Order in the Court, the Monkey wants to Speak...

Cass Sunstein is President Obama's intended Regulatory Czar. Mind you, a "czar" needs no Congressional approval, nor is he/she subject to checks and balances as intended by the Constitutional protection known as impeachment - wherein the House of Representatives may bring charges against a renegade official and have them removed if found guilty of the charges in the Senate. President Obama is big on czars as he knows they can't be touched, through them he can effect policy, and if they get their fingers burned, he can claim ignorance, saying they were acting on their own.

There was a time when we all would have had a good laugh imagining a scenario wherein your dog took you to court for harassment, corporal punishment, neglect, or confinement. This would be the hilarity of Gary Larsen's Far Side cartoons. Well, if the likes of Sunstein makes it into the White House, and therefore, makes public policy, you might well wipe that silly smirk off your face.

Cass Sunstein is an animal rights activist - right out of the PETA (People for Ethical Treatment of Animals) playbook. PETA's day will arrive and there will a cacophony of animal celebration in the streets should Sunstein join the White House.

Now before you sideline me with accusations of being a wacko, I suggest you check out the man's opinions and the policy decisions PETA advocates. Not only would eating meat be tasteless and illegal, intelligent species would be entitled to litigation, with experts in animal communication interpreting their meows, oinks, howls, and even body language.

Blow this off if you like, but without active participation in saying no to the appointment of the people of this persuasion, it won't be long before hunting and fishing are banned, shock collars and electric perimeter fences are outlawed along with choke chains and leashes, livestock and poultry becomes a thing of the past, and we're soon examining whether insects enjoy the same rights as their more "evolved" cousins.

Absurd? It should be. Let's keep it that way.