The Republican National Convention in Under One Minute!
Here on the new gold coast of the new south, as we await our tropical storm/hurricane friend, Hannah, we watch sports...lots of it...too much, too many...! The Olympics was big with a certain 98 year old able to recite most of the times and records of the best point millisecond of the best, and now tennis is huge, as its always been here, with a certain hypnotic back and forth sameness to it all until I'm commenting on the uniforms and love lives of the players. Here's the thing, I don't like popular TV sports, and I'm not even one for much TV these days, besides my MSNBC...the power is off and I'm trapped on the eighth floor, not because I wouldn't run down the stairs and into the street any moment, but so as to be ready to carry a certain person down in case of emergency...When the power comes back there is always more tennis (and save the half naked Nadal on the alternative cover of New York Magazine, I have very little interest at all...)
So, by the time the repug convention rolled around this week, I was finished with not only this scene, but with any organized TV/video event beyond Seder V. Maron! So, a big hat tip to Chubby Bubba over on Sam Seder's blog for posting this, and also many other amusing images today!
I coulda guessed all of this, but its good to know in under 1 minute!
I'm juggling drafts here at the Rooster Ranch and while most of the incoming stuff seems to be of the Hillary vs. Obama variety show, in which the democrats once again shoot themselves in the foot while working out their very dysfunctional childhood tragedies as the repugs sneak in and blow up the Acme surprise box. Look, I know that they've had shit for candidates on the other side, but at least they have coagulated around one turd. Maybe its the batcrap craziest of 'em, and the one least able to maintain his facade, but so be it...the rub is the presentation by the huge advertising machine that has it's big gears turning underground as I type this. While we squabble about tit and tat they are getting ready, as usual...and as usual, we are locked in battle with ourselves.
From the Daily Kos "writer's strike," (h/t Skippy) where Hillary supporters feel overwhelmed by hate comments, to just about every mainstream media outlet, the story is the big fight between the 2 rarities that the democratic party has managed to put up for scrutiny. The story goes that the world will end if one or the other candidate becomes the general favorite and we are all caught up in the spectacle until WE become the story; the split party! This thing has reached the narcissistic stage, and I, for one, am gonna refrain from taking sides until we get to the general or unless something is real news. I'm also gonna encourage all democrats to do the same. Vote in your primary and then shut up except to go after the republican candidates in all races. The party needs to take the reins and stop the insanity now. Until they do we are in danger of a McCain Presidency. There is nothing to see here folks; move on by.
I'll talk about McCain, the general election, other races, and any real news that comes down the pike about Clinton or Obama (and I don't mean he said-she said,) that is progressing towards a conclusion to the primary season, but otherwise, I'm finished with the argument about who would be better for the country. The truth is that John McCain would be disastrous, and I'm frightened enough to want to urge the democratic party to get a move on so that we can all get behind one candidate and stop the McCain machine. If a miracle happened and John Edwards came roaring back with a billionaire backer, I'd be right up front carrying a sign, but its not gonna happen so... back to reality:
President McCain. Lets all ponder the concept of that for a while. The fact that he is dangerously wrong on the issues is one thing...Oh, maybe he is better than Romnuckabee on one thing or another, and maybe he is a little less planet friendly or less pro-choice here or there, but the main problem that we have from the get-go, before we even begin to sort out the niggling things about spinning into the sun and who is really a real conservative, is the fucking war! McCain's issues page, "Iraq Victory" subsection begins with the following:
A greater military commitment now is necessary if we are to achieve long-term success in Iraq.
He doesn't mean have a draft and then send in a quarter million troops and get this thing over with...no he means the same old crap of trying to train the security forces there and stay until they can totally take care of themselves in a democratic way, whatever that is when filtered through the Haliburton/Blackwater government that's been in charge.There is really no need to read further at this point because there are just too many active and former military specialists who have been saying that our military is stretched too thin and that we cant possibly continue like this, much less start another one. The fact that McCain seems oblivious to the very real problems faced not only on the front lines of this war, but stateside, should be enough to make any thoughtful American reconsider a vote for McCain. The fact that the war is impacting our economy in such a devastating way is more cause for worry, and for the more self centered of Americans, that should be enough....see, even if we currently don't have to make personal sacrifices for this war, the financial difficulties caused by it are going to find each and every one of us on one level of another. If gas prices are bad for the average American now, just wait! $4 per gallon is right around the corner, and with it comes higher prices for everything that relies on fuel. The truth is that under a McCain presidency, or any Presidency that will continue the existing war and compound it in any way, we will likely be forced into a draft, a war tax, and sacrifices the likes of which we haven't previously seen. If this war doesn't touch you now, it will shortly. In order to follow McCain's plan we have to have a draft.
McCain admits himself to being a bit weak on economic issues, even as he tries to tap dance out of that admission, while at the same time aligning himself with the dawn of Reaganomics. Its enough to make your head spin.
A quick look at McCain's own issues page, reveals a troubling pattern of corporate economic incentives that seem to be more of the same old thing. He pays lip service to tax cuts for the middle class, but what is apparent is that his focus is still on the trickle down, but does not address the loss of jobs to outsourcing and the CEO payout. How does McCain think that the health care system should be reformed? Increase competition between providers, of course! Its all some sort of fantasy, as far as I can see; promises that don't have any concrete plan. How would one increase competition between medical providers exactly? In what world can you mess around with the content of provider's care in medicine without serious regulation, (the type which that McCain is completely against...or is he?)
With a 10 percent corporate tax cut and the dream that it will result in a raise in American wages, (complete with footnotes!!)McCain is all over the place. Cut, cut, cut...and where is the money coming from as we fight on in the middle east until we're victorious? Add to that his pie in the sky plan to strengthen our borders and stop illegal immigration, with some nod to America being some "shining city on the hill" to the rest of the world, and NO PLAN.
Its all there, or not there, as I've said, and we don't have the luxury of letting another crazy work out his mommy or torture (take your pick) problems on the country. Americans who insist on believing the unfounded line that we can somehow pull off a victory in Iraq, bomb Iran, and/or somehow help Colombia with their growing problems, without a huge change in our current lives, are dreaming. The fact is that our version of "help" tends to create more problems, unless we begin with a quick hit and run plan, and a huge amount of troops. We also usually throw alot of aid at 'em immediately, as I recall from previous strikes. There is no doubt that we have created more terrorists with our "War on Terra" just by how it has been carried out, and that we are in much bigger danger from the toll of continuing our activities in Iraq than of the terra itself. Hell, if some other country did to us what we've done to Iraq, I'd be joining the rebel army myself!
If the idea of a full blown depression and a broken military doesn't give you pause, try this:
John McCain agrees with retired Army General Jack Keane that there are simply not enough American forces in Iraq. More troops are necessary to clear and hold insurgent strongholds; to provide security for rebuilding local institutions and economies; to halt sectarian violence in Baghdad and disarm Sunni and Shia militias; to dismantle al Qaeda; to train the Iraqi Army;
So, I'm assuming that this is on top of the surge troops that are "working."How long have we been trying to train the Iraqi forces and clear and hold strongholds? This is a war without end, and the longer we stay in it, the more we self destruct. There is hardly a passage in McCain's Issues section that doesn't spell some sort of destruction of whatever American way of life is left when thesewingnuts are done with us. Instead of Issues, why not call them Delusions?
Deluded is what John McCain is. He has some incredible deficit in his emotional control, with that about to blow persona, and who knows what resentments are hidden there after his failed election bids, not to mention his actual real-life torture, that he seems to use when its convenient and dismiss when its an issue of possible mental health concerns. Any of us can Google this and get many, many different stories and ideas about McCain's fitness to take the highest office in this country, but it seems like it is very obvious that he is someone who does not have a good grasp on his emotions some of the time, and perhaps that should be something that we consider carefully.
I suppose that it would be politically incorrect to say that McCain also has cancer. Malignant Melanoma is an aggressive and deadly form of cancer, as the the New York Times reported when McCain had his first major relapse in 2000. According to statistics, melanomas caught in stage 1 or 2 can be cured pretty easily, but later stages along with thickness/size of tumors and recurrence sites, along with the general fitness of the person, make the survival rates fall. This is measured in 5 and 10 year increments. Because McCain is someone who has had recurrences and those recurrences were spreading of original cancers along with new cancers, it may be impossible to figure out his exact chances for long term survival unless he comes out and talks about it beyond the "I'm cured" line. He may be "cured" of those particular cancers, but he really cant say that the next one, and there will be a next one, wont be more aggressive that the ones before. I guess I'm saying that the republican party had better look hard at McCain's running mate...harder than usual.
The folly of running John McCain for President is something that we dems haven't had a chance to revel in because of our own problems. At some point we have to set aside our differences and start chipping away at this guy. He is so full of faults that ...well, I imagine still that if there is a way to hand the election to him, we will...but lets surprise ourselves, one soul at a time, and turn away from the propaganda about the left and towards the task at hand.
Welcome to the general election, in which we are at war with John McCain, and our candidate, whoever that may be, is as good as we can do right now...lets get to work!
On the Iowa Trail.....Larry O'Donnell Tells it Like it is in the Church of Mormon; and Maher too.......
Godspeed to John Edwards. With the Iowa Caucuses offering probably the most fair picture of middle Americans (albeit, jaded by this rather heady process that allows most of them to meet and talk with the candidates,) barreling towards us, and Barack and Hillary neck and neck, with only one mistake possible between the two of them, John is well within the margin of error, with a good network already in place in New Hampshire. I really believe that Edwards is the only electable candidate that isn't under the sway of the powers of the ego/career trap or the big power of the ruling corporations that quake at the idea of Edwards raining on their parade. For God's sake, when are Americans going to look at the hard facts and cast a vote that serves them and their fortunes, instead of voting on a vague impression taken from media bytes being thrown about by the M$M?
I would be very interested in seeing Barrack Obama win this thing too; as opposed to Hillary....BUT...I don't know if he has enough political experience to get things done in the office, and whoever gets this one has to hit the ground running. At the same time, I like the idea of ideals being tossed about; I liked the West Wing and I can easily see Obama starring in the next generation. But I get this red flag warning, strobing G-R-I-D-L-O-C-K. Maybe it will be that way to an extent anyway, considering that the war will become ours on inauguration day, and we are doing nothing to make it clear that there is a laundry list of criminals here, and their crimes are being glaringly ignored. If we don't go after the criminals now, we deserve what we get. Can Obama handle the fallout of 8 years of the Bush crime syndicate?
To me, Edwards holds the key to the undoing of the insane policies that have been sliding into place since Reagan. He also doesn't care anymore what they say about him and what they do to him. He has been through it all and acts with the air of someone who is just concentrating on being himself, and screw the handlers and bullshit. Edwards still has a chance and I hope to god that he has the support in Iowa among people who are weighing the actual policies of the candidates. And to be absolutely sure of this, it looks to me in hi-def, like Edwards has recently freshened up his botox, as has Chris Matthews. Whatever it takes, I'm for it!
On the other side, its clown-time all the time...its never over. Rudy cackled through Timmeuh Russert's, "tough as they get..." according to Chris Matthews, questioning (NOT!) on Meet the Press. Every time he was asked about his scandalous ongoing rip-off of NYC during his tenure, he cackled hysterically, like a crazy man. But then, Matthews talking about cackling, is a bit of pot-kettle-black, and his ranking of who is a tough interviewer....well, these guys are so involved with each other's asses that its not worth getting angry anymore. Oh, and by the way, Matthews thought that Romney's not-Mormon, religion speech, was the best speech of the campaign! Huh? Hasn't he heard Edwards? Obama?...hell, even Oprah reading off cards, in her MLK-black voice, was better than that. He made no sense and he came off as disingenuous.
Lets get real about the church of Mormon and Mitt Romney's bullshit speech that has already gotten too much airtime by now. Mormon: There is a self appointed leader to whom,it is purported, Jesus himself appeared in 1820, and subsequently an angel dictated the Book of Mormon to him. Thus began a cult of Jesus-freakishness, in which Jesus is considered the creator of everything, replacing God, except to get a little help or direction from him here and there. There is some sort of planetary influence a la Scientology, a disgusting amount of sexism and racism, and the belief that those who don't practice this particular form of Christianity will not go to heaven. The notion that the followers were sent from heaven where they previously resided with god, and that they are following a predestined path in order to gain experience for their return to heaven, removes basic responsibility from them of having to question their assumed authority about all things Jesus; the rest of us be damned...unless we want to get baptized into the cult...then I guess we're saved, only to be explained away as some wandering sheep that have found their way back to the fold; as part of the grand predestined design, of course...like, to teach the rest a lesson...?
Mitt says that America's founders didn't mean to separate church from state THAT much, but at the same time he says that he will do his best to keep the two separate, except that...he is a devout Mormon, and so he must have believed the particularly disgusting teachings that he no doubt followed in his early 20's, such as the belief that blacks are from Mars, while Mormons are from Venus! yup....This group has a dirty history worth looking into, and old Mitt, by proclaiming his devotion throughout the years, particularly naming times of his life that he was still a Mormon, has made it clear who he is...exactly clear.
Larry O'Donnell hit this straight on yesterday on McLaughlin. I was so relieved to see someone able to express the disgust that I have been feeling about the fundamentalism coming from sectors of the republican party, that I started to count the minutes until this showed up on the YouTubes. Larry O'Donnell has the first comment, and its really the only thing you need to hear on this joke of a debate on religion and what the candidates intend to do with it.
I'm not a religious person, but I respect the urge in others, if it gives some comfort. Its certainly nice to have some belief and community in this world; something that I personally lack. I just cant see anyone with the devout belief that a certain group of people are going to heaven (coming from heaven, even,) and the rest of us are going to hell, (or are from hell,) as capable of being a leader to us all. Can one just set those sorts of beliefs aside? I didn't get the feeling from old Mitt's speech that he is able to separate anything from his religion.
If You Believe in Peanut Butter Clap Your Hands....The Republican Debate and Evolution...RIP Bruce!
Its not as fun as I had hoped it would be to watch the republicans spiral downwards. Maybe its because the crash and burn is offering me too close of a view of the all too human egotistical and brutal foundation that these beliefs are based in. Sometime I can feel the hot putrid breath of dogma and it not only makes me sick to my stomach but makes me want to rebel in the usual ways. ...and thats just so boring anymore... Not surprisingly, the only way that movements like the fundamentalist Christians, (or any other fundamentalist group for that matter,) gain speed, is through a lack of general education based in science and logic, and also through repetitive mind control, often practiced in groups, such as the repetitive prayer that is thought necessary to grow closer to God. I suppose that its a matter of degree when you consider any extremist Madrasa where young fundamentalist Muslims are rocking back and forth while studying the Koran for hours on end, or any Catholic school where you might find youngsters being indoctrinated with the flesh and blood of Jesus Christ, or a cult somewhere looking towards the skies in anticipation waiting for the spaceship, or the schoolbus full of skinny, pale Hassidic boys going to school on Sundays back in the Brooklyn old days, looking out at us playing in the street with empty eyes. If the "truth" being taught in these community sessions is the actual truth, then is the problem that it wont stand up the scrutiny of logic and critical thought, or is it that man is so weak as to be in danger of being misled away from whatever truth it is being espoused by whatever movement that he/she needs to be brainwashed against what the human brain does naturally with raw information? It seems to me that any theory, backed up by papyrus scrolls, translated over and over by a series of men over thousands of years, should be able to stand on its own, beyond the answer that I hear too often that this truth is the real truth because X-scripture told me so!
America lags behind the rest of the world in critical thinking. So, it was somewhere between a feeling of sublime happiness at being a small part of slipping a question or two into the republican debate, and the sinking aftermath of seeing the answer in the raised hands of who believes in evolution or not, that I hit a wall. Yes, the blogosphere was able to get some good questions into the debate via the online submission and voting system, but even with that fun fact, could we ever prepare ourselves for the truth of the answers? As a whole. the republican field couldn't be more fun if Jeb were running...or his gal-pal Katherine Harris, for that matter. Rudy Guilliani was every bit as swaggering and macho Italian as I had hoped, and his attitude continually begs for some good revelations on his personal life that are bound to pile up beyond what he can push down with bluster. This doesn't even take digging; just scratch the surface when you're ready to be rid of him guys! The rest of the field is splayed between the insaniac McCain who always seems about to blow, and the overly reasonable flip-flop Mormon Romney who cant, by any stretch of camera friendly pretense, make his record or religion go away...nor, can he take back the fact that is favorite book is by L. Ron Hubbard!...some of us are afraid of even opening those books, Mitt! Thats powerful stuff...speaking of mind control!
In a worldwide poll asking about specific belief in evolution, people came down pretty hard on one side or another, as expected, with a certain amount being unsure, but America seems to fall right directly in the center...and how can this be? Are half of Americans so truly indoctrinated, afraid, overwhelmed, or uneducated as to not be able to critically evaluate the differences between what might be a fairy tale and what is actual evidence that cant really be denied? When reasonable people sit down and talk, its usually clear that humans are able to reason, and that if they have the information beyond the group mentality and naked need for reasons for all of this, they will inevitably go with what seems logical and applies directly to their lives, explaining away the rest as some sort of misunderstanding. The social part of this stuff should not be underestimated, in that people are just used to the ritual passed down through generations, and it gives them a reason to get together. I's like to see the return of that philosopher intellectuals salon, where art and science are worshipped in the expectation of intelligence, literacy, and movement towards the future...what happened to that? I was at a funeral last week and I watched hundreds of people recite by heart a lengthy Catholic call and reply, and then line up to eat a piece of the "flesh of Christ" and drink blood...Alot of these were people who I know don't live by the whole thing...some of them were never even communion-ized in the first place, so its questionable if the cracker to flesh thing even works for them or if its just so much appetizers before the reception at the Firehouse. I don't know why I always feel so outside of the rituals that seem to be so definitive in my community , but I think that its because I THINK...too much...all the time...and maybe its a manifestation of OCD and a little more medication could temper that, or a way that my brain makes me be alone and not part of anything because of fear of the crowd and the hurt that that inevitably entails, or whatever...but to me, thinking is my form of prayer, and if I cant walk in the woods and look at the very real evolution happening in front of my eyes as everything changes so quickly, and reason it out and compare it to every level of society and the buildup and breakdown of whole societies, then I'm nowhere.
What if we really have NO purpose? What if we are hanging in a charm on a cat's collar, or just as likely, sitting on top of a flower held in some elephant's trunk; what then? I'd prefer to think hard about that and face the fear of nothingness than to explain it away in some fairytale. What if Dr Seuss was God and we missed the message? Hell, you're only king of all that you see insofar as you can pile your soldiers high enough before you come crashing down. Hows that for a real life cautionary tale?
I suppose that on the evolutionary ladder, somewhere down below most reasonable people, we can find the politicians who would be the "president," monarch, or power-brokers of this thing. And looking at that lineup the other night, I cringed...not because I think that any of them will ever be the US President, but because they think they can...and that is an example of a really embarrassing human failing: ego beyond what is reasonable and possible in the world. It reminds me of the Lotto...you gotta be in it to win it, but the chances of winning it are pretty much...none.
Look, if you're so sure of your point of view and belief, and if its all really true, then hold it up to scrutiny and let the chips fall where they may. I believe that's true with everything that is claimed off hand in service to what could be called "evidence" or groupthink. The minute you have to indoctrinate or strip away logical education...the minute you need to manipulate information so that it will be accepted by the masses, you've as good as shown the weakness in your belief. We should want to give everyone the tools that they need to face and understand reality. Belief is belief, and its really everyone's right to look up and decide that the Sun is God or whatever, but the minute that it starts to effect the society as a whole, its out.
RIP Bruce: A really nice guy with a beautiful song...he was a great friend of Will's and spent alot of time flying around in the play room as Will was playing video games. He died suddenly yesterday...suddenly...I don't know why... RIP, boy...you will be missed!
Chris Matthews is so excited and nervous and thrilled to be there...at the Reagan library to host the clown show that will forever be known as the midpoint of the end for these fools; aka the Republican Debate on Thursday night. Matthews chirps on happily about how great of a tribute this debate will be to the legacy of the great Ronald Reagan...watch out Chris, you might actually have to climb up Nancy Reagan's ass, and its pretty tight in there! If I thought that Matthews could be a good moderator and really ask the hardball questions, I might buy that this is gonna be a good party, but Chris is just a little too impressed and happy and smiley....I don't trust it. This beautiful wreck of a republican candidate field is surely a perfect tribute to the guy who brought us not only the launch of the neocon movement to dissolve the American Government and funnel all of the money available into the newly deregulated, large corporations, but the decimation of social services across the country at a time when we were entering into a catastrophic medical epidemic that HE was denying, even as his countrymen were dying at his feet.... and I personally watched people grow sick and die around me too. The numbers were astounding, and New York sank into a terrible state with homeless and sick people all over. No, Reagan was not a great President. I'm sorry, but he was an addled Alzheimer's victim who was run by the cabinet...Oh yeah, THEM!! The usual suspects!!
You know, I don't think that even Ronald Reagan would believe the shit that Bush/Cheney have gotten us into. I don't believe that Reagan could have ever imagined the American government doing so much damage to our constitution, rights, diplomatic standing, and environment....You'd have to be an idiot, brain-dead, or dead..... That brings me to idiot-in-chief W, who vetoed the bill to put a limit on the war today, like we knew he would, saying that it would guarantee chaos.....and your point is? Thats different, like, how? Isn't it preferable to allow them their own chaos that will eventually form into their own order? Can't we allow them to try to heal themselves instead of insisting on "helping" until there is no them anymore. No matter how much we "help" them in ordering things in our imperial image, when we leave eventually (or never,) they will have some amount of chaos, forming into order again. How else will they right themselves after all that we've done to them?... its gonna take a long, long time...and its our fault. We have a responsibility to pour assistance into that country to help them rebuild and to finance social and medical programs, but not to stay as a military force, because its not working and it wont work...ever. So, the clowns will line up on Thursday and hopefully get shot down. It could be a really good show if Matthews does his job. He is currently a little too giddy for my taste. This is where Rudy starts unraveling and McCain implodes on TV, and Romny gets to try to explain it all away. Why oh why cant we have ANY good commentators on AAR at this point? I could so use some sort of intelligent and snarky commentary. There is nothing...nothing at all...enough said...I have nothing left for that situation.
And in the same vein as deregulated big corporations, the deconstruction of our government, and the profit motive in this global economy....what the fuck is going on with our food supply? The melamine contamination controversy grows daily and its not just pet food, folks! Get this: I got worried about parrot food and the various chows and meats that I am feeding my way-too-many animals. I made some organic chicken and rice and veggie stew for the dogs and have been feeding them a kibble that seems O.K. for now...we'll see...but as this thing unfolds and it becomes clear that any farmer could feed livestock this cheaper feed with protein from china, then we all have to know that the stuff is in OUR food and most pet food...and FISH!! Its indirect exposure so how can it be traced? So, doing my own research, I started to look around at different pet food companies and call some of them because I sometimes buy chew bones at the market or whatever, and I cant guarantee that all of the brands of snacks and food that I feed my animals is human grade, health food, and/or organic, not that any of those categories of food is let out of this unless and until the companies state where each of their ingredients come from. Hartz features a disclaimer on their website that claims that they in no way have anything to do with the recalls, and that their wheat gluten is clear. But it doesn't address meats or rice or...what, if anything, they import from China. I called customer service and tried to get a straight answer about all of this....Well, the smoked pig's ears are actually from Brazil! There is no way to tease this all out. What would a Brazilian farmer who grows pigs, and sells at least the ears to Hartz , feed their pigs? Probably the cheapest feed from China. Well, from there I went to the big bag of chicken jerky from Costco that I just bought for my dogs. Where is it made?? China!! What do they feed livestock in China? Melamine laced feed! The Kaytee company, to its credit, uses American grown grains in their foods but there is some confusion in that Kaytee is also 8 in 1 (which makes the hedgehog chow we use here for Tumbleweed, and many bird snacks that I have used,) and though I was assured by Kaytee's web page and customer service that there was NO problem at all, I got an email today saying that the 8 in 1 chicken jerky was found to have salmonella in it...now that they're testing, you know, other problems are showing up. Let me get this straight: You work with chicken that you are drying and smoking for pets to eat, and you don't spot test daily, every shift, for salmonella? It took a pet food crisis to get these companies testing? My god, what else will they find?
The really big issue here is not the pets, though they are very important to me, but the human food confusion and the F.D.A.'s insistence that this stuff is not dangerous, even though it causes sickness and death in dogs, cats, and mice. And what of birds, the actual canaries in the coal mine, who die all the time and, short of a necropsy, no one pays attention?...No, it takes a big jump in larger pet deaths to get this looked into...because we have no government oversight of anything anymore (and I can remember so clearly, Ronald Reagan saying how large corporations don't need the government to police them...they can police themselves!! yeah right...hows that working?) This is big and growing..but not in the M$M...no sir, the New York Times had a cover story on it yesterday, but its not really on the news much except for a small article in back of the paper here and there. Why is that? And why is at least one pet food company quietly paying the vet bills? What corporation ever started to pay a class quietly to head off a huge class action? I really cant believe that it has something to do with kindness and care...no, its to head off the hug payoff at the pass!
Right now I am trying to feed us all as much organic and US grain fed food as I can. I'm not sure if it even makes a difference because this feed thing is insidious, and this unregulated, uncontrolled globalism has made things too complicated...who can say what is going to happen next? But every day we are getting more and more reports of melamine getting into the American human food chain. Pigs yesterday, fish and chickens today, and a little too much assurance for agencies about how there is no danger to humans...but I don't see the studies. Where are the studies? Send in the clowns......
Speaking of Clowns: RIP Tom Poston. You will be missed!
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