US Supreme Court: police can kill to stop high speed chase

As a Texan with moderate political views (more to the conservative side when it comes to crime) this has been a long time coming. Criminals who try to run from the police causing a danger to others have to be stopped and quickly. The translation from this case has been that police may use deadly force to stop a fleeing criminal. TO me personally that should always be the case. While many of my friends will be upset about this verdict, I can't help but think that people who are not guilty would not run. As an avid viewer of "Cops" t.v. show, I hear time and time again criminals who are caught saying they were afraid of the police. When in truth they were afraid of getting caught and going to jail. I feel police protection and strong criminal penalties are the only good thing to come from this Republican Supreme Court. The court has been and will be very weak on environmental protections, which I personally feel is extremely wrong. Big oil and big business does not need the protections being granted by this court and my area federal court, the 5th Circuit. While many will feel fear now from the police, the right thing to do has always been to stop and take your punishment. The old saying still applies, if you can't do the time then don't do the crime.

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Time for Mike Vick to be a man

Mike Vick the pro football player for the Atlanta Falcons is in more trouble. But instead of being a man and owning up for his violations of the law he hides behind others blaming his own family for what goes wrong. Reported today thru AOL news and for some time on Pet-abuse.com Vick is being investigated by The Virginia Animal Fighting Task Force (VAFTF). Here is the latest update reported:

The Virginia Animal Fighting Task Force (VAFTF) responded to assist Virginia State Police and Drug Task Force officers upon the execution of a search warrant on April 25, 2007 at the Smithfield, Virginia property of Michael Vick. Evidence seized included:

• a number of injured American Pit Bull Terrier dogs
• animal fighting paraphernalia
• animal training and breeding equipment including a "rape stand"

Again for more on the report about the sick details of what police discovered visit the Pet-abuse.com site.

He can't hide from the truth forever. "50 abused dogs" is what investigators found. He knew what was going on and let it happen. Let's hope the companies he has endorsement deals with wake up and help him take the responsibility that ultimately resides with him.

Why do animal testing

Reports today that the FDA is looking at human foods to see if they have been contaminated by the pet foods being recalled. Some of the pet foods under recall have been fed to pigs and chickens. But it turns out that we do not know if this chemical is bad for humans. Animal testing has been performed and it has made animals sick. But the effects on humans remains unknown. So my question is why test on animals in the first place? Why not test on humans? Is it some kind of cruel punishment to do so? And if so,why? Can anyone tell me why its cruel to test on humans but not cruel to test on animals? What makes us as people more special than animals? Religious people, myself included, believe God created heaven and the earth. Yet very few religious people are strong environmentalist. And even fewer are animal rights activist. Why? Would it not make sense to protect all that God has created? Humans, animals and the environment. And how can a religious zealot be anti-abortion but yet pro-war and pro-death penalty? I favor the death penalty but again I do not have a problem testing chemicals on people either. Why not use prisoners? People in prison with life sentences, let them do some good for society, test chemicals on them and see how they react. At least they would be able to say its hurts or I don't feel good. Animals just cry out in pain and then get stuck back in small cage to die in agony. The alternative if prisoners did not participate in testing we could send these life term prisoners to Iraq, we need more troops over there anyway. So what if they escape, where are they going to go?

Rosemount / He says everything goes to the dogs

Military man gives all to the dogs after wife divorces him.



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Change the laws to include murder charges for animals killed

When a criminal invades a home and kills a dog for no reason, that should be enough to allow murder charges to be attached to any other criminal offenses that have occurred. Its time to get tough on crime and end animal abuse.



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Fox guards the hen house

Ever heard this old country expression? Well its what our government allows to happen everyday. People often wonder why environmentalists are so outspoken about protecting the environment. Pushing government to do more, yet for the most part Republicans refuse to allow the government to get involved and provide oversight. They use phrases like "too much regulation" and "government interference with business." But according to published reports we now know the FDA knew there were problems with the peanut butter and spinach facilities. They knew about it for "years." But they could do nothing about it because there are "too many food processors and imports." Are you kidding me? The biggest and best country in the world and we cannot protect our citizens because we won't allocate enough funds to hire inspectors to protect our food supply? This is outrageous! How can we sit by and allow this to happen? I mention the environmentalist in the beginning because the same situation occurs with the big pollution companies in our country. The govt tends to look the other way and state that the companies will watch themselves, thus you have the fox watching the hen house. And now with this report out that we tried that with these food companies and it failed, its time to take action and force the govt to look right at these problems and fix them. The USDA was willing to go out of its way to help foreign companies that slaughter horses to get the funding needed for this heinous and inhumane practice to continue, but for American citizens there is no govt agency going out of its way to ensure food safety and protections. For more on this recent published report click here. For more info on recalled foods and other products click here.

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Texas OU football game stays in Dallas at Cotton bowl

The annual football game between Oklahoma and Texas will be played at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas at least through 2015.



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Royal Canin and Blue Buffalo dry pet foods added to recalls

Two more companies out of a possible 5 have added more dry cat and dog foods to the nationwide recalls.



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How to stop another Virginia Tech, step one...

charge teenagers and other individuals who commit acts of animal cruelty with felony crimes. Here is just one example in a press release issued yesterday:

Alto, Texas — After a 13-year-old Alto boy reportedly admitted to the January 4 fatal shooting of a cat on the animal’s family’s property and an ensuing investigation turned up further evidence of a crime, PETA wrote to Cherokee County Attorney Craig Caldwell urging him to file felony cruelty-to-animals charges against the boy in accordance with the Texas Penal Code. In his reply, Caldwell stated that because the suspect is a juvenile, Caldwell could not release records and files on the case—despite the fact that PETA was only requesting that he say whether or not charges will be filed.

Now, more than three months after Tetsu, a 1-year-old cat, was found dead in the yard by his guardian—who reportedly also saw the boy brandishing a shotgun nearby—no charges have been filed, and Caldwell isn’t talking. PETA has posted an action alert on its heavily trafficked Web site urging visitors to contact Caldwell and demand that he charge the suspect to the fullest extent of the law.

PETA points out that such heinous crimes against animals are a red flag—especially when committed by juveniles. FBI interviews with murderers showed that 36 percent had tortured and killed animals as children and that 46 percent had done so as adolescents. Serial killers Jeffrey Dahmer, Albert DeSalvo ("The Boston Strangler"), David Berkowitz ("Son of Sam"), and Lee Boyd Malvo all had histories of killing animals. In recent years, many schools have suffered the tragic consequences of ignoring or casually dismissing such crimes when children opened fire on schoolmates and other people.

"Mr. Caldwell’s job is to uphold and enforce the laws, and he’s refusing even to state whether or not charges will be brought against Tetsu’s allegedly confessed killer," says PETA Director Daphna Nachminovitch. "Repeat offenders are the rule—not the exception—among animal abusers. Failing to act now may only encourage further abuses and killings."

Holly you are the best!

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exports to China growing fast for Texas business

According to the Houston Chronicle, Texas is doing better with exports to China than to their neighbor in the south, Mexico



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New updates on pet food recall, new dry foods added

According to the Wall Street Journal a second pet food ingredient is found to be contaminated and this has led to the Natural Balance food recall. The chemical, melamine, an industrial chemical that led to a nationwide recall of more than 100 brands of cat and dog foods has been found to contaminate a second pet food ingredient, rice protein concentrate. Now Natural Balance, Pacoima, CA, is issuing a nationwide recall for all of its Venison dog products and the dry Venison cat food, regardless of date codes. This new recall was issued by the FDA today. The products are packaged in bags, cans and zip lock treat bags and sold in pet specialty stores and PetCo nationally. For more information and continued updates visit recallcases.com

White House Says Bush Will Veto Senate Medicare Bill

“Private competition is reducing prices for seniors, providing a wide range of choices, and leading to a better environment for the development of new drugs,” the statement said. Reducing prices? What planet are these guys living on?!



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Too funny and cute

In case you did not see it on the other sites, For Sale:One Useless Cat

TSA Likely to Miss Deadline for Port Worker Security ID

The agency may not meet a July deadline for issuing the Transportation Worker Identification Credential. A 2006 port security law requires the implementation of the card at 10 high-risk U.S. seaports by July 1. So how seriously are we taking homeland security?



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updates on pet food recalls

April 16th the New Balance pet food company informed the FDA that it had received reports of pet illnesses. There is not a recall at this time but people are advised to be careful with this brand. Personally I would discontinue use.

Secondly, be aware of any local brands such as those produced for local grocery stores. In my area we have HEB stores and some of their Hill Country brand foods are under the recall. Check with your store or visit the store web sites for more information. As always, you can visit Recallcases.com for more information on this situation as well as other foods and products under recall.

HelpingAnimals.com

Act 2 help

Supporting various animal and environmental groups to make life better. Do your part, take action to help those without a voice. Support animal and environmental causes.



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For all the PETA haters

This is what PETA is about:

(courtesy of AOL/AP)
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) - A Callaway County animal research lab has agreed to pay a $33,000 civil penalty after investigators alleged the company committed nearly 40 violations of the federal Animal Welfare Act.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture filed the complaint against Sinclair Research Center in October 2006, more than three years after animal rights activists targeted the lab in an undercover sting.

Among the violations found by Agriculture Department inspectors: failing to provide animals with appropriate pain relief during surgery; inadequate training of employees for animal handling and care; failure to vaccinate research dogs and cats; and keeping animals in cages smaller than the legal limits.

``The gravity of the violations alleged in this complaint is great,'' the report concluded.

The Agriculture Department also accused Sinclair Research of a ``lack of good faith'' for conducting research at a location not known to the federal agency.

This "research lab" is still in business despite their horrendous record. They continue to sell live animals for useless research. Its time to put an end to this cruel behavior.

FDA Says Tainted Pet Food Still Being Sold

The Food and Drug Administration said it had inspected about 400 stores nationwide and still found some dog and cat food products affected by last month's recall by Canada-based pet food maker Menu Foods Income Fund and other manufacturers.



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Symantec Kicks Off Effort To Protect Kids Online -- Symantec -- Information

Symantec launches web site for families to protect children



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Myspace vs. Photobucket

Larry Dignan and Steve O'Hear from ZDnet.com recently wrote two interesting pieces shedding light on the battle of a powerful social networking site (Myspace) and a useful widget (like Photobucket). So the question is how will people respond? My view is similar to what Larry and Steve have written. If Myspace or any other big name site starts to restrict creativity or charge fees, things will change for the worse. Look at AOL for example, I use and like AOL while most tech people do not. (Full disclosure, I also own a bit of Time Warner stock, the parent of AOL). Funny thing is that now AOL is coming out for free, more people are taking another look and saying its not so bad (to use and as a stock). What made it bad was the pricing that seemed to rise every year and novice computer people like myself were hooked in and could not or would not leave the service. Which brings me back to the original post. If people get fed up with the services or activities of a major site like Myspace they will simply move on. Below is the text from Larry's article and well a link to my Myspace page. Everyone is free to add me if you wish or e-mail me.

Myspace.com/Bmwbob

The big picture: Photobucket vs. MySpace by ZDNet's Larry Dignan -- MySpace has pulled millions of Photobucket video from its site. That's the headline of the moment, but the real interesting developments occur when you zoom out a bit. The big picture matters a lot more than the initial story (Techmeme discussion). Here's why: Web 2.0 business models. Photobucket clearly depends on the MySpace ecosystem. However, one [...]

MySpace blocks Photobucket videos; the end of the wild west of social networks? by ZDNet's Steve O'Hear -- MySpace, the 100 pound guerrilla of social networking, is at it again -- this time blocking Photobucket videos from being embedded on the site. MySpace has always been like the wild west of social networks, but now that the site's owners, News Corp. are acting like a belligerent dictator -- how long before its users decide to leave town?

House committee subpoena to AG Gonzales

The House Committee on the Judiciary subpoenas U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to produce documents and electronic information relating to the recent termination of eight U.S. attorneys.

http://fl1.findlaw.com/news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/doj/agsubpoena070410.pdf

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All-New 2009 Ford Flex Crossover Debuts

The hit concept vehicle of 2005 - the Fairlane Concept - achieves production reality in the all new Ford Flex crossover



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Another great site by Cnet



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Discovery Channel PlanetGreen coming in 2008

Discovery Communications stated they will start a new Discovery channel in 2008 for the Green lifestyle



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Don't forget your Easter egg donuts this weekend

Krispy Kreme is offering Easter egg donuts



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To my US Senator from Texas: Welcome to the 20th century, yes the 20th century!

My US Senator from Texas, Kay B. Hutchinson was touring my home town in south Texas yesterday and realized that we can produce more solar and wind power here in Texas for the rest of the country than we could with all the oil we are drilling. Her words were "we can produce more energy from one acre of sunshine than 800 barrels of oil." Well what do you know? Hey Senator guess what? The year is 2007 and Democrats and environmentalists have been saying that since the 1970s! I would welcome her to the 21st century but she is just now getting to the 20th century. So how about we stop trying to drill up alaska? Think she would vote for that? Unfortunately not. She has consistently voted to open up alaska to oil drillers. You know my good friends Al Gore and President Clinton suggested throughout their administrations in the 90s that we look for alternative fuels but nobody listened. Oh wait, I'm sorry some people did listen, Toyota Motors and other jap automakers starting making hybrids and they are killing out the American car makers like my good friends over at Ford and GM. And understand I mean no disrespect to the Japanese people but I refer to the gov't as Jap bc they continue their ridiculous whaling each year for "scientific purposes." What a crock. And alaska is no different so they get a "little a" instead of a capital A bc I have respect for their animals abusing ways either. They are no better than the Japs, Iceland, and esp canada. Stop the killing of innocent whales and seals!

Another brand of dog biscuits added to recall

I know it seems never ending but please be aware when new products are added. Spread the word to friends, family and neighbors. This brand may be more regional which means we all need to ask questions of our own regional brands. Also Menu Foods has expanded once again the number of products under recall.



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Who is paying for Monica Goodling's lawyers?

Monica Goodling, the senior counsel to Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, apparently makes pretty good money at her job. She is represented by the large and powerful law firm of Akin Gump. How much does the Justice Dept pay these senior counselors? A recent article by Ron Hutcheson at McClatchy Newspapers asked the question "Who is Monica Goodling?" According to the article, "Goodling, 33, is a 1995 graduate Messiah College in Grantham, Pa. She received her law degree at Regent University in Virginia Beach, Va." so she's 33 and can afford to hire Akin Gump? Below are two links. First a letter from her lawyer at Akin Gump to the committee chairs and second the article from Mr. Hutcheson. Both are very interesting reads. You must understand that Akin Gump is a wealthy, powerful law firm with offices worldwide.

Akin Gump letter

Ron Hutcheson article

To my Oklahoma friends

Knock Sen. Tom Coburn(R) out of office! As reported by Anna Schecter on the ABC News blotter, "A Republican senator is holding up a popular bipartisan bill to crack down on cockfighting that was expected to pass easily in the Senate, drawing outrage from his congressional colleagues. The hold, placed by Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., 'testifies to the powers of these shadowy forces that allow this illegal and barbaric scandal to continue,' said Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., one of the bill's co-sponsors in the House. Earlier Republicans and Democrats in the House passed the bill by a landslide margin of 368 to 39 votes." Coburn's office acknowledged that he's the sole individual holding up the vote.

See what one person in power can do! My OK friends, you have got to get rid of this guy for the good of the rest of the country.

Pet treats recalled too

As published on Recallcases.com, many brand name pet treats are included in the pet food recalls including Ol' Roy, Jerky Treats, and Pounce cat treats. Please visit this site for more info or check the FDA web site for updated brands.

Help Stop the Cruel Fur Industry.

Danger to DNA but no recall

According to the Associated Press, the FDA has issued a warning to Iams pet food company regarding some of its diet foods that contain an unapproved substance. Iams, maker of Eukanuba pet foods, is a subsidiary of Procter and Gamble. The warning letter urged Iams to remove chromium tripicolinate from its pet food products, but has not asked for a recall of these foods at this time. The FDA considers this chemical to be genotoxic, meaning it can cause damage to DNA and cause mutations and tumors.