our government at work :/

[crtrlovr]

The U.S. government at work………


You will love this one, I haven't stop laughing yet………….


For those of you who have never traveled to the west, or southwest, cattle guards are horizontal steel rails placed at fence openings, in dug-out places in the roads adjacent to highways (sometimes across highways), to prevent cattle from crossing over that area. For some reason the cattle will not step on the "guards," probably because they fear getting their feet caught between the rails.

A few months ago, President Obama received and was reading a report that there were over 100,000 cattle guards in Colorado. Colorado ranchers had protested his proposed changes in grazing policies, so he ordered the Secretary of the Interior to fire half of the “cattle” guards immediately!!

Before the Secretary of the Interior could respond and presumably try to straighten him out, Vice-President, Joe Biden, intervened with a request that…. before any “cattle” guards were fired, they be given six months of retraining.

And these guys are running our country!


Passed on to you without further comment.... (but I'm having to bite my tongue REALLY, REALLY HARD...)

 

[pbjmaker]

I so hope this isn't true...

If I was the leader of the country/world/business/my own home and I wasn't sure about some terminology I would consult some kind of expert before I proceeded to open my mouth.

The interwebs are even a wonderful source of information - do they have the interwebs in the white house

 

[Slinkytoys]

Has to be a joke, yes?!
Slinky

 

[The Poultry Peanut]

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I'm hoping it's a joke too....

 

[pbjmaker]

http://www.snopes.com/politics/humor/cattleguards.asp

 

[colowyo0809]

Considering that near as I can figure he's a city boy born and bred, why would he know what a cattle guard is? And in a climate that currently supports border guards for a country that is free to enter, why would that be a hard stretch to figure they are guarding cattle?

At least he can walk and eat at the same time unlike the last prez

If I wouldn't have grown up in an area where we knew what cattle guards are, I would be confused about them as well. can you honestly say you've never had a dumb moment?

 

[The Poultry Peanut]

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I'm glad it's false. It would be sad if it wasn't.

 

[ranchhand]

Silly hoaxes, I sure wish people would stop passing them around. I have an aquaintance who feels she has to email everything on - her emails now go straight to the trash bin, after I asked her 4 times to not send junk to me.

I'm a big fan of research it first!

 

[Wynette]

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DITTO!!

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Born and raised in the city, and I remember being in 2nd grade and knowing what they were (a birthday party at a farm/ranch, and we had to walk over them--not fun for small feet. And yes, I already knew what they were. That said, i agree that things like this should be checked before being passed. My first thought when I read the post was "check snopes!"