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!
Barking for Truth, Justice and the American way!
Monday, June 30, 2014
Saturday, June 28, 2014
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!
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!
Thursday, June 26, 2014
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]
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]
Monday, June 23, 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.”
Woof!
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:Sounds like a great plan.
• 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?
Woof!
Saturday, June 21, 2014
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.
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.
Friday, June 20, 2014
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.
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.
Saturday, June 14, 2014
Enzo Believes in Duct Tape
Friday, June 13, 2014
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......
(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......
Thursday, June 12, 2014
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.
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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.
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Wednesday, June 11, 2014
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)
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!!
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
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
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)
Sunday, June 8, 2014
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)
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)
Thursday, June 5, 2014
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)
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)
Wednesday, June 4, 2014
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>
Monday, June 2, 2014
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’
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)
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.
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."
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