tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post3559229280051723984..comments2023-09-15T04:27:57.129-04:00Comments on Commentarama: From Here On, You Sleep On The CouchAndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-83384682272571960582011-02-01T16:19:16.593-05:002011-02-01T16:19:16.593-05:00If I haven't scared you sufficiently with the ...If I haven't scared you sufficiently with the impending doom caused by deadly dog bed fever, thanks to NewsRealBlog and Megan Fox, here are ten other apocalyptic scares from the left and the junk scientists: <a href="http://www.newsrealblog.com/2011/02/01/the-top-10-bogus-apocalyptic-prophesies-made-by-the-left-1/" rel="nofollow">The End Is Near</a>.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-36723599594882562472011-02-01T14:27:16.597-05:002011-02-01T14:27:16.597-05:00LoneWolfArcher: He is indeed a Great Pyrenees. I...LoneWolfArcher: He is indeed a Great Pyrenees. I've joked with my family that during his puppyhood he's a good Pyrenees but not a great Pyrenees. LOL I've had him since just before Christmas, and he's already become an integral part of the family. My younger daughter lives about 3 1/4 miles from me, and she has Niko's brother, Gus. So we didn't completely break up the litter. When the two of them get together, I'm glad I have my four acres for them to commit mayhem on. They go up and down the hillsides as easily as I walk across a room. My older daughter has a Newfie, and when all three get together, stand back and watch the fun. Now if he'll just get all his razor-sharp teeth in and quit eating the deck furniture, we'll be home free.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-33423727986382544152011-02-01T12:33:20.731-05:002011-02-01T12:33:20.731-05:00Is Niko a Great Pyrenees?? We lost our 11 year-old...Is Niko a Great Pyrenees?? We lost our 11 year-old Pyr last year to bone cancer. We now have Apollo, a year-old Pyr. Great breed.<br /><br />We also have Dakota, a less than 1 year-old Landseer Newfoundland.<br /><br />Dogs rule. Cats drool.LoneWolfArcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15662301159186936452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-49988345528762294292011-02-01T00:40:47.725-05:002011-02-01T00:40:47.725-05:00Joel: Exactly. And now the CDC will publish the a...Joel: Exactly. And now the CDC will publish the article as if it's a serious study, and Schneider will feed off the AOL trough while the CDC feeds off the public trough. All of it based on a small number of dubious connections between human illnesses which may or may not have anything to do with the pets at all. The loons glorify science without having a clue what science actually is. And the junk scientists get rich off of scaring the public about fake epidemics.<br /><br />Also note that I reported that the CDC has already stated that the animal-human connection is less likely to instigate disease than other very routine activities. Yet when they publish the report, I'm guessing they'll have forgotten it entirely and will join in the hysterical cries to banish our pets from the bedroom (and eventually the entire house). Consistency and solid research are not the hallmarks of junk science.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-15711075993559595382011-01-31T23:34:21.178-05:002011-01-31T23:34:21.178-05:00LawHawk,
I bet this is a fake infomercial taken t...LawHawk,<br /><br />I bet this is a fake infomercial taken to extremes. <br /><br />First re-read what Andrew wrote about <a href="http://commentarama.blogspot.com/2010/07/newsvertising.html" rel="nofollow">Newsvertising.</a><br /><br />Then re-read the AOL news <a href="http://www.aolnews.com/2011/01/20/letting-sleeping-dogs-lie-in-your-bed-can-kill-you/" rel="nofollow">article.</a><br /><br />Notice what the "two senior veterinarians" recommend? Normal veterinarian visits. Regular common sense ideas that could have come from any mother who is interested in the health of her child. And nothing that indicates any research has been done. <br /><br />An honest writer would have written:<br /><br />This is filler. I am writing this so that AOL will pay me to keep my house over my head. It features two veterinarians who are trying to scare you into taking your pet in to see them. Their organization paid AOL to get me to write this for them. What can I say? I need to eat. What they recommend is general in nature and recommended even if there weren't any diseases common to pets and humans.<br /><br />Yeah, I know, fat chance this Scneider character would try to be that honest.Joel Farnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15856960977033430002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-21727315697514386352011-01-31T23:23:30.042-05:002011-01-31T23:23:30.042-05:00Patti: I purposely avoided showing the blood and ...Patti: I purposely avoided showing the blood and drool on my couch. I'm a very sensitive guy, you know. Some time I'll find an excuse to post the picture of Beegee the Crack Kitten curled up in the big glass fruitbowl on the dining room table with Niko the Wonder Pup trying to eject her by yanking off the tablecloth.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-5736456299093428452011-01-31T23:13:04.666-05:002011-01-31T23:13:04.666-05:00the pic just made me mad, mad i tell ya...because ...the pic just made me mad, mad i tell ya...because i wanted a larger one! i need to see the slobber coming from that wonder pup! i need to see the kitty claws! come on law, stop teasing us.pattihttp://www.notawonk.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-24665512800113918822011-01-31T22:11:23.238-05:002011-01-31T22:11:23.238-05:00Stan: Well, the paranoid battle between anti-pet ...Stan: Well, the paranoid battle between anti-pet alarmists and PETA/non-human companion alarmists should be fun. Haven't they heard of a three dog night? You can pry my dog from my bed from my cold, dead fingers. Don't these people have real lives? The only reason I don't let my pup sleep on my bed is that he already takes up half the bed--the middle half. That, and the cats won't let him.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-26790034704246625992011-01-31T20:57:05.441-05:002011-01-31T20:57:05.441-05:00I see another multi-million dollar study to prop u...I see another multi-million dollar study to prop up university research facilities, ala global warming. I do hate these bastards. If they weren’t minding other peoples business they’d be dead. My dogs will be at the foot of the bed this evening, and this dweeb can kiss my entire ass.StanHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07395708786509590321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-74570806367193357112011-01-31T19:02:00.016-05:002011-01-31T19:02:00.016-05:00Joel: You know, I had almost forgotten about that...Joel: You know, I had almost forgotten about that. Weird, since San Francisco was one of the first Martian colonies to delete the word "pet" and replace it with "non-human companion" and grant civil rights to them.<br /><br />And having said that, I wonder if they are upset that Obamacare was just shot down in Florida, leaving them and their non-human companions wondering where they'll find a "free" doctor.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-49675120874804234002011-01-31T18:43:52.853-05:002011-01-31T18:43:52.853-05:00Where are the groups advocating for the Human-owne...Where are the groups advocating for the Human-owners (Dogs or Cats), LawHawk? They must be livid! Can't the ACLU or PETA get involved? <br /><br />You do know what this is? A new Minority!! Entitled to consideration and love!! Advocacy groups must be formed! They should demand money from the government since they are oppressed! How dare they!!Joel Farnhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15856960977033430002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-85983112901957685862011-01-31T18:24:57.861-05:002011-01-31T18:24:57.861-05:00T_Rav: As far as the history of the law goes, the...T_Rav: As far as the history of the law goes, the severability clause is relatively new. It's first major use was in the California Jarvis Amendment (Prop 13 freezing property taxes). I first used it in a Hillside Protection Ordinance in Simi Valley back in the late 70s. Once computers became standard, most of us had it as an automatic insert in legislation and contracts. <br /><br />Unless I'm misinformed, the authors of that horrendous health "reform" act never had the severability clause in the legislation in the first place. A lawyer in California who failed to include that clause in a contract today would be guilty of malpractice, and only the amount of damages would be left for a court to decide. We can't sue Congress for malpractice, but in this case, we'd want to congratulate them for their lack of foresight. Maybe Pelosi and the gang should have read it before they voted on it.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-84268207398818606522011-01-31T17:47:16.451-05:002011-01-31T17:47:16.451-05:00LawHawk, I would like to take this moment to reite...LawHawk, I would like to take this moment to reiterate how dumb the Obama administration was to drop the severability clause from the health-care bill. Really, who does that? Even I know not to do that, and I've never even been to law school!* Oh well, I guess this is what happens when you decide to pass the bill in order to find out what's in it.<br /><br />*Note: If you or anyone else has done that, then I apologize and retract everything I just said.T_Ravnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-28758932039205560142011-01-31T17:43:15.594-05:002011-01-31T17:43:15.594-05:00T_Rav: Their partners in crime at the CDC aren...T_Rav: Their partners in crime at the CDC aren't a lot better. They'll find diseases almost anywhere for any reason to preserve their funding. They would all be standing in a bread-line if they couldn't find something new to create a panic over.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-15326983377543131532011-01-31T17:30:35.349-05:002011-01-31T17:30:35.349-05:00Andrew: Are you suggesting that we aren't all...Andrew: Are you suggesting that we aren't all about to die of zoonoses? LOLLawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-84854579390271786412011-01-31T17:28:29.522-05:002011-01-31T17:28:29.522-05:00Tennessee: The Supreme Court always has the optio...Tennessee: The Supreme Court always has the option to leave conflicting laws in different jurisdictions, and does so occasionally on small, technical legal principles. But this is BIG, and can't be ignored. It will end up at the high court eventually unless Congress renders the issue moot by repealing Obamacare entirely. That is highly unlikely.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-51395549009206615872011-01-31T17:25:02.928-05:002011-01-31T17:25:02.928-05:00Bev: It's always easier for a low-level techn...Bev: It's always easier for a low-level technocrat to find a couple of bizarre coincidences, turn them into an epidemiological theory, and get the nervous nellies to back him than to do something genuinely useful. The world is full of Chicken Littles but damned few Jonas Salks.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-33596179364868658812011-01-31T17:19:45.173-05:002011-01-31T17:19:45.173-05:00I would just like to point out that AOL is a joke ...I would just like to point out that AOL is a joke as far as its news/opinion (the two are often interchangeable) pieces are concerned. It's badly slanted and often lacking in real information. No wonder they ran this crap.<br /><br />Oh, and I have no problem with letting the cat sleep on my bed. When it lays on my face or coughs up a hairball while doing so--then we've got problems.T_Ravnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-652697961581906532011-01-31T16:19:13.361-05:002011-01-31T16:19:13.361-05:00Bev, "though you'd need a bigger bed"...Bev, "though you'd need a bigger bed" LOL! Ah yep.<br /><br />This guy is a joke. Few diseases transfer from human to animal or vice versa, and those tend to be things that your pets won't get -- like plague or West Nile fever.<br /><br />Talk about a made up problem.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-87977521751484022332011-01-31T16:17:08.393-05:002011-01-31T16:17:08.393-05:00I guess my response to the Pulitzer Prize winner (...I guess my response to the Pulitzer Prize winner (they don't seem to mean that much any more) is shit happens. In the absence of any kind of scientific testing, Mr. Wizard has way more cred. That said, what would have to happen for the Supremes to decide NOT to hear the appeal? I guess that couldn't happen because it would leave different law in different states.Tennessee Jedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10604275115906776992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-26666390663751407282011-01-31T16:13:37.068-05:002011-01-31T16:13:37.068-05:00Of course, I can get a disease from sleeping next ...Of course, I can get a disease from sleeping next to, kissing, and "other diseases" (she says delicately) from human too. And plant! Don't get me started on the pollen!<br /><br />But on the bright side, dairy maids were found to be immune from small pox because of their close proximity to cows. Though you'd need a bigger bed.<br /><br />Have we found the cure for cancer yet? Why doesn't this guy do something more useful like find the cure for cancer...BevfromNYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14953050916932306270noreply@blogger.com