Alarming News: I like Morgan Freeberg. A lot.
American Digest: And I like this from "The Blog That Nobody Reads", because it is -- mostly -- about me. What can I say? I'm on an ego trip today. It won't last.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: We were following a trackback and thinking "hmmm... this is a bloody excellent post!", and then we realized that it was just part III of, well, three...Damn. I wish I'd written those.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: ...I just remembered that I found a new blog a short while ago, House of Eratosthenes, that I really like. I like his common sense approach and his curiosity when it comes to why people believe what they believe rather than just what they believe.
Brutally Honest: Morgan Freeberg is brilliant.
Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
Exile in Portales: Via Gerard: Morgan Freeberg, a guy with a lot to say. And he speaks The Truth...and it's fascinating stuff. Worth a read, or three. Or six.
Just Muttering: Two nice pieces at House of Eratosthenes, one about a perhaps unintended effect of the Enron mess, and one on the Gore-y environ-movie.
Mein Blogovault: Make "the Blog that No One Reads" one of your daily reads.
The Virginian: I know this post will offend some people, but the author makes some good points.
Poetic Justice: Cletus! Ah gots a laiv one fer yew...
The next regulatory intrusion into the private lives of generally-responsible citizens, should inconvenience — absolutely nobody except — women with dogs. That needs to be the very next thing, and we should all insist on it. Leave the people chugging down on saturated fat products alone, leave the people in enormous cars alone, leave the actors smoking cigarettes in movies alone.
Just…women who own dogs. Disrupt them next, and until then, disrupt absolutely nobody else. It is their TURN.
All the ingredients are there. They’re all-freakin’-over the place, for one thing. It’s become a form of pollution. And that’s a legitimate reason to regulate things, isn’t it? Enough people start doing something, before you know it there are pain-in-the-ass rules in place that wouldn’t be there if fewer people did it…that’s become an American tradition, and I see no reason why dog-owning women should be exempt from this.
It’s a public health problem because women don’t curb their pets. Yes, that’s a crass and reckless generalization. And that’s fine. Regulation is made of crass, reckless generalizations — that’s what regulation is. They are far less likely to curb their dogs than their male counterparts…
…and now they are getting hurt. Bridget O’Keefe lost a finger walking a friend’s dog. The finger cannot be reattached.
She was using [a retractable leash] to walk a friend’s dog, but then, the dog tried to take off.
“I was holding the leash with my right hand, and I think it was just a jerk reaction,” O’Keefe said. “I reached with my left hand to try and stop her.”
She was holding the nylon piece of string inside the leash.
“When I reached for it, I think it retracted back in,” O’Keefe said.
O’Keefe then felt a sharp pain and looked down in shock.
“My finger was gone,” O’Keefe said. “It was pulsing, spurting blood. I know that sounds horrible.”
Surprisingly, though, this isn’t the only horror story.
“My shock was that this isn’t the only case that this has happened,” O’Keefe said.
News 4 WOAI has learned that some people have even lost eyes, and have been severely burned by these types of leashes. Dozens of cases have been cited on the internet, and now O’Keefe is no longer using her retractable leash.
That’s the last straw. Don’t you dare tell me I can’t go to a Hooter’s restaurant, or buy beer on a Sunday, until we have enough rules for dog-owning-women that you could crumple them in a wad and choke a horse. You can start with When I Start Running This Place #8 and, if & when technology permits, When I Start Running This Place #32.
Yes, it’s not Bridget’s dog. That’s not the point. The point is, in all other aspects of life, when a “critical mass” of people all start doing the same thing and then some of them get hurt doing it…that’s all it takes. Rules pop up like dandelions on Easter Sunday after a good morning rain. Half of them, if not moreso, stupid. The woman-and-dog thing shouldn’t be exempt.
It’s troublesome, because dogs are capable of recognizing one, and only one, master. If that happens to be a woman and she’s a pushover, it’s misery for everybody else. Now, in 2007, Al Gore wants us to have a carbon footprint of zero — so the rest of us are struggling against “leashes” plenty short enough, in all other aspects of life. It’s well past time to reign this one in.
Just be careful doing it, don’t burn or cut yourself.
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