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U.S. Military Dogs Being Mistreated

February 24, 2020 Comments Off on U.S. Military Dogs Being Mistreated

(From Working Dogs Left to Die.)

“You may have seen the news recently about the reports published about horrendous neglect of U.S. bomb-sniffing dogs in Jordan. In response to a hotline complaint, the Office of the Inspector General sent a team to do an evaluation of the kennel conditions of Explosive Detection Canines provided to Jordan. What they found was a horrifying combination of neglect, overwork and lack of basic veterinary care.

“Dogs that were carefully trained to save lives are now living in squalid conditions. Their kennels are covered in feces, their water bowls are often dry, and they aren’t being fed regularly. All of that, and they are still expected to work long days under the hot sun; sniffing for bombs.”

Read more and sign the petition at https://www.spcai.org/news/ed-blog/working-dogs-left-to-die.

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What a Dog-Gone Day Today Is!

August 26, 2019 Comments Off on What a Dog-Gone Day Today Is!

Today, and every Aug. 26 since 2004, is National Dog Day. It’s a day for all of our dogs, pure-bred or so mixed they have to be referred to as “American.” The day was established to remind us of the multitude of dogs that need to be rescued or re-homed, and the many way dogs serve us–protecting us, searching out bombs, drugs, and humans lost in earthquake rubble, helping the blind and disabled, and, in recent years, detecting seizures and cancer in people. Read about this day and its significance at About National Dog Day.

Meanwhile, I’m remembering all my past faithful furry friends and celebrating Rosie, my re-homed companion/helper, shown here when she couldn’t decide on whether to continue her nap or play.

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Planned Parenthood/Targeted Death

November 30, 2015 2 comments

This whole attack on Planned Parenthood has me in a quandary.  Personally, I don’t like abortions.  I would very much like, in this imperfect world, to see abortions a thing of the past.  However, I question the logic of the actions of some people who share my feelings.

How can you claim to want to save lives, then take lives (physically and/or emotionally) by bombing, shooting up, or setting fire to Planned Parenthood clinics?  How can you destroy the lives of medical staff who have nothing to do with abortions as they serve poorer women’s basic health needs (e.g., exams and mammograms)?  Without health care, these women are in danger of sickness and death.  For that matter, how can you endanger the lives of the very unborn babies you’re trying to save?  You never know for sure if a pregnant woman is present, not for an abortion but for prenatal care that she couldn’t afford to get elsewhere?  How much control do you have over the bomb fragments and debris or the bullets you shoot off–enough to be sure a person just walking past the facility or police officer  doing his or her job isn’t maimed or killed?

I just don’t get how those lives are any less innocent or worthwhile than the unborn life you want to save by violently attacking an entire clinic.  Isn’t all life sacred?  It should be.

 

 

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Syriaous Madness

September 6, 2013 Comments Off on Syriaous Madness

The people of Syria are heavy on my heart. I don’t know the right thing to do. Will a group of madmen get the message and change their ways if we bomb them? Will they kill more of their own people chemically if we do nothing? Does the U.S. have the right to enforce international moral agreements, and have we done that so often that the rest of the world expects us to be the world’s police force? Does the U.S. have a moral obligation to protect human life elsewhere—and is our doing more killing protecting that life, considering that some innocents are bound to be harmed? Or is that, too, a form of madness? Are there NO other answers?

I call on everyone to pray, meditate, send good vibes to the universe, or whatever you do when you search for an answer to a problem too big for you to handle alone.  Concentrate not just on solving the seemingly unsolvable dilemma but also on the Syrian families—especially the children—who are, through no fault of their own, caught up in the middle of it.

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Boston Bombers: You Got to Us

April 16, 2013 2 comments

You proved something to us.  We’re mourning our 3 dead and 176 injured.  And those of us who weren’t there when your bombs went off are watching news coverage of the medically trained marathon volunteers as they rush in to tend the wounded, as well as the many other runners and spectators putting their fear aside to help however they can.  We’re learning of the two soldiers just back from Afghanistan who rushed in to put pressure on wounds, then ran to the hospital to give blood.  We‘re hearing about the many faiths who are organizing an interfaith prayer service for the victims.  We see law enforcement agencies from all levels of government working together to aid victims and find clues to who did this terrible deed.  We’re finding out about people from as far as California, at our nation’s other coast, mobilizing to offer assistance in Boston.  We’re listening to government leaders from the President on down speaking with determination, vowing to bring the perpetrators to justice.

Yes, you got to us.  You got to our spirits and hearts, to the soul of America.  You brought us even closer together as a nation, as a united people.  You brought out our compassion, not our fear.  You emphasized our oneness, not our divisions.  You caused us to focus on what is right and good, not on what is selfish, jingoistic, or evil.

I doubt that that was your intention.

 

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