Hiya, FsOB! To Alex & Wendy, it appears that the morning has begun with spam. My thanks to MJ for posting the great reprint last night re. Nicanor and Mrs. Jackson's visits so far to Fair Hill to see him. What a vision I got of her, running her hands down his legs and thinking of his big brother!

And please, everyone, read Martita's poem from last night night. I agree, Martita, you had a flash of revelation and a message from Eight Belles herself when you saw Winskow Homer's "Eight Bells" at the Brooklyn Museum last Sunday. Courage, everyone, and may you have a safe & productive day. Peace, RMH

### To Barb in FLA: Keeping Nala in my thoughts, as well as Over Enough.
To Janice: May Kaiser's recovery continue unabated today. ####

Good Morning! Thank goodness Chelokee continues to improve. Thank you, Alex, for keeping us posted on him. We continue to pray for his good health and full recovery.

### Of course I meant "Winslow Homer", I don't have my glasses on yet! ####

Morning skritches to the BBH, Sir JH, Gorgeous George, Belle, and the rest of the stellar gang in Equine Heaven...

MORNING POST/ShelleyA, Debra, WI/AAHS:

STRATEGY FOR WEDNESDAY MAY 14

CALL TO ACTION…..Illinois Needs Our Help http://forums.prospero.com/alexbrown/messages?msg=23577.1

In addition to our call list, it’s time to call on the Senate and House leadership demanding a vote on s311 and Hr503 immediately to stop the slaughterhouses from exporting tens of thousands of American horses to Mexico and Canada.

Mario Diaz-Balart – FL
Phone: 202-225-2778
Fax: 202-226-0346

Henry C. Johnson – GA
Phone: 202-225-1605
Fax: 202-226-0691

David Scott- GA
Phone: 202-225-2939
Fax: 202-225-4628

Jerry Costello – IL
Phone: 202-225-5661
Fax: 202-225-0285

Timothy V. Johnson – IL
Phone: 202-225-2371
Fax: 202-226-0791

Peter J. Visclosky – IN
Phone: 202-225-2461
Fax: 202-225-2493

Please continue to gather information from your calls and pass that information on to us via email through the DB.

Finally, please mention Americans Against Horse Slaughter when making your calls and remind them that we are a non funded, grassroots group of people from across the country brought together for the sole purpose of passing this legislation. It is important that they know we have NO OTHER agenda.

We are BARBARO’S VOICE……Let it be heard!!

Shelley and Deb

Posted by: ShelleyA at May 13, 2008 10:28 PM

Cheers,
Friar Tuck

Beautiful picture of Nicanor and a great article on the front page of the sports section in todays NY Times. I was so excited to see this--he is so gorgeous.

The Nicanor article in the Times has a link on the discussion board. The last paragraph will break your heart.

"Liz Harris, executive director of TCA acknowledges, “Many of the donations that have come in, were actually cashed winning tickets that people didn’t want to spend on themselves”.

WOW! To me, this says ALOT about how people feel about the horse. Its not always about the gambling. PLEASE!! The Industry must take heed from this and continue along this path of finally seeing the light about what most people want to see in Horse Racing. Even in a time when people need extra money, they are turning in their tickets and wont take the winnings from this sad event. I salute them and thank them.

I hope TCA can raise lots of dollars for all causes associated with the betterment of horse welfare out on the track in honor of Eight Belles and Barbaro and all the others before.

Nicanor

The Nicanor article in the Times, hope the blue link works.

Good Tuesday morning FOBs,

I'm still out of touch having no power, so I am not up on everything that is going on here at ABR. I have very limited computer access at work. Thankfully, we now have a working phone at home and there are no new fires cropping up right around us, so I am grateful for that. I'm also very thankful that we have a generator so we won't lose all the food in the refrigerator. I feel like complaining about not having power but then I see the burnt homes and realize that we don't have it so bad.

Thank you Robyn for your kind thoughts. Today I'm going to bring Kaiser home from the Vet. I was hoping to have electricity before he came home (so the house will be cooler) but not to be. I also wanted to wait until the evacuation threat was over. We'll have to use some kind of mild sedation to keep him calm and quiet so the fracture can heal. I tried the natural stuff which did nothing.

Have a great day everyone!!

Janice
A forever FOB

Please keep the prayers coming for Day bue!

Who are these people? They have taken Tim Wolley's comments over.

Ro & Brady

Tim Woolley, sorry.

I found this listing, but the phone numbers are wrong - does anyone have the correct numbers to call?

Thanks.

Agriculture & Conservation Committee - Members
95th General Assembly
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Members Notice of Hearing Bills

Role Representative Party
Chairperson : Dan Reitz D
Vice-Chairperson : Brandon W. Phelps D
Republican Spokesperson : Jim Sacia R
Member: Shane Cultra R
Member: Lisa M. Dugan D
Member: Robert F. Flider D
Member: Donald L. Moffitt R
Member: Richard P. Myers R
Member: David Reis R
Member: Patrick J Verschoore

Spam, spam and more spam. Poor Penny and Tim.
It's getting bad here too!

Wow, the article on Nicanor! The happy news is it confirms La Ville Rouge is in foal to Dyna-daddy!

MJ you were so right, the last paragraph about broke my heart. Tears in the office once again.

Role Representative Party
Chairperson :

Dan Reitz D

Springfield Office:
200-9S Stratton Office Building
Springfield, IL 62706
(217) 782-1018
(217) 782-0945 FAX

District Office:
128 A West Main
Sparta, IL 62286
(618) 443-5757
(618) 443-3800 FAX
Randolph County

Back with more!

Good Morning All,

Barbaro you live in my Heart.

Good morning wonderful creatures at MHR.
FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION!

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

Ro & Brady

Jim Sacia

Springfield Office:
210-N Stratton Office Building
Springfield, IL 62706
(217) 782-8186
(217) 558-7016 FAX

District Office:
19 S. Chicago Avenue
Freeport, IL 61032
(815) 232-0774
(815) 232-0777 FAX
Winnebago County

Representative Brandon W. Phelps (D)
118th District

Springfield Office:
275-S Stratton Office Building
Springfield, IL 62706
(217) 782-5131
(217) 557-0521 FAX

District Office:
2 N. Vine, 5th Floor
Harrisburg, IL 62946
(618) 253-4189
(618) 253-3136 FAX
White County

Representative Shane Cultra (R)
105th District

Springfield Office:
230-N Stratton Office Building
Springfield, IL 62706
(217) 558-1039

District Office:
104 West Lincoln Avenue
Onarga, IL 60955
(815) 268-4090
(815) 268-7245 FAX
Iroquois County

Representative Lisa M. Dugan (D)
79th District

Springfield Office:
260-W Stratton Office Building
Springfield, IL 62706
(217) 782-5981
(217) 557-7643 FAX

District Office:
135 S. Schuyler Avenue
Kankakee, IL 60901
(815) 939-1983
(815) 939-0081 FAX
Kankakee County

Representative Robert F. Flider (D) - 94th General Assembly
101st District

Springfield Office:
200-5S Stratton Office Building
Springfield, IL 62706
(217) 782-8398
(217) 782-2528 FAX

District Office:
132 South Water
Suite 101
Decatur, IL 62523
(217) 428-2708
(217) 428-3419 FAX
Macon County

Representative Donald L. Moffitt (R)
74th District

Springfield Office:
223-N Stratton Office Building
Springfield, IL 62706
(217) 782-8032
(217) 557-0179 FAX

District Office:
#5 Weinberg Arcade
Galesburg, IL 61401
(309) 343-8000
(309) 343-2683 FAX
Knox County

Representative Richard P. Myers (R)
94th District

Springfield Office:
200-7N Stratton Office Building
Springfield, IL 62706
(217) 782-0416
(217) 782-5257 FAX

District Office:
331 N. Lafayette St.
Macomb, IL 61455
(309) 836-2707
(309) 836-2231 FAX
McDonough County

Representative David Reis (R)
108th District

Springfield Office:
228-N Stratton Building
Springfield, IL 62706
(217) 782-2087

District Office:
219 E. Main
P.O. Box 189
Olney, IL 62450
(618) 392-0108
(618) 392-0107 FAX
Jasper County

Representative Patrick J Verschoore (D)
72nd District

Springfield Office:
252-W Stratton Building
Springfield, IL 62706
(217) 782-5970
(217) 558-1253 FAX

District Office:
Cnty Off Bldg-1504 3rd Ave.
Rock Island, IL 61201
(309) 793-4716
(309) 793-4764 FAX
Rock Island County

Last one!

Thank you Alex, you cleaned the house of Spam!

Wow; Debbie L.A. - thanks!

Made a couple of calls so far - also directed them to www.vetsforequinewelfare.org and the section on horse slaughter - do you think that will be helpful?

thanks again.

###
FG
yes it will be helpful, going to fax some info to them also!

Alex is still at work - I'm trying to keep up with the spam as best I can.

I don't know how to get over to clean up Tim and Penny's comments... but it is duly noted that they have a spam issue! Wow!

Thanks!

###
Wendy your doing a great job, thanks for all the hard work. Big JOB that is for sure, do you have to block each one? Don't understand why. Poor Penny and Tim.
Have to go get some ink for the fax, back later!

FOB $1-$5 Alive Drive

Thank-you! We finished drive number 9 in memory of dear Twinkle Toes. We have raised over $900 in 3 weeks. We are now on Mac at The Humane Society of the Ozarks. Mac is being fostered by Le Ann, who does a wonderful job bringing back starved horses. The Humane Society of the Ozarks needs the funds to take care of Mac.

THIS IS IMPORTANT: Earmark your donations for "Macintosh" or he will not get them.

You can donate using paypal on their website:

http://hsozarks.tripod.com/

The link is at the bottom of the left column just above InPrint in red.

REMEMBER to NOTE that it is for "Macintosh."

Or you can snail mail to:

The Humane Society of the Ozarks

413 N College Avenue

Fayetteville, AR 72701

Again please NOTE that it is for "Macintosh."

$1.00 to $5.00 is all we are asking. At fees for Paypal $1.50 - $6.00.

Remember $1-$5 by snail mail. Group donations welcome. Paypal at least $1.50 to $6.00 to cover all fees. We are asking for your pocket change, not your gas money.

Please report your donation on the "FOB $1-$5 Alive Drive" thread in discussion.

$40 needed.

Thank-you!

Margie

### Hi Everybody! Back after the war in Jeff city yesterday. I think Daryl and I left with some scars, but knowledge to know how to fight back. After very shabby treatment by Wes Shoemyer the sponsor and the committee as a whole, I left devastated. Just a few moments ago, I recieved a formal apology call from a member of the committee and my rep about the treatment we recieved and that they will deal with this. It has made me more determined that this arrogant man MUST BE TAKEN DOWN! He mocked me with juvenile comments and hand gestures during my whole testimony. And finalized with a threat that if I kept it up, he was going to make it worse for our cause. People who make that statement are threatened. He knows we are right, we must pound those reps with e-mails with facts- not just emotion. They must know the truth. Lets not give up FOBS! THIS man needs a good slap across his face, and we'll do it with a copy of his resolution as its falling to defeat. Jen

Good morning everyone,

Checking in before I start my calls/emails today. Please ask everyone you know to help us.

MJ, saying special prayers for Day bue.

Janice, how awful to be going through what you are. Thoughts and prayers to you, Kaiser and your whole family. I hope you get power soon.

I have a framed photo of a horse named Summertime Promise on my wall. Years ago, in the late 70's, when I first started working at the track, I took care of her. She was trained by Jack Van Berg. She is Barbaro and Nicanor's great, great, great grandmother (perhaps more "greats" there....she's way up in the lineage).

Anyway, looking at her photo, Barbaro, and now Nicanor, it is amazing the resemblence. Same eyes and face. I treasure this photo of her, she was such a sweet girl.

Make it a good, and productive, day everyone.

Great work Jen!

Alex-I think yesterday exploits might have "loosen you up". Glad you weren't hurt and that the horse waited for you.

oh lordy!! i'm sitting next to an aqha judge who started our conversation with "you should hear these idiots who want to ban slaughter"... I quickly informed the retired school teacher that I was one of them.

wish me luck!

Continued prayers for Kaiser, Nala, Over Enough, Day Bue and Chelokee, and anybody I forgot!

At work with no time today. Will check in later!

Under Horse Rescue Issues:

El Paso Slaughter Auction tomorrow:

Another day for us to raise the remaining $817 for tomorrow's rescue of 6!! Jessie has a great home for them. Let's give them life. We can do this!!! We have 24 hours!

$817 more to go! Please CROSSPOST!!! For tomorrow's 6!

Forgot to say what a great job Jen, Daryl and Susan did yesterday, and very saddened at their treatment!

wendyinmi,
HAHAHAHA YOU GO GIRL!!!! Good luck!

Jen Daryl and Susan. What a shame that they would stoop to that childish level. You all showed you had the class not them. Great job!

BRAVO - Jen and Daryl - your courage and staying power - your knowledge and professionalism - are a fine example. Barbaro is sooooooo proud !
These "morons" will pay the price ...........
for their idiot attitudes.
I am sooo proud of you ...... and Susan ....
for your hard, hard work !! Thank you from me and for all the horses !

Sherry

Wendy, I used to represent the AQHA in my job. I gave them up as it is such a conflict of interest and I had no intention, or desire, to assist them in any way.

Financially, it was a hugh loss for me, as they are a big organization. But, I don't care. I did what I felt was the right, and moral, thing to do.

Hi everyone:
Just need to tag on behind Jen's post. Boy, were we treated like dirt. Especially her! The first man we met was rude, condescending....outright mean to her. He had no license. Just arrogance and stupidity....which is a lethal combination.
During her testimony, one member was especially rough on her. This was a hearing.....you know, let's hear your side, then let's hear the other side. No way on this platform. I wanted to smack the guy with my golf club but my swing is so bad, I'd probably miss.

Hay, Jen is a true warrior. We shared tears after the hearing. Her passion for Barbaro's tasks....wow...deep, very deep. I want to thank her for allowing me to witness true strength, resolve and the way she stood up to Shoemyer....I could not be more proud of someone!

I believe a component to success is this: "It's not how hard you get punched. It's how hard you punch back!" She took some unbelievable punches and walked out with a resolve stronger than she went in with. Powerful lady. Jen, I'm proud of you!

Daryl
Daryl

FYI - here's some prior HS history info on the Reps on today's (Weds) ABR/AAHS list:

Rep. Henry Johnson (GA) is new to the 110th Congress so did not vote on HR 503 in the 109th Congress. He did vote YES on HR 249 in the 110th Congress. All the others on today's list voted YES both on HR 503 in the 109th and HR 249 in the 110th. (none cosponsored HR 503 in the 109th)

So they all have horsefriendly voting records. Please remind them of that, and encourage them to cosponsor AND to urge Rep. Pelosi to move HR 503 to a vote.

IMO - Thank them all for their YES vote on HR 249 and remind that 249 only applies to WILD equines and that we still need HR 503 for the rest of them and to end export.

Mario Diaz-Balart - FL (Yes on both)
Phone: 202-225-2778 Fax: 202-226-0346

Henry C. Johnson - GA (Y on 249 - he's new to 110th Congress so no vote on 503 in the 109th)
Phone: 202-225-1605 Fax: 202-226-0691

David Scott - GA (Yes on both)
Phone: 202-225-2939 Fax: 202-225-4628

Jerry Costello - IL (Yes on both)
Phone: 202-225-5661 Fax: 202-225-0285

Timothy V. Johnson - IL (Yes on both)
Phone: 202-225-2371 Fax: 202-226-0791

Peter J. Visclosky - IN (Yes on both)
Phone: 202-225-2461 Fax: 202-225-2493

Edgar Prado's Article on Eight Belles

#####Jen, thank you for all that you did yesterday in standing in the line of fire and giving it your all. It must have been very scary to have endured such behaviour by an elected official (assuming he was elected). I'm glad someone stepped forward with an apology, but that's not much compensation I'm sure.

I am so very proud of you as we all are here.

Thank you Daryl and Susan for being there to witness what true evil lurks out there and to give needed support to Jen.

Judy

May 14 Cherokee Devotional [sharing email from Harriette Brillianthawk]

How many times she called me to her side to share something beautiful---the glowing embers in a sunset, the call of a whippoorwill, or one of those rare moments when Venus draws near the new moon. How many times she held my hand to comfort me through hope and fear, birth and death, happiness and unhappiness. How many times she taught me that no one is ever alone. We are always in the presence of Father-God who loves us--no matter what might appear to frighten us. How many times she said, "You can do it!" and how many times she refrained from saying, "You'll never make it" and how many blessings I wish upon her, my mother!

I will come with my family and pitch my lodge in your camp, that mothers may see..you are under my protection.

Eagle Wing

Hello again FOB famblee

I just read on FPL's web site (the power company in Florida) that they are pleased to announce that power should be restored to our area by Friday night. For some reason, I'm not as pleased as they are. ARGH!

Also - someone called to tell me that they caught the arsonist who set all these fires. Welcome news!

I'm going to be leaving work soon to get Kaiser. I am so looking forward to taking him home but I just hope he doesn't act like a lunatic when he sees me. It's hard to manage him as he weighs almost as much as me and they want him kept quiet and calm. Denny, being disabled, can't handle him at all.

I feel so bad for Jen and Daryl - loyal FOBs who deserve to be honored, not ridiculed.

Have a great day all!
Janice
A forever FOB

###THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR KIND WORDS!

We got treated BAD and I licked my wounds all the way home. But you know what? Now my resolve is even stronger. What better feeling would it be to defeat this. I guarantee you this. WE defeat this, I am driving to Jeff city, walking up to Wes shoemyer and telling him off, right in front of the other Senators. But first. We need all the reps to know the truth. Facts not emotion. WE can do it. Jen

Wes Shoemyer

I too am very saddened at their treatment.
Thank you Daryl, Susan and Jen. What a jurk!

I should know the answer to this question, but I still have to ask...........

What is the post time for the Preakness, and what network is it on? I will be out of town from this evening through Saturday evening, and I want to DVR it. I certainly don't want to miss Big Brown's victory........

If anyone contacts Shoemyer or his his office...or any committee members. Please, be extremely courteous and civil. Remember, we represent Barbaro. And that is one great honor.

Besides, it appears he & others will have to answer to their peers....who they embarassed as well as themselves.

Daryl

Alex
Hope your not too sore, LOL bringing in the glue tomorrow. Cute!

Alex,
Super glue then the seat belt. LOL Please be careful!

Sending All, All All My Love To Angels Alex, Wendy, Jen, Daryl, Susan And All The Angels Here.
I Love You So A Lot So. You Are In My Heart So A Lot So.

Sending All, All All My Love......Prayers.......
Rainbows.......To You So, So So Beautiful Angels.

Sending All, All All My Love.......Prayers.......
Rainbows.......To Kaiser And Chelokee.

Affirmed

Okay Let's let him answer to his peers, had planned to be nice, extremely courteous and civil.
But I didn't email are call yet!

Hay, FOB's!

###
Trip to AZ may have to be postponed. Family situation...got off the phone with my son a short time ago. It may be nothing - or not. But right now, the way things look, I'll reschedule. But on top of that, I am getting the strong feel that I should stay close to home...so I'm going with it (plus, money is tight right now...). Very strong feel. With all the earth "stuff" going on right now, with my luck, there would be some freak weather occuring either here or out west...

###
Daryl, Jen and Susan, tried to e-mail Mr.Shoemeyer, got a delivery failure, but will try again. I have such a difficult time understanding why mature, civilized conversation is such a stretch for some people. We all don't have to agree, but listening to other points of view can broaden horizons.

###
Read Edgar's article on the DB...and my admiration for him is growing even more. Its clear he is a very thought-full person.

Everybody have a blessed day.

Healing, Love, Peace
ONS
Padme

NO EXTRA HAHS LIST YESTERDAY OR TODAY - temporarily suspended due to prime directive.

You may have noticed there was no extra HAHS list posted here yesterday - here's why - via a post that just came up from Daniel of the HAHS Group:

Hi all,

In case you didn't figure it out yet, the daily faxing campaign has been suspended until further notice in order to attend the special action alert released yesteday.

At this stage of the game it is far more important to press leadership to help our sponsors find a way around Craig and his foot-tapping friends than gaining new cosponsors.

Daniel

My email to Shoemyer went through. Just make sure you spell the last name correctly.

FOB $1-$5 Alive Drive

Wow, we are finished with drive number 10 for Mac. We have raise over $1000 in less than 4 weeks for rescued horses. We still have a long list, but this wonderful. Thank-you to everyone for giving!

Our next drive was suppose to be for Austin at Never E Nuff Acres for emergency vet bills. But Austin's vet bill has been paid in full. So, as Dawn suggested, we are going to raise $100 for Captain, who is a special needs horse at Never-E-Nuff Acres Horse Rescue and Sanctuary.

Captain is 34 years old and was used in Mexican racing in the past. He has old fractures and arthritis and his tongue was nearly split in two by a bit. So we are going to help Captain get the care he needs.

For Paypal go to their site:

http://www.neverenuffacres.org/

You can see the donation link on the right side. If that does not work for you, please try the link at the bottom of the page.

Remember $1.50 to $6.00 if you use Paypal to take care of all the fees.

For snail mail:

Never-E-Nuff Acres, Inc.

P.O. Box 94

Waxahachie, TX 75168

Remember $1-$5 is all we are asking for, but all donations are welcome.

Please report your donation on the "FOB $1-$5 Alive Drive" thread in discussion.

We need $100 to help Captain at Never-E-Nuff Acres.

Thank-you so much for helping!

Margie

"Seek And Ye Shall Find In Rainbows"

From God's Loving Heart
The Most Beautiful Rainbow Barbaro
His Wings Of Love
Eight Belles Glowing Angel
With Barbaro's So, So So Beautiful Angels
Divine Blessings
Beautiful Visions
Beautiful Creations
Appearing
The Signs Of Hope
Special Meaning
Barbaro's Halo Is Glowing So, So So Beautifully
All The Colors Of The Rainbow
The Circle Of Love
In Hearts
In Roses
In Halos
In Wings
The Circle Of Angels
Barbaro's Famblee
Our Angel Horses
Glowing
The Rainbow Of Barbaro
God's Light Of Love
Bluebird Barbaro Lifting You Up
Angel Wings........

8......Halos......Two Hearts.......Connected In
Love......Divine Faith......Wings Of Prayer......

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

Affirmed Prayers......
God And The Angels Are With You......
Jesus.......
Angel Barbaro......
Angel Eight Belles.......

Affirmed Knowing......
The Chairman Of The Board Sees.......
Has Many Angels.......

Affirmed

It is so touching to read about G. Jackson's visits to Nicanor. So bittersweet- bless her.

I haven't responded yet to Mr. Shoemeyer, waiting for calmness and adultness to settle in. I'd like to settle his hash- as Granma used to say!
###Jen, Susan, and Daryl--I luv ya !

But I will be an upstanding representative of Barbaro Jackson when I make the contact. Barbaro deserves dignity from his posse! !

((( Nala )))

((( Kaiser )))

Praying for both and also, not forgetting Over Enough in my prayers. Prayers for all sick 4&2
legged frens . Back to work now, ttyl,

Anyone remember Mish the Future Vet tech? well she just e-mailed me- she spoke to her rep and they will oppose scr35. they are appalled to hear of our treatment. We will win district by district. St. Louis has enough districts alone to beat this. Keep the calls and e-mails coming. Jen

Congratulations Jen, Daryl and Susan for your courage in facing up to those rude committee members especially Shoemyer. You have shown us all that their words and actions will never stop us and we will be victorious. Thank you so much.

###
Also just watched the HBO segment on You Tube. Heartbreaking. Just heartbreaking.

But we will prevail.

###
I am going to start and build on what I did at the ranch the night of the frat party...a chant practice to move energy to get the bills to a full congressional vote. It may be "out there" but I figure if I can handle 450 drunk/high college kids...Congress should be just as do-able. There are those who are on the front lines - me, I can do my energy work in the background. I almost wonder if those energy workers on the site should do their own practice every day...just to see if we can work energetically to clear this horror once and for all.

###
Have postponed my trip to AZ...just not a good time for me to be away.

###
oddest thing about e-mailing Mr. Shoemyer...got a second delivery failure, but I copied the e-mail address directly from his web page. Oh well, I will keep trying. I LOVE technology. It might be something on Yahoo as well. Will try from another e-mail address

Healing, Love, Peace
ONS
Padme

Shoemyer's head is going to explode! He was so pissed at me last night, he really is going to be pissed by all these e-mails. He shouldnt have messed with me- because as I told Daryl last night- when I get pissed I am a B..ch! Jen

#####

Way to go Jen...Daryl...Susan...AND OUR FAITHFUL FOBS!....The old saying...worded different...DON'T MESS WITH THE FOBS!!!!!

Good Afternoon, Barbaro

Hey...read last night...that the heavenly folks were finishing up Jeopardy...wow...I was very impressed...and may tackle other games...We miss you Barbaro, we love you...and we are certainly here to finish your unfinish tasks.

Good Afternoon Family/Fans Of Barbaro

We were chosen just like Barbaro...we were chosen to speak for so many that cannot speak for themselves...PLEASE CALL, FAX, EMAIL...

When people are just plain stupid (stating mildly) that Jen, Daryl, and Susan met last night...they are so insecure...that they act like snakes on the ground..instead of being knowledge and standing up like a real man...or real person.

But we FOBS..are so much better than that...are guns are loaded with knowledge, with love, with care...and we CERTAINLY GET IT....SO...we will bombard them with emails, faxes, and calls, very dignified...but to the point...

Please remember and help our rescues, and thank you for everyone who has and is helping them...our Fallen Angels...the ones suffering human or animal, our wildlife, and always, our loving family...we all live in the House that Barbaro built.

Have a nice evening....

###
Thank God..my boss finally left for the rest of the week...lol

Alex...thank you..fren...we are an inspiration to us.
Tim and Fair Hill...we love hearing from you.
Our precious Fallen Angels...we are here..we are marching forward...

My email to shoemyer DID come back. So.....I made a phone call and faxed. I've been up against this type of 'elected' personality before. They don't intimidate me. So everybody - go for it.

What type of Senator bounces his emails????? This speaks volumes for that person.

looks like nobody reposted Martita's from last batch - it was so late many of you may have missed it, so here goes:

reposting

to the fans of barbaro
all in the circle
may 13,2008

in the cusp of that day
.the aftermathpcikng up peice sof our hearts .surely mu onw spread eveyrwhere.
week end of joy and sorrow
and forgiveness
and discussion with god and all the powers that be
the whys the whole plate served up---

listening to the sun pouring
through the brooklyn botanical gardens on mothers day
first making a stop to the fifth floor of the brooklyn museum
called the visible storage exhibit

it is in these pristine cement corners,
racks of famous paintings neatly hung and labeled
resting from the public eyes
here in the respectful storage of stillness
and air controlled atmosphere
that i received some kind of angelic serendipity
re definition
as to eight belles departure- her sacrifce
and gifts
to anyone who would like to contemplate
'her beauty
for the duration and gifts that time can give

i willingly receive what ever morsel i find
she is not
and never will be
,as many others too
be ever , expendable

that the museum houses magnificent art works
on a rotation bases
. those not seen on the major floors are stored on this floor
..the furniture mostly of the art deco era
and all sorts of interesting american objects of art,
impressionists and japanese artists of the 19th century

my friends love this floor and insisted that we go there first
.
we split up and i followed a thread to the end of a hall way
first setting eyes on a huge pale blue mt fuji etching
.most of these paintings had no notes underneath them
just the artist named

some energy took me to the left and in the glass case
with a thick gold frame around it
was a luminous engraving in that dark ink of none other then
THE 1887 original engraving OF W. HOMER'S
EIGHT BELLS

I COULD NOT BELIEVE IT
BUT WHAT A STROKE OF FORTUNE
ANOTHER CHANCE TO RE VISIT THE TRAGEDY
TO GLEAN MEANING AND SENSE OF IT ALL
INFACT TO HEAR HER VOICE IN A NEW WAY

AND YET
ANOTHER GIFT SHE GIVES FROM ABOVE TO BELOW
AND OH YES
WE ARE SO BELOW
OUR SPECIES
SOMETIMES BEYOND THE HELL OF BRIMSTONE AND DIRT AND GRISSLE
AND CREATURES THAT LIVE SO WAY DOWN THERE
WITH NO REPRIEVE

THAT IN SUCH A CRISIS OF FAILING HUMANS

ACTS OF SILENT HEROISM JUMP OUT
BECAUSE OF MANY OF YOU

AND GOOD FAITH
IN UPHOLDING BARBARO;S VOICE
AND LEGACY TO THE BRIM
OF THE CHALICE HTE CUP HELD SO REVERENTLY , TENDERLY

WHO CANT STEP UP TO THEIR HIGHEST SELVES AS IN

AQUARIAN--
look at themusic of his name flowing deep well of water
..oh dear horse
your steadfast loyalty
to follow and trust your master
-
this is greatness
i shall carry forever you esence ..never expendable in my life
in my heart
with brave miner

AND ALL THE OTHERS WE DONT KNOW ABOUT

? IS THIS TRUE
THaT THEY made HIM WALK TO THE BARN INJURED
OH MY WORD.

so on this fifth floor
i this gift
a hiddden gift on mothers day
such a comfort to me

FOR THE INK GLOWED ON THE CREAM PAPER NOT A LINE WASTED
WRITTEN UNDERNEATH IT
WAS EVEN MORE PROPHETIC
IN VIEW OF THE DISASTERS THAT SEEM TO DRIP OFF THE TRACKS AND THE DISAPPOINTMENTS OF CONGRESS AND THE HBO SPECIAL

THE LABEL READ

TWO FISHERMAN TRACK THEIR SHIP;S COURSE
AMID STORMY SEA USING NAUTICAL INTRUEMENTS AND THE SOUNDING OF BELLS RINGNG AT SET TIMES OF THE DAY.

one can see the influence of the japanese artists upon Homer;s use of design here.
.the elegant framing of his two men and hte huge incoming waves .
the lean lines conveying a determination to not waver in the crisis of a storm

amen

reading about the beautiful nick zito horse who was RIDDEN OFF THE TRACK WITH A RIDER ON HIS BACK IN OBVIOUS DISTRESS THEN LOADED INTO THE AMBULANCE AND TAKEN TO THE CLINIC TO BE EUTHANIZED LATER.

so what was this trainer and rider thinking/

who will speak for AQUARIAN

would someone out there please let me know
so i can do the right thing by this beautiful horse .
oh my lord
so many stories this week too of wonderful owners and trainers who really care deeply for their horses who give them unconditionally s much'
. could someone let me know how to honor this horse
and erase that walk over to the barn
.pray tell

OUR POOR WORLD
lays suffering tonight
earthquakes
famines
..humans rising to great deeds and others living in their empty hell
is it then,
what that makes this cruelty in the world
to the soft hearts in great animals like horses who serve endlessly for our every whim and task we create
of course
for them?
?
lust for power ego rampant
for of course we know best?

all the more reason
to stand up for the voiceless.

this comforts me that i can try
i have a choice
i can even
if am a mere speck
a tiny speck
but hey
i hear the stars over my bed tonight
and i know how fortunate i am
to have a roof over head
and clean fresh air and water ..
trees
the sea ..

and what will it be?

martita

Posted by martita goshen at May 14, 2008 4:48 AM

Alex - thanks so much for the links to the HBO video - have just emailed to Sen Lugar's aide.

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Jen..Daryl and Susan

YOU ARE A CLASS ACT!!!!!!!

We are so proud of you ALL....you carried yourselves with dignity and grace and that is ALL anyone can ask of YOU!!!

((((((Daryl...Jen...Susan))))))))))

WE ARE SO PROUD....

HUGS and much love to you ALL

Janice, I think Kaiser will be fine. I had a Lab once that shattered her hock and had to have 3 surgeries (pins in and pins out). She adjusted to using 3 legs fine. She did want to chew the stitches out so the vet put an Elizabethan collar on her. she couldnt sleep at night as her head wouldnt lay flat so the vet gave her something to take at bedtime. whatever it was she snoozed logs all night. It was a 6 month ordeal -allowing time between surgeries. She was almost to geting her show championship when she hurt the leg. people said she would never show again. A year later she got her championship. I am sending prayers for Kaiser to do well and I am sure he will with the care and love yole will give him. Please post and give us a daily report as we all care.

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Date: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 2:41 PM

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U.S. INTERIOR DEPARTMENT ADDS POLAR BEARS TO LIST OF THREATENED SPECIES

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Martita..postings..beautiful as always.

Just like the Bible says: if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can move mountains....and we are strong...we can move mountaintops...

We have alot of publicity going.....our iron is hot...and we are steaming...we can make things happen...

We Believe In Miracles
We Believe In Barbaro
WE BELIEVE IN THE FOBS!!!!!

I like many of you...get so discouraged...this world...and how it is shaping into a cold, uncaring world...but even a few...and a strong few/family like the FOBS...CAN AND WILL MAKE CHANGES...

CONTINUE THE GOOD WORK...WE CAN AND WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND SAVE BARBARO'S BROTHERS AND SISTERS, ALL ANIMALS...AND MANKIND...

Barb, prayers and good thoughts for Nala. We care for all our two legged and four leg babies.

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Prayers to all who need them...

WE HAVE TO SAVE THESE PRECIOUS ONES IN EL PASO...THEY NEED US...PLEASE DO NOT LET THEM CROSS THE BORDER INTO MEXICO...THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL...LOOK AT THE DB...AND ANY PENNY, NICKEL, OR DIME...ADDS UP....PLEASE!

After seeing the HBO segment the other night...the heartbreaking...the cruelty, just stays in my mind...if you can help these horses in El Paso...PLEASE DO...

joan,
Once you see it,it never goes away, you never forget. It makes me so angry and sick!

SEE HOW LATE IN THE DAY I'M RUNNING: MERDE:
JOE FOR HUMP DAY:
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Wednesday, May 14th... Extreme Fire Danger. Today they say 40 mile an hour winds with 93 degree temps. Right now, at 6:25 on a Wednesday morning, we are a dust bowl. Winds rock our house. In the barn 95.3 on your FM dial is turned up loud, drowning out the sounds of a hurricane. In the mare motel horses are spooked. In our fields horses on alert. Later today from a race track in Los Angeles comes a gelding, and I hope he brings a sense of humor.

Like searching for a shoe nail in a haystack, but mechanic Jay in Woodland found a radiator for the old ranch truck. Every few miles I had to stop and add water. At a junk yard Jay found a 1969 Ford with a donor card. So now we are cruising in style. No more smelling antifreeze as we head down the 505. Life is good in the boonies.

Lots of kids have been visiting from youth shelters, and one girl asks: Is that your truck? Why not just ride one of your horses to town? Do you guys even have electricity?

Allison Martino is 12, and sometimes she stays with us while her mom is in class. I had to give Allison a ride home, and she tells me no way is she getting into my old truck. It is embarrassing. I tell Allison to walk home then. Finally Allison accepts the ride, but she wants to wear a paper sack over her head.

Mike Baker tells me gasoline could be over $6.00 a gallon this summer. Mike Baker is buying a little Civic for his commuter car. His big truck will stay in the garage.

Tom Hayes tells me Yolo County wants to moniter our water wells, and charge more money if we use too much water. Tom Hayes is a farmer, and he is going to a city council meeting to protest this idea.

Horse killer Manny Phelps tells me because of gasoline he must once again raise the costs of rescuing a horse.

Stephanie Diaz tells me she just paid $4.85 for a jug of milk, and $3.00 for a dozen eggs.

Rachel Jeffers says she just paid $15.00 for a bale of alfalfa.

You have to go outside. The late night darkness makes it all better. The sounds of 105 horses. Top It Off with her broken ankle, and how she cries when you approach. Little Justin with his broken knee, standing in the corner, hoping for a tiny bit of attention. The 47 incher tells us about forclosures and unemployment. But injured horses tell us things could be worse. Horses teach us to be grateful. Cathy and I are blessed. I love my old ranch truck. Who cares if no one wants to go for a ride? All the nutty things going on in the world, but outside with horses is a feeling like no other. Outside with horses brings Peace. And as you grow old, Peace is as good as it gets.

Joe

Soon a new link on this website. Past Adoptions.

In 2007 we found homes for 529 horses. Here are 4 of them:

Top Left: We bought Jenny at auction, and one year later she goes home with Chris. Jenny was needed to be a companion.

Top Right: The gray gelding Omega Chapter gets a new home with the Preece kids.

Bottom Left: Elizabeth adopts the handsome Diddylicious.

Bottom Right: Cute Little Lola goes home with Janet.

Horse killer Manny Phelps tells me because of gasoline he must once again raise the costs of rescuing a horse.

A horse killer that rescues. God help us. Is this idiot for real?

Renee....hi...I also saw that comment re Manny the horsekiller. I took it that he is now going to charge Joe higher prices to get a horse from him for tbfriends. At any rate, it is all just awful, what is happening to so many of our wonderful 4 legged friends.
Ellie

ellie,
I don't know but it breaks my heart all for nothing. I guess some people are just to lazy to do a real job. Hopefully the world becomes a nicer place soon.

I hug my sweet greyhond so tight and tell her everyday how much I love her. All the horses at the rescue know I love them... I tell them so.

ACHE has been working on their big rescue for two weeks--should have been plenty of time to raise the needed funds, FOBS!

They need us! After the HBO segment on RealSports, the determination and desire to help is greater in many hearts. Here's how you can help:

Please donate to help horses bound for slaughter in Mexico. Let's save some.
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So much money has already been rasied and thank you for everyone who has already contributed: remember, this ElPaso group is the last lifeline between our horses and hideous death in Mexico.
You can fine the thread on the DB under El Paso
Rescue (I think)

I have to jump up to the DB to make sure that is right...

Please help with whatever you can. In memory of so many others who have died: jonna

You can make an on-line donation using Pay Pal on the ACHE

website:http://www.acheonline.org/donate/

Or you can mail a check to:
Animal Cruelty Heartline of El Paso (ACHE)
P.O. Box 220109
El Paso, Texas 79913

STRATEGY FOR THURSDAY MAY 15

Both the Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), and Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid (D-NV), have the power to bring the bill up for consideration in their respective chambers, therefore it is vital that as many people as possible, both at the grassroots level and internally within Congress, insist that the House Speaker and Senate Majority Leader do everything in their power to afford the bills legislative due process and bring them immediately to the floor for a vote.

Speaker of the House - Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
DC Phone: 202-225-4965 Fax:202-225-4118
Email: sf.nancy@mail.house.gov

Senate Majority Leader - Harry Reid (D-NV)
DC Phone: 202-224-3542 Fax:202-224-7327
Email: http://reid.senate.gov/contact/index.cfm

It is our understanding that more co sponsors would certainly facilitate our efforts with Speaker of the House Pelosi and draw the much needed attention to this legislation. For this reason, we will be posting the names of Representatives that we will be targeting.

Mike Pence – IN
Phone: 202-225-3021
Fax: 202-225-3382

David Loebsack – Iowa
Phone: 202-225-6576
Fax: 202-226-1278

Geoff Davis – KY
Phone: 202-225-3465
Fax: 202-225-0003

Bobby Jindal – LA
Phone: 202-225-3015
Fax: 202-226-0386

William J. Jefferson – LA
Phone: 202-225-6636
Fax: 202-225-1988

Steny H. Hoyer – MD
Phone: 202-225-4131
Fax: 202-225-4300

Please continue to gather information from your calls and pass that information on to us via email through the DB.

Finally, please mention Americans Against Horse Slaughter when making your calls and remind them that we are a non funded, grassroots group of people from across the country brought together for the sole purpose of passing this legislation. It is important that they know we have NO OTHER agenda.

We are BARBARO’S VOICE……Let it be heard!!

Shelley and Deb

Absolutely beautiful piece about the Barbaro sculpture - amazing, the scope and depth of the research involved. But IMO the VERY best part is:

WE WILL BE ABLE TO WATCH THE OFFICIAL BARBARO STATUE BEING CREATED!!! from the below:

"Webcams will broadcast every minute of her work online . . ." [details & website below]

This is long, and sorry if it's a duplication; I haven't had a chance to look and see if anyone else put this up. Fascinating. We will be able to WATCH via LIVE WEBCAM as the sculptor creates the Barbaro sculpture commissioned by the Jacksons to be installed as part of the Barbaro Memorial at Churchill Downs.

http://www.madison.com/tct/sports/285967

Barbaro runs again -- in bronze

Middleton sculptor Alexa King's statue is bound for Churchill Downs

Rob Schultz — 5/14/2008 6:23 am

Federico Tesio, an Italian who was one of the greatest breeders of thoroughbreds in horse racing history, once said, "A horse gallops with his lung, perseveres with his heart and wins with his character."

Tesio had been dead for more than 50 years when Barbaro stepped into the spotlight two years ago and proved the famed breeder's point arguably better than any thoroughbred before him.

The ultra-competitive Barbaro's talent, heart and character were on display while winning the 2006 Kentucky Derby. But nothing compared to how he tugged at most everyone's emotions after pulling up during the Preakness States two weeks later due to fractured bones in his right hind leg.

Barbaro showed the same heart and character during his eight-month struggle to stay alive. He was already a legend before he was euthanized on Jan. 29, 2007.

In honor of Barbaro, a memorial is being constructed at Churchill Downs, the site of his Derby triumph. The centerpiece will be a statue, created by renowned Middleton sculptor Alexa King, that remarkably captures the great thoroughbred's athleticism, heart and character.

In many ways, the Barbaro statue also will capture what King does best.

King's model, or maquette, for the statue, "wasn't just finely detailed clay, it was clay with emotion," said Leonard Lusky, who is managing the Barbaro memorial project for Barbaro's owners, Roy and Gretchen Jackson. "That's exactly what the Jacksons said. It evoked their emotions of Barbaro and really brought the memory of him back in."

Lusky is still gushing over King's maquette of Barbaro, which has all four legs off the ground while riding the rail, with jockey Edgar Prado aboard, en route to winning the Derby. Look closely and you can see Barbaro's tendons rippling and his mouth fiercely chewing on the bits at mid-stride while Prado's mouth is slightly open and his whip is in a mid-motion bowed position.

"You definitely feel movement. You feel like the horse is alive," Lusky observed.

King was one of 10 artists -- Lusky called them "the cream of America's sculpting crop" -- who submitted models for the Jacksons to consider. "When you saw the models side by side, (King's) screamed out," said Lusky, who added that the models were presented initially together and anonymously so the Jacksons couldn't be accused of making their selection with any sort of bias.

"It was beautiful, it was elegant, I think, compared to the others," Lusky concluded.

Attention to detail

King, 55, has been amazed by how much attention she has already received after it was announced earlier this month that she was creating the statue. Traffic at her Web page has skyrocketed and her phone rings constantly.

What people are learning is that the personable King doesn't hide what makes her one of the country's most sought-after sculptors. She tells anyone who listens that her incredible attention to detail comes from intense research.

"I do a lot of background research because I have to build this thing from the inside out. It's not just, look at something and do it. I have to make it anatomically correct from the beginning or it will never look like it," said King, who also is putting the finishing touches on a 9-foot outdoor bronze for the front of the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine.

In the case of the Barbaro statue -- which will be about 15 feet long from tail to nose and about 10 and a 1/2 feet from the surface of the track to the top of the jockey's head -- King interviewed hundreds of people ranging from the Jacksons, Prado and trainer Michael Matz to people who never met Barbaro but were touched by his story.

"With portraiture, it's really important to find out how these people think and feel about this animal," said King, who knows horses well, since she owns American Saddlebreds as well as the top Hackney horse in the United States. "Mrs. Jackson told me right off the bat that Barbaro loved to race. I told her that when I did this statue of this horse, I would express his physicality, what he looked like as a thoroughbred. You need to be able to tell that's what he is from a distance."

King looked at dozens of pictures and videos of Barbaro as well as other horses. She studied a series of photos called "The Horse in Motion" that were taken by English photographer Eadweard J. Muybridge during the 19th century that proved, for the first time, that a horse's four legs are all off the ground briefly while galloping.

She also looked at the skeleton of famous thoroughbred Sysonby that can be seen at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. "They've got him running so I could actually see how it looked in the skeleton itself," she said. "I really studied to make sure the position I wanted to do with all four of his legs off the ground was the right one."

While King learned that Barbaro was 16.2 hands high -- that's 5 feet, 6 inches at the withers, the spot where the back and neck meet -- she also needed to learn how high Barbaro should be off the ground and how he should look from the back and front since the statue will be viewed from every possible direction. So she got help from Mark Markel at the UW's School of Veterinary Medicine.

"We determined that he was about foot (off the ground)," King said. "Then I talked to his trainer and he said it was more like 16 inches. So I built that into the design, that we could raise it up just slightly."

King is so exact with every phase of this project that, instead of creating the rail for the sculpture from a picture of Churchill Downs, she called the manufacturer of the rail and asked for the schematics.

Constructing Barbaro

The Barbaro statue will be too big to fit in King's Mount Horeb studio so she is going to work in a special studio near the old Greyhound station on Madison's east side. Webcams will broadcast every minute of her work online at www. barbarostatue.com.

"When I try to tell people how it's made, they look at me with a blank look on their faces. So let's just do it (with webcams)," King said with a laugh.

The project, which is expected to take six months to finish, will begin with a welder helping King build an armature out of rebar that will hold everything in place. She will then cut 4-feet by 8-feet sheets of insulation foam into the shape of the horse, glue it all together, plane it back and create the form of the horse and jockey. After that, she will start using wax-based clay -- up to 700 pounds of the stuff -- that she'll stick to the foam with spray glue.

After she's finished, mold makers will arrive from Colorado and cut the project into around 20 pieces. They'll take the pieces back to Colorado, cast them in bronze and weld them back together. King will be with the project every step of the way.

The Barbaro memorial will be located in a conspicuous spot right in front of Gate 1 at Churchill Downs. The plan is to dedicate it at next year's Kentucky Derby. "It should be a significant moment," Lusky said, "because this is a horse that captured the attention of America."

Now King is capturing the attention of artists, horse lovers and Barbaro fans across the country. Lusky said it's well-deserved on many different levels.

After the Jacksons made their initial observations without the artists present, each artist entered the room to identify and explain their work. Lusky said the Jacksons smiled when they learned their favorite model was created by one of their favorite artists.

Added Lusky: "Everybody was like, "This is perfect.' "
[end of article]

The author of this piece is Rob Schultz and his email is rschultz@madison.com - I emailed to let him know I appreciate what a beautiful writeup this is, the insights about the Jacksons and Michael Matz, etc etc. You may want to do so as well . . .

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Edgar Prado...you are one of the best...the love this man...like Alex and others...love our horses...God Bless Them....

PLEASE HELP THE RESCUE IN EL PASO....MAY 15TH DEADLINE...THEY NEED US FOBS...PLEASE DO NOT LET THEM CROSS THE BORDER INTO MEXICO...THESE PRECIOUS SOULS ARE BEAUTIFUL...GOD'S CREATIONS...AND BARBARO'S BROTHERS AND SISTERS.

PLEASE CALL, FAX, EMAIL....STOP THIS NIGHTMARE...

ALL OF YOU ARE SO SPECIAL...THANK YOU.

regarding Post by: C. Jaffe at May 14, 2008 10:01 PM

Color pics from the article about the Barbaro statue are posted here:

http://forums.delphiforums.com/alexbrown/messages?msg=23708.2

Yes: on the DB under EL PASO SLAUGHTER MAY 15
They only need another $750. We can do this, right?

Barbaro statue

Good Night Everyone.

Good Night Sweet Barbaro. I love you.

Debbie,
Blue link one more time please.

Barbaro statue

One more time for CJ

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Jonna...If I right...need $612.00 to set these precious horses free...Please...let them live...please do not let them go to Mexico...please...

YOU GUYS: go to the DB site and see all these beautiful faces...all doomed. PLEASE>>>>>>>>>>>>..

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PLEASE MOVE THOSE HORSES OUT OF THE KILLER PENS...PLEASE....WE CAN DO THIS...FOBS...WE HAVE BEFORE, AND WE CAN DO IT AGAIN.

PLEASE SAVE THESE BEAUTIFUL HORSES....IN EL PASO AND OTHER PLACES...IF THEY DO NOT HAVE US...WHO ELSE WOULD THEY HAVE...

THEY DESERVE THEIR FREEDOM...THEIR LIVES, SUN BASKING ON THEIR BACKS...AND GREEN PASTURES...AND SOMEONE TO LOVE THEM.

HAY!
Where's my Barb AZ?!
We need you on this ElPaso rescue, oh, Comment Queen!! Joan and me: hell, we'll kiss the hem of your danged gown....

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Yes...I would...to save these horses...I might even kiss a frog!

PLEASE LIGHT THE CANDLES FOR BARBARO, FOGGY, PINE, AND OTHERS...PINES IS VERY LOW..FOGGY IS LOW...AND BARBARO...WELL????

Big Brown drew Post Position 7 for the Preakness..

I am out of money to save the horses, this has to end. If the bills don't pass. We started to save the TB now we are in to all the breeds. I would love too save them all, but money will not allow it .Like Joe we can’t save them all so where do we stop, You tell me? With a very very sad heart.

And now spam, HOW NICE!

Hay, jonna. Just walked in the door from work. Always about 60-70 emails to answer! I will try to come back in a few.

I think I'll hold off on any trip to Churchill until Barbaro is there....

If Nicanor gets unwrapped at Delaware, like his brother was, I will be there for it.And I bet lots of TV crews will be as well.

El Paso Rescue on DB

Hiya, FsOB! Alex, I loved your response to the blog re. "What to Do with All These Horses?". You were very eloquent and factual. I loved the story about the sculptor who was selected to create the statue of Barbaro for Churchill Downs. What a detailed process she engages in to bring her subjects to life. I love the photos in my office of Barbaro's home stretch run in which all four hooves are off the ground, how awesome that she selected that as her motif! ####

To Janice & Denny: Hope that Kaiser's transport home is safe. Appalling to think of what arsonists inflict on humans, animals, and nature, isn't it?
To Skyler: I'll need to look up Summertime Promise, I don't remember her name.
To Wendy: I am sure that you had a poised response about the so-called "idiots".
To Padme: I'm sure that when the time is right for your trip to AZ, you'll know it and act accordingly. Hoping all is well for your son.
To Sandra: How are yole? How's our boy Chief doing this week?
To Ken, Daryl, & Susan: Kudos for your tenacity and grace under pressure. Some elected public officials forget that they are not "rulers for life". Sounds like our FOB, Miss Mish, will add support to your cause in MO.
To Martita: Thanks again for the lovely poem about Eight Belles and thanks to CJ for reposting it today!
To Lou Ann in PA: Your e-mail box must be full, hope your finals are over soon. ####

Update on Erin

Get some tissues, first, my friends.

Candles for Erin

I just paypaled funds directly to ACHE website for El Paso horses and noted it on the thread.
Thank you for helping the horses

Hay, FOB's!

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Tomorrow, my publishing website will be up and running. Between phone calls, I was working on it for the last 3 hours and my eyes (and mind and heart) are fried. Will let you know...because I need all of you to visit and build up my customer list...:) sheesh.

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Things may be settling down on the home front, but the trip is still postponed till further notice.

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As I wrote before, I watched the HBO segment. Every lawmaker in DC needs to see this. Every last one of them. But right now a lot of dense energy is being released globally - this is only a small fraction of what is happening worldwide.

Is there another trip to DC planned in June?

Healing, Love,Peace
ONS
Padme

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NO WORDS.

#### To Barb in AZ: The Brennan Family has been through so much. I admire Anne's resolve to keep Erin as comfortable as possible. I can't fathom how devastated they must feel right now. ####

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Barb. Erin.
This is the part where I ask where is God.
I am .... no words.
ERIN ERIN ERIN ERIN ERIN ERIN ERIN

(PS: We got the ACHE save done. Love you honey: j)

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Robyn, I'm just in tears....can't even type. Erin is our "adopted" FOB. What are we going to do?

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jonna, thanks for the info on the ACHE save. I don't think I could work on it right now.

There aren't words to express how sad it was to read the post about Erin. I can't even imagine what her family is going through. How her mother had the strength to even write that post is amazing.

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DebbieLA
It'll be OK/ we will manage to get it done. becasue we have to. this country is filled with wealthy peeps with nothing to do with their millions. We'll figure it out.
You can be down today....I'll hold you up...and then you'll do it for me one day.

Right now I am so knocked out by the &%^$$# news on erin....

Go to the DB on the ACHE save. We ended it with among onther things, a $200 and a $400 donation. See what I mean>

We need you Debbie wildwoman.

Hay, FOB's!

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Have read about Erin. I'm not sure I have the words that would help. I would be coming from an energy healing viewpoint...but this is going to be a very profound time for the family and friends. Listen to what Erin is saying and watch what she does. The lessons are there for everybody. Just be open.

Many years ago, the grandson of my manager was diagnosed with a very rare form of cancer. He was one of the first to be treated with interferon. Ryan Wills was one of the bravest souls I have ever known...and the wisest. We had a 30-second encounter that forever changed me. The thoughts exchanged then were ones of love and caring and acceptance. Erin is going to do something similar to everyone around her. I don't know how I know but I do.

It is always the young who teach us so profoundly.

Healing, Love, Peace
ONS
Padme

Daryl, Jen and Susan,

I tip my hat to you three HEROES. Only a hero will stand up to indignity and humiliation with grace and dignity, as you did. I am damn proud to say that you are members of my famblee! You are fantastic representatives of Barbaro and all Horses. You bravely walked into the enemies home ground and beat him! You beat the enemy just by showing up, thus causing him to lose his dignity, pride and bring disgrace upon himself.

Thank you. I am proud to know you.

FoBs, this is what we are here for. In our own ways, we have caused this victory. Each of us contribute in many ways, and the strength of the Fans of Barbaro WILL win the ultimate VICTORY!

God bless every one of you. Special blessings and strenght to every warrior on the front lines. Remember, we are here with you, holding you up and moving forward with you.

God's blessings to Edgar Prado. Here is a man who has not shied away from the fight. He could have taken the road of "I'll lose my job if I say anything," but didn't. Mr. Prado, has risked (albeit most likely just barely) his livelihood by taking a (tactful) stand and speaking the truth. Another Hero.

I've rambled on far too long now. I'll end this with an apology for taking so much space and time and my wishes for healing and prayers for all in need.

NO Horse left behind or Ever Forgotten!
Lee

(((ERIN))))

jan

Alex, Thanks for the beautiful article on Nicanor.
Erin is in our thoughts and prayers. What a beautiful child.

Hello Everyone,

i too just learned the news about Erin. I cannot express enough how deeply saddened many of us are to hear the news. Though it's not fair, we can all take some sort of comfort in reading what her family stated on her blog... "Erin was meant for more..."

Debra

Prayers for all who need them this evening. Our hearts go out to Erin and her family.

Good night and love to all.

Lee,

You are not rambling. You are speaking the truth. I could read your writing and praise for what the FOB have done and are going to do all night! Bravo to Jen, Susan and Daryl, a team to be reckoned with.

Surrounding Erin's family with LOVE tonight....
You are in our thoughts and prayers.

(((((((((((((ERIN)))))))))))))