Obscure to ridiculous

There comes a time when the obscure just becomes ridiculous.

Fairbanks, Alaska spent $7,000 defending mayor's $37.50 fine

The Alaska Public Offices Commission ordered City Mayor John Eberhart to pay the $37.50 fine in May after concluding he broke a state election law in the October 2013 election by sending an email on his city council email account.

In that email, Eberhart, then a city council member, asked city staff to research resolutions and ordinances sponsored by Eberhart and his mayoral opponent Vivian Stiver. In the eyes of the commission, the records request equaled an illegal use of municipal resources to influence an election.

The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reports the city government is paying for Eberhart's appeal costs because it's obligated, in most cases, to defend public officials who are sued as part of their official duties under the city's indemnification law.

City Attorney Paul Ewers says the city has paid about $7,000 during appeals.

I always have room for another treat

As previously reported, I love my treats. I want my treats. There can never be enough treats for one dog!

Apparently one dog in Oregon thought he wasn't getting enough......

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The 3-year-old Great Dane was miserable and retching when its owners rushed him to a northwest Portland emergency animal hospital.

It was something he ate!
X-rays showed a stomach full of "a large quantity of foreign material." Nearly two hours of surgery later, Dr. Ashley Magee had the answer — the dog had consumed 43 ½ socks.
DoveLewis Emergency Animal Hospital spokeswoman Shawna Harch said it's perhaps the strangest case in the hospital's history, The Oregonian reported.
So strange that the hospital entered last February's tale, complete with X-rays, in an annual contest sponsored by the vet magazine, Veterinary Practice News, and won a prize. Fittingly enough, the contest is called "They Ate WHAT?"
 This photo shows socks that were removed from a dog's stomach. Forty-three and 1/2 to be exact.

Even stranger. The $1,500 first place winner was a Plano, Texas, animal hospital that treated an exotic frog that ate more than 30 small ornamental rocks from its cage.

The DoveLewis entry summary says the Great Dane was discharged home a day after surgery. Harch says the owners aren't available for comment but she confirms the dog is alive. No word on what he's eaten lately.

Dog owners! Give your pooches treats!!!!! It can be much cheaper in the long run.

I want to join a union

The cute-as-can-be dog union of course....
I hear they are the voice of the workers and never stop trying to increase pay for their members.

Must be working....look at the salaries of the union heads!

Among construction industry unions:

• Laborers’ International Union (LiUNA) President Terry O’Sullivan was paid $663,981
• Boilermakers President Newton Jones was paid $491,866
• United Association of Plumbers & Pipefitters (UA) President Bill Hite was paid $468,011
• Sheet Metal Workers (SMWIA) President Joe Nigro was paid $460,395
• United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners President Doug McCarron was paid $452,974

With that kind of income I could refuse all attempts from my humans in the future to retrieve any more darn balls!!!

Teaching Max

I now have a new brother, Max. He needs to learn everything, so I am trying really hard to teach him what is and is not acceptable in our house and in public. Some days are very trying for both my humans and me, but we feel a moral obligation to help Max.

That is what we do, right? We teach our children and siblings right from wrong. In theory, all goes well, but occasionally there is an errant child that requires more work:

Recently, a 15 year old online gaming enthusiast took it too far. Seems they have pranks called "swatting", which aren't really pranks, that involve false police reports on opponents that result in raids on houses and businesses. This is obviously illegal.

“BadAssDWG69,” as the gamer called himself, called in multiple false police calls, generated an early-morning no-knock raid that caused the father of the online competitor critical injury and a hospital stay.

This gamer was the first person in history to be charged with a “SWATTING” crime, and it’s already rocked the online gaming world in this country. It certainly rocked the gamer's world as well.

 He just earned 25 years to life in federal prison for two counts of domestic terrorism. He took his revenge against a better player for beating him four times online at Battlefield 4.

(SPOOF by downtrend.com: The story is made up but just the fact that it was mistaken by many for a real news story should make everyone remember that Ignorance of the law is no excuse (in the real world or online.))  Our administration should take note of this......

I can finally rest knowing the world is safe

My humans scare me sometimes. There are so many things to worry about these days with our golfer-in-chief ignoring crisis after crisis, that I often feel anxiety. Worrying about my stash of treats is bad enough, but our country is in the pits.

However, my fears have finally been put to rest! The administration has hatched a plan to increase energy efficiency in our DISHWASHERS! This should save my humans pennies each year.....over my lifetime I might be able to afford a tiny bag of treats --- if I have a coupon!

Of course, the Obama Administration can’t even get this right.
Industry groups argue the standards, which will apply to both commercial and household appliances, could slow the economy, and that the Energy Department is rushing the new rules while overestimating the savings. Other critics argue the push to regulate household appliances is evidence of a nanny state.
“They’re not taking the time to get it right,” said Steve Yurek, president and CEO of the Air Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute. “That’s what we’re concerned about,” he said.
So while ISIS devours its way across the Middle East with its eyes trained on Europe and the U.S., we can rest knowing that your energy-inefficient dishwasher will soon be getting a makeover.
Is it any wonder the world is pulling away from us?
(downtrend.com)

Dear Barry

Dear Barry:

Boy, what a summer you’ve missed here in the nation’s capital! Then again, you got outta town just in time! So much going on since you left for Camp Vineyard, so lemme’ try to catch you up so when you get back to the office, you’ll have a clue what’s been going on (bosses blow, don’t they?).

First, the Middle East is “blowing up.” At least that’s what that guy who works for you says (if you’re making a list of Things To Do when you get back, you might want to put at the top of it — “Chat with Chuck Hagel, ask him to pipe down”).

Turns out everything’s on fire there since you left. Palestinians are lobbing rockets into Tel Aviv, Israel is striking back, hundreds are dead. That other guy who works for you (the windsurfer, whatshisname, long face, owns a big house down the street from you) went over and tried to strike a deal, but failed so badly that Egypt had to step in to broker a cease-fire. That hasn’t worked out so well (surprise). You’ll see when you get back.

Oh, and that little terrorist group you called a junior varsity squad — saying that just because some guy “puts on Lakers uniforms, that doesn’t make them Kobe Bryant” (I love your sports analogies!) — well, they went on a blitz while you were on the golf course.

They beheaded an American and filmed the whole thing (it was on the news, but I think you were on the back nine then). Then they said they were going to attack Americans everywhere, even claimed to be in your hometown, Chicago. (Ha, I know, like you’re ever going back to that dump again!)

Your Defense Secretary had lots to say about that (Boy, he’s been a Chatty Cathy since you left). He said that ISIS (by the way, you should start calling it ISIS. No one knows what you’re talking about when you call it ISIL, makes you look out of touch) is “beyond anything that we’ve seen.” Man, that guy could use a little R&R, am I right? Maybe he can use your $12 million pad on the Vineyard when you get back to D.C.

Everyone’s been saying you blew it on Iraq, let the terrorists just sweep through, re-arm, take over. But I’ve been telling them you’re all over the situation between bike rides and jazz concerts and beach outings. And it’s not like the whole mess is going anywhere — it’ll all be here when you get back. What’s the rush?

So what else. Oh, Syria. Remember that “red line” you drew? Well, that was a good call (you never get credit for stuff like that!). That place has melted down, too. Seems ISIS is all over there as well (on that Things to Do list, you might add: “Ask CIA if there are other huge threats I don’t know a thing about.” LOL!). Did you hear ISIS seized a government airport there? Think you were at dinner that night at Atria (their “cioppino” is to die for, isn’t it, even if it costs $42!).

Anyway, no rush, but when you get back, you might want to lob some bombs into there, too.

That’s pretty much wait, did you hear about Ukraine? Seems Russia sent in an “aid convoy” that was really just a bunch of heavily armed troops. Ukraine was all “Invasion!” and Vladimir Putin was totally like “Who, me?” I know you called him from your 8,000-square-foot ocean-side mansion and issued a really stern warning, so you’re probably all set there. Still, Things to Do List: “Reset that reset!”

That’s everyth — Wait, you know about that whole mess in Missouri, right? No, of course you don’t or you would have gone there, you being the first every half-black, half-white president and all (I always forget about your white half!). Seems a black teenager was shot by a policeman. An eyewitness said the teen had his hands up (that guy turned out to have been an accomplice when the two robbed a liquor store! Blergh!).

There were days and days of riots, looting, you name it. I’m surprised you didn’t hear about it (although the cell service up there is pretty spotty; FYI, you can always hit a  Starbuck’s to get Wi-Fi). While you were on the golf course with Alonzo, a bunch of race-baiters went in to stir things up, and, boy, did they. Seems to have died down, so maybe you dodged a bullet on that one? (No pun intended!)

Well, that’s really it. Oh, and Ebola. But that’s not going to get here, right? Wait, one more. That American held by terrorists in Syria was released (you were hiking then, but your National Security Adviser issued a statement, so done and done).

Anyway, hope you had a great time vacationing. You’ve been so busy traveling the country blaming Republicans for everything that you really needed a break. That must be exhausting. And don’t worry, you’ll be body surfing in Honolulu in 10 weeks.
Still, don’t miss that daily briefing Monday morning. Lotta stuff to catch up on, dude.

Your bud,

Jimmy
(Washington Times)

Dog Barks and Bites

I love to nibble on my owner's hand when we play. It's all in fun and they know I would never bite them.
That is not the case everywhere.

A chef preparing a dish from cobra flesh died when the snake’s head bit him – 20 minutes after it was cut off.

Victim Peng Fan had been preparing a special dish made from the Indochinese spitting cobra, a rare delicacy in Asia where eating snakes is commonplace. But when he went to throw the serpent’s severed head into the waste bin, it bit him – injecting him with its fast acting venom.

Police say Mr Peng died before he could be given life saving anti-venom in hospital.

"My bark is worse than my bite."

Obama's legacy

Obama so loved the poor

he created millions more!

Remember to vote in November. Our country depends on you!

A Dog's Life

People are born so they can learn how to live a good life --- like loving everybody all the time and being nice.

Well, dogs already know how to do that, so they don't have to stay as long.

(6 year old Shane remarking on his dog Belker's short life)

I ask, I get

I have heard that contracts for appearances are standard fare these days, though I guess it depends on who you are. When I am taken to the vet, groomer or a friend's house, I need a contract to list all my favorite treats....these should be provided without asking. There should be an abundance of those treats so I can enjoy my time away from home. A comfy bed would also be nice so I can relax.

So, it only goes that Hillary Clinton has a speaker's contract. Among the many stipulations are:
1. presidential suite at a LUXURY hotel of her staff's approval, with at least 3 extra rooms for staff and her advance team.
2. stenographer---no video or audio taping; text provided only to Clinton. Cost: $1,250 to be paid by event organizer or group.
3. photos---no more than 50 photos with no more than 100 people; 90 minute time limit on entire appearance and speech.
4. round trip air travel provided by Gulfstream G450 or larger ($39 million dollar plane!)
5. round trip business class for advance team, PLUS $500 stipend for meals and incidentals
6. no one else on stage during her speech; any moderators or introducers must be approved.

It seems I need some legal to help create my demand list.....

Expectations

The lofty expectations and grand pronouncements of Obama -- unmatched by any presidential candidate in my lifetime -- have crashed against reality time and time again.

It’s not simply that Mr. Obama has fallen short of what he promised; it’s that he has been, in so many respects, a failure. Choose your metrics. Better yet, choose Mr. Obama’s metrics: Job creation. Economic growth. Improving our health-care system. Reducing the debt. Reducing poverty. Reducing income inequality. Slowing the rise of the oceans. Healing the planet. Repairing the world. The Russian "reset". Peace in the Middle East. Red lines in Syria. Renewed focus on Afghanistan. A new beginning with the Arab world. Better relations with our allies. Depolarizing our politics. Putting an end to the type of politics that "breeds division and conflict and cynicism". Working with the other party. Transparency. No lobbyists working in his administration. His commitment to seek public financing in the general election. The list goes on and on.

Barack Obama was among the least prepared men to ever serve as president. ... By temperament and experience, based on skill set and ability, Mr. Obama is much better equipped to be a community organizer than to be president of the United States. ... For the sake of our nation and much of the world, I wish he had stayed on Chicago’s South Side.

Peter Wehner ~ Commentary Magazine

Enzo believes....

If your dog thinks you're the greatest person in the world, don't seek a second opinion.

Jim Fiebig

Four!

Yes, that's me trying to play golf. It is all the rage these days...even with even our golfer-in-chief.

It is calculated that by Spring, Obama will SURPASS Tiger Woods golf outings.....since January 2009, currently at 200 for Obama and 269 for Tiger Woods, who is out due to an injury.

Just Lovely! Forget the fact that he is a paid servant for the American people, he sure has time and (our) money to waste.

Wish I had time for golf!!!

I see politics in my future

If Duke can do it, so can I. I am smarter and cuter. Also, I want the free food......
Heck, given the state of affairs with our government these days I could make some sweeping changes that would please the masses with the stroke of my paw!

Dog elected mayor in Minnesota

 

A small Minnesota village has a new mayor. Duke, the dog is Cormorant's newest mayor.

The 12 people who live there elected the 7-year-old dog as its leader.
Duke may not understand politics too well but he's been doing a great job guarding the town.
He even makes sure cars aren't going past the speed limit.
Duke will be sworn in on Sunday.
He won't be getting a salary, but a pet store has agreed to donate a year's supply of food to reward Duke for his service.

KISS me

From downtrend.com

Gene Simmons stopped by the HuffPo Live studio to promote his arena football team the LA KISS and the accompanying unwatchable reality TV “4th And Loud.” Somehow the topic turned to immigration, something that is easily relatable to the KISS co-frontman. Simmons immigrated to this country as an 8-year old with his mother.

“I’m actually saying the thing that needs to be said because the politically-correct climate is bullshit. You don’t want to upset anybody by saying, ‘Learn to speak goddamn English.’ So, as an immigrant, I’m telling you: learn to speak goddamn English. It is the key that will unlock the keys to the kingdom,” Simmons told host Ricky Camellari.

Waste not, want not

I have been told there is plenty of waste around here. Just imagine my small slice of yard.....
A dog's gotta do what a dog's gotta do. However, I do try to maintain a bit of decorum and only leave my waste where the lawn man will walk through it. No sense upsetting my humans or ruining their shoes.

I call that considerate. What isn't considerate is the pile of waste created by our government --- using OUR money!

1. State Dept. Spends $450K to Teach Afghan Women to Play Cricket
2. NIH Spends $358K to Reduce Health Disparities among LGBTQ Youth of Color
3. State Dept. Again Announces $95K Grant to Teach Haitian Inmates How to Sew
4. U.S. Will Spend $3.35M to 'Improve the Quality of Media Content'--In Armenia
5. Dept. of Education Spent $20.3 Million on 10 Equity Centers To Fight the ‘Isms’ (like racism, ableism, orientation) ---- you've got to be kidding me! 20.3 million could build a few new schools!
6. $4.5M Fed Study: 'Effects of Climate Change on Indoor Air

These have all been reported in 2014.
More to come.

It's my birthday!

Well.....not actually. I turned 3 in March.
But....if it was, I would want everyone to know about it. I would also be pleased as punch if someone was to coordinate a mass effort for ONE BIG PRESENT. <hint-hint Jenx>

This is what recently happened for our community organizer in chief. The RNC sent him a copy of the constitution (hoping he would read it) and quickly sent off lots of emails for others to participate by signing his card.

YIPPEE!
How creative of someone to suggest he can read, much less comprehend that document.....

Insignificant

I know I am significant. My humans love me, depend on me and show this by their care.

So why is it that Fancy Nancy feels the need to call Rep. Tom Marino insignificant? He stated facts on the house floor about previous failings during her time at the helm.

Hurts, doesn't it? Failed policies. Failed representative.

More insignificant comments from insignificant people:

"I like America to some extent." Michael Moore

"I need to know if she [Sarah Palin] really thinks dinosaurs were here 4000 years ago, that's an important...I want to know that. I really do. Because she's going to have the nuclear codes. I want to know if she thinks dinosaurs were here 4000 years ago. Or if she banned books or tried to ban books. We can't have that."   Matt Damon

"Don't fear the terrorists. They are mothers and fathers." Rosie O'Donnell

"African Americans watch the same news at night that ordinary Americans do." Bill Clinton

Liberal news anchor Diane Sawyer, who made tens of millions a year, called a business owner who makes 1 million a year, "greedy and selfish".

How's liberalism working for you?

Don't call me crazy!

New emails from Lois Lerner, ex-IRS official, were just released. She calls Republicans crazies and assholes.

Isn't that nice?
Isn't that special?

Would she like to guess what we call her.....besides unprofessional, biased, and not good enough for the job???????

Take her off the payroll !!
I am tired of working to support another Obama lackey through retirement!! She belongs in jail.

You don't have a right to know

......boy, oh boy.....there is more.....

That is what was said during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing.

Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton, the congressional delegate from the District of Columbia, had a rather angry message for the American people that Obama’s White House should not be held up to Congressional scrutiny. She said there’s “no right to know” what Barack Obama is doing behind closed doors.

“You don’t have a right to know everything in a separation-of-powers government, my friend. That is the difference between a parliamentary government and a separation-of-powers government,” Norton said.
Flying in the face of liberal democratic notions of openness and transparency – especially with a presidency that claims to be “open and transparent,” she argued the very committee charged with oversight shouldn’t be asking questions.
She made the comments while protesting the committee’s Republican majority for voting to ignore a claim by the White House that David Simas, director of it’s Office of Political Strategy and Outreach, was immune to a congressional subpoena to testify. Republicans believe the office is being used a political campaign operation, a violation of federal election law.
The White House’s use of executive powers has enabled it to ignore practically every congressional inquiry – lying, refusing to answer congressional inquiries and ignoring subpoenas.
Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Maryland), gave a “me too” to Norton’s comments, thanking her and making it perfectly clear that we don’t have the right to know what’s going on in the White House.

Need we have to remind these people that WE pay their salaries and have EVERY right to know????
We are well past the expiration date on all these "folks".

Begging for treats

It is what I do. It is what I do well. My humans can't resist my charm when it comes me begging for treats. Have I mentioned before how much I LOVE my treats?

Michelle Obama must be reading my blog. Her 20 minute speech in Chicago included plenty of begging! For money of course.....

(taken from her speech)
"… write a big, fat check. I kid you not. I’m going to be honest with you, that’s what we need you to do right now. We need you to write the biggest, fattest check that you can possibly write."

"Writing those checks is the single most impactful thing that you can do right now. When you dig deep, when you max out, that translates into staff hired and offices opened and ads running where they need to run."

"I want to be really clear with my friends: If you think folks who work 40 or 50 hours a week shouldn’t have to live in poverty in the wealthiest nation on earth, if you believe in science and you care about the planet that you’re leaving for your kids and grandkids, if you don’t want women’s bosses making decisions about their birth control, if you want your kids to have quality preschool and the college education they need to fulfill every last bit of their God-given potential, then you need to step up."

Well....let ME make it clear to Moochelle.....give us back OUR money from all the luxury vacations you have taken and there may be a sucker who may consider your request!

Pet Insurance

These days it seems like there are insurance options for just about anything, including pets. I love the thought that my humans would not be burdened in case of an emergency, but my humans are not so sure about the benefit.

What do you think about the latest addition to the market? Let's hope the Florida sun has not fried the brains of the execs at this company:

Alien abduction insurance

Date: July 11th, 2014

The very first company to offer UFO abduction insurance was the St. Lawrence Agency in Altamonte Springs, Florida.

The company says that it has paid out at least two claims. The company pays the claimant $1 per year until their death or for 1 million years, whichever comes first.

Over 20,000 people have purchased the insurance. The insurance is normally purchased by the “feeble-minded”, according to a former Lloyd’s of London underwriter.

Prominent policyholders have included Shirley MacLaine and a Harvard University professor who has written on aliens.

My face, your face

My face tells everyone that I am cute and sweet. The worst thing I can do is lick you to death.
What does your face say about you?

Well, meet Cecily! Her face and attitude are unbelievable!

Cecily McMillan is the face of leftist America.
Angry, violent and narcissistic, the New York “activist” was arrested again for making death threats against two NYPD officers trying to apprehend turnstile jumpers.
After being taken into custody, the New York Post reports McMillan hissed: “You don’t know who I am! Wait until you figure it out! You probably don’t have kids or a wife, but if you do, I’ll kill them!”
What a sweetie.
After being held in custody for a few hours, she complained that she was wearing a “botanist dress” (whatever that is) and demanded a change of clothing.
“This is a cocktail dress to be worn only standing up maximum four hours! I had three to four people that helped me get into this dress. The NYPD, you must supply me with clothing!”

Pleasant, isn’t she?
During the recent scuffle, she told the turnstile-jumpers: “You don’t have to talk to them. Don’t pay any attention to them. They did not identify themselves. I know the law. I’m a lawyer. Don’t cooperate with them.”
Cecily McMillan is not a lawyer.
She had already been convicted in 2012 for punching an officer and spent two months in Rikers Island. After her release, she’s become a cause célèbre for liberals who find it necessary to make a name for themselves.
A “New School” Graduate, McMillan also participated in the anti-Gov. Scott Walker protests in Wisconsin and is a proud member of the Democratic Socialists of America.
Isn’t she something? Guys: I hear she’s single!
(downtrend.com)

I need a luxury vacation!

Send me to a resort! Life is tough and I need a break.
About now.....all Americans need a break from Obama......we just need to find a border fence....

FEDS TO OPEN $50 MILLION RESORT FOR ILLEGAL CHILDREN  !!!!!!!!
(The Gateway Pundit) July 16th, 2014

Washington DC – The Obama administration has awarded a $50 million contract to a charitable group to buy a Texas resort hotel and transform it in to a 600 bed facility for juvenile illegal aliens.

The Palm Aire Hotel and Suites is set to be sold to Baptist Child & Family Services (BCFS) operating under a federal contract, pending local government approval, according to reports from Weslaco, Texas where the hotel is located. Weslaco is a few miles north of the Rio Grande in Hidalgo County.

The Palm Aire Hotel and Suites currently advertises amenities such as two outdoor swimming pools—one Olympic sized—Jacuzzis, sauna, steam room, two racquetball courts, outdoor tennis courts, picnic area with grills and a fitness center with twenty machines and free weights.

The resort hotel for illegal alien children is reportedly the ‘first in the nation’.

The Palm Aire includes tennis courts, a laundromat and a snack bar.

The plan is to have the hotel ready for illegal alien children ages 12 to 17 by October 1st of this year, a mere two-and-half months from now. It is expected the average stay will be about fifteen days.

The Palm Aire Hotel and Suites currently advertises amenities such as two outdoor swimming pools—one Olympic sized—Jacuzzis, sauna, steam room, two racquetball courts, outdoor tennis courts, picnic area with grills and a fitness center with twenty machines and free weights.

A luxurious fitness center is on site at the Weslaco Palm Aire Hotel and Suites. Guests can also wind down in the sauna after a long trip.

Attracted to the space for outdoor recreation at the Palm Aire Hotel and Suites, BCFS spoke of building a soccer field at the hotel and adding a perimeter fence.

BCFS plans to employ 650 people at the Palm Aire Hotel and Suites, which would mean slightly over one worker per illegal alien child. According to the BCSF Website, the charity’s jobs pay from $10 to $45 per hour.

KRGV-TV quoted a BCFS spokeswoman about the purpose of buying the Palm Aire Hotel and Suites:

“It’s going to be an intake facility, which serves as a lot like a hospital emergency room,” Krista Piferrer, BCFS VP External Affairs said.

“”We’ve all seen the photos and the videos of children in crowded Border Patrol facilities. What this site is going to allow to happen is quickly move those children out of Border Patrol cells and triage them,” Piferrer said.”

BCFS plans for the facility to be “completely self-contained” with Piferrer telling KRGV-TV, ‘medical staff will be on hand so children with diseases or injuries will not be transferred to local hospitals.’

Piferrer told the Valley Morning Star the Palm Aire Hotel and Suites facility would ‘(provide) medical and mental health care, on-site educational programs, recreational programs and case management.’

According to a Hidalgo County commissioner, the BCFS contract for the Palm Aire Hotel and Suites is an annual one worth $50 million per year. It is not part of the $3.7 billion emergency funding for the illegal alien invasion requested by the Obama administration as the bill hasn’t yet passed but it is a good indication of where the money will go.

(Update: the BCFS may have changed their mind about this purchase, but I bet not about taking the money and using it elsewhere!)

14,000

Not poops or meals....maybe naps....but who's counting? Not me.

Will our inept government ever learn to check what it is doing?

US sends 14,000 draft notices to men born in 1800s

July 11th, 2014

Washington DC – No, the United States isn’t trying to build a military force of centenarians.

It just seems that way after the Selective Service System mistakenly sent notices to more than 14,000 Pennsylvania men born between 1893 and 1897, ordering them to register for the nation’s military draft and warning that failure to do so is “punishable by a fine and imprisonment.”

The agency realized the error when it began receiving calls from bewildered relatives last week.

Chuck Huey, 73, of Kingston, said he got a notice addressed to his late grandfather Bert Huey, a World War I veteran who was born in 1894 and died in 1995 at age 100.

How many crashes can one dog have?

I think of a crash as a nap. It is something I do quite often, which is normal for a dog. What is NOT normal is the crash crap going on around our supreme leader.

Shockingly, yet another hard drive crashed just as Congress was about to investigate a federal agency.

Some coincidence, eh?

The hard drive used by a former Federal Elections attorney who admitted to campaigning for President Obama’s re-election while on the job has been destroyed after the House oversight committee indicated they’d want to take a look at it.

“The FEC’s failure to retain Ms. [April] Sands’ hard drive prevented the FEC (Office of Inspector General) from fully pursuing appropriate criminal sanctions for Ms. Sands’ admitted violations of federal law,” said a letter Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) wrote on Monday with House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa.

“Like the IRS’ destruction of Lois Lerner’s hard drive, the FEC’s recycling of Ms. Sands’ hard drive may have also destroyed material responsive to Freedom of Information Act and congressional oversight requests,” it continued before demanding documents and a congressional briefing from FEC by July 28.

(Downtrend.com)

I am secure

I live in a house and have a yard to play in. The house has doors and windows I cannot reach or breach. The yard has a fence that I cannot get through, over or under. Is that so hard? My humans want to keep me safe inside and don't want anyone to get in. Seems logical doesn't it?

Senator Harry Reid (D-NV) apparently hasn’t heard about all those people crossing the border this year. Either that or he was referring to some other country during recent comments on border security.

After commenting on recent legislation from Representative Henry Cuellar (D-TX) and Senator John Cornyn (R-TX), Reid suggested there are no security issues at the border.

“I believe our number one concern should be this narrow issue of how we take care of this situation we have on the border,” he said. “As I’ve been told, the Cornyn-Cuellar legislation covers a lot of other issues other than the problem we’re having on the border. Had we done comprehensive immigration reform, we wouldn’t be having this issue. And everyone here, the border is secure. “

Is he serious?

An estimated 60,000 illegal immigrant children are expected to enter the United States in 2014. That’s 10 times the amount that did so in 2011.

(Downtrend.com)

Photo ops

Obama won't go to the border to view the crisis first hand.....says he is not interested in photo ops. However, what he did while in Texas last week was all about photo ops. Now the White House says there is some value in photo ops.

Easy to say after the fact. Easy to say after you once again have shown your true colors.

Here's a photo op for you! The difference is I am cute, provided all my registration papers prior to being invited into this great home and LOVE my country!

 

I love myself THIS much!

I, me, myself.....I love me. I love myself. Let me tell you how much I love myself!

That is the same tone heard last week when the narcissist-in-chief spoke in Austin.

Not counting instances when he quoted a letter from a citizen or cited dialogue from a movie, President Barack Obama used the first person singular--including the pronouns "I" and "me" and the adjective "my"--199 times in a speech he delivered Thursday vowing to use unilateral executive action to achieve his policy goals that Congress would not enact through the normal, constitutional legislative process.
“It is lonely, me just doing stuff,” Obama said at the speech in Austin, Texas, according to the official transcript and video posted on the White House website.
“I’m just telling the truth now,” Obama told the crowd. “I don't have to run for office again, so I can just let her rip. And I want to assure you, I’m really not that partisan of a guy.”
(CNSNews.com)

Oh really? I would never have guessed you were a narcissist.

Feeling the wind through my hair

I love riding on my motorcycle; feeling the wind through my hair (fur). As with any biking enthusiast, owning a Harley-Davidson bike shows you made it.

However, news this weekend should make every bike owner, and American, disgusted at the mere mention of the name Harley-Davidson from now on. Their tag line is An American Legend.

Well, not so much anymore.....

Harley-Davidson is using the H-1B guest worker visa program to REPLACE American workers for those from Asia and India at a lower wage. The purpose of the program is to allow foreigners special access to America if they can fill jobs that no American is capable of or willing to do. A recently laid off tech support worker is suing Harley-Davidson after she was laid off for a replacement from India. You go girl!

To be fair (as fair as I can through my outrage), other companies have been doing the same thing without consequence.

So, I guess if you want your job, you really can't keep it either!

The entire article can be found here.

Chase Bank not so friendly

The banking behemoth J.P. Morgan Chase is bullying its employees into declaring themselves gay friendly.
In their annual worker and management-satisfaction survey, one new question raised alarm bells for employees. It asks workers to check one or more of the following that apply:

Are you:
1. A person with disabilities
2. A person with children with disabilities
3. A person with a spouse/domestic partner with disabilities
4. A member of the LGBT community
5. An ally of the LGBT community, but not personally identifying as LGBT.

Since the surveys require employees to enter their employee ID number, one worker was concerned that answering “no” would endanger his job and open him up to criticism.
Just a few months ago, the CEO of Mozilla was hounded out of his post for not being fully supportive of the LGBT cause.
One worker told Princeton Professor Robert George he fears for his job:

This survey wasn’t anonymous. You had to enter your employee ID. With the way things are going and the fact that LGBT rights are being viewed as pretty much tantamount to the civil rights movement of the mid 50s to late 60s, not selecting that option is essentially saying “I’m not an ally of civil rights;” which is a vague way to say “I’m a bigot.” The worry among many of us is that those who didn’t select that poorly placed, irrelevant option will be placed on the “you can fire these people first” list.

Breitbart contacted J.P. Morgan Chase, who said they didn’t comment on “internal surveys.”
(Robert Gehl, Downtrend)

Nothing cute about this

Changing course for this one since the topic is no laughing matter and also because there is nothing close in comparison.
Please share your views.

HIGH RANKING OFFICERS BEING OUSTED FROM MILITARY BY OBAMA
(Lists all 137 officers purged)

Obama Changes Direction Of US Military Command, Fires 9th General In His Purge

Obama's Military Coup Purges 197 Officers In Five Years

Why Are Dozens Of High Ranking Officers Being Purged From The U.S. Military?

Why is Barack Hussein Obama purging the military of so many of its finest high-ranking officers?
(Stats and list of officers purged)

I love Texans

Who wants to be a millionaire?

Forget answering a bunch of random trivia questions, all you have to do is uncover the lost IRS e-mails to and from former official Lois Lerner.

Two Republican congressmen are so angry about the missing IRS e-mails that they think the U.S. government should offer a hefty reward to anyone who finds them – a $1 million reward.

Reps. Bill Flores (R-Tex.) and Louie Gohmert (R-Tex.) introduced legislation Wednesday to offer such a prize.  A lesser sum, $500,000, would go to anyone who figures out if specific agency officials were involved in purposely destroying the e-mails.

Now, these are very conservative lawmakers, so they’re not about to just give away federal dollars. So where would the money come from, you ask? The IRS budget. Oh, and until the e-mails are found, all IRS employee salaries would be cut by 20 percent.

(The Washington Post, June 27)

Belly bands are not for me

Did you know there are belly bands for dogs? They offer diaper-like protection for dogs who mark or have accidents in the home. For dog owners, this can be a great tool.

Of course, I don't need to wear one of those. I am fully trained and would never pee in my own home. I prefer to urinate on every tree, bush or Verizon utility box in my neighborhood.....which is just one of my great pleasures each day.

Our government is in need of belly bands......LOTS of belly bands......

WASHINGTON (CBSDC) – The anti-amnesty group, Americans for Legal Immigration PAC (ALIPAC), is calling on Americans to mail their “gently used underwear” to President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner in response to a government request for new briefs for the recent surge of illegal immigrants being held by border patrol.
ALIPAC is responding to a Department of Homeland Security solicitation seeking thousands of pairs of “White 100% Cotton Men’s Briefs” – ranging from medium sizes to hundreds of 6X-large pairs – to meet the basic clothing needs of thousands of immigrants detained by Immigration & Customs Enforcement.
“Obama and Boehner have proven once and for all that their talk of passing immigration reform amnesty, instead of enforcing America’s existing border and immigration laws, only brings more unwanted and destructive illegal immigration!” said William Gheen, president of ALIPAC, on the group’s website.
“Instead of using our tax money to buy illegals 42,000 pairs of new underwear, we would like to send the illegals and DC politicians a message by mailing them our used underwear, and some of our pairs are in really bad shape due to the bad economy and all of the jobs illegal immigrants are taking from Americans.”

Please.....send yours NOW. A few dark stains on them would be added bonus and would show how we really feel about this immigration crisis!

Coming home to a Walmart near you

I have a home. You have a home. We live here and we work here; we unfortunately pay our taxes here (to the most crime-riddled agency in history). What the influx of children from South America don't have here is a home. They had a home in their own country, but chose to leave.

Instead of sending them back home, the U.S. government has decided to house and ship them across the country.....most recently they are looking at an abandoned Walmart in Sweden, New York.

What amused me about this is that city officials are not happy; they want them kept in the southern states like Texas and Arizona. (Of course you do.)

Liberal New York is not happy about receiving thousands of illegal immigrant children? To this I say: you reap what you sow. Let's ship all the children to liberal states. Let them house them, feed them, change their diapers and provide their medical care. If your taxes increase due to this burden, so be it.

Now maybe you will understand how the rest of us feel about your horrible liberal policies being forced down our throats!

Not so fast

Maybe it seems like I complain too much. I don't see it that way....rather a venting of frustrations.
If the new America has its way, I should probably spend more time buying ammunition than posting irritations here.

After the U.S. Postal Service recently finalized its purchase of “small-arms ammunition,” it became only the most recent federal agency to make a large purchase of bullets for its armed agents (who are perhaps more numerous than the public realizes). In the last year or so, reports have surfaced that the Social Security Administration ordered 174,000 hollow-point bullets, the Department of Agriculture 320,000 rounds, Homeland Security 450 million rounds (for its 135,000 armed agents), the FBI 100 million hollow-points, and even the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 46,000 rounds. (In May, the Department of Agriculture added an order of submachine guns and body armor.) [Newsmax, 4-14-2014] [Washington Times, 5-16-2014]

The Dog Ate My Tax Return Act

Oh My! I love Rep Steve Stockman!!! He must love dogs.....

I think the IRS’s refusal to apologize for losing (destroying) months of e-mails dealing with the IRS’s persecution of conservative groups was the last straw.

Rep. Steve Stockman (R-Texas), who always gets a kick out of irritating liberals, said he will introduce “The Dog Ate My Tax Return Act” because what’s good for the government is good for the taxpayer.

“Taxpayers who do not produce documents for the Internal Revenue Service will be able to offer a variety of dubious excuses under legislation introduced by Rep. Steve Stockman (R-Texas) a week after the IRS offered an incredibly dubious excuse for its failure to turn documents over to House investigators,” the announcement said.

“The United States was founded on the belief government is subservient and accountable to the people. Taxpayers shouldn’t be expected to follow laws the Obama administration refuses to follow themselves,” said Stockman. “Taxpayers should be allowed to offer the same flimsy, obviously made-up excuses the Obama administration uses.”

Under the proposed rules, the following reasons would be acceptable for late returns:
• The dog ate my tax receipts
• Convenient, unexplained, miscellaneous computer malfunction
• Traded documents for five terrorists
• Burned for warmth while lost in the Yukon
• Left on table in Hillary’s Book Room
• Received water damage in the trunk of Ted Kennedy’s car
• Forgot in gun case sold to Mexican drug lords
• Forced to recycle by municipal Green Czar
• Was short on toilet paper while camping
• At this point, what difference does it make?

Sounds like a great plan.
Woof!

How much do you love me?

Do you love me? Do you like me? Do you dislike me?
Heaven forbid you have any opinion at all these days.

If you are Hillary Clinton doing a town hall CNN bit, I bet you thought you were greatly loved and admired and I bet CNN thought their own show was great!

What viewers of the show did not know is that CNN "deployed an enthusiastic stage director who coached the audience to applaud at various points throughout the broadcast — not in a partisan manner for Clinton, but for the sake of the town hall’s television optics. Approximately 15 minutes before the show, the producer ran the audience through a practice round of applause and noise-making. The results of the audience-prodding turn up in the show’s video."
(Robert Gehl, Downtrend.com)

Not in a partisan manner --- cough, cough....... You can watch the video for yourself....if you care:
http://downtrend.com/robertgehl/cnn-prodded-audience-to-applaud-during-hillary-interview/

Now you can get back to what you were doing without the possibility of a gag reflex.

I just want to go home

I was recently asked what I would do if I was taken from my humans. I do know I would be very, very sad and would whimper for them every day. I love them.

This happened to 3 year old Baxter, while his human was deployed in Afghanistan. The soldier's ex-girlfriend sold the dog on Craigslist in retaliation to their breakup. But, in loving fashion for all our brave soldiers, readers of Facebook and Craigslist found the new owners and Baxter was returned.

This is great day and restores my faith in humanity.

To Baxter's owner, Robby Gabbert : Come home safe. Baxter needs you.

Enzo Believes in Duct Tape

"Duct tape is like the force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together...."

Carl Zwanzig

Barking when I should have been sniffing

A plethora of gaffes from our most ineffective, dishonest, and socialist president:
(rantlifestyle.com)

Intercontinental railroad: "We're the country that built the Intercontinental Railroad." —Cincinnati, OH, Sept. 22, 2011. There is only one problem, Mr. President, the United States built the transcontinental railroad.

My grandmother was a typical white person: "The point I was making was not that Grandmother harbors any racial animosity. She doesn't. But she is a typical white person, who, if she sees somebody on the street that she doesn't know, you know, there's a reaction that's been bred in our experiences that don't go away and that sometimes come out in the wrong way, and that's just the nature of race in our society." Only white people must feel this. Uh-huh.

Inefficient healthcare: "The reforms we seek would bring greater competition, choice, savings and inefficiencies to our health care system." --in remarks after a health care roundtable with physicians, nurses and health care providers, Washington, D.C., July 20, 2009.
Oh, so you meant to mess up our healthcare system then?

Where Am I: "How's it going, Sunshine?" --campaigning in Sunrise, Florida. After a few beers a lot of people forget where they are. Oh, you were sober? Well, blame your teleprompter or something.


Israel's Best Friend: "Let me be absolutely clear. Israel is a strong friend of Israel's. It will be a strong friend of Israel's under a McCain...administration. It will be a strong friend of Israel's under an Obama administration. So that policy is not going to change." --Amman, Jordan, July 22, 2008. Is the United States the United States' best friend too?

I See Dead People: “Our nation honors its unbroken line of fallen heroes and I see many of them in the audience here today.” So, you see servicemen and women that have been killed in defense of our nation? Must have been too many drugs in college.

Everything is all right: “The private sector is doing fine.” He uttered these words when 23 million Americans were out of work. Glad everything is all right.

Wait, What??: “I’ve now been in 57 states? I think one left to go?” at a campaign event in Beaverton, Oregon. Someone please tell him there are only 50 states at the moment. Shocking, I know.

You didn't build that: “If you’ve got a business, you didn’t build that! Someone else made that happen!” He took a lot of flak over this and rightfully so.

Regional Disaster: “The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries.” Oh, so a region plagues itself? Interesting.

Where is Hawaii again?: "When I meet with world leaders, what's striking -- whether it's in Europe or here in Asia..." -mistakenly referring to Hawaii as Asia while holding a press conference outside Honolulu, Nov. 16, 2011. So, the man who was born in Hawaii doesn't know what continent it is on. Hawaii is Asia now? Umm, okay.

O...Oh Boy!: “O-I-H-O” – Barack Obama misspelling Ohio at a campaign event. Oh boy. At least he knows where Hawaii is...oh. Well, OIHO must be the 57th state.

Gotta have faith: “John McCain has not spoken about my Muslim faith.” interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulos, who jumped in to correct Obama by saying "your Christian faith," which Obama quickly clarified. Remembering what religion you are can be tough.

I shouldn't have said that: “I think when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody.” Toledo, Ohio, Oct. 12, 2008. This was a sticking point during the 2008 campaign and I bet he regretted saying this.

More coming soon......     

Saving for a rainy day

I hide treats. You never know when the urge or just plain hunger will hit, so I plan my stash of treats very carefully. It is also very comforting to know that I have extras lying around.....

Hillary Clinton's latest fluff piece with the pathetic Diane Sawyer just hit the airwaves. Poor Hillary defended the millions of dollars she and Bill received for speaking fees and book deals this way:

We came out of the White House not only dead broke, but in debt.
 
We had no money when we got there, and we struggled to, you know, piece together the resources for mortgages, for houses, for Chelsea’s education.
 
You know, it was not easy.

MORTGAGES? HOUSES? Plural! My violin is working overtime right now!

Exactly how much money are we talking about here? Not including last year- as that information is not yet available- Bill earned $106 million in speaking fees since leaving office.  Over twelve years, that’s an average of $736,111 per month. Of course, this does not include Bill’s Presidential pension, Hillary’s income as a Senator and then Secretary of State, and the $1 million dollars a year the taxpayers kick in to support him.

Apparently, the $200,000 Presidential salary and $50,000 for expenses resulted in a paycheck-to-paycheck lifestyle that the Clintons found unsustainable. The $10 million Hillary earned from her bestselling book, It Takes A Village? They must have burned through that, too.
(Michael Hausam, IJReview.com)

"Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons."

Woody Allen (1935 - )

Just a bit crazy....

I have been called many things, like erratic, crazy, insane, wild, and my all-time favorite, spoiled-rotten! Call me what you like, but I live a very good life, have everything I need and want at my disposal, and don't see that anything or anyone will change that in my future.

What about our prez???? Should Americans now be worried about the mental health of the current occupant of the White House? That was the alarming suggestion Fox Business Network viewers heard Tuesday evening.

Talking about the bewildering decision to trade five “high risk” Taliban leaders for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl on Lou Dobbs Tonight, psychology expert Dr. Gina Loudon said she has become “very, very concerned” that President Obama has become “irrational, erratic and perhaps not exactly what we might want to deem sane.”

Host Lou Dobbs asked Loudon about the case of U.S. Marine Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi, who is currently imprisoned in Mexico after accidentally crossing the border March 31 with guns in his vehicle, a case which seems much less urgent to the Obama administration than that of Bowe Bergdahl.

But instead of talking about the Tahmooressi case, Loudon made the much more disturbing observation that Obama is exhibiting signs of “irrational” behavior.
(Rich Noyes, Newsbusters.org)

Gee.....and they call me crazy!!

"The whole art of politics consists in directing rationally the irrationalities of men."

Reinhold Niebuhr (1892 - 1971)

Can you help me with the big dog sniffing in my yard?

I have a problem. The big, bad dog down the street is trying to intimidate me.
Maybe I should take a page out the book written by Sheriff Norman Dalton in Tennessee.

Alex Friedmann, editor for the Prison Legal News, is working on a story about complaints from inmates at the Marshall County Jail in Tennessee. Sheriff Norman Dalton was having none of it. He denied the records request, went to his home to intimidate him … I mean “verify residency,” ordered a criminal history check on Friedmann and even called the Department of Homeland Security.
WSMV reports that in court, the sheriff acknowledged these intimidation tactics.

“I think that’s very alarming and very disturbing that a law enforcement officer can do a background check, and in this case actually drove in to check my residence in person just because I filed a public records request with his agency,” Friedmann said.

He claims the sheriff is going to great lengths to cover up misconduct at the jail.
After the court hearing, the sheriff’s attorney said Friedmann has the right to the records.

Using the Department of Homeland Security as a tool of intimidation and harassment against Americans is only a small piece to crush reporters and others looking to uncover official misconduct
(Robert Gehl, downtrend.com)

"People are changed, not by coercion or intimidation, but by example."

Author Unknown

I want a paycheck too!

Every liberal wants to be paid for no work, wants equality in pay, wants government paid benefits, etc., so I think it is high time I got paid for my service too! I follow you, I jump on your friends, I play hard, I am your watchdog, and I oversee your cooking. Any one of those should equate to a nice paycheck, don't you think?

This is in contrast to the attitude of our ungrateful Liar in Chief Obama, who was recently seen complaining about the fact that his poor little wife doesn’t get paid. That’s right, folks, all of the ‘hard work’ that MOOCHelle Obama does is unpaid. Our wonderful community organizer in chief recently said, “I want to make sure that when she’s working she’s getting paid the same as men. I gotta say that First Ladies right now don’t get paid, even though that’s a tough job.” Sure, I imagine traveling all over the globe on the taxpayer’s dime, even taking her daughters and mother along on an all-expenses paid trip to China (where she actually banned reporters from being around her), is indeed just tough work.

(During an interview with former, world-class First Lady Laura Bush) She then lowers the boom on MOOCHelle, by saying that the (our current, disgraceful) First Lady does not deserve a salary simply for her title.

That all seemed to be a reference to the above comments made by Obama. But then again, we already know that Michelle feels entitled to all of this…and more. She is perhaps the only First Lady in history to have actually remarked that she feels stifled in the White House, that she thinks it is a prison of sorts. This is the type of freeloading attitude that we have all come to expect from the Obamas.

So, the poor little president wants his little wifey to start getting paid. I suppose that putting together her school lunch initiatives demanded such remuneration. So did all of her other amazing accomplishments during her tenure as First Lady. By the way, if anyone can offer an accomplishment of MOOCHelle Obama that would deserve a salary, then we are all ears!
(Joseph R. Carducci, Downtrend.com)

Aloha fellow doggies

Aloha! I write this as I dream of a Hawaiian vacation, replete with sun, sand, and the laid back lifestyle I am accustomed to.

My only wish is that Hawaii was closer and a bit more inexpensive to visit. I am sure with those small things out of the way my humans would be making reservations!

Hawaii’s Obamacare exchange, the Hawaii Health Connector, costs the nation’s taxpayers the most per enrollee, according to Hawaii’s exchange, which has just more than 8,500 people registered, has a tab of about $23,899 per person.

Former U.S. Rep. Charles Djou, D-Hawaii, noted Hawaii’s enrollment cost is 26 times the national average, 2 1/2 times the cost for the second most expensive state, North Dakota, and considerably more than the national average of $922 dollars per Obamacare enrollee.
(Malia Zimmerman, Human Events)

I think it is past time for Obama to make his retirement plans in Hawaii. He fits right in with the overinflated program and if there really is any karma in this world he will wind up on that failed system he created!

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
          Thomas A. Edison (1847 - 1931), (attributed)

What's a Name?

My name is Enzo; short for Vincenzo. It is strong and Italian; I am strong and Italian.

They say there is a lot of science about names and naming. Just as I would suspect: my name is a good fit for me; wouldn't want to be called Bear since I am only 6-1/2#....that would be silly.....

A new study published on Monday suggests that hurricanes with female names are more deadly. They believe part of this lies in the fact that people tend to be more wary/take more precautions from storms with masculine names. Because people unconsciously think a storm with a female name is less dangerous than one with a masculine name, those in its path are less likely to flee, and are therefore more vulnerable to harm.

That result held up even after the researchers accounted for storm strength.

But for strong hurricanes, the more feminine the name - as ranked by volunteers on an 11-point scale - the more people it killed. Behavioral scientist Hazel Markus of Stanford University, who was not involved in the study, called it "very significant" and "proof positive" that gender stereotypes affect behavior even when the male or female isn't a living thing.

The study did not prove why severe hurricanes with female names were deadlier, but hints emerged in lab experiments. In one, the Illinois team gave 346 volunteers no information about a storm except its name, and asked them to predict its intensity. "Omar," "Marco" and the like were judged more severe than "Fay," "Laura," and their sisters. In four additional experiments, volunteers shown a storm's projected path were up to 34 percent more likely to say they would evacuate ahead of male names than female ones on the same path. Reaction to gender-neutral names like Sandy fell in the middle.

When judging a storm's threat, people "appear to be applying their beliefs about how men and women behave," said co-author Sharon Shavitt, a professor of marketing at Illinois. "This makes a female-named hurricane, especially one with a very feminine name such as Belle or Cindy, seem gentler and less violent."
(Sharon Begley, Reuters)

I wonder what my human mom thinks of all this?????? She is definitely more deadly around here than the rest of us. <ssshhhhh....don't tell her I said that.....don't want to lose any future treats>

A leg up

Of course I lift my leg! I am a boy dog. Lifting up your leg is just what you do when you are boy dog.
Well....what about our veterans? Looks like the VA system did exactly that to many.

Veteran to Colorado VA: You ‘Owe Me a Leg’

 

Local media stories from across the country indicate the problems with VA medical centers are much more widespread than national media may be reporting.

KKCO in Grand Junction, Colorado ran a story detailing the plight of two veterans. One bluntly said the VA’s lack of urgency cost him his leg.

Larry Wilkinson said a VA doctor never called him with the test results of a foot infection and after two months of no news, he had to have his leg amputated.
“I feel the VA owes me a leg,” Wilkinson said.

 Another VA patient, Richard Worsley, said when he was showing symptoms of a heart attack, he was taken to St. Mary’s even though he wanted to go to the VA Medical Center. He then received a bill for more than $8,000.

 

(Kyle Olsen, Progressives Today)

Music to my ears

I love music. Mostly soft music, but I also enjoy country. Who doesn't love all those jean-wearing country girls and boys that have stayed true to this nation in thought and deed? They honor this nation and our servicemen and women.

Do you remember the bizarre case against Gibson Guitars? Gibson Guitars is a proud business using US labor to produce guitars in Tennessee. They were raided (doors knocked down) by a paramilitary unit of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, ostensibly because they violated some vaporous provision of import laws when bringing hardwood into the country. In a delightful inversion of American legal principle, the folks at Gibson were never allowed to see the sealed warrant that supposedly authorized the raid.

It was long suspected that the Gibson raid was a political hit, carried out because CEO Henry Juszkiewicz, made campaign donations to Republicans.  The financial disruption to the company was considerable – a $250,000 settlement, a $50,000 payoff to environmentalist groups, over $2 million in legal fees, plus the cost of being essentially shut down for a while by the raid.

Come to find out, Juszkiewicz finally thinks he knows who was really behind it all: unions. Labor unions and their allies were hopeful when Obama was sworn in that he would press their agenda....and boy has he worked this angle!
(John Hayward, Human Events)

"The first sign of corruption in a society that is still alive is that the end justifies the means."

Georges Bernanos (1888 - 1948)

Enzo Believes in Fools

"A fellow who is always declaring he's no fool usually has his suspicions."

Wilson Mizner (1876 - 1933)

Does age really matter?

Am I too old? Am I too old to be your dog? When will I be too old?
These are just some of the questions I ponder as I lay around all day.

The presidential race is again upon us, even if the fodder started earlier this cycle. When John McCain was running the Dems cast him as too old. Now it looks like Hillary will run and she is close to the age he was at the time. Bet they won't talk about her age or the plastic surgery procedures she has had.

I don't think age should matter. I hope my humans appreciate my seasoned outlook on life as the years go by. Of course I am still in my prime at the age of 3, which to some is 21 years of age in human life. Being this young lets me get away with more than say a 9 or 10 year old dog who should know better.

But....in the political arena a different standard is applied. Age becomes an issue when it is not your candidate.

I think age should only be an issue when you have been in politics too long. Enough is enough. We have seen you, we have heard you, now go home and chew on your treats like the rest of us!

We need new faces, new ideas, and more importantly someone who is respected by their peers with Business and Management successes! We surely don't need another politician who can't survive without being in the spotlight or someone without any experience at all. Our last 6+ years has shown that the inexperienced liars will only hinder progress for this great nation. We probably need the person who doesn't really want the job, but who would be great at it.

It's time for something new.

"Once you've accumulated sufficient knowledge to get by, you're too old to remember it."

Unknown