Letters to the Editor
CJBMICH
Published Letters: 14 Editor's Choice: 1
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Celebrity-Owned Pit Bulls
[Read the article: Pit bulls are innocent]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I wanted to mention another lovely celebrity pit bull that I met. The musician and actor Levon Helm (formerly of The Band) has a beautiful chocolate brown pit bull named Muddy, named after Muddy Waters.
About once a month, Mr. Helm opens up his in-home studio, on a wooded lot in Woodstock, NY, to the public for a concert. My husband and I attended one of these concerts last year, and met Muddy in the parking lot, where he was given free rein and was calmly meeting and greeting everyone that arrived. This included several children, who, as children are wont to do, immediately were hugging and fawning all over him. No one appeared to be too bothered by his breed. I must say he was one of the calmest and most mellow dogs I have ever met!
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Democrat Bumper Sticker
[Read the article: War Room contest: Pick the Democrats' bumper sticker]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I can't take credit for thinking these up, since I saw both of them on t-shirts. But I thought they were great:
Regime Change Begins at Home
01/20/09 - End of an Error
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I was bullied too!
[Read the article: Ellen, the dog bullies and me]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Heather, thank you so much for writing this! I too, had a horrible experience with small, private rescue groups. And I live in Michigan, so this is not unique to southern CA.
I couple of years ago I wanted to adopt a couple of kittens for my 50th birthday, preferably litter mates. I had been a responsible pet owner my entire life, but it had been a couple of years since my last pets had passed on.
I took advantage of the internet for my search, and was surprised at the huge number of agencies and choices available. I found some kittens at a small agency specializing in cats, and started the adoption process.
Right from the beginning I was treated like a criminal and a bad candidate, and I was expected to jump through hoops to prove my worthiness to adopt. I couldn't believe the attitude of the mother and daughter team that were running this particular agency, and the requirements they presented me with.
First, there was the multi-page form, that asked a lot of questions I deemed highly personal and inappropriate. Then there was the requirement of written statements from anyone I shared my home with, as to their position on the adoption and what they would be doing to support the cats. Prior vet information (okay, maybe I could see this, but that leaves out first time adopters), and contact information for friends and/or family that would care for the cats when I went on vacation (planning to board at the vet or a pet hotel was a serious strike against you).
They also wanted to inspect my home, and retain the right to do so in the future whenever they wanted. They also had legal contracts with all sorts of rules and stipulations, some of which I found ridiculous! And, when it turned out my prior vet had closed his office unbeknownst to me, they accused me of lying.
Needless to say, I could see this was going to be trouble and told them to take a hike. I eventually ended up adopting 2 wonderful kitten siblings from the humane society, who were much more reasonable about the process.
As I had never encountered anything like this before, I was horrified at the time and all I could think was, isn't the point to get as many animals as possible adopted, and aren't they totally defeating this purpose by how they are treating potential adopters? I know I was totally insulted and put off.
I don't necessarily disagree with some kind of screening process, but shouldn't it be reasonable and flexible?
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World Series Late Starts
[Read the article: King Kaufman's Sports Daily]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]We voted with our off button, and we are huge baseball fans. The games just ran too late, even on the weekends. (we are in the Eastern time zone)
We only watched about an hour of each game.
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PRO-CHOICE OR NO VOTE FROM ME!
[Read the article: Ron Paul's Internet cha-ching ]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Despite liking a lot of Ron Paul's positions, and libertarian positions in general, I absolutely would NEVER vote for a candidate that was opposed to me having control over my own body (versus government control).
I am talking mainly about abortion, but also any medical control of my body, too. I absolutely do NOT buy into any of the arguments used to justify an anti-choice libertarian; that is an oxymoron to me. Keeping the government off an individual's right to control their own body is a paramount libertarian position that is non-negotiable to me.
I am curious as to the gender divide of Paul's supporters. In my experience choice is a right that men are willing to cast aside much quicker than women are.
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Southfield is Romney country???
[Read the article: Is Mitt Romney taking Michigan for a ride?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]As a resident of Southfield, Michigan, I must take exception to the line in your article that Southfield is "Romney country."
The city of Southfield is nearly 60% African-American and votes solidly Democratic. It is true that there is a great deal of corporate business within the city, and a lot of those businesses and their executives may support Romney, but for the most part they don't live (or vote) in Southfield.
As to the auto industry coming back, everyone I know here thinks that is a load of BS and doesn't believe it. And a lot of those people work or have worked in the auto industry.