December 25, 2012
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Category Archives: News
Pray for the Troops
Wherever they are, wherever they’re from, consider our military personnel who will spend this holiday away from home.
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Merry Christmas!
For all of you who celebrate Christmas – and even those who don’t – thank you for visiting my blog. I hope you all have a great holiday!
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Siamese Rescue Faces Closure at Year’s End
Tami Manning, left, and Alisa Lee, run the Texas Siamese Rescue in Corinth.
I reported back in July about the Texas Siamese Rescue in Denton County, Texas; an organization devoted to rescuing Siamese cats and providing them with good homes. Tami Manning and Alisa Lee had taken over the group last year, after its previous owner died. But, when Manning and Lee inherited the organization’s 179 cats, they also inherited its outstanding debt of $244,000. If the duo could raise $40,000 by the end of the year, that amount would be waived from the overall debt amount. Now, though, Texas Siamese Rescue is facing closure by year end, as the group hasn’t been able to recoup its losses.
They’ve been able to reduce the number of cats, however, through foster homes and have been able to pay back $10,000 so far. A donor has agreed to match up to $5,000 in donations; at this point, up to $3,500 has been matched. But, there’s still the possibility the group may have to euthanize some of the cats if homes can’t be found for them.
Donations can be made to: http://tx.siameserescue.org/TXdonate.php. They can also be sent to: 1123 N. Corinth St. Corinth, TX 76208.
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Rifle Up the Ass
“The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.”
– Wayne LaPierre, CEO of the National Rifle Association, in a much-anticipated press conference Friday, the 21st, about the Connecticut school shootings.
With an invisible coon skin cap on his head and the ghost of Charlton Heston looming over him, LaPierre took the expected stance of the NRA: guns don’t kill, people kill. Ergo, we need more guns. With 50% of the world’s firearms therefore, the U.S. should be the safest nation on Earth. Strangely, we’re not. Like the Republican Party’s attitude towards taxation (giving the wealthiest citizens tax breaks to stimulate jobs), the NRA mantra is a perfect example of insanity: doing the same damn thing over and over, expecting different results. It would be a hard-fought battle, but I hope the nation has finally come to its senses and will ban assault weapons. Then, we reasonable-minded folks can tap-dance on Heston’s grave.
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Last Rights
This past Friday, the 21st, a nationwide moment of silence was held for the 26 victims of the Newtown, Connecticut school shootings. I don’t have children and I’ve never been a victim of a violent crime. Thus, I can only imagine the extraordinary pain the victims’ families must be enduring right now, especially the parents of the 20 kids murdered in that rampage. Who could believe in a god after a massacre like this?
Charlotte Bacon, age 6
Daniel Barden, age 7
Rachel Davino, age 29
Olivia Engel, age 6
Josephine Gay, age 7
Ana M. Marquez-Greene, age 6
Dylan Hockley, age 6
Dawn Hochsprung, age 47
Madeleine F. Hsu, age 6
Catherine V. Hubbard, age 6
Chase Kowalski, age 7
Jesse Lewis, age 6
James Mattioli , age 6
Grace McDonnell, age 7
Anne Marie Murphy, age 52
Emilie Parker, age 6
Jack Pinto, age 6
Noah Pozner, age 6
Caroline Previdi, age 6
Jessica Rekos, age 6
Avielle Richman, age 6
Lauren Rousseau, age 30
Mary Sherlach, age 56
Victoria Soto, age 27
Benjamin Wheeler, age 6
Allison N. Wyatt, age 6
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Happy Summer Solstice!
For our friends and loved ones in the Southern Hemisphere!
Chief Writing Wolf 