Of Current Events

A republican representative from Georgia wants to do away with drivers licenses. The irony is that he's from Marietta. Cobb County. Those are typically the worst drivers in the state, with the exception of Cherokee county. Anyway, he claims "travel is an inalienable right" so we shouldn't "need papers" to drive. I'll give you a moment to let that settle in.

Yes, while travel could be considered an inalienable right, not all methods of travel are a right. Exhibit A: The No-Fly List. Drivers licenses were developed, I assume, to prevent unsafe and unqualified drivers from legally driving. To get a license one must take a series of tests. And pass them. (Which makes me wonder if that step is just skipped in Cobb County because I swear these people just find them in cracker jack boxes.) "Permission from the state" to drive is supposed to keep people safe, Mr. Representative. Notice how when people get too many points on their license from breaking the law (read: endangering themselves and other drivers) that they get their license taken away. What a novel idea.

Shenanigans from my ridiculous home state aside,

What happened in Whistler, B.C. is absolutely appalling. 100 sled dogs slaughtered when tourism slumped. I don't even know where to begin on this one. Does putting down sled dogs for reasons similar to this happen often? Do adoption agencies where dogsled companies can give their dogs to exist to prevent this from happening? If so, why not take that route? If organizations like that don't exist, why not? I understand it would be quite the fiscal undertaking to make such a thing happen, but when LIVES ARE AT RISK, why should it matter?

The sickening feeling I get is that humane solutions do probably exist, but they might cost money - and to avoid spending more money on these "failed assets" (living, breathing animals) they just killed them.