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My daughter was walking her precious teacup Pomeranian Sushi on her leash yesterday afternoon near her boyfriend's house in L.A. when an unrestrained husky was let out its front door. The husky charged little 5 lb. Sushi, picked her up biting and shaking and slamming her into the side of a car. My daughter jumped on top of the husky and pried her little pup out of its jaws and suffered bite wounds in the process. She rushed Sushi to the emergency vet where she died from internal injuries about 8 hours later. Needless to say, my daughter is absolutely...

JB at Red Rock, CO tonight with a tribute to blues legends Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters!

Every time I read this I get choked up. History is repeating itself. IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America, When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We...

I've been working the night shift lately and woke up about 1400 local time. My wife told me that McCain had picked Sarah Palin as his VP running mate. That was it for me - no more sleep today. I've been somewhat depressed about the prospects for freedom loving Americans this November. McCain pleasantly surprised me with his statements at the Saddleback Forum and I started to see a sliver of light. Today he hit a homerun right out of the park. I think we Freepers have underestimated McCain. He's an old fighter pilot and what do fighter pilots do?...