Archive for the ‘Political Animals’ Category
Monday, September 14th, 2009
And what does he have to do with critters? The new Regulartory Czar is a Harvard-educated lawyer. He co-edited a book with Martha Nussbaum, published in 2004, entitled Animal Rights: Current Debates and New Directions. In true academic-legalese form, the debate is framed in the book's introduction. And yet, the ...
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Monday, August 17th, 2009
My friend Peg sent me this video. This smart puppy knows enough to take treats only from mom and dad!
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Sunday, June 28th, 2009
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Bo, the First Dog, has an Official Portrait and an Official Baseball Card. The photograph shows Bo on the South Lawn of the White House.
The card stats indicate that the name "Bo" is indirectly in honor of rock & roll great Bo Diddley (by way of ...
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Friday, May 15th, 2009
President Barack Obama's new best friend Bo is a $2,000 Portuguese Water Dog, a little pricier than your average shelter dog. We can only hope that the President breaks some more of his campaign promises:
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Sunday, April 12th, 2009
Senator Ted Kennedy has given the Obamas a six-month old Portuguese Water Dog. The puppy arrived at the White House over the weekend after an earlier Top Secret meeting with the First Family.
News reports allege that the puppy was named Bo by First Children Sasha and Malia because their ...
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Wednesday, April 8th, 2009
Four months ago Sophie Tucker, a four-year-old blue heeler, was swept off a sailboat in rough seas off the coast of Australia. Jan Griffith, the dog's owner, had given her up for dead. The closest land was an island about five nautical miles away, and the waters were shark infested.
But ...
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Sunday, March 1st, 2009
The more I think about Barack Obama's expressed desire to rescue a Portuguese Water Dog, the ridiculousness of this situation becomes more apparent. It is one more example of kowtowing to the "feel good" liberals and Political Correctness run amok. Today there are over 4,604 black Labrador Retrievers available ...
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Sunday, March 1st, 2009
The First Family has decided to adopt a rescued Portuguese Water Dog "of the appropriate age" sometime in April. A quick search on Petfinder.com shows that as of today there are three of them available for adoption in the entire country. Take a look at the pictures below and decide ...
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Thursday, February 12th, 2009
At least 180 people perished in last weekend's wildfires in southeastern Australian. Investigators are asking the public for help in finding the arsonists who sent several of the deadly blazes.
Wildlife suffered too. But out of the devastation, a symbol of hope emerged, when a fire patrol found Sam, a Koala ...
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Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
Rod Blagojevich, the embattled impeached Governor of Illinois, has been making the media rounds. In an interview on the CBS Morning Show on Tuesday, January 27, 2009, Julie Chen asked Governor Blago about the effect of this ordeal on his family:
Chen: What do you tell them at home?
Blagojevich: Well, for ...
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