If one were to play this game, he or she would wind up consuming something like 240 alcoholic beverages.

Hasn't Buzz Bissinger got anything better to do, or is he just content to live off Friday Night Lights residuals and write epic articles about stupid shit no one cares about (save for a few Barbaronians who will no doubt descend upon this comments section any moment now)?

Can you come up with an Alycia Lane in a bikini game?

You should only be so fortunate as to write something that gets turned into a movie. Do I detect sour grapes?

You appear to be jealous of all the attention focused on a horse.

Grow up.

Since you obviously have neither interest in Barbaro nor knowledge of Barbaro and his fans and connections, it defies my imagination why you would waste your valuable time reading a 13,000 word article on a topic obviously beyond your comprehension...and by the way, your use of obscenities merely reinforces the impression of your ignorance.

It sounds to me as if you are crying in your beer, wishing you could write like Buzz Bissinger and get a big spread in a slick mag like VF.

I bet your keyboard is covered with the green ooze of jealousy from your fingers.
Why are some people so jealous of anything to do with Barbaro?

It's really difficult to talk to people who don't "get it." The echoes of the benefits for all horses brought about by this horse will reverberate for decades. I'm truly sorry you don't get it. If you did, I could go on here. As it is, my words are useless.

As soon as I read the "f" word, you completely lost writing credibility with me. Aren't there enough words to get your hostility across in a more professional manner. I guess not, as I see your article follows suite, being ill-informed, as well as ill-worded. You've no idea how one horse has changed so many things for the better. Time for you to do a bit of research... And leave Barbaro alone. If you dislike him that much, why do you "waste" your time writing about him???? Hmmmm?

The other Fans of Barbaro who posted are being much too kind to you.

How's this?

Moron alert!!!

Shit Fuck Satan Death Sex Drugs Rape, I love it when the Barbaroites get wound up!

Thanks Dmac.

If we played a drinking game where we took a sip whenever you wrote something clever and profound, we'd all remain eternally sober.

Pretty sad when you sound jealous of a horse! And what is the point of using foul language? Not impressed.

Hey, DMac, from what I gather above, you are upset nothing you ever wrote has become a movie. I would like to offer you a cash advance on the Milton Street Blogs: The Motion Picture. Use as many curse words as you like.

And not to go back to that same old argument, but a lot of people get killed in this city. And hey, for that matter, a lot of horses get killed when they break their legs. And finally, to antagonize a little more, just what are the benefits of this horse that will go on for decades? Glue only lasts a few years before its all used up.

I'll admit I got no further than the "it was a hot day, so they had hosed him off" passage-the tone was seriously creepy, and I was afraid it would be devolving into more Barbaro porn.

But do I gulp or sip whenever someone who has never commented here but suddenly does so due to a Barbaro item shows up?

Barbaro exuded horse sense from every part of his being. You, my good man, have no common sense. Picking on a horse, shame on you !!!!! I feel sorry for you that you can't comprehend the power of love.

A horse is essentially raced to its death, and this will benefit all horses in the future? It's weird to see grown adults project so much emotion onto a horse that literally couldn't care less - was constitutionally incapable of caring. Dizzying narcissism. And it's morbidly fascinating how they really started getting excited after the horse was badly injured. Kind of a wound fetish, a la Crash. Pathetic. Or rather, fucking pathetic.

Are you kidding me with this? OK mindless people crying over Barbaro's death is one thing, but Buzz devoting 13,000 words to it?

People, people! Please! We cannot continue this discussion without acknowledging the significant advances in science and medicine Barbaro contributed to our society.

And remember the time he went to Jerusalem and brokered peace between the Jews and the Palestinians?

Ooh, what about the time he refused to give up his seat on the bus in the name of equal equine rights?

Seriously, people, it's a horse. Sure, I love animals, but what is it about a race horse forced to remain alive and in pain for the purposes and hope of eventually studding (at large profit, I might add) after a debilitating injury?

How does that even affect you? What's so moving about it?

I mean, when he was alive did you say, "Aww, look at the cute horse that's in miserable, horrendous pain! I hope he never dies!"

Then when he does die you try to attribute these distinctly human emotions to him? The horse can't rationalize pain -- it only knows that it's in pain. There was no virtue or bravery or purity behind it.

Period.

I'd be willing to bet you wouldn't exude such emotion if the 12-year old human boy down the street were in the same shape.

Finally, in conclusion, fuck, fuck, fuckety, fuck.

Barbaro sucks. Where are those Alycia Lane bikini photos???!!!

Yeah, Dmac. A classy writer like Buzz Bissinger would never use curse words. Or have you never read "A Prayer for the City"?

Interesting how the headline of the story pretty well sums it up--"RESPECTED Writer Writes Defacto Barbaro Book." This in stark contrast to D-mac who apparently is only capable of earning respect from fellow morons such as Amy A, Evan and Rosemary above who also must resort to dropping f-bombs to show off their class and level of intelligence. While Mr. Bissinger will no doubt enjoy a nice royalty check for his work, birdcages around the country will certainly enjoy any future newsprint musings by D-mac.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

All the Barbaro fans just totally made my morning, because it makes Dmac's article even more hysterical.

Thank you.

There are FOB's out there that stand for Friends of Barbaro. The congregate on a Rich Horce racing owner's website. They all gush over his exercise rider who essentially looks like a homeless man when viewed in street attire. He merely is missing the "will work for _____" sign.

These fanatics attribute everything to Barbaro that cannot be. He has a soul, he is with Jesus in Heaven. He had emotions. He had this and that and that and that and that...........

Why? Because the overwhelming majority of FOB's are 50+ yr old women who sit all day in front of the computer and try to END horse slaughter while their husbands are off to work. And sure now you will get them saying I am a lawyer etc. But the majority are Tipsy old women trying to feel relevant. They try to end Horse Slaughter as they fire up the old grill and cook a fat steak.

Barbaro was a great race horse. He died as part of a brutal sport. Horses don't have souls. He is not in heaven. He was not a fighter. He was a guinnee pig.

But the yentas will continue to attribute him with nearly saving the world. And you won't change their minds so don't try. They "get it" as they say which is a code for they think horses are near human.

It is a shame they never took any science courses.

Bob in Fair Hill

I'm so sorry that there's nothing more significant in your world to write about than to continually trash Barbaro. Grow up.

Does anyone have photos of Alycia Lane riding Barbaro while wearing a bikini?

Barbaro was nothing more than a muppet in a rich person's game of race the dumb animals. Wokka wokka wokka!

Jan writes

"I'm so sorry that there's nothing more significant in your world to write about than to continually trash Barbaro. Grow up."

Well don't you FOB's have better things to do than to say "Good morning" and "Good Night" and to actualy PRAY to a dead horse?

And your fearless leader is leaving you to do research for a book. Truth be known he has nailed at least ONE of the FOB's that I know of. What a gentleman.

Cheers!

Bob in Fair Hill

Taken from today's entries on the Rich Owners website:

Quote:

"Good Morning Sweet Barbaro in Heaven!"

AND

"Good Morning Barbaro

Your beautiful star was shining so bright. We know you are happy and at peace. We miss you, and love you!"

AND THIS ONE TAKES THE CAKE!

"Hi sweet Barbaro in heaven. Thank you for sending cooler weather. Enjoy your run in the clouds. Think of you every day."

I think the yenta named Julie that posted that needs some therapy.

Bob in Fair Hill

It's good to see the members of the Church of Barbarology are still here today to evangelize us lost.

oh my lulz

Wow. Yet more confirmation that Barbaro is an inspiration to crazy people everywhere.

And well said, chrisro.

I don't get it with the Barbaro fans.

Is this some hidden cult of bestiophiles that I don't know about?

Barbaro's fan base is bigger than Tracy Lords', and one of them is dead for Christ's sake.

If you guys think this is all so ridiculous, why do you visit TWR?

I go there looking for photos of Alycia Lane in a bikini... I never find any. That site sucks.

DECADES, BITCHUZ!!!!!!!

(speaking of which, Bissinger is 20-25 years older than this here site's author, so ease up a little on his "lack" of accomplishments.

There will be plenty of time for that 5 years from now.)

DECADES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I don't know what TWR is, I visit Will Do, because Dmac posts ridiculous stories about sheep who follow dead horses, and people that believe the earth was colonized millions of years ago by the evil Lord Xenu.

You see it is doubly funny when he does posts like this, because not only can I first laugh when I read his posts, but I can come back and laugh a few more times for a couple of days because the complete morons he is mocking don’t realize they only become bigger jokes by trying to attack Dmac and defend their ridiculous belief system.

Thanks to those above that have provided me such pleasure. And before you attack me and implore me to “get a life” as you have done above to the author of this site, consider that the simple act of posting that diatribe contradicts it assertion.

On second thought, go ahead and tell me how empty my life is and how Barbaro has saved from your eating disorder or whatever, I'm bored today anyway.

he's a fucking horse

period

Folks

These Barbaro Whacko's even keep an internet candle site burning in his honor. Right now 3,000 are burning. And they don't stay lit, so it means that they are repeatedly visiting and lighting candles for a dead horse

Look for yourself

http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng&gi=barba

Bob

why do you visit TWR

Actually, I visited Vanity Fair, which is probably as obscure as Penn...

Can I light a candle without paying money? I want to ask Barbaro to send me pictures of Alycia Lane in a bikini, but I don't think he will, so it isn't worth paying money.

EastChestnut writes:

"If you guys think this is all so ridiculous, why do you visit TWR?........."

I visit because I always find one of the drunk yentas to have phone sex with which is no lie. Too bad my main one is in Rehab in Kansas right now. ROFLMAO

Bob AKA Jazz

Are we sure the Barbaro fans aren't just a bunch of NJ ranch-owning lesbians? Not the Chanel/Revlon kind... the Peterbuilt kind.

Well, thanks for letting me know why you visit. Now I understand...

I bet the photos they're trying to blackmail Miss NJ with are of her and Barbaro in compromising positions.

Oh please.

Get an education. Why don't you drag your sorry ass up to Google (you do know what Google is, don't you?) and type in horse slaughter...then, sit yourself down with whatever you're drinking or smoking and take in any of the many videos of what happens in a horse slaughter plant...especially in a mexican horse slaughter plant.

Oh, but wait, you'd probably be one of the idiots cheering and applauding when the horse's spinal cord is severed--by hand--with a knife.

This is one of the blights in this country that the legacy of Barbaro's life will bring to an end. That and unsafe track conditions, and laminitis, which I won't bother explaining to you.

But you're so literate, I'm sure you already have all the facts at hand. Thanks for sharing your oh, so, glib reviewing skills with us...us old ladies can use all the thrills we can get...

DMac
You're a complete idiot.

Quit all this yammering about Barbaro. I want my Alycia Lane bikini photos :-(

long live the church of DMac. The first religious figure not to have to die before he develops a rabid following.

"This is one of the blights in this country that the legacy of Barbaro's life will bring to an end. That and unsafe track conditions, and laminitis, which I won't bother explaining to you."

How, exactly, will the "legacy of Barbaro's life" bring this stuff to an end?

And you're quick to cry out these inhumanities that Barbaro somehow in performing his race-horsely duties so valiantly challenged. What about the inhumane way in which his death was dragged out ad nauseam? Seriously.

I'll say this again: Barbaro was a horse. Stop trying to anthropomorphize this animal. DMac is well -- well -- within his bounds to satirize something that is already innately ludicrous.

Chris

The won't understand the term "anthropomorphize".

They are weak minded people we should feel sorry for.

Did I admire Barbaro? YEP!

Is he a DemiGod? Nope!

He is a dead horse and TMR is a racing site that promotes such things. And the idiots there can't see they are praising the owner of the site for promoting a sport that slain their Christ.

LOL

Jazz

Go to timwoolleyracing.com and see all the infinite outpouring of love and the terrific works, ie promoting for anti-horse slaughter in the USA and rescuing some of these horses bound for slaughter. All done in the name of Barbaro. What the hell has Daniel MacQuade done??? Except his ego and crappy writing begging for attention. A wannabe writer and celebrity, F-list if you ask me. Mquade is boring and uninspirational, tries to hard to be funny at the expense of the magical and supernatural special chosen ones that will change the world for the better: Barbaro.

You people here are trying to talk sense to what sounds like 15 year old boys! !

They are adolescents, sitting in their rooms, arguing on the board because they can't get a date.

Give it up already.Maybe they can understand when they mature a little, like 10 or so years.

Somebody wrote:

"If we played a drinking game where we took a sip whenever you wrote something clever and profound, we'd all remain eternally sober."

Bingo! LOL

You misunderstand. The reason Barbaro is considered special is this. For whatever reason, a group started following his progress. As they followed his progress, they also learned about other issues that concerned the lives of horses, i.e. laminitis, which felled Barbaro, dangerous track surfaces and the way the horses are slaughtered to feed rich Europeans. Because the group formed from watching his progress (and is now doing all they can emass to help horses in whatever way they are able), Barbaro was important, horse or not... The group formed because of him, so don't spoil it, okay? Thanks.

PM

As you ask us, "Why are you on TWR if you are not an FOB"? Then why the F are you on here.

We think Barbaro was a Horse and nothing more.

So move on. I will eat some Horse tonight in his honor.

Bye Bye

Jazz

"You people here are trying to talk sense to what sounds like 15 year old boys! !"

I must be one damn smart 15-year old boy then.

"They are adolescents, sitting in their rooms, arguing on the board because they can't get a date."

I'm well past adolescence, but you're right about me sitting in my room.

I'm not looking for a date, though -- my wife would have my neck.

By the way, she's laughing at you, too.

"Give it up already.Maybe they can understand when they mature a little, like 10 or so years."

How perfect since it's been 10 years since I was 15. I'm plenty mature, too! A double whammy!

I understand loving an animal. I've rescued two dogs from the brink of being euthanized just for taking up space in a poorly funded shelter. My heart goes out to animals that are mistreated, mishandled, and misunderstood.

Believe me. That's the only reason I felt bad for Barbaro -- death was the humane course of action for an animal that was hurting and suffering.

Instead, his anguish was paraded around. Unfortunately, people like you lapped it up proclaiming his life as this noble cause -- for the sake of horse-kind!

All that aside, the superpowers ascribed to Barbaro posthumously are ridiculous. Contrary to belief "Sweet [Dead] Barbaro" can't control the weather.

Also, he didn't bring peace to Israel and Palestine -- I was just being sarcastic.

That above bit of anonymous brilliance was me.

The Remember Me function hates those who hate Barbaro, apparently.

"Truth be known he has nailed at least ONE of the FOB's that I know of. What a gentleman."

So you are part of his inner circle? Perhaps you joined in? Or did he just share his stories with you?

Okay, I'm gone. There's so much hate I just was trying to disfuse it. I guess it's a hopeless cause in some cases.

Good luck to you all...
Proud FOB

It's not hate.

If anything needs diffusing it's this Barbaro-hysteria that seems to be all the rage.

Support the cause -- absolutely, I'm all for it! The problem is that the people supporting the cause -- or at least being the most vocal for it -- are diluted and tragically misguided.

All DMac is doing is pointing and laughing at something that is both funny and horribly sad. Remember: we didn't pile on you, you piled on DMac -- you didn't have to come here and call McQuade an equinofacist or whatever. We're just here to let you know he's not alone in seeing how funny it is.

Jazz

You are known to the FOB's. You pretended to love and care about Barbaro.......... please go find you identity!

Jazz

You are known to the FOB's. You pretended to love and care about Barbaro.......... please go find you identity!

To Dawn

Before you write names of people and blast them, please make sure you learn how to read these posts correctly. The names of people you mentioned were very pro Barbaro. Our names go under our posts after the line, not above them. You attacked the wrong people. Please learn your lessons before striking out. You wrote untruths!!

All I can say is Shame on You, Jazz. Barbaro is watching you !!!!!

I

Here is what you are not getting. Several thousand people from accross this country and beyond, came together in the hopes of finding out that Barbaro could get better. But, the thing is they stayed together because they started to care for and reach out to each other, not to deify Barbaro. These people have families and lives and friends but they found a way to have even more friends, penpals if that is what you want to call them. They have gotten to learn about each other and to care about each other, to help each other and to pray for each other, as well as try to rescue and improve the life of horses. Gee, if only the whole world could be a Fan Of Barbaro. What a great place it would be, no more war and no more of vicious backbiting.

From this point onwards, for each post someone glorifies the life of Barbaro, I will throw out a glue stick and eat a horseburger.

Okay, one last time, and I'll even embolden it for ease of use...

That's great that all of you have found something to rally around. Awesome! Plus: we don't hate Barbaro. I'm sure he and his twelve equine disciples were really swell guys.

At this point I'll make it real clear: we're not making fun of Barbaro and his Lifetime-special of a life; we're making fun of you.

We're making fun of this incredibly stupid "Good morning, Sweet [Dead] Barbaro business."

We're making fun of the fact that people -- people mainly only looking to make shit loads of cash -- are taking up your cause and jumping on the U.S.S. Barbaro ad Nauseam knowing that there's a blind audience (read, you) willing to lap up the Kool Aid that flows from Sweet Barbaro's loins.

We're making fun of the fact that all of you have deep rooted separation and loss issues and have deified -- nay, no pun intended, zombified, like DMAC says -- this dead animal.

While I'm here, we're making fun of the fact that you've made human a four-legged beast. I'm certain you're of the same ilk that believe the Care Bears, Barney, and the stars of the upcoming film "Underdog" are all real, too.

We're making fun of all of you for coming here, whining because we're insulting Sweet [Dead] Barbaro, and then, in the name of Sweet [Dead] Barbaro, insult our dead horse, McQuade.

Pot, kettle, black...

chrisro out!

Rob Jasin

You are being watched........

Dead Barbaro writes:

"Rob Jasin

You are being watched........"

This actually frightens me. More than once I have had to literally watch my back when I hike in fair hill MD (where Timwoolley stables are) for fear of one of these FOB's coming to attack me for my beliefs. The make Peta look like Peace Corps.

Now this message from "Barbaro" tells me I am being "watched"..... Scary indeed.

Even more scary is how I kept all of these FOB's annon. but Dead Barbaro nearly wrote my entire real last name which is against the law. But what would you expect from these fanatics? They don't respect anyone who does not think that Barbaro is up in equine heaven.

Guys from Philly. The Barbaro Stakes are running this Sunday in Del Park (30 mins south from philly on 1-95). What do you say we go there and knock a few brews back and we can laugh at the FOB's there. I am going because I like making money on the sport that killed Barbaro.

Jazz

Wait, I thought this was all very funny until I learned that people have been slaughtering animals for food. And in Mexico no less, are they part of the axis of evil yet or what? And they are selling the meat to Europeans! Are Europeans even allowed to eat still?

To top it all off, the killing of these animals is apparently in some ways uncomfortable for the animals.

Oh the humanity!

Pam -

As soon as you misspelled the word "suit" and used four question marks in a row, you lost all writing credibility with me and anyone who has a fourth-grade education.

Bad idiot! BAD IDIOT! Leave the typing to those who know what they're doing.

>>>and knock a few brews back and we can laugh at the FOB's there. I am going because I like making money on the sport that killed Barbaro.>>

You are vicious. Must be terrible to know deep in your fragmented mind that decent people look down on sleazy you and find you repugnant.

And, knowing what I know about your writings on TWR, you obviously are not playing with a full deck. Has to be. Have you shown the other nice boys and girls in this swamp some of your TWR posts from last summer?

I feel sorrier for you than for that great horse. He was a winner, he had great character and class.

Chris,

Don't need your sorrow.

SusanW took 8 grand from me and pretended to love me in Barbaro's name.

I am Jaded.

Jazz

And Chris I found out that you FOB hypocrites eat animal flesh and drink and fuck Alex and do what ever you want in the name of Barbaro.

Guess what Chris? I am in Del Park on Sunday!

Betting, drinking, eating meat and loving life.

See you there.

And SusanW gets out of rehab this weekend.

She begged me to "come get her" in Kansas. Ain't happening.

Jazz

So who's the bigger stud, you or the TWR guy? Sounds like you might compete with each other--little pissing contest you have going on?

Jazz. Sounds like your bad case of blue balls is making you angry. Maybe a trip to the womens shoe department at Strawbridges to rub one off is in order.

ahhh wtf is going on here?

"Pam - As soon as you misspelled the word "suit" and used four question marks in a row, you lost all writing credibility with me and anyone who has a fourth-grade education. Bad idiot! BAD IDIOT! Leave the typing to those who know what they're doing."

Ouch.... Yeah, I made some writing errors. And I may write on a fourth grade level, but at least I try not to think on that level and I also try not to be mean. I keep thinking the world really isn't going down the tubes. This is the first "slam site" I've ever read, and it has led me to believe I'm wrong.

Mr K writes:

"Jazz. Sounds like your bad case of blue balls is making you angry. Maybe a trip to the womens shoe department at Strawbridges to rub one off is in order............"

Hi Mr K.

Thanks for sending back my class ring and watch to DM's attention. You are at "peace" huh? You are married to a whore who fucked on you 2 years ago then fucked a bartender in Sept, then gave me phone sex for 3 years and now is drying out in rehab. Have fun with Mr King! If you thing this stint in Whispering Pines is going to change the whore she is you are as dumb as you look! LOL!!!

Rember ths K, she BEGGED me to come get her! You begged me to take her. I declined so now you two are pretending to be "in love". It is classic!

Ahh it is shaping up to ba a grand weekend! You get your whore back and I just smile at the idea of it!

BTW did I tell all of you guys I am a 4th Degree Knights of Columbus Catholic Gentleman?

Off to the shoe barn!

PS K, Does she wan't her other Brown one back that she left with me? I can overnight it to you.

hahahahahaha

Jazz

Oh my God what is this turning into?

mike, go to fucking church where you belong and stop talking about religion.

"especially in a mexican horse slaughter plant."

Why do Mexican horses need their own slaughter plants???

>>>>>>"especially in a mexican horse slaughter plant."

Why do Mexican horses need their own slaughter plants???

Ruby,

Because there are on a few S houses left in the US, so many horses are taken across the border to be slaughtered. The conditions for the horses and the workers is abhorrent.

Jazz

Go to fucking horse church where you belong and stop talking about slaughter.

Jazz,

I'm lost. Mexican horses are taken across the border to be slaughtered? What are Mexican horses doing in this country to begin with!!?!?!?!? Let alone brought here to be slaughtered!!! They've got their own damn country!!! I'm going to start me a posse to make sure all these Mexican horses stay where they belong! Who's with me????

Ruby

go to fucking mexican church where you belong and stop talking about posses.

Get a life? You spend way too much time researching Barbaro and all that is Barbaro.

Why don't you spend your energy doing something good for someone, animals or the planet?

go to fucking church where you belong and stop talking about animals or the planet.

Ok I have read through every comment here.

I visit TWR and I am not:1)old 2) I don't drink 3) a lesbian and 4)I don't have any sort of mental problems

I am a normal person who loves horses and have been around them all my life. I started to go there simply to see how Barbaro was doing. The site grew much bigger than that and people are fighting for what they believe in. What's the big deal? I don't judge people and what they believe or what they like to do. So why do you sit and judge us? What gives all of you the higher power to do so? So, we believe in a horse. So what? Who exactly are we hurting? The answer is: not one person.

I am not going to sit here and say you don't "get it". There is no point in it. If you want to sit around and play a drinking game with the Vanity Fair article, more power to you. Have a good time! Oh, and to set it straight, the site is NOT owned by a rich person. He is a hard working guy with a small stable. The guy who runs the site is NOT a homeless guy. He is a very intelligent person who sees beyond the nose on his face.

If you don't agree with all the things that go on there, don't go there. Ignore it. It has NOTHING to do with you if you don't chose for it to.

just go to fucking church where you belong and stop talking about horses.

this is the most disturbing blog i have ever seen. I admired Barbaro for what he did for the sport and for bringing people together to fight a worthy cause to save horses that are thrown away by society. It has nothing to do with wether you eat meat or not. It has to do with the majority of this country seeing this horse as a service animal and a pet, not as a food animal.
I don't pray to Barbaro I pray to God to help those out there who have so much hate in their hearts it is very disturbing. On both sides of the issue. And I hope those out there that hate the FOB's can just leave well enough alone there is too much out there in the world going wrong to preoccupy yourself with this. Not everyone who cared about the horse and his accomplishments is a nut job. I understand that some people can be overzealous and hurtful in defending their cause. I hope that people can just drop it this is just a terrible shame that a fantastic horse and his owners are being maligned because of public perception of some of the people outside his immediate circle.
The fact is that what Barbaro went through in his recovery was special not just for how strong and stoic he was through the recovery until those last days at the end, but for the fact that it was a lot of valueable information for the veternarian community and it may save other horses lives later on down the road.
When Man O War died he lay in state in a huge oak casket lined with the silks of his stable and people from all over the nation flocked to pay their respects to a horse that brought them joy and brought a nation pride. People wept because they fell in love with the horse and his offsping and the memories he gave him. People still go to his grave to see a part of history and think about the legend. Barbaro got the same love in admiration in 3 short years.

BTW- Jazz, if you are still here you will be happy to know that as of this week the last slaughterhouse in the US is now closed for good. So now they are all being drug to Mexico and Canada hopefully that too will end soon.

Church? What does anything I said have to do with church? If you are going to insult me, than at least get what you are insulting about, right.

I DON'T just sit around and talk about a horse. You don't even know me, so before you decide to tell me what to do, find out the right information.

Wasn't 'Barbaro' Barbara Bush's Secret Service name?

just go to fucking church where you belong and stop talking about knowing me.

>>>>>

Wow! Great news! How can this be? So Slaughter is banned in the US now?

I guess the FOB's do deserve some Kudos.

Is there any link you can provide that I can read more?

Jazz

just go to fucking church where you belong and stop talking about FOBs.

Where exactly is "Fucking Church"? Sounds like a nice place to visit.

just go to fucking church where you belong and you'll know.

Not banned yet in the US Jazz, the plant was shut down in Illinois when a state ban went into effect. They are trying to rally one more time for a restraining order, but hopefully it will not pass.
The plants in TX were also shut down a couple months ago, again to state legislation.
To the others here - what we need is the federal bill to pass to protect those horses from being shipped to Mexico where i can tell the rest of you they face a much more abusive death and a terrible transportation there, days on end in a trailer with stallions, mares mixed in which can cause bad fights. Many injured severely before the kill buyers get them or injured on the road. Another plant could open in any other state in the US right now let's hope they do not.

I don't think that others here who think horse slaughter is not a big crime realize the full impact that it has between the economic loophole these foreign plants get (so they don't pay US taxes), the pollution they cause and the danger in eating horsemeat with its steriods, painkillers etc still in the horse's system at the time of death, 1 in particular, bute, is seriously carcinogenic to humans. Also realize that the way they were killed in the US was horribly barbaric, the captive bolt is not an effective means of killing the horse, then the animal is hoisted up by a leg, and is bled to death while fully awake. Many times the horse has to be hit more than once with the bolt to stun him enough to get him up in the air. Unlike cows, (which the bolt was designed for) horses have a long neck and toss their heads when scared.

Jazz,Here is one article I can give you now: http://www.bloodhorse.com/viewstory_plain.asp?
id=39640
Sorry I don't know how to do URL links here..

http://tinyurl.com/2pw86h

See if that one works better. if not you can go to bloodhorse and search for "Cavel"

Thanks Halfbridled for the link.

Jazz

Halfb,

Did you see this?

http://tinyurl.com/35ovrx

Cheers

Jazz

thanks for sharing Jazz, however they got around it somehow. They started paying the USDA inpectors out of their own pockets. They are slippery suckers for sure.
If you go to the Humane Society of the US website https://community.hsus.org/campaign/FED_2007_horse_slaughter3 you can find a way to email your reps. there is a bill now stuck in the Senate awaiting co-sponsors. We need to get it to the Senate floor for a vote.
Many people out there seem to think this is a PETA sponsored event, it is not. The HSUS was the first to step forward to try to end this practice and PETA has little to nothing to do with it all.

I realize that there are those out there who got their noses rubbed the wrong way at the TWR site or at other sites trying to ban slaughter. For that I am very sorry, I can say that for most people it was probably not their intention to do so.

I personally think some of these articles and movies are getting just nuts because they are making money off an animal's sufferng it is time to stop already. if you cared for the horse and wanted to get a good outcome, reading this VF article is just like a kick in the gut again. Seeing another Barbaro special on HBO? I'd rather blind myself than see him in that sling again.

I just ask that everyone evaluate the cause to ban slaughter on its own merits. The horse has served mankind for thousands of years, making our lives better, even changing the outcome of wars and history. Giving us entertainment, companionship and an honest day's work and the only thing we owe back to these animals is DIGNITY. Slaughter is not dignity. Selling your comanion out for 300 bucks to be eaten by some rich French or Japanese family rather than give a good death for 80 dollars at the vet's office...what this comes down to is greed. :)

just go to fucking church where you belong and stop talking about horses and slaughter houses.

1) I agree, I cannot watch anything or read anything more about Barbaro now as I lived through it and that was enough to leave a lasting impression.

2) I visit TWR, I'm hot, I'm young, my husband is younger than me and no, I'm not a lesbian either, in my spare time...

3) I think that GFC should start an F...ing Chruch and be the pastor - He'd probably attract a lot of parishoners.

5) Ending foreign owned horse slaughter and the horrid transport of our horses needs to happen - permanently. It is really a brutal, cruel business....

4) I would probably join GFC's church....

just go to my fucking church where you belong. If you're hot I'll fuck you. Hubby can watch.

I just realized something.

All of the above hatred I spewed toward the FOB's had nothing to do with them. It had to do with one person who I was involved with that ended bitterly. I am not a pro slaughter insensitive hateful person. Heck folks that know me love me.

I said some mean things to a a person on TWR when I was fighting with the above named person who took 8 grand from me as she strung me along with hopes she would divorce her hubby for me. It never happened. And I took it out on the FOB's. Cowardly huh?

I loved Barbaro. I don't think he is in heaven because to be honest I am agnostic and don't know if there even IS a heaven. Nonetheless, I hate horse slaughter.

A moment of clarity has befallen me.

Jazz

Ok to beat GFC to the punch:

"Jazz stop talking about clarity and go to fucking church where you belong.........."

Jazz -
It's easy to transfer our hurt toward others....and not the real target. We all do it. And if that person did that to you, that was very, very mean.

And, like you beating GFC to the punch as well, it's Sunday, so let's stop talking about mean people and go to his f.....ing church and have some fun. HA!

just go to fucking church where you belong and stop dating married women.

P.S. I don't think animals go to heaven. Sorry.

Jazz, I am truely sorry to hear that happened to you and I don't blame you for your anger at all. That was downright cruel for a woman to do to someone. Especially on a site that did not need anymore controversy. she should be totally ashamed of herself. I know some women like that and believe me, they pay for it later in life..

GFC - you are a riot and I am glad I somehow found my way over here LMAO!! One of a kind darlin..

Anyway I want to say that after that VF article digested last night...i am not impressed. While I don't agree with this McQuade guy 100 percent, I have to say i am completely disgusted with this article. I'm tired of the media dragging this poor horse along and marketing him for every dime they can get. He did suffer greatly at times but half these hacks writing about the deal have no idea what it is to be around horses or to watch one that is losing its struggle with laminitis..up close and personal. Not something people enjoy hearing about anymore.
They might not talk like people, but when you have been around them all your life you can tell when they are beat, when they are happy, afraid...they are incredibly intelligent but this article is way overboard IMO.

HalfB,

Are you from the TMR website?

Jazz

Ahhh Jazz, I see you are trolling for a replacement?

The facts about Jazz is yep he did have PS with my wife for over 2 years. And during this time I not once stood in his way to "come get her". I maintained I would not make it financially rewarding for either of them if he did. He had 2 plus years and did nothing but "Rub one out". And she would never file against me as all of her dirty laundry would be aired in the coure precedings.

He had US convinced this time he would get her after a court ordered rehab but he backed out Day ONE of her stay.

So I took back all contral. If she contacts him she knows I will put her out on the street LOL! At my aga it is cheaper to keeper! My visits to her have her convinced I truly care and am "proud of her". But after what she has done to me in the past 4 years, I am numb. I live for only me!

Mr K.

It's Mr. K
Not Mr K.
Nice try. But it is kind of cool that you have to write to yourself. Curtis will be getting some more mail. You are one sick person.

just go to fucking church where you belong and stop creating love triangles. They bring nothing but misery.

Jazz, want to come over to my place and look at horse porn?