Comments on: Whirled Views 6.22

By: Peter L

Peter L — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:40:26 +0000

Anyone else catch Glenn Beck reading th letter from a former Democrat woman last week? Read the whole thing at glennbeck.com

Here is the first paragraph:

I’m a home grown American citizen, 53, registered Democrat all my life. Before the last presidential election I registered as a Republican because I no longer felt the Democratic Party represents my views or works to pursue issues important to me. Now I no longer feel the Republican Party represents my views or works to pursue issues important to me. The fact is I no longer feel any political party or representative in Washington represents my views or works to pursue the issues important to me. There must be someone. Please tell me who you are. Please stand up and tell me that you are there and that you’re willing to fight for our Constitution as it was written. Please stand up now. You might ask yourself what my views and issues are that I would horribly feel so disenfranchised by both major political parties. What kind of nut job am I? Will you please tell me?

He also has an interview with the author here.

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By: arcadia

arcadia — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:23:32 +0000

Chas: It’s gotta be a wren. Amazing noise from such a tiny body. My own favorite one tuned up just as I was reading your post.

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By: donna j

donna j — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:09:02 +0000

We were “kicked loose” early today, all our computers crashed at around noon, as did most of our phone lines. I’m on call to help edit copy from home that may get emailed in later, but my editor told me to go ahead and take the dogs out in the meantime if I wanted. So I guess we’re heading out to the dog park for a rare late-afternoon weekday visit.

My border collies will love that.

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By: donna j

donna j — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:05:44 +0000

Our cats were always free-roaming and i’d have a hard time keeping a cat indoors 100% of the time. But one of my colleagues who lives in the Silver Lake section of L.A. called in to report today that she heard a ruckus at around 5 a.m. this morning and ran out to spot a coyote with her cat in its mouth. She chased down the coyote which eventually dropped the cat when a passing motorist pulled over and yelled. The cat was already dead, but my colleague picked up the body to take home when the coyote began chasing her!

She got home OK, had the cat cremated later. We’ve also had reports of coyotes in the area of L.A. where I live lately. They’re coming down from the nearby hills in search of food & water, I’m thinking many of them are feeding babies somewhere this time of year as well.

But lots of dangers out there for pets, even in the city. (Not to mention the usual cars, of course.)

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By: Random Name

Random Name — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:20:24 +0000

Although my wife and I prefer cats to dogs, we both have slight allergies to cats. Also, when we unexpectedly became parents 9 months after our honeymoon, we decided we were both too selfish to give proper love to both a child and a pet. The child won, but barely.

http://www.mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=418

We thought about getting a cat after we retired to the country. However, a cat outside where we live would have a great time reducing the bird population and would be quickly reduced by the coyote population. An indoor cat would make us sneeze and rub our eyes too much. So at the moment we remain catless in Puget Sound.

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By: Peter L

Peter L — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:05:53 +0000

#48- Understood, Cheryl. I just p[refer to keep them out side, which is why we do not have any cats, just an dog.

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By: Karen O

Karen O — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:39:44 +0000

Hi Make It Man!

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By: Karen O

Karen O — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:39:20 +0000

Re: Outside cats. I read years ago that outside cats are prone to the sick loonies of the world who like to torture animals. And I’ve seen too many dead cats on the sides of roads.

Anyone hear about what’s going on down in Florida? Dozens (I think) of cats found killed & mutilated. Creepy. Police say someone that twisted will at some time switch to humans. I hope they catch him.

And may God save & deliver his pitiful soul.

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By: Make it Man

Make it Man — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:18:40 +0000

Just posting for the heck of it. The spam filter keeps trapping my posts from home…

Hi all!

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By: Cheryl D.

Cheryl D. — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:05:54 +0000

Peter L.,

If a person is outside all the time, then an outside dog might make sense. I have neighbors with two outside dogs, and I have never yet seen the people outside except when they are getting out of their car–so why have outside dogs? I feel sorry for those dogs. And when outside dogs bark at night and aren’t made to stop, it’s rude to the whole neighborhood. As for me, I’m inside most of the time, and since my dog is my companion she’s inside with me. That means dog hair, but I can deal with that–and she isn’t allowed on the furniture, so I have fur only on the floor. (I’m not sure I’d get a puppy another time, because I really do hate training a puppy. But that was three years ago.)

I think “outside cats” are fine if you live on a farm. But if you live in the city and you have an outside cat, all that means is you feed a cat that poops in someone else’s yard, catches someone else’s songbirds, and yowls outside someone else’s window at midnight (making that someone else’s indoor dog bark–yes, I speak from recent experience). It’s downright inconsiderate, in my opinion, to make the neighbors put up with one’s cat because of one’s desire for an “outside cat.” At least an outside dog can be fenced–I think people who allow their dogs to roam are actually more inconsiderate than those with roaming cats. But again, outside cats or dogs on a farm are fine.

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