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Colin Powell Meets Feline Doppelganger (Friday the 13 Black Cat Alert)
Burks County Courier Times (AP) ^
| 8/13/04
| Barry Schweid
Posted on 08/13/2004 3:02:06 PM PDT by mingusthecat
Colin Powell Meets Feline Doppelganger
By: BARRY SCHWEID (Fri, Aug/13/2004)
WASHINGTON - Colin Powell, the cat, met Friday with Colin Powell, the secretary of state, who heaped praise on the uneasy black feline as "the best cat in the country."
"Hey, Colin, how are you," Powell, the secretary of state, said when they were introduced in the treaty room on the seventh floor of the State Department before cameras and cat fanciers. "It's nice to have you here."
The prize-winning cat, a copper-eyed Bombay born in the Brookfield, Conn., home of Sharyn and Sig Hauck, on the first anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, responded with a hesitant purr, and had nothing further to offer reporters, on the record or otherwise.
Colin Powell, the secretary of state, said he had been given the chance to name the recently born offspring of Colin, the cat, and had chosen Ralph Bunche, in honor of the late diplomat.
Hauck, explaining later how Colin the cat got his name, said, "We name all of our black cats after prominent African-Americans."
The cat's parents were named after musician Isaac Hayes and author Jamaica Kincaid, his grandmother after Rosa Parks, the integrationist.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: cats; colinpowell
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So, this was an affirmative action moniker? Mingus demands an equal opportunity, but she's every color in the book, so what to do?
http://members.cox.net/mingusthecat
To: Calpernia; Letitring; lacylu; Revel; Slings and Arrows; Lady Jag
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posted on
08/13/2004 3:13:29 PM PDT
by
mingusthecat
(Mingus has again opined. Like any cat, she doesn't really care what YOU think.)
To: mingusthecat; PetroniDE; sciencediet
The Viking Kitty abides.
To: mingusthecat
So, no Tupac?
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posted on
08/13/2004 3:15:20 PM PDT
by
atomicpossum
(If there are two Americas, John Edwards isn't qualified to lead either of them.)
To: mingusthecat
So, this was an affirmative action moniker? Mingus demands an equal opportunity, but she's every color in the book, so what to do?Wash the kitty litter off thy paws, for thou standeth on holy ground.
Thou hast been a good and faithful feline. Henceforth, Mingus the Cat, thou shalt be known as Tiger Woods.
ZOT is ours, sayeth the Viking Kitties!
To: Slings and Arrows; Glenn; quantim; republicangel; Bahbah; Beaker; BADROTOFINGER; etabeta; ...
Kitty Ping List alert![Freepmail me to get on or off the Kitty Ping List.]
To: martin_fierro
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posted on
08/13/2004 3:24:45 PM PDT
by
angcat
(Medicate me please!)
To: mingusthecat
Yawn. Livingston the Viking Kitty was named after Dr. Livingston, the famous explorer. Mainly because he'd go to the ends of the earth and brave darkest Africa for pork rinds. Yup. You heard me. The cat is addicted to low-carb snack foods.
Here he is watching TV. His favorite channel: Court TV. He thinks Scott Peterson is guilty as sin.
}:-)4
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posted on
08/13/2004 3:59:10 PM PDT
by
Moose4
(I've got two Viking Kittens locked and loaded, and I'm not afraid to use 'em. Back off!)
To: Slings and Arrows
Please add me to the Kitty Ping List or my cats will kill me. Thank you.
}:-)4
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posted on
08/13/2004 3:59:55 PM PDT
by
Moose4
(I've got two Viking Kittens locked and loaded, and I'm not afraid to use 'em. Back off!)
To: martin_fierro
Beautiful eyes. I hope they are supposed to look that big and Mr. Powell isn't squeezing too hard!
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posted on
08/13/2004 4:02:32 PM PDT
by
Kirkwood
To: Moose4
Please add me to the Kitty Ping List or my cats will kill me. Decisions, decisions...
You're on.
To: mingusthecat
The prize-winning cat, a copper-eyed Bombay born in the Brookfield, Conn., home of Sharyn and Sig Hauck, on the first anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, responded with a hesitant purr, and had nothing further to offer reporters, on the record or otherwise.I think that is hilarious!
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posted on
08/13/2004 4:09:06 PM PDT
by
lawgirl
(is RNC bound! W here I come!)
To: Slings and Arrows
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posted on
08/13/2004 4:10:19 PM PDT
by
lawgirl
(is RNC bound! W here I come!)
To: lawgirl
To: martin_fierro
Gosh, what a gorgeous kitty -
Of course, nowhere near as gorgeous as our two!
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posted on
08/13/2004 4:26:22 PM PDT
by
dandelion
(AKA "The Kerry Fairy" - http://johnkerryquestionfairy.blogspot.com/)
To: Slings and Arrows
Please, can't miss this ping list! Still don't know how to insert cute cat pix, though, gotta post 'en on a web site first.
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posted on
08/13/2004 4:28:44 PM PDT
by
Mjaye
To: martin_fierro
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posted on
08/13/2004 4:46:39 PM PDT
by
RudeJude
To: martin_fierro
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posted on
08/13/2004 4:50:11 PM PDT
by
Not A Snowbird
(Official RKBA Landscaper and Arborist, Duchess of Green Leafy Things)
To: Slings and Arrows
Please add me to your ping list too. I never met a cat I didn't love!
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posted on
08/13/2004 4:50:49 PM PDT
by
RudeJude
To: lawgirl
Purredly optimistic, sensing the ability of the people in charge at the gathering...
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posted on
08/13/2004 4:54:24 PM PDT
by
185JHP
( "If the Lord God is your Copilot, you need to change seats." (d,v,c))
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