Thursday, January 25, 2007

A cow-friendly budget?

Star of Mysore reports:
'Children and cows are sources of energy on earth. If children grow well, we can build a knowledgeable society and by protecting the cows, we can build a healthy society', said Sri Raghaveshwara Bharathi Swamiji of Sri Ramachandrapura Mutt, Shimoga.

Addressing a press meet at Pathrakarthara Bhavan here this morning, the Seer said 'children are divine and so are cows. The government's move of including milk in the school mid-day meal programme is most welcome. In that backdrop, it would be highly appropriate if the next budget was made cow-friendly'.
All I can say is "Pah!" Since when have children been divine?

(Link via email from Anand Krishnamoorthi, who got to it via Dave Barry.

Previous posts on cows: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 , 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77.)