Hey Secretary Napolitano, Lets talk about Radical Groups and Dogs

Given that DHS secretary Janet Napolitano is hard on the case branding anyone who expresses the slightest disagreement with the Obama administration as a potential domestic terrorist, how about we talk about this story.

Because, you see, administration dogs are all in the news today. And decisions concerning actual administration dogs have led to some concrete actions by groups linked to actual domestic terrorists. But then, why should we hope that our DHS Secretary's would place an emphasis on the actual over the theoretical anyway? That's just crazy talk.

From the story:

"I thought when Joe Biden bought a puppy from me, what an honor," Brown told the Daily Local News. "Out of millions of breeders in the country, in the world, he picked me."

That was December.

When the story got out, Brown faced backlash from pet lovers who thought the Bidens should have opted for a shelter over a breeder to find their new puppy.
PETA seized the moment as an opportunity to blame the killing of shelter animals on people who buy from breeders. The organization's TV commercial, "Buy One, Get One Killed" ran in Delaware after the Biden puppy story made headlines.

Dog wardens from the state showed up at Brown's Wolf Den kennel, repeatedly, for inspections. "I was cited for a piece of kibble on the floor and five strands of dog hair. They took a picture of that, they walked around, snapped pictures and don't tell you why," Brown told the newspaper.

She was found "not guilty" for each citation, but hiring a lawyer for the court hearings has cost her $4,000 so far in legal fees.

Brown says she and Biden both received death threats from animal activists.

Hmm....Opposition to the actions of a high ranking administration official? Check. Single issue advocates? Check. Casual issuing of death threats? Check. History of funding extremist organizations? Check. Frequent use of government agents to intimidate and harass lawful actors? Actually, the DHS didn't seem to bring that tactic up. Perhaps they want to preserve some "flexibility" in their definitions.

Obviously, there is a lot of nuance involved in being a DHS appointee. Then again, maybe it isn't that at all.

Maybe since Jan 20, the place has just gone to the dogs.

posted by Jack M. at 07:03 PM

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