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NIH Stops Therapy Dogs From Visiting Sick Children
CNS News ^ | 10/7/13 | Penny Starr

Posted on 10/08/2013 3:33:39 PM PDT by Nachum

(CNSNews.com) – The Clinical Center at the National Institutes of Health has suspended its dog therapy program because of the government shutdown, according to John Burklow, spokesperson for NIH.

Burklow said the dogs, which pay visits to patients in the hospital, including children with cancer, have to seen by veterinarians, and a “team” on staff made the decision to suspend program.

“A vet needs to evaluate the dogs, and given that there is a 25 percent reduction in staff (furloughed), we focus our activities and staffing on the care of patients already at our hospital,” Burklow said.

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KEYWORDS: democrats; dogs; nih; shutdown; stops; therapy
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The #SpiteHouse took a break today from Barrycading WWII vets, arresting Viet Nam Vets, cutting off death benefits to Soldiers widows, and forcing campers to leave public parks at gun point...

To spend some quality time pulling the lets off of spiders and kicking cats.

1 posted on 10/08/2013 3:33:39 PM PDT by Nachum
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To: Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; EricTheRed_VocalMinority; ...

The list, Ping

Let me know if you would like to be on or off the ping list

http://www.nachumlist.com/


2 posted on 10/08/2013 3:34:14 PM PDT by Nachum (Obamacare: It's. The. Flaw.)
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To: Nachum

Priests can’t say Sunday Mass to soldiers.


3 posted on 10/08/2013 3:35:45 PM PDT by Slyfox
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To: Nachum

Barry gets lower and lower. I despise this man.


4 posted on 10/08/2013 3:36:20 PM PDT by machogirl (First they came for my tagline)
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To: Nachum
John Burklow, spokesperson for NIH

So, when did a flak become "essential personnel"?

This "shutdown" is so contrived and corrupt.

5 posted on 10/08/2013 3:36:32 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: Nachum

The House was ready to fund NIH fully, last week.

Did you hear that, MSM, you pathetic bunch of sycophant kneepadded tools?!?!


6 posted on 10/08/2013 3:37:12 PM PDT by workerbee (The President of the United States is DOMESTIC ENEMY #1)
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To: Nachum

Obama does an amazing job of blending pathetically petty cruelty more widespread forms of evil. When it comes to harming the innocent, Obama is active at all levels.


7 posted on 10/08/2013 3:38:54 PM PDT by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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To: Nachum

The Andrea Mitchell version of this story will have the parents blaming the tea party and republicans.


8 posted on 10/08/2013 3:39:05 PM PDT by TurboZamboni (Marx smelled bad & lived with his parents most his life.)
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To: Nachum

Barry is a cruel sumbitch., inspired by Satan himself.


9 posted on 10/08/2013 3:54:22 PM PDT by bergmeid
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Well, I know this story will tug the heart strings, but I don’t care. NIH has no business doing this stuff in the first place. It would probably be handled better and more efficiently by state governments and local organizations. NIH should only be worrying about truly NATIONAL health issues, and therapy dogs for kids doesn’t seem to qualify.

I’m heartless, I know.


10 posted on 10/08/2013 4:07:24 PM PDT by Boogieman
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11 posted on 10/08/2013 4:08:39 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: bergmeid

Please don’t call that evil, sadistic, spiteful, anti-American, communist, secret Mudslime queer a SOB. Dogs, like the therapy dogs mentioned in this article, are wonderful, decent, loving compassionate animals; calling this pure evil subhuman thing a SOB insults all dogs.


12 posted on 10/08/2013 4:10:40 PM PDT by libstripper (Asv)
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NIH has no business doing this stuff in the first place.

Then it should have done away with a long time ago, not to spite the opposition party in a budget fight.

13 posted on 10/08/2013 4:12:37 PM PDT by Nachum (Obamacare: It's. The. Flaw.)
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To: Nachum

You have a magnificent way with words.


14 posted on 10/08/2013 4:15:30 PM PDT by Salamander (Blue Oyster Cult Will Be The Soundtrack For The Revolution.....)
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Flattery will get you anywhere....


15 posted on 10/08/2013 4:16:51 PM PDT by Nachum (Obamacare: It's. The. Flaw.)
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To: libstripper

*cheer!*

O’Bastard is better.


16 posted on 10/08/2013 4:16:52 PM PDT by Salamander (Blue Oyster Cult Will Be The Soundtrack For The Revolution.....)
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To: Nachum

And children are the ones who can’t protest, so they are the ones that Barry and Harry, the B***hole Twins pick on to vent their meanness and spite.


17 posted on 10/08/2013 4:17:06 PM PDT by Monkey Face (If what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, how did Harry Reid get out?)
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To: Nachum

I don’t do flattery.

I say what I mean...one way or the other.

:D


18 posted on 10/08/2013 4:17:44 PM PDT by Salamander (Blue Oyster Cult Will Be The Soundtrack For The Revolution.....)
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And children are the ones who can’t protest, so they are the ones that Barry and Harry, the B***hole Twins pick on to vent their meanness and spite.

Well, Muslims always attack the weakest among us...

19 posted on 10/08/2013 4:20:06 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
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That’s because they are bullies. They have no d***s to speak of so they try to make up for the lack in bravado. It explains why they have no respect for their women...they are afraid a woman will find a real man, and the Muslim will be “shamed.” So they use and abuse and keep them as personal mushroom people. I have refused to call them “terrorists” as it is a name of honor for them. So I call them what they really are...inadequate bullying cowards.

(And every day, I listen for Black Helicopters!)


20 posted on 10/08/2013 4:29:57 PM PDT by Monkey Face (If what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, how did Harry Reid get out?)
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