extremely unhappy with the quote from the vet at New Holland, quoted by Inside Edition and IN THE PRINT VERSION, that HS is "a necessary evil." Suggest we include link to Vets for Equine Welfare (VEW) site

www.vetsforequinewelfare.org

and VEW PR dated 10/9

http://www.vetsforequinewelfare.org/avma_stop.php

along with the IE link when we do the Media Blitz.

That's what I am doing. I do NOT want to send the IE piece out to media "as is" without detracting from that "necessary evil" crapola. IMO the VEW link does the trick. Contrary opinion FROM OTHER VETS. I think this is VERY IMPORTANT.

###I will try to be more understanding.

CJ ...... your point is VERY WELL taken regarding the vet comments ...... we do NOT want ineffective communication ..... or any open-ended opportunities for negative commentary. Thank you for your scrutiny.

Sherry

SPREAD THE WARMTH Project

Crossposting Sharon's from the DB [excerpts below]

http://forums.delphiforums.com/alexbrown/messages?msg=17185.1

As many of you are aware, I started what is called the "Spreading the Warmth Project". This is a blanket drive for our rescued horses.

Kate is my right hand with this project and we are in need of some information in order to make sure all our rescued horses who need blankets, will be blanketed.

I have collected many blankets (people blankets) from generous FOB's who want to help keep our babies warm this winter. I asked those who sent the blanket to include a message to the horses that I will write on each blanket after it is cut, sort of always being with the horse you are keeping warm. These (people blankets) will be used for the lining of horse blankets.

We have 3 industrial machines and sewers in Kentucky, I am one sewer here in New Jersey, and I have sewers lined up in Florida, New Mexico and a few other states.

We are contacting sources in hopes to gain some already made horse blankets for the horses so needy right now of staying warm.

We have two target dates, Christmas and Valentine's Day. These blankets we are sewing will be distributed to the rescues who are in need.

I need to hear from all rescues who need blankets, whether sheets, blankets, whatever so we can get a good amount to target.

Anyone wishing the help sew, donate a used people blankets, please email me and help Spread the Warmth to our babies.

We have a few things going on that we hope will help this project, either myself or Kate will let you know on this thread.

Thank you all who have donated, I am cutting all the blankets out, most are going to Kentucky to the industrial machines.

Sharon [end of crosspost]

Note that she needs PEOPLE blankets for lining; also needs to hear from RESCUES in need of horseblankets. And - your personal message to the horses will be included in the blankets sent to the Rescues.

I need knowledge, if there is a shortage of hay,what do the horses eat. Now I am worried.

Renee- when there is a shortage of hay- owners can go to complete feeds or buy alfalfa cubes or pellets. that also is expensive and a lot of people dont know about it. It poses a problem as far as colic goes when horses dont get enough roughage. You just cant feed them just grain. the problem is not knowing enough as an owner and not asking or just flat out not caring.

## Margie- its hard to be understanding. I have lots of horse friends that know about the hazards of going to a sale- but there are SO MANY who dont know what happens. that is either by choice or by just being Naive. (dont know if that is spelled right) Get mad at the ones that dont care. Educate the ones who dont know. Jen

###########
Sherry - like Jessica Rabbit - "It's how I'm drawn . . ." Thanks.

I've been "pushing" that VEW info for a while now with the legislators as well. I believe that the non-cosponsors and non-committed-to-vote-yes ones, at least some of them, are holding out because of misgivings due to the position of those 2 national Vet organizations.

Time for a little breather? This is indeed really cool - crossposting from Wendy at the DB

http://forums.delphiforums.com/alexbrown/messages?msg=17282.1

Recently, in Paris, the 4 major schools of horsemanship got together and did a show. For the first time, the Lisbon (Lusitanos), Jerez (Andalusians), Vienna (Lippizaners) and France's Cadre Noir performed together and demonstrated their interpretation of the high school of equestrian art.

Personally, I don't see what the big deal is! My horse Toby can throw a buck better than any of them and we have a young quarter horse that walks on her hind legs all the time. ;)

Seriously, it is cool to watch!

Wendy [end of crosspost]

There's a link to the video in the DB message referenced above.

LIVING PROOF OF THE LIVING TRUTH

Hope Peace Love Music & RESPECT - CJ the craziest catlady (Blackie's Mother Forever & Pleasure's & Shona's Aunt) in Hammond IN, f/k/a CJ of T Bar J (Elgin IL)

jen,
Thank you for the info. I really want to own a horse. I want to sponsor one first to make sure...like I really have a doubt. They are majestic creatures.

I have another question if anyone can answer it, you tend to see pictures of horses eyes alot. Is there a factual meaning, or is it just knowing once you expierence it? I love to look at them and them at me. It seems to be a silent communication. The feeling is so deep and incredible.

Renee- when you get around horses, their eyes are truly windows to their souls. The eye of a horse tells you so much about their personality. One thing you will hear a horseman say when they describe a good horse is.... and they had a real soft intelligent eye. Look at the photos of Barbaro...what do you see in those eyes? Jen

New Hampshire residents - and everyone:
When I visited with Senator Sununu's ag aide during my recent DC trip he told me there were very few calls in support of S. 311, even less against. However, the senator does hear from farmers during meetings expressing concerns about transportation should a horse slaughter ban be enacted. This senator has not made up his mind yet. Therefore, we must ramp up our efforts in calls, faxes and e-mails to this office. All calls count, but N.H. calls carry more weight. N.H. residents, please get everyone you can on board here.

Senator John Sununu - 202-224-2841

The senators return to DC next week. While they are there we have to make sure they hear our voice! Let's step up, all of us!

Daryl

Oooh jen,
I wrote a poem about Barbaro's beautiful eyes.They were incredible.I saw his eyes and fell in love on derby day. Thank you again!

hi y'all-
Shelley A, please see your email.

off to the next doc's for more tests.
have a great day, everyone!

Jen

There is another alternative....humane euthanasia.

### Cathy you are so right-but people are cowards. It takes a lot of strength to be able to make that decision- as you well know- and most people are lazy and cowardly. I dont hold much regard for people in general. The people on this site have the compassion that the rest of the world needs to have. Jen

Alex-love your commentary on football. I think the Cowboys have always been the Texas team.

Didn't the Houston Oilers leave sometime back. I think they became the Tennessee Titans?????

Anyway, Houston got another team, The Texans now. But, obviously, the Cowboys are still "the team."

Good luck to the Packers :)

###
Jen
I soooo agree with you. This is what the general public needs to learn. Removing slaughter limits their options. Eventually they will "get" that they have to quit breeding quantity. Eventually, quality breeding will bring the market back. There is no demand and the supply is way to high.

HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEER!!!

hope Daryl's fingers are unfwozed:)

called-faxed-emailed-said a prayer to the Almighty to make a very special place for Manny Phelps. Maybe a very isolated place in hevvin. just him and about a thousand snorting, stomping, bucking, kicking mustang stallions. That would be sweet, wouldn't it?

Padme, prayers for your darling little friend. Sending all the healing energy that I can to this precious angel

gotta run

will check in later

love to all

Cathy- they are slowly learning the hard way. The hard way though is for all of these horses who dont have homes or food to eat. My friend who has 3 or 4 mares told me last year that she wasnt breeding them anymore, no market. She just told me that they are all in foal again. they thought they were going to sell their stallion so they bred them all anyway. Cant get 50 dollars for them. I could have killed her. That is an example of stupidity. Jen

Feel so bad for Joe losing the gelding who was pleading with him to save him. You cant talk to a killer buyer because they do not have souls. I dont understand the people who sell to the killer buyers. If I had a horse I couldnt feed or take care of before I would give or sell it to be slain I would beg, borrow or maybe steal enough money to have the vet put it down peacefully. ###Had lunch with a long time friend and she asked me what I was going to do this afternoon and I told her I was going to call senators. I explained the situation and the torture the horses go through and she said "that is bad-I am going to go shopping today". These people just drive me crazy. guess why I prefer Chiefs company. ###speaking of chief I am about to turn the furnace on and see how the trats work. I have to hold the lamps and end tables up as he tried to hide. Gad!

###really in a bad mood today. I think of our beautiful horses in Mexico and want to cry.

sandra,
Ever since I found out what is done to our beautiful american breed horses, I found out here. I have shed many tears over them and what they must go through for nothing but greed. It hurts me to the core and just breaks my heart. I wish I could rescue all of them and keep them safe and sound and loved like never before.
I go to the rescue I am involved with and just love them so, treats kisses hugs. My big boy Maxx was swinging his head as I brushed him when he did that I kept kissing his nose, I got a look from him like I do like this extra tid bit from my new friend.

Good Wednesday Afternoon, ABR FAMBLEE:)

I was sent this website this morning from our CA Team Leader, Extraordinaire, Stephanie Breaux...if you haven't yet seen it, PLEASE check it out...it's beauuuuuutfiully done, VERY informative and I think y'all will really LIKE it:) I'm sorry not to know how to do the 'blue-ink' thingy:/ but here you goooooo.....

http://www.commonhorsesense.net/

ENJOY!!!

Lynne-Barbaro's Forever Friend in CA

FINALLY!

Extra Weds. 11/28 National Target List (HAHS)

PREFACE/Heads-Up

per Daryl Smoliak's feedback/request: Ask the Senators who may support (plan to vote for) S 311 but don't want to cosponsor, to send a brief "letter of support" to Senator Mary Landrieu, sponsor and promoter of the Bill.

Here's something to add to ALL your contacts please - and the 800 numbers for your convenience on all your calls.

IMO - convey the website www.vetsforequinewelfare.org to all your contacts - ask them to look at Press Release dated 10/9. Tell them to look for a copy of PR dated 10/9 that should have arrived at their offices recently. (Click on NEWS at their homepage.)

If long distance charges are a problem, use these DC 800 numbers and ask for the legislators by name (or ask for extension, last 5 numbers of each legislator's office phone).

800-828-0498

800-459-1887

800-614-2803

You know the drill - don't address this list until AFTER you have followed today's ABR Strategy - INCLUDING TODAY's MEDIA BLITZ - and the instructions of your Group Leader (and if you don't have one, get one, or become one!) - contact our intrepid State Group co-ordinator, Stephanie Breaux sbreaux1@verizon.net

AND use the CURRENT/NEW Talking Points from ABR Strategy when contacting this extra HAHS list as well as when contacting the ABR daily lists of Senators: (NOTE NEW SUGGESTION/CAVEAT FROM ABR STRATEGY, JUST BEFORE Prior HS History above the LIST OF SENATORS below.)

1. Let [the legislators] know that two of the slaughter houses in this country are closed permanently [since January], and the third (Cavel) has lost their appeal and [is now also closed]. It is URGENT that we now get this legislation passed to STOP THE TRANSPORT of horses to Canada and Mexico. It's VERY important that you stress the cruel and inhumane way these horses are transported. Now is the time to focus on the fact that closing down our slaughter houses is NOT enough but that we must pass this FEDERAL legislation to stop the transport of American horses for slaughter.

2. Let your Senators know that we NEED them as co-sponsors for S311 to get this on the calendar and to the floor for a vote.

3. Tell your Congressman that we need their cosponsorship for HR503 to get this bill out of committee and to the floor for a vote.

4. Dispel the "unwanted" horse theory. Read John Holland's information for more talking points.

5. Closing of all three slaughter houses in the United States helps to reinforce our efforts. We can now dispel the idea that American jobs will be lost due to the end of slaughter. Only Mexico and Canada will now profit from OUR horses being slaughtered!! This is a very important point and one that you should all make when talking to your legislators.

Rhetorial Question Du Jour:

ANY EXTRA TIME/ENERGY/PASSION FOR THE HORSES?

Here is today's (Wednesday 11/28) extra National Target List from HAHS (Humanity Against Horse Slaughter). These legislators are targeted by other groups on specific days, so our voices add to the impact.

Don't forget to mention S 311 to the Senators; ask them to cosponsor - and please use the Talking Points from the current/new ABR Strategy (posted above), reasons why to support the end of horse slaughter and export for slaughter NOW.

Changed Circumstances call for a Fresh Look with an Open Mind.

The closure of Cavel is a HUGE changed circumstance.

PLEASE NOTE: Per the ongoing ABR national strategy "...[I]t is important when you make your calls, you request they support and VOTE YES for ANY legislative measure that will ban horse slaughter and export for slaughter. In addition to the Daily Call List, please contact your own senators and representative with this message."

adding this CAVEAT from recent ABR Strategy:

"Remember…….these calls are to gain co-sponsors and support for HR503 and S311. As difficult as it is, please concentrate on the transport of the horses to slaughter more than the conditions in Mexico. We can’t let anyone who in not well informed come to the conclusion that it would be better to have the plants in this country because of the conditions in Mexico."

PRIOR HS HISTORY: All the Senators from the top part of the list voted for the Ensign-Byrd Agriculture Appropriations Amendment in 2005 but have not yet cosponsored the bill this year.

We will also contact again the second cluster of Senators from the special contact list provided by our lobbyists . . . [from msg from Daniel] [note from CJ - this "special contact list" is the AWI/SAPL list.]

FLORIDA
Senator Bill Nelson
Fax: 202-228-2183 Phone: 202-224-5274
716 Hart Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510-0903

Senator Mel Martinez
Fax: 202-228-5171 Phone: 202-224-3041
356 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510-0904

GEORGIA
Senator Saxby Chambliss
Fax: 202-224-0103 Phone: 202-224-3521
416 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510-1005

Senator Johnny Isakson
Fax: 202-228-0724 Phone: 202-224-3643
120 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510-1004

--- Special Contact List ---

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Senator Judd Gregg
Fax: 202-224-4952 Phone: 202-224-3324
393 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510-2903

NORTH CAROLINA
Senator Elizabeth Dole
Fax: 202-224-1100 Phone: 202-224-6342
555 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510-3301

Senator Richard Burr
Fax: 202-228-2981 Phone: 202-224-3154
217 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510-3306

OREGON
Senator Gordon Smith
Fax: 202-228-3997 Phone: 202-224-3753
404 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510-3704

IF you've done the ABR Strategy list AND TODAY'S MEDIA BLITZ and State directions and the above list and STILL want to do more - you can go to DB message 15321.10 for a target list from AWI/SAPL from which the HAHS special contact list of Senators is derived.

Please post at this DB thread

http://forums.delphiforums.com/alexbrown/messages?msg=17284.1

and/or here at ABR Comments if you have any further info about these legislators; and please post any feedback re your contacts today.

THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL THAT YOU DO FOR THE HORSES! GO GET 'EM.

Do it for GEORGE and JOHN and BARBARO
And all the ONEs we never got to know . . .

LIVING PROOF OF THE LIVING TRUTH

Hope Peace Love Music & RESPECT - CJ the craziest catlady (Blackie's Mother Forever & Pleasure's & Shona's Aunt) in Hammond IN, f/k/a CJ of T Bar J (Elgin IL)

###### and now I'm off to the testing facility to see if my grand old car (1977 Mark V Lincoln Continental) will pass so I can renew my overdue tag . . . didn't want to leave until this darned list came in!

R U ready? Got plenty of Kleenex?

Here is MaryL's tribute video commemorating the 6 month birthday of Misty's colt, Bobby's Spirit, at MHR. Relive those moments on MareStare and see where this sweet earth angel is today.

Presenting, the second baby born of the first FOB rescue:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2542812390995822047

LIVING PROOF OF THE LIVING TRUTH

http://forums.prospero.com/alexbrown/messages?msg=17303.1

Mary L's thread about the video, with hotlink to see it. excerpts from her post:

At Miracle Horse Rescue. Because of MHR and the FOB's who answered the In Honor of Barbaro Challenge, they are both safe and and loved and living the Legacy set forth by Barbaro, the Jacksons and the FOB's. Those 6 horses were the first rescued horses we did on this forum. 2 of those were pregnant, and we have all followed their Journey..........

Thanks to All of you that have been there and followed the journey.... For making ROSIE/MISTY DOWN TO THE WIRE what it is today.. A thread for friendship, love and caring, and most of all FAMLEE..

To Alex and all Fobs, thanks for what you have made this forum what it is today, we have come a long way!

Thanks to MHR for allowing us to view and be apart of Misty/Spirit/Rosie/Baby B's Journey.

My Video to Spirit and Misty on this day he turns 6 months old. (where has time gone??)

[hotlink to video provided in DB post]

TO MHR.. Thank you for all you have done and given me in following and helping on this journey of the Foals and the rest of the horses there.. The best journey I took this year was visiting your Rescue.. Something I shall never forget and will always Cherish....

PS, Mom Lois says you will need these for the first 4 mins: [picture of box of Kleenex]

Famblee

Y'all know that I am a tad bit attached to Miracle Horse Rescue. I just viewed Mary's video and it is a 10. It's more than a 10. I fell in love with Misty the day I met her. She is kind and patient. I guess you'd have to be if you were a baby machine like she was. She's pretty much seen it all. Her son Spirit has his Mom's character. Check out the video and bring the kleenex box. I can see Barbaro in hevvin, his chest puffed out, so proud of his Legacy.

PENNSYLVANIA RESIDENTS - and of course all FsOB:
During my recent DC trip I met with Senator Robert Casey's ag aide. He said the senator's position at that time was to wait and see how the bill would progress. I posted before many senators take that position on many bills. I just spoke with the aide and he said they are still discussing S. 311. However, he knows Senator Specter, who is a co-sponsor on S. 311, has been conversing with Senator Casey about a number of things, and S. 311 is probably one of them. With Senator Specter as a co-sponsor, and hopefully working to get Senator Casey on board, now is the time for us to really get those calls, e-mails & faxes to Senator Casey's office.

This office, consistent in reporting with all the other offices, has said the call volume for support of S. 311 is down.

There is a strong possibility of getting support here. Pa. residents, unite! You have the opportunity before you to get this done. All FsOB, let's help them! Calls, faxes and e-mails!

I'm meeting with the aide when I return to DC. I have requested the senator and Chief Of Staff attend. These meetings are easier to procure with support for a bill.

Daryl

Mary L.,
Thank you for such a great video! The two cousins are the cutest. The tears were flowing.Beautiful job!!!

cathypotter,
Miracle Horse Rescue is lucky to have you, and I am sure Cloud is very spoiled and will never be the same. :) MHR Special place, special people.

Hay Renee

Thank you but I really feel that I am the lucky one. This whole experience, my famblee here which led me to MHR which led me to Cloud has changed my life. You KNOW now, don't you. I hear in you voice the direction you are going. You're being led there for a reason.

To all but especially Joe and Debbie....

I just read Joe's email and had two thoughts. One is that Joe paid for the TB gelding, so it was his, and when the previous owner sold it the second time to a Killer/Murderer he was selling someone elses "property". Isn't that theft? Can't Joe call the police and recover his "property" and have the Killer arrested?

Also, when a racehorse has a tattoo can't he be traced to his original owner/breeder. I personally feel that if you breed or try to race a horse, you owe that horse a decent life.....If we can tie individual horses in feed lots or who are sold to Killers to their original breeders/owners, can't the original breeder/owner's names be published? Wouldn't that embarrass them. Since they have appear to have no consciences perhaps they would react to being "outed" to their peers and become social outcasts among decent people. Maybe embarrassment would do what their consciences fail to do.

cathy,
I love it, It is rewarding to see what rescue can do and how beautiful these horses are when their pride and self worth is restored through good love and care. I feel what you are saying, there is a definite reason. It is good!

God Bless Steph and all involved, If I lived there I would be there to help also. Give Cloud a big kiss from CT.

Daryl, Sherry and anyone else who can answer....

When making calls to the Senate, besides asking for co-sponsorship and support for S311, what else should we be asking? Personally when I call Casey's office (as well as others), it just doesn't feel very effective. Is it all a matter of tally? Or are there other things I should be mentioning? I know the push is on this week, so any help you can give me/us to be more effective would be greatly appreciated.

As always thank you all for all of your hard work.

WE BELIEVE!!

Rach

####
Eileen....good thinking...embarrassment....names published....

Goodnight Barbaro

We love you and miss you ....and we thank you for your spirit and inspiration....may the Barbaro Legacy go on for a lifetime.

Goodnight Family/Fans of Barbaro

May each of you have a lovely, bless evening. I pray that God grants you all of your needs. And I thank each of you for all you do for Barbaro's brothers and sisters.

Please remember the rescues, they are God sent, our Fallen Angels, the ones suffering, human or animal, our wildlife, and our family....FAMILY...WHAT A WONDERFUL ONE AT THAT.

Have a nice evening.
####
Alex...thank you.
Tim and Fair Hill...thank you.
Our Fallen Angels...we are marching on...moving forward.

I feel really bad for Joe at TB friends.

Also, like with puppies and kittens, people have got to stop breeding mares and be responsible.

So many people out there have no business doing what they do with animals (as in breeding them). It really makes me angry.

####
Lyne Brown, because of you I smelled my faxes today for the first time. You're right. They are stinkin'. :}

By the way, being in Pennsylvania I knew Casey would be like this.He needs to "grow a pair" and take a stand on something. He's in the Capitol, not "IHOP" if you get my drift!

Joe is a saint. He deals with a kill buyer who calls him names, sends the horse JOE PAID for to slaughter, is an illegal alien, pays no taxes and also breaks California laws. Joe deals with him and puts up with the frustration and heartache all to save horses!!! It takes a very special person to live this way.

Good night all,
Have a good night sleep tight.

Barbaro,
Sleep well sweet spirit. I love you!

Joe,
You will be blessed and rewarded. You are a precious man.

Good night Alex.

Hi again

How do we find out who bred, raced and disgarded these poor abandoned slaughter bound horses?

I really think publishing their names in LARGE PRINT would do a great deal. Hopefully they would be ostracized by decent people in the industry. If they were emmbarrassed sufficiently they might even develop consciences(or at least behave as though they had.)

####Hi Rach:
Yes, the calls do count, and the calls from Pa. residents carry a lot of weight. So a call is important as they are tallied and presented, in numbers, to the senator. Cannot put enough emphasis on this. I understand that many callers feel that "just a call" is not enough. Not true! I have been told by four people in Casey's office the calls carry weight.

A couple things to say. First, tell whoever answers the phone that Senator Specter is a co-sponsor of S. 311 and you urge Senator Casey to do so as well.
Second, say there is momentum for S. 311 and you want to know if there is anything Pa. residents can do to assist the senator in his decision making process.

I've asked my Dc contacts how long the senators will remain in DC because last week the answer to that was anywhere from 1 to 3 weeks. The latest is they will be in sessions for at least 2 weeks and possibly stay until close to Christmas. So it's critical to get those calls, e-mails and faxes to these offices during this time. Again, the calls are critical.

Daryl

Thanks Daryl!! I will mention Senator Specter when I call tomorrow, and ask what else we can do. Also, I made post cards with Casey's phone number and what to ask for. I'm giving them to everyone at the shop and hoping I can recruit a few others to pass them out. Thanks again for your help.

#### By the way the little monkey says hi and wants to send you babana split cupcakes (his latest creation) via the USPS.... be on the lookout for a smushy package LOL.

Rach

####Rach:
Tell the little monkey the big monkey will await the package with a mouth-watering lack of patience.

And I sent you a card that should show up on your doorstep in the next day or two.

The postcard thingy is a great idea! So let's add to it! When I'm Kennett Square in a week and a half from now, let's tie a rope around my neck, I'll do the chimp thing as you hold the other end of the rope and I'll pass out the cards on a street corner. When the cops ask what the heck is going on, we'll tell them Sherry made us do it!

Daryl

#####Daryl.... I'm in!! Will you wear the little hat and vest as well? But do you really trust me with a rope that's tied around your neck???? BTW, does that "blame it on Sherry" thing work with the cops?? Wish I'd known that in the past!!

Rach

Hi guys...a question I hope someone can answer. Our call group is getting a booth after first of the year at a horse festival here in Arkansas. We've discussed getting buttons/flyers etc. We also would like to pass these out now. I'm hoping these bills get passed before then but if they do not...will the number on the bills (as in S311) change after first of the year? We needed to make some printing decisions so any help would be great...If it changes we will only print a few as needed til end of the year...however costwise we could obviously save the more we print. Thanks...Tamme

####Rach:
I will wear the little hat and vest as well. And I will hold a little tin cup and ask for donations...which we will send to Joe at TB friends!
Ah, good question about trusting you with the rope..........hadn't thought about that.....yup, it's a little scary now that that I visualize the possibilities......but then, how will you explain to the little monkey that the big monkey has taken a trip to chimp heaven? Yeah, I think I'll let you hold the rope.

And yes, blaming it on Sherry works very well. How do you think I stayed out of jail in DC? LOL!

Okay, get everyone to make those calls. Let's get Senator Casey on board!

Daryl

Hi, Rach!!

sometimes it seems like it doesn't count, doesn't it. There are days when I think the aides are becoming so apathetic they can hardly stand it. When that happens, I TRY to get a laugh out of them. It isn't always easy, but it seems to kinda open the door. Your exchange with Daryl the Wonder Guy reminded me of a recent conversation with an aide, in which I asked "Do I hafta put one of those funny little hats on my head and stand outside your office with a cup in my hand that has little "SUPPORT S-311" tags in it and pass them out?" She said "OH NO don't worry, I'll tell the Senator" other times I'll start out saying "Can we talk about something and have a question and answer period before you say 'I'llseethathe/shegetsthemessagethankyouforcallinghaveaniceday'. What's really neat is when they start to recognize your voice :)

Keep believing that it matters because it does. We are gonna DO THIS THING!!

Love ya

###
CHERYL - I am always amazed when I call certain offices and I'm greeted with "Oh, this is Nancy from CT, isn't it?". I've been told I "give great phone" but one aide actually said "YOU should be answering the telephones around here!"

####Cheryl Jones:
Yup, humor is the shortest distance between two people. It can be a conduit to opening the door for a relationship. Those DC workers are surrounded by heavy duty issues, crabby and sometimes downright rude people that make their day miserable. We have to be different. Different, if done positively, correctly, is also a relationship builder. Inherently, people like to feel good. So being different in the vein of using a tool, such as humor, and making a person feel good, works to our advantage. I watched Martita the whole day when she visited me in DC. Wow! Everyone she came in touch with, well, they felt better when we left than we first met them. She made them feel good, feel important. What a lesson.
Make the people you talk to in DC remember you. Humor, kindness, thanking them. I tell many of them that "You are very professional and you represent your senator extremely well." We live in a world where compliments are in short supply, but the demand is great. Let's help the DC folk help us by acknowledging their efforts and giving them a thanks for everything they do.

Daryl

###Sounds to me like you cannot talk to the killer buyers unless you are bilingual because many of them don't "speekie Ingie." I realize everyone has to make a living and has mouths to feed--and not everyone "gets it" and doesn't feel the way we do about animals and their welfare or well-being. But there ARE limits. Fair is fair, right is right, a fee paid for ownership is a fee paid, and that's the end of the story.

Or it should be.

Breeders who take back animals they have brought into this world are called "responsible" in the Rottweiler world (and, I'm sure, in other breed parlance as well). I know a lady near me here in the Victor Valley who is breeding Lippett-style Morgans, with the HOPE that there is going to be a market for the foals. She has a stallion and probably a dozen mares that she has gotten for very little money--to start her breeding operation. To test her stallion's ability to get mares in foal, she bred several grade mares, too.

I want to SLAP that woman because she is clueless AND irresponsible. But I say nothing other than to remind her that there are people who will take these horses off her hands if she is truly desperate for "a market for them"--and their fee is based on "per pound."

She thinks I'm terrible.

The feeling is mutual.

She (and the situation) make me crazy.

Oh great !! I step away from the computer for 5 or 6 hours .... and try to go about earning an "honest" living ..... and come back to find that I'm "on the hook" for Daryl the amazing and talented - versatile and kooky "Wonder Guy" and his antics !!!!! Fine ! Fine ! I'm rolling coins now ........ 'cause there "ain't" any doubt that one of these days ...... I WILL have to do the file in the brownie thingy ..... and bail the poor guy out !!!!!!!!!!

Until then, Rach and Daryl ..... I've "got your back !!"

####Hi Sherry:
The file in the brownie thingy sounds great.....unless I'm in Tent City!! Then what?
And what a great letter to Senator Ky's office you wrote.
Daryl

### Nancy, I have one of those voices, too, that people remember and recognize...they don't ask my name anymore they just say Hi Harriette...

Frens, I have had quite a shock tonight just learned a close friend of mine has died and I am just finding out..way too late..I am in need of your prayers..

Roll call reporting. Made my calls today and only got one voicemail - Webb.

Like many others, reading Joe's blog tore my heart out. I agree that he and his wife are amazing people and I pray they live long healthy lives. I'm so grateful for Equine Heaven - it sort of balances things out.

Good night FOB famblee

Janice
A forever FOB

Sending All My Love And Prayers For You Angel Harriette.

Affirmed

Strategy for Thursday November 29

Inside Edition did an excellent job of educating the public about the horror of horse slaughter. We must jump on this opportunity and make sure our legislators see this story. It is also a good time to send it to all CBS networks and see if we can get any of them to pick up the story. Details on how to do this will be posted on the Discussion Board under thread called MEDIA BLITZ.

We must still call the people we’ve been asked to target because they will make the difference in whether we have enough support to pass the bill. Letters of support from senators who would rather not cosponsor but will vote for our legislation, have been requested. They should be sent to Senator Landrieu’s office.

Remember….these calls are to gain co-sponsors and support for HR503 and S311. As difficult as it is, please concentrate on the transport of the horses to slaughter more than the conditions in Mexico. We can’t let anyone who is not well informed come to the conclusion that it would be better to have the plants in this country because of the conditions in Mexico.

Those who voted in support of the Ensign-Byrd Amendment Senate (2005) but have not yet cosponsored the bills

Elizabeth Dole – NC Phone: 202-224-6342 Fax: 202-224-1100

Chuck Hagel – NE Phone: 202-224-4224 Fax: 202-224-5213

Harry Reid - NV Phone: 202-224-3542 Fax: 202-224-7327

Richard G. Lugar - IN Phone: 202-224-4814 Fax: 202-228-0360

David Vitter – LA Phone: 202-224-4623 Fax: 202-228-5061 Aide: Chris Stanley

Norm Coleman – MN Phone: 202-224-5641 Fax: 202-224-1152

New to the Senate – No Record

Bob Corker – TN Phone: 202-224-3344 Fax: 202-228-0566 Aide: Ashley Homing

Special Daily Target

Please make sure to call both his office and Obama’s National Campaign Headquarters.

Barack Obama - IL Phone: 202- 224-2854 Fax: 202- 228-4260 Aide: Amrit Mehra National Campaign Headquarters (866) 675-2008

Remember, WE ARE BARBARO’S VOICE…..let it be heard!!

Shelley and Debra

Prayers for Harriette and for the family and the sad loss of their loved one.

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Tamme The number may change it did from last year.
Daryl what was it last year, S1915? and this year is S 311! Can someone help Tamme, but I pray this bill will pass this year. Don't know what I did before Barbaro, I can't remember I think I had a life.
And yes the aides knows my name as soon as I say Hello how are you today, we talk about the weather in Alabama. It's cold in DC and they are missing home and the nicer weather. They all sound like babies to me. So young!

Hiya, FsOB! Doesn't Joe at TB Friends just renew your faith in humanity? I think that Eileen's suggestion re. whether law enforcement might have cause to be alerted (due to the dear 9 yr. old bay TB gelding being sold for slaughter AFTER Joe had paid for his rescue) is definitely in order. Joe's daily works are amazing, aren't they? I told Brent's mother about TBF when she was with us at Thanksgiving. Wishing each of you restful, well-deserved slumbers tonight. Peace, RMH

#### Dear Harriette, I am so sorry to read that one of your friends has passed. Please know that I hold you and your friend's family close in my thoughts.
To Sandra: I sure hope that poor Chief gets used to that new furnace soon! He sounds as high strung as my late Husky boy, Illya.
To Lyn Gilbert: Sending hopes for recovery to little Kat. It's very sad to read that a child is so very ill.
To Lynne B: I echo your sentiments. I hope that all is well for Kathy & Cooper in SC.
To Daryl S.: Your work is amazing! I hope that things warmed up in MN today. I could never handle that weather.
To Janice in FLA: It is exasperating, isn't it, that more Congression persons from FLA don't "get it"? There are so many horse farms in the Ocala region. Training race horses must be a boon to FLA's economy, you'd think that the elected public officials would want to protect horses.
To everyone who, like me, is a child at heart: "The Grinch" comes on ABC tonight at 8:30 PM EST. I'm heading upstairs now! ####

##Shelley A
CBS networks and see if we can get any of them to pick up the story. Are we going to do this each day? Not that it takes much time but I have MEDIA BLITZ for two days in a row now. I don't like what the vet has to say. But if that is what you wish I am on it! And I didn't send it to the senators and congress for what the vet said! Slaughter is a necessary evil! That plays right to my senators and Jo Bonner.

Tamme,

The bill number will not change next year. It stays the same for the full 2 year session that it is introduced in. Since this Congressional session started 1/1/07 and runs through 12/31/08, the bill stays the same for the full 2 years. If it is not passed by 12/31/08, it dies. It must be reintroduced during the next session of Congress starting 1/1/09.

Since the 109th Congress ended on 12/31/06 without the bill passing, it was reintroduced in the new session, so it got a new number. However, even in a new session, the bill number may stay the same as HR503 did in the House. It only changed in the Senate from S1915 to S311.

Clear as mud, Heh?!

You should be OK to print the flyers with the bill numbers S311 and HR503. Whew!!

####Debbie L.A:
I e-mailed Tamme with clarification. Last year it was S. 1915 because that bill was in the 109th Congress. This is the 110th Congress which does not end until December 31, 2008. So the bill number stays the same until then. But, let's end this now! We need to get this legislation passed because our horses are being butchered everyday.
And I don't remember what I did before Barbaro. Vaguely remember something about grass, sticks a little ball.......hmmmmmmmm! LOL!
Daryl

Jenny's on Radio ran 7th in a 35,000 claiming race today at Aqueduct. This is the 2nd race in a row where she looked like she had no interest in being there. Hate to see her keep dropping in the claiming ranks, hope her owners and trainer will listen to her.

Eileen - regarding publishing the names of breeders when their horse is in danger of going to the slaughter house. I presented this idea to one prominent breeder at Three Chimneys who is a friend of mine. It was the only thing in 5 years of discussing the breeders role in horse slaughter that ever got his attention. I followed the horses he bred more than he did and many ended up in low level claiming races where they were for sure in danger, no interest in their fate. Very sad.

Good idea for your state Tamme, maybe someone will know the answer regarding the bill numbers.

Heartbreaking story from Joe, what disgusting thugs the KB's are. I am sure he can't stop thinking about the horse he bought and is now on his way to slaughter.

Calls and faxes done today, great to see the letter from the "real" vets who honor their oath.

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Daryl LOL
But, let's end this now! With you on that one!
The congress and senate don't wont me in DC I am normaly a nice person, but I have my limets and I am there on horse slaughter. Give me two glass's of red wine and I will take them all out! LOL
Patty in Dallas thanks for helping Tamme too.
Daryl with all my calls and faxing have not changed anyones minds in Alabama. Even ask for time with the local aide and didn't get it. The minds in Alabama are closed due to the pocket being full. If you get it!

####Debbie L.A.
Yup, we have a senator in Minnesota who is so unfair it's ridiculous. Amy Klobuchar has never lsitened to anyone from our side and literally walked away from me in her office when I mentioned S.311. All we are asking for is fair, due process! Some people have no desire to provide that, for whatever reason!
Daryl

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Debbie, LA:) LOL! "I don't know what I did before Barbaro, I think I had a life." :)

I had one too, but I cannot for the life of me remember it!! LOL! I'm sure it was a 'dine&fandy' life...but certainly maybe not as 'rich' as it is now...I certainly didn't know YOU or any of the TWR/ABR *EQUINE HEAVEN* FAMBLEE:) I didn't know our BOY:) I didn't know ANY HORSEYYYYYS....omgoodnessss...NO HORSEY FRENS???
No scooping horsey poops with my HANDS????

I didn't know unklealexbrown...or Mr.& Mrs. Jackson or Michael Matz or Peter Brette or Tim & Penny Woolley:) I didn't know "Jack"... I didn't know *SLEW* or GALLANT SECRET:) I didn't know Ruffian or John Henry or ANY OF THOSE AMAZING CREATURES:) I didn't know you could send 'stinkin' faxes to Senators and Representatives....I didn't know most of thier NAMES...now, I RECOGNIZE them when on evening news!!! lol! Of course, I didn't know about h/s or Nurse Mare Foals or Horse Rescue Facilities, either....but I guess with all GOOD must come a liddle 'bad'....thing is.....we CAN make it better!

I didn't know Alie & Rachel:) I didn't know there was even a TOWN called Kennett Square....I'd NEVER heard of New Bolton Center or Dr. Dean Richardson, *BEST EQUINE VET IN WHOLE UNIVERSE AND BEYONNNNNND* I'd never heard of LAMINITIS, either:(

Debbie, LA:) OUR lives are for certain 'richer' than before *BARBARO* I didn't know horseys 'bangs' were actually called 'forelocks'LOL!LOL!LOL! Our lives ARE DEFINITELY 'richer' now, Debbie:) And I predict, they will just continue to get 'bedder & bedder':)

Lynne-Barbaro's Forever Friend in CA

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Daryl the reason is the pockets are full fat and happy with the money. So why listen to the other side. Corrupt oh yes big time. Trent Lott of MS is leaving us sad news he was a co-sponsor.

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Lynne Brown your too funny, yes OUR lives are for certain 'richer' than before *BARBARO* And thankful for having him for the short time in my life. Gee how I miss his!

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I know, Debbie...me toooooo:( But I also know his *BRIDE* is preggers with *TWOTOOCUTEFOALS* and he's a HAPPY BOY:) And sometimes he visits us in our dreams...and if you ever just want to 'peek' in at what he's up to, go to www.equine-heaven.com....I PROMISE, Debbie, it's GREAT THERE:)

Sleep good, wake refreshed, we MARCH again TOMORROW:) xo

Lynne-Barbaro's Forever Friend in CA

Harriette, I am so sorry for your loss. I will be thinking of you. Good long time friends are the most precious gifts we have.

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Harriette,

So very sorry

Has anyone else noticed the front page was updated to read we have saved over 1500 horses!!!!!!!!

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Rachel,

It was so good to read the We Believe!

Good night my family, tomorrow is a new fight, prayers for Joe who I am sure is thinking about the bay gelding with the white face and 4 white legs. What a haunting that must be for him. The poor gelding is almost to his slaughter date. And it makes me so mad and so sad. Maybe we can save the next one. Breeding I don't get it! sorry!

Good evening, fellow Fans!

Contacts made for the day so I can go to bed with a clear conscience, unlike that killer buyer that Joe deals with out there in California. It's a good thing I'm all the way on the other coast...

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Daryl - Plenty of time for golf when we're through with Barbaro's work!

Harriette - You are in my prayers. It's so sad to learn of a friend's passing long after the fact.

Marg
Proud Fan of Barbaro forever

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Marg in Maine
Goodnight my Friend, goodnight all!

Barb....I bet the guy at Three Chimneys who did not show any interest in the horses he bred who were at low level claiming races would be real unhappy if his name was published.....People must take responsibility for those they bring into this world..... I really think only public shame will wake some people up.

Also is it too late to find the TB that Joe bought and which was then resold? I wish he could be saved. It really upsets me.

Also I agree Joe is an angel.

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Harriette,

I am so sorry to read of the loss of your dear friend. May the memories ease your pain and warm your heart. Prayers will be said tonight. I'm so sorry fren... xxoo

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Padme,

Kat and her family feel you "with" them...I have no doubt. And you know Kat feels Windy as well.

I will also say a prayer for Kat and her family tonight, asking for comfort, blessings and improved health for Kat, strength and rest for her family...and rest and blessings for you...ALL wrapped in love. xxoo

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Kathy S.,

Just to let you know, Bart is living well!

It's a little chilly in the office in the mornings now and do you know where you'll find Bart?!...Laying in front of my space heater!

And, when it's sunny, he kicks my paper-work sitting on the window ledge to the desk and plants himself in the sunlight!

And Kathy, he still stops in his tracks for his Kathy pats! Just wanted you to know!!

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Good night frens. May you have sweet dreams of a bay blur with a hint of lingering spearmint scent...and apple cores galore! xxoo

You know what....if that Horse Killer is here illegally and not paying taxes maybe someone knows someone who works for the Border Patrol or Internal Revenue or whatever and he can be deported or jailed.

I think we have to really go after these no goods with whatever power we can legally muster.

Just a thought.

Hello, Laurie H.! Just peeking in and read your post to me. I'm so glad Bart is thriving! Thank you for loving him for me.

Dream sweet dreams of Barbaro. Sleep tight!

Love,
Kathy S.

Hello, Laurie H.! Just peeking in and read your post to me. I'm so glad Bart is thriving! Thank you for loving him for me.

Dream sweet dreams of Barbaro. Sleep tight!

Love,
Kathy S.

Debbie LA

The great piece IE did far outweighs the comment by the vet. Even though he called it a necessary evil, he still had to use the word "evil". I don't believe his comment affected the hard hitting report they did. It's very enlightening to those who are unaware that slaughter exists. Disturbing but enlightening!!