tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5803385070922797451.post4777855483945531788..comments2024-03-27T12:56:38.992-07:00Comments on The Skeptical Bureaucrat: Chicken Kills Man in Street FightTSBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02790614121966204073noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5803385070922797451.post-71543876018396943812011-02-08T16:38:34.309-08:002011-02-08T16:38:34.309-08:00http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/06/01/travel/escape...http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/06/01/travel/escapes/01fight.html <br /><br />Be sure to take in the slide show of a night at the Li'l Rebel Game Club, considered a more effete operation than the upscale Atchafalaya Game Club arena where I watched REDACTED, the American Lit manager where I work, die as a chicken twenty times(It's not really fair for the New York Times to call a quarter million dollar corrugated metal showplace an old potato shed.)Cockfighting has been illegal in Louisiana since 2008; Governor Edwards got out of Federal prison last month. <br />-Leningrad Cowboy "Lovetron"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5803385070922797451.post-23078249679720612252011-02-08T13:36:51.320-08:002011-02-08T13:36:51.320-08:00Louisianna? Evidently cockfighting is a lot more c...Louisianna? Evidently cockfighting is a lot more common (and tolerated) than I thought it was. <br /><br />A long time ago I poked my head into a cockfighting ring in Puerto Rico (where I was stationed in the Army) and I thought it was like a glimpse back into some long-ago Spanish colonial low-rent substitute for bull fighting. I never suspected it was at all common in the USA.TSBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02790614121966204073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5803385070922797451.post-30486561636217533512011-02-08T12:21:17.626-08:002011-02-08T12:21:17.626-08:00When I was at the University of Southwest Louisian...When I was at the University of Southwest Louisiana there was a cockfighting club near New Iberia for dilettantes. You bought a chicken at the door, rented some spurs and knives, and sent it in for a certain loss against a veteran chicken like the pro from Bakersfield. The cockpit acted as a training camp for the for the pros, so there wasn't much gambling. Part of the fun was you had to name your chicken so the announcer could do a proper introduction. Knowing it would lose, I always named mine for somebody I despised, usually my American Literature manager at the rare book company. Many of the African American patrons named their preliminary match chickens for David Duke; some took the tack of nom de sellouts. I must have seen Wayne Brady, Condoleeza, and Morgan Freeman tapped out dozens of times. <br />--Lenigrad Cowboy "Lovetron"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5803385070922797451.post-34525675633834161732011-02-08T12:11:37.354-08:002011-02-08T12:11:37.354-08:00I've written a novel all about giant battle co...I've written a novel all about giant battle cocks killing cock fighters and those who are cruel to animals! It's called 'Battle Cocks' by Ross Brodie.<br /><br />Go here: <br />http://amzn.com/1450518591BRODIEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16041399250670302966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5803385070922797451.post-76003747804373424612011-02-08T08:31:23.008-08:002011-02-08T08:31:23.008-08:00That might be a good idea. Evidently chickens are ...That might be a good idea. Evidently chickens are a lot more bad-ass than I would have thought, at least when they have blades tied to their legs. Imagine what they could do if they had opposable thumbs?TSBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02790614121966204073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5803385070922797451.post-30716484325024102982011-02-08T06:29:06.766-08:002011-02-08T06:29:06.766-08:00... and suddenly I'm seeing that Heifer Intern...... and suddenly I'm seeing that Heifer International operation in a whole new light. I donated $20 to send a flock of chicks somewhere in kindness. Color me naive. <br /><br />Can we carpetbomb Afghanistan with poultry now?The Snake's Mommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12106112288989850698noreply@blogger.com