Presidential Turkey Pardons
Just a little spurt of venom about the most ridiculous use of tax money.
Each year, a turkey receives a Presidential Pardon at Thanksgiving time. Yes, a pardon.
This involves the following:
- Several turkey farms select the largest and prettiest Toms from their stock of future Thanksgiving meals and begin training these Toms to become accustomed to humans. They are then sent to the National Turkey Federation and the Poultry and Egg National Board for consideration in being presented to the President and his family for Thanksgiving.
- After a Turkey (and its alternate, in case the winning turkey is unable to perform its duties [insert eyeroll here]) is chosen, the National Turkey Federation and the Poultry and Egg National Board present the turkey to the President.
- The President will PARDON THE TURKEY and spare them the guillotine, thus ensuring that they live out their little turkey lives in bliss. Usually at Disneyland.
- The Turkey then will be sent to Disneyland or to Frying Pan Park (seriously? Who names a petting zoo Frying Pan Park??) to be a national treasure of butter ball goodness.
- In 2005 and 2006, the pardoned turkeys were sent to Disneyland where they served as Grand Marshals in the Disneyland Thanksgiving Day parade.
[Read more: Thanksgiving Traditions: A Presidential Pardon — Infoplease.com http://www.infoplease.com/spot/tgturkey2.html#ixzz1bboFfyVR]
Seriously confused as to the 1.) necessity of sparing a turkey so it can ride in a car at Disneyland. My kids have never been to Disneyland. I’ll gladly serve as Turkey Consort and escort the bird if they need one; 2.) necessity of sparing a turkey when it could feed 10 homeless and hungry people that won’t eat that day; 3.) necessity of sparing a turkey when innocent people sit on death row.
/end vent
