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Pigs Fly in Vermont
by Jim Davies, 2/4/2012
The design is shown here and centers around the VT State Seal, which depicts the pastoral nature of this beautiful area. This decal has been sported on cop cars for the last three years, and so has been seen every time one flies by. Look closely at the flank of the cow, and you'll see the reason for the brouhaha.
The story has set New England laughing its socks off this weekend, and has reportedly "gone viral", but I've seen no mention of, or speculation about, the yellow patch on the bovine rump. It does look to me very much like the silhouette of the head of a young lady. Might it be the artist's way of "signing" the work, with a self-portrait? I do hope she gets out soon, or if she's already released that she makes it known that she created the masterpiece. It could launch her on a profitable career, and that's extraordinarily difficult for a victim of government incarceration systems.
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Not a thousand miles from where this is being written, there's
a ladies' prison at Windsor, VT and about four years ago one of
its inmates (so far, sadly, un-named) who is accomplished in
computer graphics was commissioned to design a new decal to
decorate the cars of State Troopers. Prisons provide states with
a handy source of slave labor, so this arrangement did save VT
taxpayers a little money - though not nearly as much as will be
saved when states are abolished and prisons are replaced by
systems of 
I'm told that pigs in Vermont are a
big improvement on those in a certain neighboring State, because
there are far fewer of them. My reliable informant says it's normal to
drive all day without seeing a single one lurking behind a bush,
finger on the trigger of one of those revenue generating radar
thingies. Governor Peter Shumlin (D) huffed and puffed about the
unrivalled quality of policemen under his command, but did add
that he has "a sense of humor." He then contradicted
himself by promising that taxpayers would bear the cost of
replacing the decals. Why not just leave them in place? - they could stimulate Vermont's economy by helping attract tourists from all over the world.
