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QUOTE (iamshack @ Feb 9, 2012 -> 11:03 AM) And a feral cat can be far more apt to injure you than a stray dog... That hasn't been my experience (if we are just talking about common cats), not mountain lions, etc. I have had dogs snap at me but cats will usually run away or at least hiss. I have had a couple dogs charge me for no apparent reason.

Even though I consider myself more of a dog than cat person, I realize I will help a cat before a dog. A stray dog, especially a larger breed, makes me nervous, while a cat seems less of a potential harm. And perhaps that is also why I am probably kinder to stray cats than the homeless.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Feb 9, 2012 -> 09:10 AM) Here is the introduction from a paper I found about the animal feed industry, written by a Harvard law student. It gives you a bit of an idea of what is going on with most commercial dog foods. Link Just like my eye doctor makes money when he prescribes new glasses and I buy them from him. I always assumed that the butcher and the vet each made a profit on the pet food I bought. I am certain that the American Butcher Assoc or whatever their trade group is offers advice to butchers on how to build their business by selling these products to savvy pet owners. I'm not certain the advice of a future lawyer on pet nutrition, even a Harvard educated one, is all that reliable either. Not saying he isn't correct, but I have fed my dogs and cats commercial pet food and they have lived long healthy lives. As far as enjoyment, I have seen them wag their tails for fresh meat and dry, compressed, nuggets. I'm not certain I can tell the difference. My lab ate the same dry food for 7 years straight and ran to his bowl twice a day to eat it. They biggest problem I see with pet diets is how obese we allow our pets to get. Why people would take away from their pet's quality of life by keeping them so overweight baffles me. I do like the idea of a fresh diet, and if my circumstances change and a dog fits into my life again, I may just go that route.

"homeless kitty" in my neighborhood -- "hey kitty kitty" homeless person in my neighborhood -- "9-1-1 operator, what is your emergency?"

QUOTE (G&T @ Feb 9, 2012 -> 07:51 AM) First, there are many examples of animals raising babies of another species or animals befriending animals of another species. Good point. I hadn't really thought about that.

Because we haven't written anything new in years. Same old stuff repeated over and over again? Maybe Kap will know

The pet thread has me thinking, I can't think of any other animal that keeps pets. We lavish $$$ on these animals. Imagine a commercial with a puppy scavenging through dumpsters, coughing, shivering from the cold. Yeah, I want to take that puppy home, and so do most of you. Now shoot the same commercial with a human scavenging through a dumpster, coughing, shivering from the cold. Not even close to the same emotion. How did dogs, and cats, and ferrets, gerbils, fish, etc gain that position? I find it an amazing quirk of human nature. Perhaps it is deep in our genetics. A primitive man huddled in a cave, worrying about a pack of wild dogs, thinking how safe he would be if he could command the dogs to help, not kill him. Our pets have gained a spot in our lives where we will sacrifice our own comfort and food for them. Maybe we could end human hunger if the homeless could be more like that puppy.

We beg for people to fill some of our boards.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Feb 8, 2012 -> 04:24 PM) You could put the dog in a crate on top of the car... Grandma is already there

I hope he finds a way to stay sober after his career is over.

I've lost all interest in the primaries. I can't support either one of the front runners and just when I think I can warm up to Paul, I read something he said and that feeling goes away. Obama 2012

QUOTE (Rex Kicka** @ Feb 8, 2012 -> 08:51 AM) He was found guilty of fraud and theft. He moved out of the town he lived in as an elected official, lied about where he lived - took a paycheck he wasn't entitled to and voted in a district he wasn't entitled to. I'll be honest, if this was any other statewide position OTHER than the one responsible for enforcing election laws, I probably wouldn't have as big of a problem with using an address in another voting district - but the paycheck thing? That's egregious and corrupt and politicians who violate the public trust in this way should get everything that's coming to them. As he was between marriages, I am cutting him some slack on the address. Anyone that can get an ex-wife to cover for him, or allow him to crash there, deserves a break. I like your point about positions matter. I was not taking that into account enough.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 8, 2012 -> 08:53 AM) Usually? Personal political gain. Your boards are way better than ours

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Feb 7, 2012 -> 08:36 PM) I will believe it when I see it................he is media whore who craves attention! He is a media members dream. In a world of safe, means nothing quotes, Ozzie will give you something to write about. Take it one game at a time gets boring after the 1,000,000 utterance by a coach.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 7, 2012 -> 11:38 AM) That kind of reinforces my point actually. Obama gets "Change of position", Romney gets "Flip-flopper". I know which I would rather have. The media needs to have one term that they always use.

QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Feb 7, 2012 -> 03:14 PM) At my place of employment, about once a month somebody decides it is a good idea to spread feces on the wall and on the inside of the stall. It literally looks like they are trying to paint the walls with feces. Now mind you, I work for a company where every person working there is atleast 25+ and making a rather decent wage. I can never understand what would make a full grown adult do that kind of thing. Looking at your hometown, perhaps it comes from being a Dick? Sorry, but I have to ask, what is the High School mascot?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 7, 2012 -> 01:24 PM) Honestly it happens way too often. I've personally seen it locally where a person from outside of City limits was listed as the same address as an important non-political figure. I've seen another that ended up being a factory which closed before I was born. All to run for City Council and to serve on local boards. Why? Personal financial gain? Volunteerism?

QUOTE (Rex Kicka** @ Feb 7, 2012 -> 12:21 PM) He had due process. And was found guilty on five counts. I thought you posted somewhere there was an appeal process that may knock those down to misdemeanors. It seems like a fair plan to appoint an interim and once any and all appeals are exhausted, then replace him. I would hope at some point he would resign. Maybe if I lived there I could work up a little more venom. But it wasn't like he stole an election, had he filed properly he still would have won.

QUOTE (Rex Kicka** @ Feb 7, 2012 -> 08:17 AM) Violated election laws while running to be the arbiter of election law? Yeah, that's what he did. He violated a law that seems about to me as bad as a cop speeding five miles over the limit. Not certain I would punish it that severely. And I support allowing him due process before removing him from office.

I am picturing a dog wandering the woods, skipping over an easy meal because they do not "enjoy" rabbit or ground squirrel. The same animals that smell each other crotches suddenly are gourmets at dinner.

Every time I read rebuild I think no, for the love of God, no. Build something different, the original kind of sucked.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Feb 6, 2012 -> 09:34 AM) Welcome to Rebuilding. Would you like fries with that? OMG we're still talking about him?? Sox PR, I feel your pain.

Don't look at the title of the laws he broke, look at what he actually did. That is what I based my opinion on.

QUOTE (Alpha Dog @ Feb 3, 2012 -> 10:37 AM) That doesn't include the universities, and it was more list $45k, and was almost $10k MORE than the average resident of the state. Not a lot for say New York, but apparently in WI, it is. Just face the facts. The state saved jobs, and budgets. Everyone paid the price, INCLUDING TEACHERS. They can't be immune to the same realities that everyone else has to face. Keep twisting and changing the goalposts, you are good at that. First they are boned. Then I show that they are not. Then they are poor. Then I show they are not. Then they are poor compared to teachers elsewhere. Just keep on moving the posts, you never lose that way. When they allow the average person in the state to teach, it will be a fair comparison. If the state is going to require college degrees plus teaching certificates, then a better stat would be comparing teacher's salaries with other professions that require college degrees.