Help your local animal shelter

When Katrina hit, there were a lot of abandoned pets.  Animal shelters from all over the country took them in.  A small way to thank them for what they do is to volunteer to come and walk dogs and play with the animals for short periods to give them exercise and socialization skills.

Unfortunately many people are having to give up a pet with gas prices rising by the second almost, and sometimes it comes down to pet food or food for yourself.  Because of this, the animal shelters are being over run with pets that can no longer be cared for. If you have a shelter in your community, next time you have the urge to take on a pet, I hope you will go to the shelter and adopt an animal from the shelter. And if you have anything you can donate to the shelter, here’s a list of desired items that can be dropped off and will be put into good use:

  • Old but clean towels, sheets and blankets
  • Dog toys
  • Bags of dry dog food
  • Collars and leashes

Southern drink

In the south, tea is a tradition.  I have been drinking tea for as long as I can remember, hot or cold, day or night.  Some Southerners prefer Lousianne tea but for me it’s Lipton.

I love to find Lipton tea on sale and when I do, I usually pick up several boxes.  I love to save money.  I was going to make tea one day and for some reason, the tea bags just fell apart.  I had never had this happen before so I tried again, and the same thing happened.  There was one of those 800 numbers for the customer service department on the side of the box so I gave them a call.  I received a warm hearted apology and was sent several coupons in the mail for several free boxes of Lipton Tea Bags.  That’s what keeps Lipton as one of Americas favorites, good customer service.  Nice to see it’s still around.

Last state to ban Cock Fighting

I can not believe that my state of Louisiana is the last state in the country to ban Cock Fighting.  I hate fighting of any animals for human pleasure.  I believe that anyone caught even letting their dog fight another dog at all should be punished.  I do know that it is extremely hard sometimes to separate two dogs that are fighting but a good spray from a water hose goes a long way to breaking their concentration on getting at each other and turns it towards getting away from the water.  You may even have to spray them in the face to get their attention but do what ever it takes short of injuring either animal to break up the fight.  Blow your car horn, go get your vacuum cleaner and turn it on, most dogs hate those things anyway.  Use your head and you can figure out a way to stop it. 

We all make mistakes, just some bigger than others

I believe that people that have done stupid things in the past and then got their lives straightened out should be able to earn back the rights taken from them.  No one is perfect and we all make mistakes, just some make bigger ones than others but depending on the mistake, should it be something they are punished for the rest of their lives?   Some felonies are worse than others I totally agree but some thing that are a felony, are minor offenses and should that person turn their lives around, I think their felony conviction should be lessened to just that, a minor offense. 

It seems that there are some lawyers out there that are fighting to get some felons the right to vote again.  Reggie Mitchell is a civil rights lawyer who is doing just that.  Mitchell is the leader of a grass-roots Democrats and civil-rights activists that are trying to get these felons registered to vote.  This is not a party based civil-rights fight.  It’s a human rights civil-rights fight and I think it’s a great thing.  I’m sure everyone has an opinion on this issue but you should read http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26130901 so you can make an informed decision if this is something good or not.

Brea

I decided I needed a new companion.  My old one passed away a couple years ago and I felt that I had mourned long enough over him so I needed to find a new one to take his place.  Then I saw her.  She made me feel that no matter what came my way, she would be there with nothing but pure joy in her heart and eyes and would be by my side through thick and thin with all the love she had inside that big heart of hers just for me.

She is a West Highland White Terrier or ‘Westie’ for short.  What did you think I was talking about?  Samson, my trusted and loyal German Shepherd Dog passed away a couple years ago and I swore I wouldn’t ever have another dog.  Well the moment I saw that adorable white bundle of fur with all that energy and love in her eyes, I had to have her and I named her Brea.  Nothing like having a baby or a puppy in the house.

Congress names names

How in the world did I miss this back in July?  I must have been really busy not to catch this but on July 9th the Congressional Democrats finally named names in the investigation of all those formaldehyde contaminated FEMA trailers they gave to Katrina and Rita survivors.  It’s about time Congress named names in something that has affected so many who were victims anyway and then victimized again by what appeared to be our own government.

These individuals should be sentenced to live in the same conditions they placed our good people in by having to move them into these trailors and forcing them to live there as long as the longest person had to stay in one of them.  An eye for an eye if you ask me.  Shame on them!!!!!

Gulf Stream Coach, Pilgrim International, Keystone RV and Forest River Inc. officials should all have to pay for any and all medical expenses for everyone that lived in one of their trailers.  These companies made a lot of money from the government and I hold them responsible for the whole situation as should the government but that my friends, is totally my opinion and mine alone.  Well that is unless some of you agree with me on this one.