Horrible post-operative picture of Angel, complete with e-collar. Just for fun we conferenced into the White House…
Biden… well, you know Joe. I doubt he really knew why he was worked up, but he put on a good show anyway. What an empty suit.
Pelosi skeeved me out with her talk of piecing together 101 Corgi ‘pelts’ for some coat she had in mind, so she was the first to be disconnected… but Obama didn’t really seem to understand why we were so excited. Mike and I already have 2 dogs; why couldn’t we be fair and share with others? Heaving his size 10s up on the Resolute desk he said “Besides, people eat dog where I come from; and it does not taste like chicken”.
Poor sweet baby. Deb asked the vet when she’d be well enough to travel by air and he said “right now”. WHA…? Oh, yeah. Today, tomorrow… so she’ll watch her for a few days and see what she thinks… but we might have her by this weekend!
I’m hearing a lot about 5 dollar gasoline, but Newt has a common sense energy plan that includes the energy independence of drilling here, drilling now. The Reaganite Republican has much more.
I’d never heard of Adele until Whitney died and I finally, painfully, perused the entertainment news. So, the girl won a bunch of Grammys. Lovely for her. But… I finally listened to a couple of her songs this morning on YouTube and I thought she sucked. Sorry to any fans out there, but where was the range? Where was… ugh, never mind. I don’t want to think about her any longer than necessary. At least when Alanis sang about the end of a relationship, you could feel it. This chick never modulates her voice. It’s like listening to Yanni or maybe the strange clicks of African tribesmen.
Just my opinion based on two songs only. Maybe I picked the wrong tunes, but they were the two favorite on YT.
Ah, Whitney. What a waste. And now we’re left with… Adele?
The Nanny State Federales finally shut down the Amish farmer for selling fresh milk.
But the Food and Drug Administration, which launched a full investigation complete with a 5 a.m. surprise inspection and a straw-purchase sting operation against Mr. Allgyer’s Rainbow Acres Farm, said unpasteurized milk is unsafe and it was exercising its due authority to stop sales of the milk from one state to another.
Guess who grew up on fresh, raw milk? Yup. And none of us ever got sick.
This is bullshit. The man has a small business and his customers adore his product. One of his loyal customers:
“I can’t believe in 2012 the federal government is raiding Amish farmers at gunpoint all over a basic human right to eat natural food,” said one of them, who asked not to be named but received weekly shipments of eggs, milk, honey and butter from Rainbow Acres, a farm near Lancaster, Pa. “In Maryland, they force taxpayers to pay for abortions, but God forbid we want the same milk our grandparents drank.”
Again, yup.
Of course, I must say something about the Nanny State of North Carolina confiscating a preschooler’s homemade lunch.
A North Carolina elementary school forced a preschool student to eat cafeteria chicken nuggets for lunch on Jan. 30 after officials reportedly determined that her homemade meal wasn’t up to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s standards for healthfulness, according to a report from the Carolina Journal.
The newspaper reported that the four-year-old girl brought a turkey and cheese sandwich, a banana, potato chips and apple juice in her packed lunch from home. That meal didn’t meet with approval from the government agent who was on site inspecting kids’ lunches that day.
The Department of Health and Human Services’ Division of Child Development and Early Education requires that all lunches served in pre-kindergarten programs must meet USDA guidelines. Meals, the guidelines say, must include one serving each of meat, milk and grain and two servings of fruit or vegetables. Those guidelines apply to home-packed lunches as well as cafeteria meals.
I see Missus obama’s hand in this; nobody can do anything on their own, least of all feed their family properly.
Could someone tell me what the hell a government agent is doing inspecting children’s lunches, in preschool or otherwise? And what is wrong with a turkey and cheese sandwich, banana, chips and apple juice???
Good grief.
15. February 2012 at 11:25 am
Sweet puppy face. Can’t wait to see a pic of Bree and her mini-me.
So very exciting! Oh makes me want another puppy so bad! Darla just turned 5 last week and the Boo Hahn turned 9 on Sunday. Their adoption birthdays are March and April, but in February, we take the girls (ha, “The Girls”) to Petsmart and get them matching new collars or harnesses and leashes for their presents. They’re not spoiled…they just smell that way. 
Boo Hahn was 4 when we brought home the Darla and it worked out great. Stopped from acting like an old lady before her time. Now that puppy still likes to come up behind her, pick up a chicken leg (i.e.Boo leg) and give it a tug and the tussle follows. But it’s good for all involved to be kept busy and have a whipper snapper giving the older peeps a good old fashioned ‘what for’.
So welcome Miss Angel. Can’t wait to see pics with your fur-ever family!
Puppy treats for everyone!
16. February 2012 at 6:57 am
That’s usually the way; a puppy makes everyone feel younger!
It’s going to look so cute when we walk them, Bree and her Mini-me!
Belated birthday greetings to Darla and the Boo Hahn!!!
15. February 2012 at 12:14 pm
We call that the cone of shame
Speaking of shame, OMG another idiot in NC. Just freaking awesome. I had to go back to the facebook page of the father of the year and catch up on what he’s been up to since his troubled teen vid when viral just to feel better about my state after hearing about the stupid lunch thing. I’m betting that inspector is in some hot water today – since that lunch actually does meet FDA standards.
meat or meat substitute, one serving – Turkey – check
grain, one serving – bread – check
dairy, one serving – cheese on sandwich – check
vegetable OR! fruit, 2 servings – banana, apple juice – check
It was all there. No vegie? no biggy, there were 2 fruits – ERG!
I hope the mother stands her ground – if they tried this with me they’d have a tiger by the tail – and that’s a fact Jack!
We had 5 idiot Green Peace types climb the stack on our power plant 2 days ago to protest the fact that it is a coal plant. Not one of the idiots is from here….
It’s a beautiful day here in the mountains though
New puppy by the weekend
16. February 2012 at 7:00 am
No veg so they make the kid eat chicken nuggets… probably deep fried? Very little makes sense anymore!
I wish the mom were like you and could pull a knot in their tail…
A beautiful day in the mountains beats pretty much every other beautiful day…
15. February 2012 at 10:36 pm
So we watched parts of the Westminster Kennel Club Show over the last couple of days. The best dog did not win. Bingo T. Pug won the Best In Chair Award, though.
16. February 2012 at 7:02 am
Ssshhhhhh…. Bree thinks she captured that trophy!
We don’t have cable, so I watched some breed judging on the website and saw some pics of group winners. Eh. It’s not the same as watching on the tube. That peke that won looked like… um… never mind. The GSD should have taken it, though.
16. February 2012 at 6:35 pm
The government is out of control. Can we impeach them all?
16. February 2012 at 6:52 pm
Let’s start at the top, k?
17. February 2012 at 2:36 pm
Bree’s daddy won all the awards in 08 so she does not need to win anything, she is fathered in – now for the other, as soon as we are all eating from the government food lines they will be able to fire the inspectors and put more money in their bank
17. February 2012 at 2:47 pm
‘Fathered in’. I like that!
26. February 2012 at 12:41 am
I’ll jump in and defend Adele. She’s one of the few current artists I actually like. Try “Hometown Glory” or “Someone Like You” (Home version).
As for the rest, I’ve missed reading you!
26. February 2012 at 7:29 am
I’ve missed you as well, Joanie! Good to have you back!