Posted on 12/14/2008 2:11:33 PM PST by pharmamom
He will not stop making biscuits on my belly. I shoo him away; back he comes. I smash him down flat on my lap; he pops back up and starts kneading. He is purring loudly enough to wake the dead, too. Maybe I smell bad or something. Cats are truly inscrutable. Which is probably why Jonah Goldberg doesnt like them. You always do know where you stand with a dog. The Goldberg household is getting a feline inhabitant; Jonah is going to do a contrast and compare of Cosmo and the cat. Well, I can give him a few points right now:
Dogs are collectivists, with (unsurprisingly) the most important members of the collective getting the best stuff. Cats are individualists and entrepreneurs (Tiger is always out making his own way in the world).
Dogs are always hanging about, wanting to know what you are up to. Cats are libertarians; they dont care what you do, so long as you dont interfere with their business.
Dogs are populists; they like everyone and everything. Dogs want to share everything. Cats are particular and discriminating.
Dogs enjoy the welfare state. You have to wash them, feed them, clean up after them, pet them and constantly reassure them that theyre loved. Cats are frontiersmen, pioneers. They find their own food, bury their own poop, bathe themselves and enjoy their own company.
And the last word, and really, the only thing you need to know: Dogs eat cat poop.
I just know that this border collie not only felled and decorated that tree, he probably also chose and wrapped the presents himself!
He's probably waiting for Santa
Mark
Indeed. Borders are among the very, very few breeds I will willingly admit are as smart as, if not even somewhat smarter than, my beloved German Shepherds.
I believe it’s just the oppposite......cat lovers are usually Republicans....they don’t need anyone to fuss over them and give them constant attention and constantly feed or let them outside they can go to the bathroom. I’ve also noticed that people who need to be needed and are outgoing and needs lots of people around them are dog lovers...
People who are more intellectual, not needing constant companionship or approval, are cat lovers. All makes logical sense too!
Glad someone else sees that cats are actually closer to libertarian philosophy than dogs for a change! Usually here we get “cats are socialists”.
Each may have components of socialism/libertarianism, but overall I think cats are more libertarian. It’s dogs who have to be watched after constantly, don’t take care of themselves, and are better (somewhat) at being bossed around.
LOL I agree.
I don’t understand people who are “haters” 1 way or the other.
They’re different on the surface.
But the truth is, they’re also very much the same. To rebuff the cat-haters here (which there always are), there are many bad dogs (including the kind who just couldn’t care less about you), and many wonderful cats (who follow you everywhere “like dogs”). I’ve had some great cats, and known some others. Many are flaky, but many are not. And it’s actually the same for dogs.
Plus, when dogs are bad - they’re really bad. Everything from damaging property to killing you. Cats tend not to make messes at all.
A whole flock of them in their own house couldn’t outsmart my young new-to-their-house GS 20 years aog. ;-)
It's enough to make me want a Shepherd . . . and that breed was my second choice, but it just wouldn't have been fair to a Shepherd to introduce her into a house full of rowdy kids and insane Siamese cats. I mean, Shepherds take life too seriously to tolerate THAT sort of chaos.
Labs thrive on it. They're natural clowns and they are always right in the middle of the uproar, contributing to it with glee.
Yes I did! Very cool. Do you happen to know their policies on getting pups?
Hmmm. I don’t know about all those chickens. I think chickens are apolitical; they just vote for whomever won’t kill them. Or you could see them as similar to we few taxpayers who are left—having our eggs stolen and our necks wrung in order to satisfy the masses.
LOL!
I know; I don’t understand the socialist-feline meme. Our cats are total libertarians, catching their own food, minding their own business, engaging in intellectual conversation when warranted...the dog just wants, wants, wants...feed me, pet me, put me out/let me in/put me out/let me in, feed me, pet me, more, more, more. Complete welfare state animal. I love him, but boy, is he needy.
You're hooked!!!! That's exactly the way we got most of our 9.
I love that cartoon! LOL, (knead-knead-knead) OOO-OO-OWW-OOWW-OOOO-OOWWW!
“Cats and dogs, living together...mass hysteria!”
You are a member of the Partie Liberal du France. The 50 chickens was the giveaway :)
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