Now that's offensive!
ps, I lived with one [you don't 'own' a cat] of these. They are very nice -- Daffy would even try to 'head-butt' dogs as they passed by.
Posted on 07/10/2004 7:09:06 PM PDT by k2blader
Friday July 2, 4:15 PM
Members of the citizens group Prathikarana Vedi assembled before the Kerala assembly saying that Bush calling his cat India was an insult to the country.
"This is a disgrace to our great country and this has come from none other than US President George W. Bush. This is nothing but an insult to India because there are hundreds of thousands of Indians in US, and many who occupy key posts in the White House," said M.A. Latheef, president of the group.
"He should make amends," Latheef added.
The members of the group walked to the front gate of the assembly building but were stopped by police. After a brief speech and some slogans, the members burnt an effigy of the US president.
"It's good thing that he didn't name his pet cow India"...
...and then have the timerity to eat the damned thing!!
I named my black cat Yusef Lateef.
I never knew that's who the cat was named after!
My dog's full name is Roswell the Atomic Poodle.
Sheesh, I hope the residents of that esteemed New Mexico community don't consider it an insult. I would really be in trouble if nuclear weapons workers from Sandia National Laboratory also decide to take offense.
Ros is really a wonder-dog, though getting a bit frail at age 13.
The Naming of Cats is a difficult matter,
It isn't just one of your holiday games;
You may think at first I'm as mad as a hatter
When I tell you, a cat must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES.
First of all, there's the name that the family use daily,
Such as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo or James,
Such as Victor or Jonathan, George or Bill Bailey--
All of them sensible everyday names.
There are fancier names if you think they sound sweeter,
Some for the gentlemen, some for the dames:
Such as Plato, Admetus, Electra, Demeter--
But all of them sensible everyday names.
But I tell you, a cat needs a name that's particular,
A name that's peculiar, and more dignified,
Else how can he keep up his tail perpendicular,
Or spread out his whiskers, or cherish his pride?
Of names of this kind, I can give you a quorum,
Such as Munkustrap, Quaxo, or Coricopat,
Such as Bombalurina, or else Jellylorum-
Names that never belong to more than one cat.
But above and beyond there's still one name left over,
And that is the name that you never will guess;
The name that no human research can discover--
But THE CAT HIMSELF KNOWS, and will never confess.
When you notice a cat in profound meditation,
The reason, I tell you, is always the same:
His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation
Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name:
His ineffable effable
Effanineffable
Deep and inscrutable singular Name.
TS Elliott's ''Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats''
Think I'll get me a pet slug and name him "Islam". I can train him with a salt shaker named "W"
how stupid. how lame. how petty.
They should feel honored.
They're only protesting because he's black. Looks like my cat 'Wanderer'.
He should rename the cat 'Sammy'.
Clinton's pet cow's name was Monica.
No, there would only be a problem if the cat was WHITE.
Thats Shocking!!
Anyway gotta go feed Democrtaic Peoples Republic of Korea and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Nothern Ireland - -They are starting to get under my feet
PETA will be after me for the poor tuna slaughtered for my cat's dinner;
NACP will be after him for only wanting the WHITE meat;
National Union of Poor Spelers want my vet who made a typo and changed Blackie's name to Blickie.
Jessie Jackson says I should go back to his first name, so he can understand who he truly is.
SPCA's mad when Blickie brings me a dead bird.
ADL's mad when I say Oy Vey! and make him take it back outside.
Dimocrats think I should have stopped with only one, or be taxed more for the second one.
Gays encourage me to marry Blickie, and file for equal rights. Lesbians say not him, but marry my female cat.
Please, don't anyone tell Bob Denver my dog's name is Gilligan.
I think somewhere there is a ZOT graphic of India wearing a viking helmet. Anyone have it?I've seen it posted on many of the ZOT threads, but I don't have it.
I didn't know until now, that was Bush's kitty. Cool.
I think we've found the Honorary Commandant of the Viking Kitties.Yeah ! :^D
Talk about petty. These people getting enraged over his cat he named before he even ran for Prez.
>>"He should make amends," Latheef added.<<
In other words: Send me money!
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