Posted on 08/13/2004 3:02:06 PM PDT by mingusthecat
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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.
Article's URL:
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/84-08132004-347741.html
Name her Tiger Woods?
That's Willie the Cat. Everybody knows Barney's the dog, so he only has to be called Barney. But everybody doesn't know Willie, so he has to be called Willie the Cat. I know because Barney's site on WH.gov says so.
It's not Willie the Cat! How come he didn't get to do it...because he's not prize winning Colin, the perfect Burmese cat?
I definitely need on this list...
This picture is hilarious...
Quite a look on both their faces...)
The more I look at this photo and read the caption, the harder I keep laughing.
Look at that cool black cat with Colin, that cat looks like a Democrat saying, "Powell's not really black, he's working for Bush!"
Sparky the cat told me to get myself put on the kitty ping list or I'm doomed.
You think it's funny! Mingus hasn't shown up yet...how do you think that makes me feel?
ON A PORCH RAILING, SOMEWHERE IN TX--Opinionated feline pundit Mingus the Cat today spoke out about the meeting that recently took place between Secretary of State Colin Powell and his namesake, "Colin Powell," a copper-eyed Bombay cat born in Brookfield, Conn., on the first anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. The cat's owners, Sharyn and Sig Hauck, told the Associated Press, "We name all of our black cats after prominent African Americans."
Upon hearing of this, Mingus the Cat promptly felt that she herself had suffered from reverse discrimination due to the fact that there were no politicians named "Mingus."
The feline's concerns were not assuaged after being informed that a famous Jazz musician was named Charles Mingus. In fact, she was especially insulted to learn that in addition to his fame as a musician, Charles Mingus was famous for perfecting a regimen for training cats to use an actual human toilet.
"The fact that the only other famous figure named Mingus is some guy whose fame came from teaching cats such a filthy habit (humans don't even bury it) doesn't make me feel any better," she said.
"I feel that other cats--namely ME--deserve an equal opportunity, even if we're not black cats. Heck, I'm every color in the book, so I really represent the melting pot that is America."
Mingus also called on the political figure with whom she most identifies--Defense Secretary Don Rumsfeld--to change his name to "Mingus Rumsfeld" in order to rectify the situation.
Defense Sec. Don Rumsfeld prepares to pounce on an assinine media question. Mingus feels she most closely identifies with Rumsfeld.
"Rummy is no-nonsense, independent-minded, and intolerant of silly requests, just like I am," she explained. She also cited his disdain for the Administration's doves, noting, "I don't find doves much of a worthy challenge where prey is concerned either."
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Sorry. Mingus was doing a media interview. She'll try to pencil you in.
Here's the FIXED (no pun intended) links:
You have been added to the Kitty Ping List.
That cat looks like it has a thyroid condition.
Another one showed the cat's eyes practically bugging out of its head.
I'll caption that one:
"Do I REALLY look like that?"
or
"What's that in his nose?"
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