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StateSenator Wants Cockfights, with Gloves.

Only in the South.

But State Sen. Frank Shurden (of Oklahoma), a Democrat from Henryetta and a long-time defender of cockfighting, said the ban (on cockfighting) had wiped out a $100-million business.

I remember a thing called slavery as being pretty damn lucrative too. We probably shouldn't restart that, although I'm sure there are plenty of Oklahomans out there who likely disagree with me.

To try to revive [cockfighting], he has proposed that roosters wear little boxing gloves attached to their spurs, as well as lightweight, chicken-sized vests configured with electronic sensors to record hits and help keep score.

"It's like the fencing that you see on the Olympics, you know, where they have little balls on the ends of the swords and the fencers wear vests," said Shurden. "That's the same application that would be applied to the roosters."

The Oklahomans must be able to find some sort of way to recoup that 100 million in other, legal capacities.


I'm sure Oklahoma is always in need of more dentists.


Oklahoma: Denture Capitol of the World