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    Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, from those who are cold and are not clothed. The world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of its laborers, the genius of its scientists, the hopes of its children.
    Dwight D. Eisenhower

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    The Columbian gives cover to Radical Homophobic Agenda

    It seems that The Columbian equates giving religious fundamentalist fringe “a seat at the table” with bestowing a high honor on one of its leaders. The following is my response to their latest Cheers & Jeers:

    After the hyperpartisanship and ideologically driven policy that marked the outgoing administration there is no disagreement that it is a necessary and admirable endeavor for Obama to be [...]



    get some camomile tea for that tillerman, would ya?

    Maybe that would calm him down a little bit.

    John McCain can’t believe that Barack Obama could ever be his equal, much less his rival for the Oval Office.

    What came through last night was McCain’s unerring sense of entitlement to the Presidency, and his being absolutely appalled at the, yes, audacity of Barack Obama thinking he could ever be even half the [...]



    Use a leash to protect your dog or else

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    There is a letter to the editor in the Columbian this morning that deserves some clarification and further discussion. The letter is entitled, “Obey law and use a leash” and concerns leashing your dog:

    While walking along the busy river walk by Interstate 5 Bridge, I saw three dogs being walked by their owners, and none were on leashes. [...]



    and the claude rains no-shit-sherlock award goes to…

    From TPM come some distillations from the Phase II/What the Fuck Happened on the Way to Iraq report (pdf):

    –Statements and implications by the President and Secretary of State suggesting that Iraq and al-Qa’ida had a partnership, or that Iraq had provided al-Qa’ida with weapons training, were not substantiated by the intelligence.

    –Statements by the President and the Vice President indicating that Saddam [...]



    Humane Society Lowers Fee for Cats and Kitties

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    From KPTV:

    The Humane Society said it has decided to combat the feline overabundance by lowering the cost to adopt kittens and cats.Whereas it normally costs $80 to take home a kitten it has now been reduced to $50, and adoption fees for cats have been reduced from $50 to $15. For those who take home two cats, the [...]



    The Year of the CAT

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    Ramona D. Marek, MS Ed.

    It is well-established that we Americans love our pets with 49.7 percent of us considering them part of the family. New statistics published by the American Veterinary Medical Association’s 2007 U.S. Pet Ownership and Demographics Sourcebook (“Sourcebook”) show cats now rank as America’s first pet with 82 million owned cats to 71 million dogs. But a closer look [...]



    Tornado at the Dragon King restaurant

    Was having lunch at the Dragon King restaurant on 78th street around noon time today and luck was with me. We took one of our dogs with us and because of him, I parked as far away from the restaurant as possible in the parking lot because he has territorial issues.

    Was finishing up my first plate of fried Scallops, Pork Chow Mein, Potstickers, [...]

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