Ringling Bros. circus to close after 146 years

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I remember going as a kid and I took my kids just once to the Ringling B&B circus. Think we went to the smaller one a few times. Was a helluva racket with the big azz programs, food and drinks, and all the other crap the kids wanted but it was once in a lifetime so I did it and they enjoyed it. No grandkids to take these days so no tears from me. Nice memory but end of an era.
 

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Watched an interview on the news this morning by a spokesperson of Ringling Bro's.
They said declining revenue's that started immediately after retiring the elephants was a major issue.
 

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Think about the circus ... The lights. The peanuts and popcorn. The smell of horseshit. Then think ... Who wouldn't enjoy watching Maxine Waters, Sheila Jackson Lee, Liz Warren or Hank Johnson do math problems while Rush Limbaugh cracked a whip?

Or have Diane Feinstein, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Nancy Pelosi, and Barbara Boxer pull a train ... around the big top ... with Chuck Schumer, Little Dick Durbin and Anthony Weiner (priceless) in the back dressed like really happy as in really gay clowns.
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Wouldn't work. They'd all knife each other fighting over the center ring with the spotlight...
 

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Watched an interview on the news this morning by a spokesperson of Ringling Bro's.
They said declining revenue's that started immediately after retiring the elephants was a major issue.

Revenue started declining way before the retiring of the pachadyrms 6 months ago. They originally wanted to extend it until '18. People weren't opening their wallets anymore knowing what it took to break a highly intelligent, huge, social wild animal of their will.

My kids rode on elephants when they were young. BTW
 

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I always loved the circus and took my son when he was little. A few years ago we, went to a small tent circus in Moore. We always go to the Shriners circus and will continue until they close it down....
 

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This is one of the reasons. They don't want you to attend the circus.

i.imgur.com_BPfGZDK.jpg_c4ca4238a0b923820dcc509a6f75849b.jpg
 

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My favorite memory was my Papa's company picnic. Remember those? Anyway, they always had an elephant there for the kids to ride. What's funny is, they would fill a 5 gallon bucket full of beer for it to drink. Can you imagine that now days?
 

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This is one of the reasons. They don't want you to attend the circus.

i.imgur.com_BPfGZDK.jpg_c4ca4238a0b923820dcc509a6f75849b.jpg


Google elephant crushing (Ringling claims their elephants are not "crushed" but they don't have a great history of honesty when it comes to the their treatment of animals). This isn't just a case of SJW run amok. Elephants have no business being used for entertainment.
 

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