AMERICA - The Right Way!! (Day 1787) [Remember the Trade Center!!]

Various News Sources and FReepers | December 12, 2005 | All of Us

[SittinYonder]

the weather here in NC is no big deal, so my lips are sealed.

LOL. I can't resist rubbing it in just a little:

We had a slight breeze yesterday that brought a little chill to the air. I passed a friend on the sidewalk and commented that if it weren't for the breeze it would feel like November. Of course, November the temps were hovering slightly above 60 degrees most days.

Breeze seems to have died down today. As soon as the sun gets a little higher I may go home and put on short sleeves. ;-)

[prairiebreeze]

The Republicans are not good at PR. Not sure why exactly. But paid ads etc. in the media would only draw headlines like: "Bush Desperate to Raise Poll Numbers" and "Republicans Try to Shore Up Support" blahblahblah.

Conservatives will never get a fair shake with the dinosaur media. That's why the media's nefarious motives and tactics must be brought into the spotlight.

[Holding Our Breath]

FNF just announced this morning that she was napping and her staff advised her to "roll up her sleeves" so as to look as if she were working when she went on TV. What a slime! Geez, I'm even more disgusted than before if that's possible!

Morning all!

[Jemian]

I was just perusing headlines on the News side of this forum and I came across this headline: GRITS ARE SCARY ON CHILDCARE.

I was just about to click on it so I could understand how a breakfast food could be "scary." Then I realized it was Canadian politics. LOL!

[Jemian]

Actually, we did exactly that. Remember the non-issue brought up last week about the stories we paid to have placed in Iraqi newspapers. And you are right. It did draw those negative headlines at least until the MSM realized that particular frog wouldn't jump.

[bevlar]

A quick good morning to tell you all it is an ice skating rink here. Not super cold, only 31 degrees, but we had rain yesterday and all that moisture is now frozen. I will have to be very cautious driving to the clinic this morning.

I flipped around the radio dials in the wee hours of the morning to hear how the liberals were handling the Williams execution. AMAZING!! "1st degree murder" Talifero screamed. And, of course, it is our Presidents fault "only in his murderous administration could this be happening".

Maybe we could get a government grant to discect a liberal to see what makes them tick.

[prairiebreeze]

And did we hear one peep out of those same liberals when Terri Schiavo was executed?

{{{crickets}}}

[Jemian]

It is about 31 degrees here, too. The grass is crunchy beneath our shoes. But the skies are clear and it ought to be in the mid-50s later today.

[Carolinamom]

I thought the same thing about the GRITS article and was just about to post a link...then I read it! (Of course, it could have also been about Girls Raised In The South. LOL)

[Jemian]

Yes, but did Terri write any children's books? I think not. Clearly she had not reformed like Tookie did.

< /sarcasm >

[Carolinamom]

The advice about her wearing steel tipped boots was equally deceiving.........Blanco in the thick of NO mud. HA

[Jemian]

Just a question: were there any riots in LA or SF or anywhere last night due to Williams execution? I haven't heard any news about rioting so I'm guessing not.

I can't resist. Williams went one Took over the line.

[Holding Our Breath]

I can't find the words to express how low I think this woman is...

Jem, I haven't heard or read about any rioting but i did see a flash of a picture of what seemed like hundreds of people rallying in support of Tookie. bevlar's right - we should disect these people to see what 's inside!

[Carolinamom]

Let's watch her tomorrow in the House Hearings lie and cry.

I learned today that on his birth certificate, Tookie's middle name really is "Tookie". No one to date has ever mentioned anything about his having a mother and/or father somewhere out there.

[Peach]

Be careful on that ice today, Bev. We used to have chains on our cars in upstate NY and that's really the only thing that helps when driving on ice. And even that's dangerous.

[DollyCali]

I hated to start keying in screenenames as I am sure I missed someone. thank you for your notes of encouragement & suggestions on many things.

Interesting that being a grief counselor surely doesn't help one much when in the grief soup. What one knows intellectually is different from what one experiences in spirit & soul

rather than write the same things via FReepmail or posts, I am doing a mass response to ideas etc.& letting you know how things go. Will be posting no doubt the same item at Finest(because I am lazy)

Oliver is still in my van. I am sure to some of you this sounds weird but I still feels good to be able to go out & hold him & kiss him

. After talking with law enforcement, vets, friends have about decided against an autopsy. Nothing is totally firm

I will be having burial, services - if you will - in a few days. The ground is cold & semi frozen & all who come will help dig the grave. A friend will be making a simple wooden casket. Another friend will be doing the grave marker.

His resting place will be in the rear of the property overlooking the national park that he so dearly loved to run in & where I initially found him 4+ years ago.

Oliver was "claimed" by many friends who did not have pets but called O "their boy" and went with me frequently on excursions of hiking, skiing & biking with him.

I slept a few hours last night & was dragged out & almost force fed by caring friend. Those of you who have lost pets suddenly know the difficulty & it almost seems sacrilegious to be even posting THIS as I know there are FR family now morning the loss of parents, children, siblings etc.. But loss is loss

Oliver's dog, Toby is really missing him. Oliver never let Toby get close to me.. emotionally or physically. If T came close, Oliver let him know quickly, what the pecking order was. Oliver was NEVER Alpha to ANYTHING until Toby. Toby is sitting most of the time on the place where I had Oliver the night I brought his body in when he died. He is resting his head (like a pillow) on Oliver's baby(stuffed teddy) which he was never permitted to touch/play with.

He is afraid to get on the bed (Oliver growled him off) etc. Because of his severely injured paw from about a week ago, Toby cannot run for now but when I take him out on leash he goes to the van and cries gently.

Thank you for indulging me as I share some pix. those who know me well, know I take pictures continually. I have hundreds of Oliver in the archives Various pix of O.. One is a pix of Oliver (head ) and Toby in the golf course where I walk them each Sunday after church. There are hundreds of acres of metro park / wild forest surrounding the golf course & that is where they romp. the other Link is a video of O & T. on the 23rdNov... they had been wildly running & playing. When I decided to do a video to capture it, they became calmer.. oh, well.

thank you again for your thoughts, notes etc. if I missed someone please know, I am pretty brain fried still and without that excuse am not the best detail person..

I am thinking now of I Corinthians 13.. and the greatest of these is love..

yes, thank you for YOUR expressions of concern & love..AND I thank God for the love of one of his creation that He permitted me to experience for 4 wonderful years. I know that my redeemer lives and I will be with Him AND my dear Oliver someday.

Oliver/Toby video

(avove)FReeping at a Brown's game last fall

(above) the back yard area overlooking where he will be buried

The Day I found him (above) abandoned in the river in a sewer pipe

Here is the Thread on his Rescue

[gulfcoast6]

GOOD A.M. TO YOU CHAIR, ALL, FROM THE MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST, USA, BRUISED BUT NOT BROKEN!!!!

Notice the folks hanging around the pen for Tookie to be sent to wherever? laughing, joking, no sign about him, just ones who said get rid of the death penalty.

SIL NOT in a good mood, fellow driving his truck just ruined the drivers door on his truck, somehow, I staying away until heat cools down with him. He gonna have to get a new door for sure.

Fireplace going to get worked on next week, replacing metal around the top of the chimney, got damaged in the storm, fold replacing it said it was OK to make a fire, I am the kind of guy who would have one going with it being 80 degrees outside, just love the sight of the flames leaping up, 'romantic' looking.

Looks like the dims are not doing so good with their attack on W, his speeches are putting it on them. Notice how silent their side is, only a few speaking out> Ole Kerry, missing is action.

Oldest D got a call from SBA yesterday, said her application has gone to a loan officer, here is hoping, I got her a 1 1/2 acre lot to put her trailer on when she gets it. Most of the big trees blown down but lots of small oaks still there, they too will grow up to be big boys one day.

Our troops are doing a wonderful job in Iraq and Afghanistan, just killing the dims, hope the election is a big success, watch them crayfish then.

I am out of here, got lots of do today, kinda, gotta find me something to do some physical work on, not working near I was this past summer, keeps me feeling good when I do.
One thing I am going to have to do, cut my roses back, got which I think was the last one for the season. Gotta plant my 8 Iris bulbs, where I do not know, throw rocks I guess and where they land, plant em.

Have a good day, a safe one, a pleasant one, one that will make you smile all day.
Toby

[gulfcoast6]

There is a mail ouder place here in Mississippi selling Ms gift packages, 'Trailer Trash' and my favorite, a 'Good Morning Ya'll', stone grinned grits and jam. Would have ordered some but expensive, sheesh.

[Holding Our Breath]

I heard somewhere that Tookie is his father's name. Could be another urban legend to give him roots....

[lysie]

A true friend Oliver was. Bless you, Dolly. Extra hugs for your other pup, Toby.