Good morning, fellow Fans!

I have been reading but not posting the past week but I want to say that I'm sending my condolences to all who have lost loved ones (two-legged or four) recently. Also sending prayers to all who are ailing and in need.

Thank you, Alex and Tim and Penny. And thank you , Barbaro!

Marg
Proud Fan of Barbaro forever

Hay, FOB's!

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This is a busy weekend for me...so may not be on the site too often until Monday...just wanted to offer my prayers to those who lost loved ones - human and furbaby - and for those caught in the storms - please be safe.

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I haven't done a current reconciliation of the funds coming in for 1/29/08, but the endeavour is gathering momentum...there are so many generous people in this famblee - you restore my hope when I read all the e-mails and communications about how Barbaro has affected and changed them - for the better. I'm in awe of you and of what Alex, Tim, Penny, NBC, KF,Dr.R, the Jacksons, Michael Matz, Peter Brette, Eduardo, and Edgar have been a part of.

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For those going to watch Real Lace (a/k/a Lacie-girl) please "tell" her I'm thinking of her but due to teacher training, couldn't go to see her race. May she run with the wind and come home safely. She always has a place in my heart. Penny, Donna and I are coming to the barn on Sunday morning...hopefully we'll catch you there...

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And Red Aspen...I can imagine how BEAUTIFUL any of her foals would be...and I hope they inherit her spirit as well. What a mama she'll be...

I love you all.

Healing,Love, Peace
ONS
Padme

###Survived the first of three storms and discovered I have "new lake areas" in my back yard. Usually I sleep well when it's raining, but I kept waking up last night. Long day today (always harder to do horse chores in the slop) and a lesson tomorrow, for which I have had no chance to practice.

Life's tough. ;o)

###Happy to read about another retirement program from responsible breeders and trainers. I am a frequent visitor to Finger Lakes Thoroughbred Adoption Program and Tranquility Farm Web sites.

###Let us hope Jennys on Radio (name not quite right, I don't think, but you all know who I mean) is retired before she becomes another Brave Miner. That situation still saddens and angers me.

These wonderful animals deserve happy retirements, whether they go on to become riding horses or learn to perform in other disciplines or are pasture pals.

###And God bless TB Friends and Joe and Cathy.

Happy New Year, too. Day Four and we're getting the rain we need (and then some) in Southern California. I could do without the wind, but it has settled down now.

MICHAEL VICK - OUT EARLY?

Michael Vick could be getting out of federal prison much earlier than anticipated after applying for a prison-monitored drug rehabilitation program.

MICHAEL VICK - MAY GET OUT EARLY

Not only should Michael Vick have to do ALL his time, he should have to do it in dog years!

Debbie,

Could you blue link this on the board tomorrow? I will be gone all day long and won't get a chance to post.

Thanks in advance. Barb AZ

PLEASE CROSS POST

This is very important. Please take the time to vote and comment. S. 311 is NOT dead. We do not have to start over this year. We are marching on to get our anti-slaughter legislation to the floor for a vote. Thanks very much for your patience and your help.
Dear Friends,

Washington Watch is running a poll on whether or not people favor passage of
S. 311. Please click on the link below and vote "FOR" the bill. The poll is
located in the right hand column and you will need to scroll down to click on
the "thumbs up" button in order to vote "FOR" the bill.

S311
S311

There is also a link provided where you can register your comments. Please
take time to leave a comment after you have voted! Lets let them hear our voices
loud and clear in Washington, DC! We want S. 311 passed and we want it passed
NOW!!

Thanks everyone!!
Barb hope the blue link works, if not I will fix it!

Hoping all out in the West Wing are hanging on...it sounds terrible out there. everyone is awaiting a word or two from Joe and Cathy and the 110 horses on the ranch. And LYNEE???!!! are you there?

I just endured all I could of the TOTALLY FRUSTRATING AND REDUNDANT process of joining Yahoo Groups so that I could hitch onto TB Friends, Inc, the group that supports Joe's efforts...
I gave up...anyone else have an insane time getting registered for a Yahoo Group????EWWWWWW>

In the 30's here today, we're practically back in shorts (lol) OK off to call the answering machines in DC.
Love to all who have suffered the loss of a loved companion...

Safe rides to all who put hoof and feet on our tracks today. That mess in Santa Anita makes me
gnash my teeth

Welcome back Joan!

Therese, I love the "dog years" on Vick's sentence. Oh if that could only be.

For everyone out west, please be safe and report in when you have an opportunity. I talked to my uncle in Chico, CA and he said it was horrible out there. May all humans and furbabies be safe, and warm.

### Jonna

I also remember having problems getting in, but I finally got it to work. And it was worth it, if only to see pictures of Joe and Cathy! Also, I contribute to the group efforts for TB Friends.

Goodmorning Barbaro Nation...

PLEASE take a moment to vote in the anti-slaughter poll that is blue-linked .....
perhaps someone could BLUE LINK BOTH POLLS so that it will be easy to vote on both the Senate Poll and the Congress Poll ??????

What an insensitive uneducated bunch the pro-slaughter forces are !!!! I can't go on or I'll be here typing all day!!!!!

SAFE TRIP for ALL TODAY!!!

PRAYERS that Michael Vick will find NO MERCY!!! NO EARLY PAROLE!!!!!
What will we tell our children???? How will they ever learn anything from these examples......

HUGS and love to ALL my friends who definitely...

GET IT !!!!!

Jonna

I too had problems linking onto Yahoo!!! My internet provider had blacklisted them as security risks!!!! MaryL our computer guru helped me....she would help you too and anyone else who needs help!!! I had to download Firefox to get around it....

This time last year we had such high hopes for Barbaro's recovery. We had all become somewhat complacent hearing ACN.

Now, as we are approaching the anniversary of his crossing the Rainbow Bridge, we should reflect on all the good works being done in his name, in his memory. The friendships made.

Please take the time to go to the discussion board & look at the thread HORSE FEATHERS RAFFLE - BARBARO PICTURE. There is a gorgeous Barbara Livingston picture of Barbaro at Fair Hill. She has captured the wisdom of his soul as it shines in his eyes.

I cannot imagine anyone seeing the picture & not wanting it for their very own. Supporting a rescue is a great way to honor Barbaro's memory.

Kathyk

has anyone heard from the Sheltons? His last post was long ago...I pray they are all OK and none of the horses has flipped out and over or through the fencing...

Maybe one day when I have more patience, I will join the Yahoo group for Friends of TB Friends, Inc. Grr.
BTW: Marbel: I already use Firefoxxxxxxxxx. I am going mental.

Debbie L.A.

I just voted FOR... at the time the results showed 77% for and 23% against.

Some of the comments from some people show that they have very LITTLE heart.

We all NEED to VOTE FOR!!!!!

### Jonna, this was posted last night:

JUST TALKED TO JOE AT TB FRIENDS!!!!

I couldn't stand it any more! They have power but no phone line to the house. Webmaster Max was supposed to put up a message. All the horses are okay. He said all the horses are okay! Winds have been 70mph, and he said everything is a mess, but they are okay.

Okay, as a weird observation, he didn't sound older at all. You know, how he says they are having the time of their senior citizen lives? Didn't sound that way to me.

Have a good night everyone...I hope that puts some minds at ease...it did for me.

Posted by: Kathy In SC at January 5, 2008 12:31 AM

Minds at ease!
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Kathy B. Thank you!

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Carleen We all NEED to VOTE FOR!!!!!

YES, everyone please comment ask for S 311 to be passed now!

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Thanks, Kathy B:) I was just going to find that post and re-post it here:)

This morning, in these Foothills of no/cal..it's CALM...semi-clear..another storm approaching by later today, into tomorrow, but according to Mr. Finan of KCRA TV-Sacramento....."WIMPY"...the description of these next storms is 'WIMPY' well, Mr. Finan, we will HAPPILY take 'WIMPY'!!!

SoCal is in for it today...they are getting the tail of the storm which hit us y'day..hoping it will be NOT like ours was...so many burn areas down there and mud slides a REAL threat for them!!!

Lots of 'debris' here...pieces of branches...but thankfully, all small! The 'remnant' leaves which seems most of them have blown and placed themselves at the bottom of my front steps:/ piles..not so bad...I'll get them later today into bags to dispose of...neighbor lost a big gate which seperated his front yard from back yard where his veggie garden goes in the summertime, and of course the flowers and rosebushes are....the DEERSIES will be ESTATIC if they discover that gate is destroyed:)He built it 8'high to keep them OUT....:/ it's been ripped from it's frame and is laying in pieces all over the cement patio!!! Oh Deer:)

I'm hoping for all horses running ANYWHERE today, to love every moment....but COME HOME SAFE!!!

Lyn G:) Please give *TOOCUTELUKE* some auntylynneladeeeattafens 'skritches' for me, o.k.? and a carit or 12, too!!! :)

Everyone, have a safe happy day today.....

Lynne-Barbaro's Forever Friend in CA

Debbie L.A. - Don't forget HR503-we NEED to vote FOR there also. I just saw the post on the D&C board.

Penny, Thank you for the update on Binkly!
Safe racing today for Real Lace and welcome back to Red Aspen!

Alex,Penny,Wendy and Tim...you all are the best!

Jonna, try this. Go to the Yahoo home page, on the left you will see a column of various topics. Click on 'Groups'. Then type in 'Friends of TB Friends' and it will direct you to that group. Follow the instructions to join...and then wait for approval by the group moderator. You will be notified by e mail when that occurs, its not instantaneous, unfortunately. The postings of that group will be sent to your e mail account automatically...I didn't select 'digest' because that is delivered to you email only once a day, I like to receive them as they are posted. Unfortunately, since I just joined, I have no news on Joe and Cathy.

You posted during the holidays that you were reading Pillars of the Earth. I received it for Christmas and the size has overwhelmed me from even opening the first page!

### Jonna

Joe sounded okay when I spoke with him last evening. Just busy. I would like to join their Yahoo group also, but I never have been sucessful in the past.

### Lynne...just checked weather.com for Sacremento...says more rain for today and tomorrow but less wind...be careful as you zoom about today. Are your frens inside the fence okay?

Kathy

The January Hay Ride for Miracle Horse Rescue is on. The theme is: MHR: Our Tribute to Barbaro Memorial Hay Wagon Ride

Very special prizes donated by dedicated FOB's

Our Tribute to Barbaro Memorial Hay Wagon Ride

Ro & Brady

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Kathy, SC:) I felt soooooo badly for them y'day...as driving home in the Monsoon/Hurricane!!! They were in their respective stalls, staying OUT of the weather..but I KNOW they HATE being 'confined'...they, like ALL the horseys, like being out in their pasture, grazing:)

When I drove into town y'day before the bad rain had hit...horsedaddy left them inside their pens so they would be safe in the stalls...they were BOTH standing outside the stalls....STARING at the house!!! LOL!!! Kinda like, "C'mon DADDDD...get OUT here and 'release' ussssss!!!! *MISTER* gets a real 'wide eyed' expression on his horsey face!!!! His earsies are PRICKED and he's 'toe-tapping' TO GET OUTTA HERE and into the PASTURE, PLEASSSSSEEE!!! I have learned through Horsemommy/dad, that when it is raining...the kiddddds have to stay INSIDE the pens, 'cause if they are out in the pasture with their horsey hoofs slopping 'round in the muddddd, no new grass will grow for their enjoyment next Spring!!! I just keep learning ALL KINDS of little 'tidbits' all because of *BARBARO*:):):)

Are you reading this Handsome Sweetheart:) YES! ALL BECAUSE OF YOU, WONDERFUL YOU!!! Gosh! I am SO GLAD I MET THAT BIG BAY BOY:) A whole WORLD of HORSEY STUFF is out there for me to LEARN:) and be a small part of!!!!

Another GREAT PLACE to go with questions is equineheaven@aol.com.....whoever that Farm Manager is....they know EVERYTHING about horseys, Famblee!!!! 'They' are a complete HORSEY ENCYCLOPEDIA....:) I've gotten 'ALOTSA' questions answered THERE:)

O.K., now, I really MUST zooooooom!!!

Lynne-Barbaro's Forever Friend in CA

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barbara: the frothy sound of growling and snarling and hiccuping you may hear is ME in LIVERPOOL NY, HATING Yahoo....good grief. Puleeze, someone kill me now.

What's even worse is that my christmas tree---a real one, has PART of a string of 100 NEW lights--guaranteed for three 3 years hahahahahahahahahahahah--OUT.
Out. OUT! As in unlit. Dark, useless. Defunct. Kissed off.

So (Lynne B. in CA will be hoping that I don't hang myself over this continuing incident) I have taken the ornaments in the path of this errant string of so-called GUARANTEED lights off and will have to find some kind of sedative before I attempt to re-dress the tree....

Yes, I am crazy--in case you were wondering....("OK, is she crazy?) I delayed by festivities this year by a long time for various reasons--again, Lynne is laughing, she knows the
anguish I went through trying to decide:

REAL
OR NOT REAL????

And I usually have at least three trees...I was thrilled to see that Wendy Drew had three... I mean, (as Lynne B. would say:)

"MY WORD?! We can't just mix up the heart ornaments and the animal ornaments and the 40's/50's ornaments and the hand-blown German ornaments??? Good Grief. What is the world coming to FOR HEAVEN'S SAKE?! AND WHAT ABOUT THE BUGEONING COLLECTION OF DEER/REINDEER ORNAMENTS??"

OK so we need drugs here, obviously

Books: Yes, Pillars of Heaven is indeed a BIGBOOK> While I've waded into it, I am just finishing the Golden Compass books again. I do think that Philip Pullman was trying out the mushrooms when he wrote the last of the three books... Lyra encounters a race of beings on one of the worlds who have a diamond shape to their "backs," (no spine, okay??) a small elephant-shaped trunk, and in addition to legs--OK here's where he switched to Acid --they have wheels.

Lord Lord...

OK, SO I have to keep busy so I don't look at the trashed christmas tree AND worry about Joe and Cathy in the Tempest...

Love to all, send sedatives. Strong Ones. j

Of course that word was BURGEONING...help us now. I need to lay down with Greyhounds. I may make Loretta lay ON ME so that I can absorb all her greyhoundness, and that will get me through the day.
ARGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

PLEASE GO HERE AND VOTE

(Thanks Lucille Matte for posting this at the DB - there has been a dramatic change in the poll percentages since you got the FOBs in on this)

Can somebody blue link this please:

http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/subject/172.html

First click on S 311 then see to the right ~ vote FOR the bill then go back and click on HR 503 then to the right ~ vote FOR the bill.

Then since it's hardly any trouble please do the same for HR 249. It's already passed the House, but needs to go to the Senate (there is no parallel Senate Bill).

PLEASE EVERYBODY DO THIS VOTE.

Most So Definitely Voted For The Bill. Most Definitely So Send Rainbows To You So Very Beautiful Angels Here.

Affirmed Rainbows........
Sacred Prayers.......

Affirmed

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Jonna Dear...Christmas AND New Year have come and gone now....'mayhaps' just forget the ornaments for this time 'round and begin 'undressing' the tree .... make sense?

As for me.....reading of the various ornament collections...I realized:(:(:( I'll have to take *SLEW* and *BARBARO* DOWN????? And WHAAAT???? Wrap them up into a BOX???? In the DARK????!!!! oh, I am not so sure I can do that!!! Afterall, they ARE the 'FIRST' HORSEYS EVERRRRR on my tree!!!! I do have a place on hutch where the German Smokers and Nutcrackers are left out all year long....:) Above them on the wall is an assortment of special Christmas collecter plates...maybe I can somehow use a 'display' hanger:) which, YES, I DO have one and leave those BOYS out all year long, toooooo!!! :) They can hang there side by side...happily being part of Valentine's Day, St. Patty's Day, Easter, Mother's Day, and so on and so on....:) I LIKE that idea, Fambleeeee:) I'm NOT putting those two soooooo *SPECIAL* horseys in a BOX in the DARK!!!They can make frens with the nutcrackers and smokers:)

Alright....obviously, I'm draggin my feets leaving home this morning....:/ this is IT!!!

Lynne-Barbaro's Forever Friend in CA

A fundraiser is on the forum for 11 horses in Central Illinois. AWI has graciously allow us to funnel money to them for the purchase and transport of these horses. AWI fights for the Anti Slaughter Bill everyday, thus they are fighting for BARBARO'S LEGACY. If you can, please donate to this save, because AWI is helping these horses and us.

Here's the thread:

http://forums.delphiforums.com/alexbrown/messages?msg=18374.1 .

Margie

"The Most Beautiful Rainbow"

Barbaro
From God's Loving Heart
All Spiritual Presence
His Halo Is Glowing So Beautifully
All The Colors Of The Rainbow
Angel Barbaro
Angel Slew
With Us
In Our Minds
In Our Dreams
In Our Lives
Loving Them
Everyday
God Gives The Rainbows
It Is Love
It Is Joy
In Our Time Of Need
Bringing The Divine
Inspiration
In Spirit
Tuning To God
The Highest Channel
Divinity
Song
Over The Rainbow
Dreams You Dare To Dream
Really Do Come True
Bluebirds Fly
We Can Fly
Barbaro's Presence
The Rainbow Of Angels........

The Most Beautiful Rainbow Barbaro........8......
.Two Halos.........Connected In Love.......
Barbaro And You........Famblee Of So Very Beautiful Angels Here........On The Wings Of Love........

Affirmed

A small amount of sedative, a curl up with Loretta and then back to task. Or not...your choice. I'm certain the GH would love the trees to be up longer. Nothing better than those soft lights when they're nodding off to dreamland. I have only one tree this year, a 4 ft Alpine like you get from Joanne fabrics, took one string of lights and about 20 minutes to decorate. A total cop out on my part. You can deal with Yahoo, it only took me about a minute and I'm VERY limited in computer skills, trust me.

The Golden compass books sound interesting. I'll add them to my wanna be list of books to read.

I'm in NW Jersey, up by where it touches both NY
and PA. Where is Liverpool?

#### Lynne Brown, hope you are still here. Thank you for the hugs you sent for Jose and I the other night.

Anxiously awaiting the winds, snow, and rain from the same storm that hit the west coast. It's supposed to last here until Monday evening. (Northern New Mexico). The temps remained high all night. Today, boot sucking mud again!

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Oh Margie!!! Your telling of that night...nearly tore my heart out!!! As I'm sure it did for others reading....You have endured an experience NO ONE should have endured!!! :/ Not ever!! I admire you, Margie....and someday, Jose will be waiting for you...and his tail will be WAGGING:)and be ready WOMAN....'cause you're gonna get BIG WETTTTT DOGGIE KISSES ALLLLLLLLLL OVER YOUR FACE!!:)

Yes...I'm still here....I've made a 'change in scheduling' for this day:) However, I need to stick with 'this' plan, otherwise I'll be really 'stuck'...see y'all later on!!

Lynne-Barbaro's Forever Friend in 'ohsoooquiet'NO/CAFoothills':)

www.atlantafalcons.com, scroll to bottom and click on contact us. Let them know that you find the boorish behavior of some of their players decorating their uniforms with vick I.D. during the Saints game - sickening and offensive. I'm sure each NFL organization has rules applying to the players' uniforms.

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Margie,
All parts of a football team's uniforms must be approved by the NFL (some committee). This includes ANY comemmoratvie patches.

I suggest we also contact the NFL letting them know how disgusted we are that the Falcons were allowed to "honor" vick. We could suggest, well, I can't but you ladies can, that we won't allow the FOB husbands/boyfriends/significant others to watch ANY football games unless they disallow the Falcons. As well as continuing to contact the Falcons.

The NFL will do almost anything to avoid a public relations disaster; or to avoid a loss of revenue! Money talks and you ladies control 90% of the money in this country. GO GET EM LADIES!

NO Horse left behind or Ever Forgotten!
Lee

S 311 Vote

PLEASE GO HERE AND VOTE

(Thanks Lucille Matte for posting this at the DB - there has been a dramatic change in the poll percentages since you got the FOBs in on this)

Can somebody blue link this please:

http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/subject/172.html

First click on S 311 then see to the right ~ vote FOR the bill then go back and click on HR 503 then to the right ~ vote FOR the bill.

Then since it's hardly any trouble please do the same for HR 249. It's already passed the House, but needs to go to the Senate (there is no parallel Senate Bill).

PLEASE EVERYBODY DO THIS VOTE.

Posted by: C. Jaffe at January 5, 2008 4:59 PM

79% for S311 / 21% pro slaughter.
GO GET THEM FOB's, put it over the top!

80% to 20%

cross-posting from Linda (FjordFan) at the DB:

http://forums.delphiforums.com/alexbrown/messages?msg=18453.1

Hello All,

This request is regarding all animals, horses included, but I thought this was the best place to post my question.

A friend of mine has undertaken her own personal project to provide books that teach compassion for animals to public school libraries.

If you know of a book that would be appropriate for this purpose, I would appreciate it if you would send me the title and author, and I will pass the information on to her. Any grade level K-12 is fine.

Thank you,

Linda

I wanted this commendable project to get as much exposure as possible so am posting here. Get your thinking caps on and post to Linda at the thread linked above. THANKS!

Books for schools

For CJ

Vote S 311

Everyone don't just comment, vote also!
Reading the comments makes me so proud of the FOB's. Proud to be a part!!!!!!!!!

I know the comments board is mainly about horses, but I know that most horse people are cat lovers, too, sooo...in the "Non-Horse" section of the discussion/chat board, Winging Cat Rescue is trying to raise funds to transport 45 cats north (from Ga.) to a sanctuary, then (hopefully!!) to new, forever homes. The cats have been saved from gassing "shelters" (shelters-ha!) in Georgia.

I hope I didn't do anything wrong by posting the fund raiser here--if I did, I'm sorry. But I just wanted to get this out to a maximum amount of people.

Thanks!

Colleen

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Debbie L.A. - thanks for the bluelinking! Impt stuff, IMO.

For ALL to read, with strong suggestion to participate...
Dear Debbie LA, Thank you for posting the beautiful BLUE INK links to S311. I have voted and left my comment. I have also e-mailed several people who I know will help to spread the word.

Hay all, this on ie easy, and just might help. Please take a moment to vote and post. Then, right after that, send the link to your Frens and contacts, THEN, take a few minutes more to send some e-mails to the Senate. THER! A LOT OF GOOD DONE, and all in only about 20 minutes out of the day MAX.

Love yooooo, Debbie LA. Love yooooo FOBs.

Love and miss yooooo, our beloved BARBARO. Nuzzle noses with the white mare. We haven't forgotten any of you.

O

#### re the Golden Compass books, (I saw reference to them in a post)... I'm just injecting my own opinion here...

I am not at all interested in giving my money to promote their sales. I have heard that this trilogy glorifies and promotes atheism. They chronicle events in a beautiful and beguiling way, telling of a struggle between good and evil. However, the 'evil' one actually ends up to be God.

While there are many people in the world who are atheists, this particular mindset is not MY cup of tea. I think that the books seek to capitalize on the current market for fantasy and mystical imagry, to promote the rejection of God. They are cleverly marketing to children and young adults.

I would rather read Edgar's book, Lyn Gilbert's and the beautiful writing that we are treated to here in Barbaronation.

Trusting hearts, seekers of beauty, beware. The enemy sometimes poses as an "angel of light."

...I say again, I offer this as my OWN observation and opinion; not wishing to offend anyone who might be of a different opinion.

Loving ALL of yoooo.

Your FOB Fren, O

You are all invited to participate (to whatever extent is comfortable for you) in the January 29th tribute "HONORING BARBARO'S LIFE AND LEGACY." We are hopeful that a very generous check for the Laminitis Fund will be presented at New Bolton...and we are off to a GREAT start!

Everything you need to know is right here: OVER THE TOP FOR JANUARY 29th

Here is the house bill, if somebody hasn't blue linked already.

H.R. 503

Just a reminder: A fundraiser is on the forum for 11 horses in Central Illinois. AWI has graciously allow us to funnel money to them for the purchase and transport of these horses. AWI fights for the Anti Slaughter Bill everyday, thus they are fighting for BARBARO'S LEGACY. If you can, please donate to this save, because AWI is helping these horses and us.

Here's the thread:

http://forums.delphiforums.com/alexbrown/messages?msg=18374.1 .

Margie

Is anybody having trouble voting for S311? I've tried numerous times & I either get a blank screen or it briefly goes to the page to vote & immediately returns to a blank screen. My computer has various ills so it might be something going on with my computer. Shirl

FOB'S

If you can help in anyway at all please go to this thread. Even if you can only afford $5.00 it will all help:)

The title is AWI 11 horses to slaughter ~ under the rescue folder.

I don't know how to make the link work so you can just click on it?

http://forums.prospero.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=alexbrown&msg=18374.1

The owner of these horses had arranged to sell them to a killbuyer for slaughter.

The FOB's found out about it and wanted to save them but we had no where to home the horses.

Gail talked to HAHS and they agreed to take the horses however their policy will not allow them to actually pay a horse owner for their horse. It is surrender type transactions only.

Gail talked to AWI/SAPL and Chris Heyde agreed to let the FOB'S funnel the funds through them and even though it is their policy not to pay an owner for horses said they would collect the funds for the FOB'S and cut a check to the owner so the horses could be saved.

It was never AWI's intention of paying for these horses. They were asked to do us a favor and collect the money so WE could save them?

Something happened?

AWI said they would step in and save these horses if the FOB's couldn't??? Gail did not ask them to do that she asked them to accept the donations and cut a check to the owner???

Whatever... I don't know. I DO know that AWI/SAPL spends a boat load of money on lobbyist, attorneys and so on to help get the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act passed to stop the brutal slaughter of the American Horse. I personally want them to spend their money on the AHSPA and would pay for these horses myself if I could just to keep AWI/SAPL from footing the bill.

We need help here. If you can only afford $5 or $10 it all adds up. There are no paypal fees.

Thank you everyone for helping and understanding.

Animal Welfare Institute

Donations Page for credit cards

https://secure.entango.com/donate/zBsqMLfxWHF

For program you can use "other".

Please put that it is for the Central IL Horse Rescue.

There is information in post 1 for mailing checks.

Thanks FOB's!

Lucille Matte

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re: Post by Lucille Matte at January 5, 2008 9:28 PM

Lucille - is it OK to crosspost this Comment of yours, to the Humanity Against Horse Slaughter Yahoo Group? Directing same question to Gail via email. Thanks.

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Otherlyn:

for sure Pullman's Golden Compass Trilogy made a few people stand on their heads... just like another amazing group of books: The Tolkein Trilogy.

I would personally never hand these books to a "child" younger than 16...they're much too complex for oner thing, and they also encourage very free and complex thinking--thinking that is better left to the later teen years.

OTOH: Pullman, Tolkein--probably the great EB White who wrote the Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe have all appeared on someone's banned book list.

LOL: I thought too many very young children were allowed to read JK Roweling's books...just too complex, too much violence, etc etc. I loved them. Many "grown ups" did!

But what and how we read should be a sacred trust all Americans never refuse to let die...maybe you're no old enough to watch those scary films of Nazis burning books: Huck Finn among them: sigh.

Anyhow. We should not be debated this here, that's for sure...hope you're not living in the nasty weather zones...have a fine evening.

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Padme: that last sentence should read that you are probably not old enough to REMEMBER seeing the films of book burnings...typing too fast. Sigh

Hi TO ALL...I'm enjoying a tall cup of Hazlenut Vanilla Espresso that I just made in my Bodum....
MMMMMMmmmmmmmm!!!!! MMMMMMmmmmm!!! GOOD!!!!

Hope everyone is warming up in the cold zones????
I would gladly make each of you a cup my dear frens !!!!

Does anyone know if Real Lace has raced yet??? It's today isn't it??? Praying she has a rewarding and SAFE TRIP!!!!!!

Did everyone solve their YAHOO problems???? IF NOT..MARYL our own sweet MARYL is a computer whiz of sorts and I'm sure she can help you figure out your computer whoas and glitches!!!!!!

Catching up on ALL POSTS.....I too hope JOE and Kathy are fairing well????

HUGS and love....back to my Espresso !!

CJ I don't think that is a problem at all:)

Padme, Please e-mail me your address so I can mail you a check for the 29th. Also, does anyone have an address for Joe at TB Friends? I would like to send him a check.
KLB= ghizmatt@mchsi.com

Otherlyn
You are the essence of GOOD !!! THANK YOU for your very sage advise.....we(ME) are sometimes naive here in thisgoodplace and EVIL knows this!
There is always time to read what you have to say...

I MISS YOU MY DEAR FREN !!!!
I will be back on the eastcoast first week in February !!! My sister has not started my car so the battery has gone dead so hopefully I will be able with help of the automobile association to get it running once more???? You will not be sooo far away then??? Can't wait !!!!

HUGS ((((((((Otherlyn))))))))

Shirl you can try this! I can't make the links work on here so if you want to be able to click directly on the link you will have to go to the please vote thread under general - horse related message #32 or copy the following links and paste them in your browser. Let me know if it works or not. Someone had the same problem you are having earlier and I asked them to try this but they never posted back to say if it worked or not:)

Hmmmm try clicking on this link for S 311 and vote below "take action"

http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_SN_311.html

Then try this link for HR 503

http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/110_HR_503.html

See if that will work for you:)

Voted for S311 and 249. ##sending a small bit of money by snail mail for Jan 29th in honor of dear Barbaro. ###I dont understand. Why is Vick (skumbag) getting a reduced sentence because of a drug re-hab? I thought he was jailed for animal abuse. I guess he will be playing for Atlanta soon. I am calling the home offices and telling them I will never watch another one of their games. Datgumit- he didnt get enough jail time to start with.

Hay, FOB's!

###
Will give Luke lotsa hugs tomorrow...

###
Real Lace came in fourth. I miss her.

###
Jonna, did you intend the comment about me not remembering bookburning for OtherLyn? I was born a few years after WW2 but I always cry when I see footage of books being burned...

###
CJ, I'd want to send you an early version of "Cassidy" to see if it would be appropriate for your friend...I formed NomTara Press to publish works geared toward fostering compassion in children and once the book is ready (in about a month or two), I would be honored to send a copy...

am exhausted...more later when I've gotten some rest. You are all the greatest.

Healing, Love, Peace,
ONS
Padme

Did everyone see???
Edgar and Keyed Entry (remember him from Barbaros Derby) came last in their race today !!!!!
Apparently Keyed Entry just ran out of steam????

NOT GOOD!!!

Padme...thanks for the info on Real Lace !!!! Glad she came home safe!!!! Beautiful girl !!!!

PLEASE pray for Way To OZ he is entered in a $5000 claiming race on Monday !!! I just worry about that situation....ALL THE TIME!!!!!!!

Gotta go start getting ready to go out for dinner.
LOVE TO ALL....

I Love You So A Lot So Angel Maribel. All, All Beautiful Glowing Rainbows To You.

All, All Angelic Glowing Rainbows To Way To Oz........

All My Love And Prayers........

Affirmed

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Jonna,

I thought "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" was the story "Narnia" was based on, which was written by C.S. Lewis.

Janice
A forever FOB

THANKS ANGEL DEE !!!!

((((((Angel Dee))))))))

Affirmed

ARGH!~!~~~~~~
of course: it's CS Lewis....too tired tonight, and my brain shows the effects and Narnia is the land in which most of the story takes place....The Chronicles of Narnia are comprised of seven books....and the allusions to Christianity are woven throughout the series...THANKS JAN

Lol: I named one of my Irish Wolfhounds, Aslan, the lion king in Narnia...lovely books. But again, IMHO: not for little guys. THANKS PADME

I did so love the movie Farenheit 451...did you see that, with Oskar Werner and the glorious Julie
Christie...the characters, each memorizing an entire great book to keep the books alive even after they were destroyed by the repressive government.
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And yes the bookburning was a follow up to my post to Lyn Gilbert; SO SORRY>>>>

Too tired, someone pry my fingers off the keyboard!

#### Dear Maribell, the "Little Traveler," Thanks for your kind words. I too, remember WAY TO OZ, and his magnificent presence when he came in 3rd, in BARBARO's Birthday race, last April. Yes, I will keep him in my prayers, and add him to my Virtual Stable.

All that is needed to claim him, is a registered owner or trainer, to sign his tag before the race. If OZ loses, he belongs to the tag.

Our dear BARBARO had it all, Heard, Heart, Courage. Let's hope and pray that WAY TO OZ will end up in loving hands, thinking, "Ah yesssss, there's no place like...HOME!"

...You did good for Hans. So much more than an ex would even think of doing. We both know, and Hans does too, where THAT kind of Love comes from.

Please do let me know when you get home too, my Fren.

####DearHeart jonna, my sweet FOB Fren,

No book burning advocate here...no no, not even to make flames that keep us warm, here in the frozen North.

The power of the pen is too precious a gift to stifle. I merely meant to opine, and so, by the power of the puter-pen, did so.

The cold winter sky is white, tonight, with a few breaks, up into the beautiful star filled blackness. I always take a moment to go out and look up into the heavens in quiet reflection. It is a time to remember, a time to hope, and a time to give thanks for being a small, but blessed creature in this great, grand scheme. God is so good!

I only have cats to warm my slumber. My two "hounds" (a Boxer and a feisty little Terrier), would not be willing to share mom's dreams with the cat-boys, so they snooze in the kitchen.

With my lovelies, here, my son and daughter at home tonight; with your well wishes, and the warmth of Frenship at Barbaronation, it will be
a fine evening indeed.

Your FOB Fren, O ^-,^

Ahhhh, Otherlyn ####
You write so beautifully , with a turn of phrase now and again, that it makes me think you might be Irish, or of Irish ancestry??

Good night everybody, and sleep well.
Night, BBH, and be happy with your frens in heaven.

########## Jonna - the movie Fahrenheit 451 was from the book by one of my F&SF faves, Ray Bradbury. The book was better than the movie, IMO, but then they usually are . . . in that genre, anyway.

LYN: pour your family over you tonight like a down comforter...tell stories from their childhood. How blest you are, girl...Sleep tight, dream dreams of soaring horses who only look over their great shoulders to make sure the foals are not far behind....

Bestest: jonna and the beasts

I did it again: OTHERLYN.....not Lyn (Padme.) This is probably why my clever parents named me jonna;;;;;so I couldn't FRAC that up....time to crash. what a day.

Sleep tight little FoBs.
Thank you Alex/

###Don't fret, little jonna. You came through, loud and clear.

I read your post, smiled, then went into the other room and kissed each of their foreheads.

My daughter leaves for school, in Florida, early tomorrow morning.

Tonight, we are all together, in the house. My son is here to spend some time with the two of us, and to go to that airport to see his sister off, and to hold my hand as she goes.

I will sleep well tonight, with both "foals" in the barn. Tomorrow I will let them fly. My daughter will be miles away, at school, and my son will go back to his own place. (Out on his own for the first time this last fall).

Oh yes, I will be looking back, over my shoulder...remembering. Then I will look ahead, and watch them run, far and fast into a future of their own making.

...but tonight...the comforter...and the sweet dreams.

Goodnight, all.

O

Kathy
Joe address is
15891 County Road 92c, Woodland, CA 95695-9217

His last name is Shelton ???? Not sure on the spelling some one help me here!!
He in Yolo County

###
Kathy it's Joe And Cathy Shelton just went too his site.

Love yooooo, Otherlyn. Love yooooo FOBs.
Enjoy your foals home with you tonight!
I can relate. Reading back words on post!

Vote and comment

The pro slaughter people now know of this site and are now posting big time. Getting the RED ass! If your not from the south it means Mad!

By the way, this morning I voted and the site would tell me I have voted. When I returned this evening it let me vote again. So go see if it will let you vote again! Can't believe some of the comments.

My heart beats for your heart, Barbaro, always and forever! Run with the angels honey!

And all my love to "The Heavenly Herd", too! You know you take me to where angels walk!

Holding hands, paws, hooves, feets . . . with all the Barbaro Nation! You truly are "Simply the Best"!!

Prayers, hugs, love to all, especially those in need of extra comfort this night . . .

with love,
Lou Ann

81% for and 19% against S311
Way to go FOB'S
Thank you all!

I saw this on the DB, and I want to share the beauty of this verse. It touched me so deeply - I was moved to tears...

Te quiero sin saber cómo, o cuándo, o de dónde, sin complejidad u orgullo; así te quiero porque no sé otra manera de quererte.

I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where, without complexity or pride - so I love you, because I know no other way.

--Pablo Neruda

Love you forever horse

All ...... the boys candles are very low ....
please honor their memory at:

www.gratefulness.org

Sherry

january 5,2008

EMPTINESS AND FULLNESS

silver nickel
what this horse ..love how his hooves
define the space
reaching reaching
ben franklin
his face on a nickel shines too wiht like minded
.wise smile shrewd

i love the spirit of this horse
.the promise of great heart
the polish of spirit and intent
to come

tributes to Barbaro
weave their way to my heart form all over
delicate and passionate posts
,threads of love for Barbaro
as the loss
is weighed and re weighed

perhaps that is the gold
he gave us too
this time
january

i miss Barbaro

more importantly
,the window of great
opportunity
he gave ,gives
a world
,to many of us

some kind of
enchantment
traveling song
delicate and fierce
gravity balance

brings me down then UP
up to the stars
got to hold my heart ..

the chance to define the positive..
the negative
defines the positive

i thank the inspiration
and craft
of thousands out there
who work tirelessly for the voiceless-fur being s and his nation

the storms raging out west
tb joe and cathy
how are the rescues in california doing
and the reunion of snickers and willie
so many teachings--------
oh
gravity stay away
let me float by his great wings to hear all the ones
who join him
----------------cedar moss
rain touches crumpled leaves
remaining
on the hills

some sea gulls dip down by the hilly woods

there is a mystery about the greatness
of what we all saw

that time
when he sprang out of his gate as a youngster ,
growing into his manhood
very quickly by the Derby time

the heart raced ,the eyes watered
you just knew we were
in the presence of something extraordinary

so the greeks
they knew about tragedy
/ancient maps for our hearts
plato aristotle socrates
many
knew about the hell that opened up
on that may day
of the searing fate, the loss

and it struck me all of a sudden
the words

fullness
,emptiness

guides me
i to recognizing the defintions of
descent and the ascent

the tragedy that day

that maybe
i now see him complete in his celestial home
because of his way
his messages of compassion bridge building
pure passion

that the big heart of it all
this legacy
that it bends me
to look at what

emptiness

means
perhaps in the descent of loosing him physically
that is
the fullness

the gold

his job to win the derby in a stunning fashion
two weeks later
he looked deeply into the stands as he left pimlico
from the ambulance
with his head resting on eduardo;s shoulder
feeling the deep agony of frozen tears on cheeks
gasps ,oh save him

that he knew
he had some unfulfilled destiny
to interact with a nation and individuals
who would re open their hearts
where they were closed
no boundaries
with love

you are all part of that moment
you were there now here
i am there here

and i leave there
now
with the joy of his gifts
deep in the song of my own heart
transformed

it is deeply personal
this journey
his ability to trust
redemptive

we battle endlessly the serpentine
ways of entrenched interests
who today destroy and take away the furture
of our children

'this lesson in the spirit of 1776
we are in the trenches

paul revere
think of daryl and john and so many
who post and work to call and fax

oh yes it is deeply personal

he points me to the hunger for love and love
is a verb
action
the hunger for cooperation
..for those who try to defraud the innocent
in the end
will get their karma
never mind
the negative in this song

for a split second
you saw

lets go down to the river
..oh sisters and brothers
lets go down to the river and pray
studying the way
who shall wear the crown?

each one of you has multiplied
his song
deeply personal=exactly the point
oh yes
the cedar and the moss

what does it take
to define his legacy?

let your hearts rise
to your own calling
so that when that day comes in january
we are all collectively
at ten 15am? jan 29th
in the light
in the stillness
in the invisible dimensions
of his
and our
new found sense
of what a luminous life a moment
means
to each heart;s soul
that garden

for him to see and feel
all over the land
we are accountable
we heAr you
we are you
we are one

for the goodness
the effort of dOing it the right way
no matter what
the opposition
to serve

truth will win out
'
Barbaro

you show me the way
i feel you glowing in that sky
dark and the loaming of colors
mixing in the sun rise reds
and sun set pinks
of the hundreds of new days
since you left to
up there

sun bouncing
blues greens violets

raise your hearts
stand by him
jump up on that big broad back
enough room for every
one

i love you
i hear you
from little wilie
so despondent with his human contacts
till joe carried him to his farm
the horses and honor

mysterious weavings

there is
a sacred architecture
to a beating heart
here tonight

Barbaro
you love completely
i cry out
to all of you
from place to place
where his hooves rested and worked and played
healing all the sites of his triumphs and his tragedy
with the silky breath of faith

tears turn to a stream of
yellow and gold
on the track
where it all ends
and hten began
in a stall

that time
we were given
to get it
beyond

the mystery the glory
oh yes

it is deeply personal
luminous
beyond the corrupt thick clumsy mortals
that dictate the torture and waste of great horse souls

we hear their cries
we will stop their tears
forever in my heart

Barbaro

fractions of other worlds compacted into
a hemisphere of love
diamonds and saphir
ed beauty
integrity silver and gold
yes

tears
joy sorrow disppointment exultation redemption
carved , embedded in
sacred dirt

that earth that carries the sweetess sorrow of it all

the descent the ''emtiuness'' that is the fullness

the glory
the victory
the light
of it all

love in motion

martita

NEWS FROM JOE AND CATHY! THANK GOD ALL ARE WELL.
************************************************
Sunday, January 6th...
Hello, this is Max. The storm of the last couple of days has resulted in down telephone lines. Joe is unable to get online to update this journal. I have been asked to let you know that Joe and the horses are surviving. As soon as he is able to he will bring you update himself.

Max
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Good Morning. The Bernardini news is bittersweet. Glad everyone is healthy.

Best wishes for everyone, ponies and people, to have a peppermint kind of day.

Jonna
THANKS Jonna!!!! We'll keep praying for Joe and Kathy ...angels do come in all forms don't they???!!!!

Martita
That was amazing lady!!!! Keep them coming !!!
It's interesting you talked of the poem about Paul Revere as I too have thought several times about those now famous lines in reference to our quest...."ready to mount and spread the alarm through every middlesex village and farm"
I certainly think it describes our situation....
We'll continue dear lady...not ever giving up until WE WIN for Barbaro and ALL HORSES !!!!
Until ALL ARE SAFE .....

HUGS and love

why is the Bernardini news bittersweet? because the babe is a female, not male? Don't all the great racing line travel on the mare side of the pedigree?
I am thinking of all the greats that have sprung from Secretariat daughters....

A healthy foal. After 11 months or worrying and waiting, isn't that GREAT news?

If anyone has a minute to go over to the S311 comments, it's getting interesting.

### Jonna, Bernardini news is bittersweet to me, because It makes me think of Barbaro.....what might have been. That's all.

Margie: I got it, I got it...yes, that might have been Barbaro's first foal...it is wonderful that we have Nicanor and the other two colts....Time will tell.

Margie: here's to you for the best of luck in finding employment with people who will appreciate you.

####
Margie, LOL. It IS interesting. I didn't comment because I don't want to deal with "Nan" who thinks slaughter will boost our economy. What planet is she from?

### Oh Jonna, I am very hopeful that my connections here will get me to the job I need, and want, working with and for the benefit of our 4 legged dumplings. The rescues know I'm here, and available. Thanks.

##

Margie....that was my thought of what you meant..but we can 'keep up' with the TWINS...or as I like to call them..."TOOCUTEFOALS" which are due to emerge in 'late April'...:) Gallant Secret and Barbaro's kidddds:) At Heaven's Gate Farm:) Thank GOD for that FARM, is all I can say!!! :)

Jonna...didn't hear the phone...busy building a dinner in the crockpot:/ sorry.

Marita...BEAUTIFUL....right from your heart, and you spoke for us ALL!!

The HORSEYS were THUNDERING over us here in these Foothills of CA y'day afternoon around 2:30-3:00!!
OMGOODNESS!!! Lightning, THUNDER...HAIL THE SIZE OF SMALL MARBLES!!! It was WILD, Famblee!!! Knocked out our electricty for nearly FOUR hours!!! Soooooo many candles burning...no heat...made for an 'interesting' few hours! This computer is a lap top..and therefore, has a battery....HOWEVER, I wasn't sure which cords to undo...did one thinking for sure THIS must be the 'one'...it wasn't...we were in what they call 'brown out', the icon kept changing from the 'plug' to 'battery'...screen kept changing from darkish to light...I was afraid I'd burn up the COMPUTER, so shut it all down!!! :/ I nearly LOST MY MIND without the INTERNET....how dependent I am on today's conveniences, how inept I am at the workings of today's conveniences!!!:(

We took Murphy o'side in the VERY darka-darka with a flashlight!!!! Keeping track of whether or not he was, in fact, doing what he SHOULD out there....suddenly, I saw *LIGHT* coming from our neighbor's home:) Opened the back door...THE HEATER WAS ON:) Yippppeeeee-Skippppppyyyyy!!! Oh YES!!! Daughter and I were HAPPPPPYYYYY LADEEEEEES:) And so was MURPHY:) he gets very 'nervouuuuuuuse' when the power is OUT!! The battery operated radio did NOTHING to reassure him:/ He wanted LIGHTS AND TV!!!! lol!

I'm hoping y'all are safe/warm/dry and having a FINE SUNDAY MORNING!!!

Lynne-Barbaro's Forever Friend in CA

We are getting the storm from the west coast now. I have 6" of mud outside. I have washed a lot of legs and paws this morning. I hope the clouds and rain get out of here pretty soon. But I am thankful, no thunder to scare anyone, and my electric is still OK. I hope everyone survived this mess.

##

Speaking of lights and TV....did anyone here watch the Steelers/Jaguars game last night??? OMGOODNESS!!! WHAT A GAME!!!! I thought I'd have a heart attack!! I was very sorry for the outcome...not so 'wild' about those Jaguars!

Spent a good deal of time wondering about Green Bay y'day, zooooming EVERYWHERE...:/ Finally, I heard the sports guy from Sacramento talking about them playing Seahawks NEXT week!!! My dear Fren from WA will be rooting for those 'Hawks'...but my heart will be with Favre and his boys....I'm really hoping for Brett to take those boys to the Super Bowl and WINNNNN!:) Since my 'Niners' are seemingly 'stuck' in a 're-building' ruttttttt:/

Years ago, a friend, a fellow Forty-Niners Fan..taught me if the Niners aren't in the Super Bowl, we call it a 'Toilet Bowl'....:) I have stuck with that ever since!! HOWEVER:) If Green Bay gets there this time, I'll be callin' it by it's RIGHT TITLE:)

Lynne-Barbaro's Forever Friend in CA

We PROBABLY should keep these discussions going. It would show that these two bills (S 311 and H.R. 503) are in the forefront of people's interest. I CAN'T blue link them both in one post, but I have them on my blogspot. JUST CLICK ON MY NAME AT THE BOTTOM OF MY POST.

I will blue link them separately.

S 311

H.R. 503

### Lynne, I wonder what Favre and his old coach will say to each other in the next game? I believe they were close. Both teams are so good.

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Margie...I think they still are good frens:) Seems that way at least when they are together for fleeting moments on the fields...Last night, as I was zooming around here so HAPPY to have lights!! I saw Mike Holmgren on my way past the TV and for a split-second thought...OH!!! Here's the Green Bay game!!!...I guess I'll always think of the Packers first when I see him, 'cause during his tenure as their Coach, is when I got interested in them as a team:)

Barb, AZ:) I went to the website last night and voted for BOTH S 311 and HR 503 and left comments at both sites!! :) So MANY FOB's there:)

Lynne-Barbaro's Forever Friend in CA

Happy Sunday to all!

I hope our West Coast/western mountain frens are all safe. Prayers for those in the path of the levee break.

Mother Nature is trying to make a point.

Just caught up from yesterday's posts. Catherine Owen and the SC FOBs, you rock! Ride forth and conquer!

Tamme, I'm very interested in something you mentioned yesterday. Could you please email me off-site? Go to the forum and look for SusanE830 and email me from there.

Kate, I will keep you and your husband in my thoughts and prayers.

Joan, so good to see you back! I hope you kick this soon.

Nancy in CT, worried about you and hoping you're getting better.

It's 66 degrees and climbing, here in St. Louis, with humidity to match. The felinistas are making the most of the open windows, but methinks a tornado watch or other severe weather is in the offing--we actually get quite a few winter tornadoes here. Two years ago a little F1 pounced on a WalMart a few miles away, and made off with a fence.

Back to work. Later!

2008
The Year of the Horse

Back again.

Congratulations to the new daddy, Bernadini!

Also trying to figure out how Alex's horse ran sideways down the track. Was it drinking wine?

Please check the" AWI 11 Horses Going to Slaughter" thread in Horse Rescue Issues on the forum. We need to raise $950 more dollars to secure 10 mares and a seven month stud colt. Donations go through AW! and are tax deductible.

THESE HORSES ARE NOT SAFE UNTIL THE OWNER HAS THE PAYMENT IN HAND.

PLEASE HELP IF YOU CAN.

I can not make this just link, but here it is:
http://forums.delphiforums.com/alexbrown/messages?msg=18374.1

Margie

Some very interesting articles in the Horse.com, including the Colorado rescue of twenty some horses and another about rescues in North Carolina and Tennessee.

Horse.com Newsletter

Lisa clark and Nan OMG they don't get it!
Last poll 83% for 17% for the bad guys

if y'all would, please help me spread the news:

I'm working on an idea for a future project, and have come to the notion that the place to start is by having an album featuring drawings/poetry by kids.

Here's what I want: original pieces or verses by any child who would like to participate (one submission per child, please). I will scan these pieces at high resolution and return the images if they say, "hey, I want this back!". I can work with paper up to 11"x14" for this.
Then I'll upload them to a Kidding Around album and send a link to each participant.

So I will need obviously the images/verses, the child's first name, age and state or country and a title/caption-this can be a sentence or two describing the item and/or why they chose that creature, or just how they feel about their work.
Parents, please provide your email address for contact purposes. Absolutely no contact information will be shared with any other party.

So, whether its horses or panda bears or butterflies or snakes, a collage, drawing, painting, or prose, would you help me get the word out? I eventually hope to incorporate the drawings/poetry into something on paper- but that's not going to be immediate.

feel free to contact me at: txjest@gmail.com if you have questions, concerns, or someone you would like me to send this information to.
Thanks!
Anna

These have been up for a few days but the links were deep within some older threads - so - in keeping with my persona - wanted to share with you MARY L's first 2 TRIBUTE VIDEOS for the critters of the FOB's who left this Great Green Earth in 2007.

For your entertainment and enlightenment - and be sure to bring the kleenex - here are links to the first 2 of the Tribute Videos that Mary L (with Melody) has lovingly and painstakingly prepared for us:

FOB furbabies:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsLZYRxpF_g

Personal/Other Horses:

pls see following post of mine - it won't post with both in one.

I haven't watched the horse one yet, but the furbabies one really did me in.

Enjoy and remember . . . .

(We still have two more to look forward to - one for Rescue Horses and one for Race Horses.)

martita goshen, That was great. I dontknow why but the picture that has always bothered and depressed me the most was when the hospital van left with Barbaro looking at the crowd out of the window. I dont know why that one picture makes me so upset.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=9034619924273415957&hl=en

Tribute video of Personal Horses of the FOBs

FOB's Babies

FOB's Horses

Mary L, Melody and CJ thanks

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Sandra...Everything I've read or seen about Barbaro told me that he LOVED:) the CROWDS...:) He even looked into the stands at KD 132 on his way to the finish line....I read that somewhere...he was a real 'HAM' for EVERYONE'S cameras...and I believe in my heart he was a real 'PEEPLES' HORSEY:)

Maybe that afternoon, as they were pulling away from Pimlico....he was looking at everyone and saying, "I've done what I was put here to do...follow me on my journey now...and when I'm 'really' gone....be sure to 'keep on keepin' on'...Always remember me and be my VOICE" :)

Lynne-Barbaro's Forever Friend in CA

"In Rainbows"

From God's Loving Heart
God The Artist
Paints
Love
Angel Barbaro
His Wings Of Love
His Halo Is Glowing
All The Beautiful Colors
Of The Rainbow
An Artists Vision
An Artists Creation
Sacred Prayers
Praying Hands
In Beauty
In Truth
In Love
Divinity
Angels All Around
All Spiritual Presence
Meditation
The Rainbow Of Artists
Creating Joy........

Barbaro's Rainbow.......Hearts.......8........
Halos........Connection And Love.......

Affirmed

Has anyone else noticed the Q and A in Parade today regarding Sonya Fitzpatrick? She's the pet psychic from Animal Planet and Sirius radio. It says she has 16 pets of her own, including Lucky, a racehorse she rescued from being sold to a slaughterhouse.

I wish Parade would do a whole article on this.

BarbAZ

It sure is a feast over there on the Washington.com comment board !!! I wonder what the total of some of the IQ's are????

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LOL, Maribel. Some of those people shouldn't be posting on a public forum ! My favorite was, "Lets bring back slaughter to boost the economy !

Also, the people who actually think banning horse slaughter will lead to vegetarianism is amazing.

BarbAZ

Beam me up Scotty....

####
More LOL !

Hey, Barb Z: maybe the respondants to the polls are all brain donors on a field trip to a WiFi Starbucks for the afternoon....haha

####
jonna,

Good one. We'd better stop or Alex will think we are awful. (Are we ?)

we bad.

##
jonna LOL

It's time for an espresso...hazlenut vanilla should do the trick??!!

Personally I think Alex would be proud of US !! We took no prisoners !!!

I'll be right back...

hey! karma will out! I just got a dinner invitation!
dang: gotta take that opportunity. see ya'll later. Or as Sandra says: YOLE. Like the YOLE Log, right?

PS if anyone watches Mary's remembrance tapes, get out the kleenex....so many arabs lost in that fire in CA last year...I don't know how whose folks are still standing upright. Blessings, courage: j

PS: i know there were so many, but I hope we all remember the White Mare....slaughtered by hand god knows when in Frakkin Mexico. Her face is so indelibly in my heart...

I won't forget the White Mare. I avoided seeing her for so long, but caught a glimpse of her during the Inside Edition piece. I really wish I hadn't seen her, she is in my soul forever though.

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jonna
Have a truly wonderful evening..HUGS

Washington.com comment board, can you believe them! SICK

Hi all FOBs. Testing to see if message goes through, had trouble this morning.

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Debbie LA
They're spoiling for a fight and they're gittin it!!! They should just give up??!! LOL WE have grey matter on our side !!All kidding aside it is really quite humorus???? YES???

### We could be there all night! Every excuse they come up with gets shot down very easily.

###....and TRUTHFULLY.

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Jonna,
I don't have your email or I'd email you.

On the DB under Horse Racing, I started a thread called "No Allegiance - A Promise Kept." The purpose of which is to show our allegiance to the Horses. In your honor, to help keep the memory of the White Mare alive and to honor her, I've posted her there.

NO Horse left behind or Ever Forgotten!
Lee

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Margie
I'm enjoying all you're writing!!! LOL Don't give up on them there's a teensy weenzy shred of hope for them....I'm still looking for it??? But I'm sure it's there???LOL

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Margie
BTW who is "nan"???? Is she BUC in disguise??

### I am being way too cantankerous over there. I'm going to stop, shortly, but I still have a half cup of coffee to go! :-D

Lynne, you are right and I think at the finish line at the KD he was saying, Hay arent I great! I think God had to pick a special horse to carry out His plans to stop the abuse to His beautiful creations- the horses so Barbaro was the chosen one. ###jonna, have a nice diner tonight. Or maybe yole have a nice dinner. Ha. Hay, we in West Texas do not like to waste words so we eliminate all of you, etc and just condense it to yole. maribel, I figure the IQs that are posting on the slaughter issue are probably that of a BB.

Hiya, FsOB! I got a message from Mayor Paula Bacon yesterday and she is very excited at the prospects of being nominated for a "Profiles in Courage" Award. I've asked CJ to please post the info on the Thread that she set up for me. If you would like to send me a letter supporting Mayor Bacon's nomination, please see my address in the Thread and send the letter to me by "snail mail" no later than Friday, 01/25/2008. For more info about the annual "Profiles in Courage" Awards, please google on that title or go to the J.F. Kennedy Presidential Library's Web site. Here's to a productive new week for us all! Peace, RMH

#### To Jonna: I've always liked that film "Fahrenheit 451". It really speaks to humans' need for literature and freedom of thought.
To Margie & Lynne: Please stay safe in the awful storms.
May Joe, his wife, and all the critters at TB Friends be safe! ####

jonna,
re: margie's 3:19 message,
not sure but i thought the bittersweet part about
Bernardini was that he went on to win the preakness race when our boy well, you know..................................

barbara

### No. Not BUC. I will leave it between "nan" and I. He/she knows. :-/

### Bittersweet, is just how I feel. I am glad for Bernardini, his success, and the foal, I just feel terrible that Barbaro never had the chance.:(

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Sandra LOL BB your so right! ROFL

well, thats dinner not diner. we dont condense that much. Just bad typing.

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Maribel YES Dum and Dummer over there! Can you believe them? Nan is nuts, Is it Nina?

STRATEGY FOR MONDAY JANUARY 7

It’s great to see everyone getting back in the groove with renewed determination to succeed. This will probably be the first full week back to work for many in DC and we must let them know that we are STILL HERE!

Our voices are being heard and the support is growing. We should all be very proud of our accomplishments. Today, there are no slaughter houses operating in this country, awareness has been heightened and, because of you, many thousands of horses have been saved. We are beginning 2008 with 191 cosponsors in the House and 38 cosponsors in the Senate. Some of the big, time consuming issues like the Farm Bill are out of the way. There will now be time for other issues to be addressed when Congress returns later this month.

The strategy will remain the same until Congress comes back or until we are told otherwise. We will keep the pressure on the leadership to get S311 put on the calendar quickly or to support any legislation that contains language to end horse slaughter and the transportation of American horses to slaughter.

Senate Majority Leader: Harry Reid ph: 202-2224-3542 fax: 202-224-7327

Senate Minority Leader: Mitch McConnell ph: 202-224-2541 fax: 202-224-2499

Senate President Pro Tempore Robert S. Byrd ph: 202 224-3954 fax: 202-228-0002

Assistant Majority Leader Dick Durbin ph: 202-224-2152 fax: 202-228-0400

Assistant Minority Leader Jon Kyl Ph: 224-4521 Fax: 202-224-2207

A huge thanks to the state groups who have been relentless in their efforts! As we move forward in 2008, let us keep the faith and never forget what brought us all together.

We are BARBARO's VOICE.....let it be heard!!

Shelley and Debra

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Sandra LOL
Give Chief a big huge HUG from his Auntie Maribel who adores him and respects his fear of furnaces and little children ....

Gotta go check on the IQ potential ...maybe there's been some improvement in the last few minutes???? LOL Hope springs eternal??? We have GOD and the BBH on our side!!!
OOPS !!! WE WIN !!!!!!!!!!

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Thanks Pam for posting the strategy. Apparently
Shelley can't get on...? She's getting a message that says "you are not allowed to post comments."

Cheers,
Friar Tuck

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Had to put in my two cents once more over there ! (LOL)

### The coffee is finished. Every time a flock of FOBs goes over there, they stop posting. Wonder why?

Good night everyone. I'm hoping all of this mud freezes over night. I am trapped. My 8 mile dirt road is fit only for mud bogging right now.

(((Curlin))).

From the Washington site!

Pro slaughter
I think you forget that the slaughter houses pay the workers that work there AND pay the taxes that are required for the workers. Additionally horse slaughter is a 14 million dollar a year industry in the USA that just walked out of the country.

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I am out of here, about to jump out of my skin!

Kate here - I wanted to thank you all so much for the prayers for my husband Bruce. He is home and doing so much better. No sign of infection at his incision sites. He has to go back for more x-rays on Tuesday but it looks like the pneumonia is much better. Thanks again and God bless you all.
Books: I have a several wonderful children's books by James Herriot the English vet. One is called "Bonny's Big Day" about a retired farm horse. It illustrates how older horses should live out the remainder of their days. The story and the illustrations are beautiful.

Debbie LA,

That Pro-Slaughter person's comment is absurd. How many of the slaughter house workers were actually legal here?

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Hello everyone!

I just got home from a day out and this link was sent to me from my boss and his wife!

I hope it works...it's darling!
The dog does not take his eyes off his Mommy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HqbVbPvlDoM

(I'm sorry. I don't know how to Blue-link)

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CJ,
If you're here, will you please email me. My address is: Lee3620111@yahoo.com I have a question for you. Thanks very much.

NO Horse left behind or Ever Forgotten!
Lee

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DebbieLA

That 14 million figure is way out of wack!! LOL Just shows how little this fellow knows??!!!!LOL

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Laurie, I have seen that one before. The dog is absolutely amazing, and talk about devotion ! Thanks for posting it. I enjoyed watching it.

Now, EVERYBODY, go on....it's wonderful !

For Laurie,

"Dancing with a Dog"

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Thank you Barb AZ!

(And a special Thank You to Punky and Chunky with hugs and kisses on the side!) xxoo

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Has anyone else noticed the Q and A in Parade today regarding Sonya Fitzpatrick? She's the pet psychic from Animal Planet and Sirius radio. It says she has 16 pets of her own, including Lucky, a racehorse she rescued from being sold to a slaughterhouse.

I wish Parade would do a whole article on this.

Posted by kathyb at January 6, 2008 8:37 PM

DING! goes my head on reading this. It was seeing Sonya on Animal Planet interviewing Stephanie at MHR way back in September 2003, that led me to find them (when I needed a future forever home for then-comfortable cripple Blackie "just in case"). I think we should contact Sonya, no doubt about it. She has a website. Will address this after music - getting ready to leave NOW gotta print flyers - running off.

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Sang and played piano to Martita over the phone this afternoon - what a treat! She called me "authentic" and I want to put that on my forthcoming CD jacket! btw the CD is named IT'S ABOUT TIME.

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)

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Chunky and Punky say, "Hi !" with lots of horsey slobber !

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CJ,
Please email me, re: flyers.
Lee

shelly got the ban...

thats what mine said too

kathyb:
the thing about that mare is that she has such grace--even in dying--even in being tormented, she lowers her head with such beauty. I have seen it several times...who was she. what sin did she commit? Not fast enough? lame? barren? It's awful.

She spoke to my heart with such ferocity...I know you know what I mean...

Santa Anita has lots of problems on their hands. And thats the site for the BC too...It ain't good.

I hope the BC finally wakes up and buys Hialeah Park and hold the BC there every year. Great dirt and turf courses..And premium weather conditions.

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Yes, Jonna, I do. But I hope to never see that again. I really don't need to, like I said, she's seared into my soul.

Pleeeeeeezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzeeeee someone tell me to get out of that site. Pro Slaughter is making me drink!!!

Ro & Brady

Ro, get out of there....it will drive you nuts!

KathyB thanks, I will get out of there 'cause I am going to scream otherwise.

Ro & Brady

Good Night FOBs

I hope everyone had a good weekend and stayed safe in the bad weather. Jeez, it goes by quickly, doesn't it?

Martita - just lovely.

Laurie H. - thanks for the dancing dog video.

Janice
A forever FOB

AW- CURLIN LOOKS SO CUTE IN THAT PICTURE ON THE BLOODHORSE SITE!! :>) I JUST ORDERED MY CALENDAR WITH CURLIN ON THE FRONT!! UNFORTUNATELY IT WASN'T THE BREEDER'S CUP PHOTO.

NIGHT ALL,
LOVE,
CHERYL G
:>)

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I LEFT. It was like talking to a brick wall.

Save yourself and just let pro slaughter believe what he/she wants. The numbers tell the tale. Consistently, polls show that 75% or better want this to end. Don't let that poster get to you.

BarbAZ

HELP!!! I thought the wording of the anti-slaughter bills had been amended on the hauling to shows etc issue so as to be definite to slaughter only??? Someone please clarify???

We still need $900 to buy and transport 10 mares and a stud colt in Central Illinois. We need to pay AWI back, so they can use their funds to lobby Washington. Every donation now helps to get S.311 and HR 503 passed. We owe it to the horses to foot this bill. Let's do it for them and for Barbaro's Legacy. NO MORE HORSE SLAUGHTER. Let's pay AWI back!

PLEASE SEE THE THREAD: AWI 11 Horses Going To Slaughter

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Maribel,

There have been several concerns raised about the phrase "and for any other purpose." If you read the bill the way it was was meant to be written, "equines to be slaughtered for human consumption, and for other purposes" it makes sense. Some people opposed to the bill have assumed that "the other purposes" refers to shipping and transporting.

Here is the whole phrase, and it can be misleading:

"A bill to amend the Horse Protection Act to prohibit the shipping, transporting, moving, delivering, receiving, possessing, purchasing, selling, or donation of horses and other equines to be slaughtered for human consumption, and for other purposes."

The "other purposes" clearly refers to the slaughter, not the transport. I think there are still some folks arguing over it.

That's my story and I'm stickin' to it ! (LOL)

Good night, all. Good night, Barbaro. Good night, all you wonderful horses who make us smile, who make us happy and content. Good night, all you wonderful animals who cuddle up with us at night. Good night, MOON ! ! !

BarbAZ

The for other purposes is just a way of ruling out ALL other reasons for slaughtering such as Zoos etc. It's just making it perfectly clear that slaughter for ANY REASON PURPOSE is not acceptable!!! That's my translation...it's to stop ALL slaughter of horses for any reason!!!

Goodnight ALL...Barbaro THANK YOU for bringing all these issues to the forefront!!! I LOVE YOU BBH !!!!

Hiya, FsOB! Wishing each of you a productive week. Peace, RMH

#### To Martita, thank you for your enchanting poem yesterday. May 2008 be a super year for you!
To Margie: Glad to read that your husband is doing much better. ####

Good Monday Morning FOBs,

Here we are at the start of another week. I don't remember if Congress is returning today or not, but regardless - the aides are there answering the phones, so let's make sure they hear from us.

My prayers for all FOBs and those they love.

Janice
A forever FOB

Good morning to all FOB. Let's make this a productive calling week.

Have a great day.

Good morning everyone!
There's a good article in the Wall Street Journal regarding baby boomers, horses, horse neglect/abuse and it focuses on a rescue. It's well done and includes a video.

The only iffy part of the article was blame being put on animal lovers for closing down the slaughter plants. The writer of the article has her email at the bottom of it... :)

Perhaps she needs to be educated?

Bonnie B:
I live in Liverpool, just a tad no of Syracuse....grew up in Matawan with a family place right on the Jersey shore...now, that's heaven...

Click here for Rosemary's latest tribute to raise funds for the MO horse heroes and to honor Barbaro's passing on January 29th...

REMEMBERING BARBARO & THE MO HORSE HEROES

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.

Ro & Brady

Morning skritches to the BBH, Sir JH, Gorgeous G and the rest of the fabulous gang up there in Equine Heaven...

DOWN BELOW MORNING REPOST SHELLEYA, DEBRA, WI

STRATEGY FOR MONDAY JANUARY 7

It’s great to see everyone getting back in the groove with renewed determination to succeed. This will probably be the first full week back to work for many in DC and