Comments on: The Presidential turkey pardon

By: Wayne Rumi

Wayne Rumi — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 18:35:05 +0000

“Tradition” they call it.

In fact, turkey pardoning only started in 1989:

http://reheated.wordpress.com/2007/11/21/a-revisionist-thanksgiving/

By: R.K.

R.K. — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:56:24 +0000

Some turkey pardon pictures are linked on this site.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 25 Nov 2005 00:42:36 +0000

It’s not a lie if I wrote it in 2001.

By: Cyndie Johnson

Cyndie Johnson — Thu, 24 Nov 2005 19:54:24 +0000

The park that keeps the turkeys keeps them on a very strict diet so that they do not get too fat too quickly, unfortunately it’s not that the turkeys are really getting “fat” but they have been bred to have so much meat on them that their muscles grow too big just based on their genetics, and they get bigger as they get older. And this is a lie, one of the turkeys from last year, Biscuit, is still at the park.

By: MJ

MJ — Thu, 24 Nov 2005 15:39:00 +0000

I’m trying to understand everyones views on this tradition. And I’m also trying to count all of the wasted time, money and energy that people and the government uses for this useless tradition. I’ve just wasted 15 minutes of my time. Thank God the thousands of dollars spent for this tradition isn’t all coming out of my pocket, everyone else (taxpayers) is paying for it too. Thanks,, Are we splitting the tip too??? You bet we are!!!

By: Jahn

Jahn — Wed, 23 Nov 2005 05:05:07 +0000

Selassie I. Out of an intersting fact, just thought i’d put forward that it seems when ya look at it, that throiughout history the only president that takes place in this mockery and heckling of mother nature is at the time drastically in need of a QUICK CHANGE OF THE TOPIC. Saved by the beast.

By: greg gaskin

greg gaskin — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 15:09:40 +0000

are you serious?????

By: Ripa Rashid

Ripa Rashid — Sat, 12 Nov 2005 11:13:13 +0000

This practice is totally silly. 50 million are part of the genocide on thanksgiving and two escape? I love turkey, so I cant be a hypocrite here …

By: Ryan

Ryan — Thu, 07 Jul 2005 17:24:58 +0000

Even if a turkey has trouble moving doesn’t mean it’s lost the will to live. Just like you wouldn’t kill your grandmother just because she’s in a wheelchair, an animal that has trouble moving can still live a very happy life.

At the farm I volunteer at, there’s one turkey that cannot walk on her own, yet she’s filled with more life than any other animal I’ve ever seen. She loves hanging around in her special sling and seeing visitors.

What’s really “not very nice” is how the birds are fattened up like this in the first place.

By: megan

megan — Thu, 07 Jul 2005 17:08:59 +0000

that is not very nice to save a turkey from being butchered and then make it so fat that it cant even move. That is cruel. At least if it is butchered it is a quick and painless death.