Canine Freestyle

This is from 2008; and I ♥ it!

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Food + Tradition!

Last Sunday afternoon, the church next door to Park Manor had its official Grand Opening Celebration.  Only three of our  members were able to attend because of a prior commitment for the rest of us (the Lee's wedding anniversary).  The members of the Assembly of God church were mostly of African descent, so they wore beautiful & vibrant traditional clothing.  They were very generous with sharing their food, so the dishes were added to menu during that night's Park Manor bi-monthly Bible study and fellowship dinner.  Overall, it  was a very good day to indulge one's appetite.  Yum!

Elizabethan Cone

Poor Mr Bubbles.  She can't stop licking her spay incision and this is what it got her. Oh, the misery on her face is hard to describe:  a combination of perplexity, timidity, fear, and resignation. When I catch her eyes, they're pleading with me to  "...take it off --- take it ALL of, pweeeeease !!!"

This nightmare will need to last approximately 7 days (I've heard of a girl whose dog had hers on for 2 years!!!!).  The cone must be put on overnight and during all unsupervised times. In my opinion and based on  her personality, she will use this cone  24/7.  On top of that, she is also on antibiotics for the infection and Quadritop Ointment for the itching. The whole adventure set us back over $ 200 -- ouch!

Muslim history

Barack OBAMA, during his Cairo speech, said:  

"I know, too, that Islam has always been a part of America's story."

AN AMERICAN CITIZEN'S RESPONSE:

Dear Mr. Obama:

Were those Muslims that were in America when the Pilgrims first landed? 

Funny, I thought they were Native American Indians.

Were those Muslims that celebrated the first Thanksgiving day?  Sorry again, those were Pilgrims and Native American Indians.

Can you show me one Muslim signature on the United States Constitution?

Declaration of Independence? Bill of Rights? Didn't think so.

Did Muslims fight for this country's freedom from England?  No.

Did Muslims fight during the Civil War to free the slaves in America? 

No, they did not.  In fact, Muslims to this day are still the largest traffickers in human slavery.  Your own half brother, a devout Muslim, still advocates slavery himself, even though Muslims of Arabic descent refer to black Muslims as "pug nosed slaves." 

Says a lot of what the Muslim world really thinks of your family's "rich Islamic heritage," doesn't it Mr. Obama?

Where were Muslims during the Civil Rights era of this country?  Not present.

There are no pictures or media accounts of Muslims walking side by side with Martin Luther King, Jr., or helping to advance the cause of Civil Rights.

Where were Muslims during this country's Woman's Suffrage era? 

Again, not present.  In fact, devout Muslims demand that women are subservient to men in the Islamic culture.  So much so, that often they are beaten for not wearing the 'hajib' or for talking to a man who is not a direct family member or their husband.  Yep, the Muslims are all for women's rights, aren't they?

Where were Muslims during World War II? 

They were aligned with Adolf Hitler.  The Muslim grand mufti himself met with Adolf Hitler, reviewed the troops and accepted support from the Nazis in killing Jews.

Finally, Mr. Obama, where were Muslims on Sept. 11th, 2001? 

If they weren't flying planes into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, or a field in Pennsylvania killing nearly 3,000 people on our own soil, they were rejoicing in the Middle East .  No one can dispute the pictures shown from all parts of the Muslim world celebrating on CNN, Fox News, MSNBC and other cable news networks that day.  Strangely, the very "moderate" Muslims whose asses you bent over backwards to kiss in Cairo, Egypt, on June 4th were stone cold silent post 9-11.  To many Americans, their silence has meant approval for the acts of that day.

And THAT, Mr. Obama, is the "rich heritage" Muslims have here in America .

Oh, I'm sorry, I forgot to mention the Barbary Pirates. They were Muslim.

And now we can add November 5, 2009 -- the slaughter of American soldiers at Fort Hood by a Muslim major who is a doctor and a psychiatrist who was supposed to be counselling soldiers returning from battle in Iraq and Afghanistan.

That, Mr. Obama is the "Muslim heritage" in America.