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Hero Train Engineer in California saves Terrified Pup Tied to Railroad Tracks
NY Daily News ^ | April 10, 2013 | Lee Moran

Posted on 04/10/2013 7:56:54 AM PDT by Bon of Babble

The Union Pacific railroad engineer brought his train to a screeching halt as the locomotive came roaring toward the 10-month old terrier mix Banjo. Authorities tracked down the 78-year-old owner who told agents his family 'didn't want the dog' and he 'didn't know what to do with him.'

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TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: dogs
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To: Bon of Babble

DBanjo unchained?


21 posted on 04/10/2013 8:09:34 AM PDT by 9422WMR
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To: ScottinVA
I just can’t wrap my mind around humanity anymore...

Ditto. Some days; I marvel at the fact that G-d Almighty hasn't pulled the plug on this country yet...

22 posted on 04/10/2013 8:09:37 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: Bon of Babble

So glad the pup was rescued...so sad that his owner decided to kill him instead of offer him to a new owner.

Killing unborn babies, helping elderly to commit suicide, applauding unhealthy sexual lifestyles as “normal,” redefining marriage to meet modern convenience, worshipping false gods, and the lack of morals, humanity, obedience to God: we are just like folks were in the days of Noah. God already sent us a Savior so those who have ears to hear and eyes to see if they have a willing heart will hear/see and obey. Others will continue to be deaf, blind and dumb/numb to His call. There is a lot of work for us Christians to do to work against these evils until Jesus comes again...


23 posted on 04/10/2013 8:09:45 AM PDT by sassy steel magnolia
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To: grobdriver

After reading that nonsense I was waiting on “the engineer was able to swerve just before hitting the pup”.

Where do they get these kind of dumb asses and do they even know just how dumb they sound when they write this kind of crap.


24 posted on 04/10/2013 8:09:59 AM PDT by IMR 4350
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To: IMR 4350

“Where do they get these kind of dumb asses and do they even know just how dumb they sound when they write this kind of crap.”

I remember someone posting this to another thread some time ago:

Those who can, do.
Those who can’t, teach.
Those who can’t teach, become journalists.


25 posted on 04/10/2013 8:12:04 AM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (I'll stop being a cynic when the world stops giving me reasons to be cynical.)
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To: glyptol

The lord works in mysterious ways. In this case, using man’s best friend, he has revealed a demon that walks among us. The train engineer was weighed and measured and found not wanting. what happens to the demon is now up to the California judicial system.


26 posted on 04/10/2013 8:12:19 AM PDT by RC one (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: glyptol

Not only that but there are trains scheduled behind that train. An unexpected stop backs those up. But to tie that dog to the tracks because he didn’t know what to do with it????? Has to be a PETA member.


27 posted on 04/10/2013 8:12:58 AM PDT by SkyDancer (Live your life in such a way that the Westboro church will want to picket your funeral.)
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To: Houghton M.

False dichotomy. It is possible to care about both dogs and unborn children at the same time.


28 posted on 04/10/2013 8:13:07 AM PDT by jboot (It can happen here because it IS happening here.)
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To: Bon of Babble

How about the Obama death panel for the old man?


29 posted on 04/10/2013 8:13:09 AM PDT by eccentric (a.k.a. baldwidow)
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To: who knows what evil?
Ditto. Some days; I marvel at the fact that G-d Almighty hasn't pulled the plug on this country yet...

He may already have...

30 posted on 04/10/2013 8:13:51 AM PDT by ScottinVA (Gun control: Steady firm grip, target within sights, squeeze the trigger slowly...)
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To: Bon of Babble

Stories like this make me lose faith in humanity.

I have two rescue dogs that I hug every morning before I leave for work. One was found in a gutter, the other was given to me because he was unwanted.

Those who do this kind of thing are feeling and uncaring. They would do the same to a human, I think.


31 posted on 04/10/2013 8:15:29 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (I have seen the future and I'm going back to bed!!)
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To: Bon of Babble

Banjo is assured of adoption. For thousands of shelter animals the outlook is not so bright. If you can, visit a shelter, save a life and leave with your new best friend.


32 posted on 04/10/2013 8:17:21 AM PDT by JPG (Stay strong.)
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To: RC one
Unfortunately; that will NOT be the case.

Spokesman John Welsh said he would not face animal cruelty charges as he appeared to be "confused or senile and didn't fully understand what he had done."

33 posted on 04/10/2013 8:17:31 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers

Wonder how many “Creative Writing” classes this moron has been in.

I guess no one ever told him creative writing is only useful in reporting when it’s believable.


34 posted on 04/10/2013 8:18:47 AM PDT by IMR 4350
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To: Bon of Babble
Photo of the dastardly wrong doer, repeat offender and his gang in his early years...
35 posted on 04/10/2013 8:18:47 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: ScottinVA
Ditto. Some days; I marvel at the fact that G-d Almighty hasn't pulled the plug on this country yet...

He may already have has...


36 posted on 04/10/2013 8:23:26 AM PDT by granite (The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left - Ecclest 10:2)
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To: ScottinVA
He may already have...

He has certainly lifted the plug enough so that much of the country is swirling down the drain...hard to keep my balance anymore. :-)

37 posted on 04/10/2013 8:23:47 AM PDT by who knows what evil? (G-d saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.org.)
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To: AnAmericanMother; Titan Magroyne; Badeye; SandRat; arbooz; potlatch; afraidfortherepublic; ...
WOOOF!

Computer Hope

The Doggie Ping list is for FReepers who would like to be notified of threads relating to all things canid. If you would like to join the Doggie Ping Pack (or be unleashed from it), FReemail me.

38 posted on 04/10/2013 8:25:04 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: who knows what evil?
I believe that you are correct.

It has been my experience that most dogs are better people than people are.

At the very least, dogs are more trustworthy.

39 posted on 04/10/2013 8:35:34 AM PDT by Aevery_Freeman (Demarica: Land of the need, home of the slave!)
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To: Bon of Babble
Awful! If anyone in the Chicago area does not know what to do with an unwanted pet, please contact PAWS http://www.pawschicago.org/, a no-kill shelter.
40 posted on 04/10/2013 8:37:37 AM PDT by mlizzy (If people spent an hour a week in Eucharistic adoration, abortion would be ended. --Mother Teresa)
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