Feed 'em politicians

This story almost makes me ashamed of being raised in Michigan. If it weren't for the fact that most Michiganders (and to be PC: Michigooses) don't admit to Detroit being a part of the state, I'd have to actually declare for the state I was born in, Taxachusettes.

But to get to the crux of my discontent: Detroiters who are fleeing the sinking (sunk?) city and those who no longer have jobs and can't take care of them are releasing their dogs into the wilds. And by wilds, I mean the empty housing areas of this once mighty city.

The Humane Society's swamped with the number of animals being captured by Animal Control officers. And the contract with a company that hauled away the euthanized remains of the these poor animals was no longer affordable, and the "freezers are full of carcasses, and the cages full of dogs".

Now, I'm a die hard dog lover. Big, small, purebred, mutt, it doesn't matter. And it just rubs me raw that these animals are suffering because of political hacks who made it so much easier and "cost effective" to send the majority of our manufacturing to "those poorer countries that so desperately need the jobs". I could give a rat's ass about the people of Detroit. They elected their politicians, and they deserve what they get. But it pisses me off about the dogs.

Take care of two birds with one stone: Round up the dogs and the politicians, and feed one to the other. I know which way I'd choose.

As human residents of Detroit have suffered, so too have their canine companions. Nearly 50,000 stray dogs are roaming the city’s streets, abandoned by their owners when they fled town or could no longer afford to care for them. Innocent dogs left to fend for themselves on the streets of an empty city are traveling in packs, some 20 strong, struggling to survive.
One Humane Society official described the situation as “almost post-apocalyptic,” with homeless dogs moving among the barren wasteland of Detroit looking for food and shelter. To complicate the situation, the city’s animal shelters are bursting at the seems, too full of animals, too understaffed to handle those they have and in desperate need of operating funds.
(full story here)