Hi Humans,
Let me elaborate more on Health Care Reform (even though it won't affect us dogs directly, I am concerned about you guys). You humans seem to agree that there are problems in the human health care system. It's the solution that you disagree on. The fact is, it is a complex problem for which none of you really know the answer. Also, you humans are very impatient and expect timely perfection (and you can't agree on what that perfection would be even if it were possible). The reality is that whatever course on which you will embark will result in failure if you define success as perfection as you see it. If you are as smart as us dogs, you will allow yourselves to fall on your face a few times until you arrive at some practical solution, and even then it will probably always be a work in progress as you try to keep pace with changing technical and social realities. That's just the way it probably will be. However, if you insist on some idealogical positions to the right or the left which prevent you from agreeing on anything, you will not even get started until reality pulls you by the ears and forces you into some less than ideal disaster averting semi-solution (as we saw with the financial system at the end of the Bush administration).
Chloe
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
State of the Union
Hi Humans,
I think President Obama made a great State of the Union address. I also think that the Republicans winning the Senate seat in Massachussetts was a good thing, a reality check for the President and the Democratic party. I think that in the relationship between President Obama and the Democratic Congress, it has become apparent that until now the tail has been wagging the dog (if I may use a canine analogy). I mean by that, the Democratic Party was acting as though the President needed them, but the reality was that the Democratic Party gained control of Congress on Obama's coat tails. Obama was elected president not because he is a Democrat but because his pragmatism and intelligence appealed to the great majority of American people who want results no matter where they come from. For example, in the matter of Health Care Reform, the President wants and has wanted all along to correct certain deficiencies in the present system, like having everyone or almost everyone covered, not being denied coverage because of a pre-existing condition, and controlling the cost of health care, however those goals are accomplished. The Democratic idealogues insisted on the Public Option as an absolute necessity (some even threatening to vote against any legislation without it), and the Republican idealogues have been absolutely opposed to the Public Option and in fact seem to be more concerned with making Obama and the Democratic party fail than what is in the interest of the American public. So I think the Republican win in Massachussetts has freed the president from the grasp of his party, so he can do what he is best at, namely to negotiate a bipartisan healthcare law (including the few reasonable Republicans) that will truly represent something like what the American people want and can support. Of course whatever comes out will have flaws and will have to be adjusted and reworked. It's a complex problem, and no one knows the exactly best remedy. But if we keep working on it, it will ultimately be more or less successful, although it may always remain a work in progress. Anyway, that's what I think. But what do I know? I'm just a dog.
By the way, Mom has some great new beads and wire wrap jewelry in her gallery at http://www.beadshaper.com/gallery
Chloe
I think President Obama made a great State of the Union address. I also think that the Republicans winning the Senate seat in Massachussetts was a good thing, a reality check for the President and the Democratic party. I think that in the relationship between President Obama and the Democratic Congress, it has become apparent that until now the tail has been wagging the dog (if I may use a canine analogy). I mean by that, the Democratic Party was acting as though the President needed them, but the reality was that the Democratic Party gained control of Congress on Obama's coat tails. Obama was elected president not because he is a Democrat but because his pragmatism and intelligence appealed to the great majority of American people who want results no matter where they come from. For example, in the matter of Health Care Reform, the President wants and has wanted all along to correct certain deficiencies in the present system, like having everyone or almost everyone covered, not being denied coverage because of a pre-existing condition, and controlling the cost of health care, however those goals are accomplished. The Democratic idealogues insisted on the Public Option as an absolute necessity (some even threatening to vote against any legislation without it), and the Republican idealogues have been absolutely opposed to the Public Option and in fact seem to be more concerned with making Obama and the Democratic party fail than what is in the interest of the American public. So I think the Republican win in Massachussetts has freed the president from the grasp of his party, so he can do what he is best at, namely to negotiate a bipartisan healthcare law (including the few reasonable Republicans) that will truly represent something like what the American people want and can support. Of course whatever comes out will have flaws and will have to be adjusted and reworked. It's a complex problem, and no one knows the exactly best remedy. But if we keep working on it, it will ultimately be more or less successful, although it may always remain a work in progress. Anyway, that's what I think. But what do I know? I'm just a dog.
By the way, Mom has some great new beads and wire wrap jewelry in her gallery at http://www.beadshaper.com/gallery
Chloe
Monday, January 25, 2010
Israeli Field Hospital in Haiti
Hi Humans,
The earthquake in Haiti is a great tragedy which has brought out the best in human behavior from the brave people of Haiti and from people all over the world who want to help. As a Jewish doggie, I am particularly proud of my fellow Jews in Israel who very quickly, after the earthquake occurred, traveled across the world to dig people out of the rubble and establish the first advanced field hospital on the scene.
Chloe
The earthquake in Haiti is a great tragedy which has brought out the best in human behavior from the brave people of Haiti and from people all over the world who want to help. As a Jewish doggie, I am particularly proud of my fellow Jews in Israel who very quickly, after the earthquake occurred, traveled across the world to dig people out of the rubble and establish the first advanced field hospital on the scene.
Chloe
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Rainy Weather
Hi Humans,
We have had a lot of very rainy weather here in Southern California this past week or so. This poses a problem for us dogs. We are not supposed to relieve ourselves indoors since we are not anatomically built to use the toilet which you humans have designed for your anatomy. On the other hand, there is a rainstorm on the other side of the doggie door! Would you like to have a shower come down on you when you go to the bathroom? Oh well, the life of a dog isn't perfect, but whose life is?
By the way, Mommy will be presenting her handmade lampwork glass beads at the Tucson Bead show in Tucson, Arizona, at the Doubletree Reid Hotel, February 6, 7, and 8, Booth G170 (See http://www.beadshaper.com/gallery for details). And this time I am coming with on the trip because we will be staying at a pet friendly hotel. I won't be at the show itself. I'll stay in the room. Still, it will be fun. I always enjoy going on vacation.
Chloe
We have had a lot of very rainy weather here in Southern California this past week or so. This poses a problem for us dogs. We are not supposed to relieve ourselves indoors since we are not anatomically built to use the toilet which you humans have designed for your anatomy. On the other hand, there is a rainstorm on the other side of the doggie door! Would you like to have a shower come down on you when you go to the bathroom? Oh well, the life of a dog isn't perfect, but whose life is?
By the way, Mommy will be presenting her handmade lampwork glass beads at the Tucson Bead show in Tucson, Arizona, at the Doubletree Reid Hotel, February 6, 7, and 8, Booth G170 (See http://www.beadshaper.com/gallery for details). And this time I am coming with on the trip because we will be staying at a pet friendly hotel. I won't be at the show itself. I'll stay in the room. Still, it will be fun. I always enjoy going on vacation.
Chloe
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Redondo Beach
Hi Humans,
Let me tell you about my latest adventure. Mommy went to a seminar in Redondo Beach on some special flameworking technique to enhance and expand her repertoire in making glass beads to offer at www.beadshaper.com The ability to continue studying to build on your knowledge is one of the most important abilities that you humans have that puts you ahead of the rest of us creatures. Those of you who stick in the past and bask in the laurels of what you or your ancestors have already done are no smarter than the rest of us.
Anyway, enough preaching, let me tell you about my adventure. After Daddy and I dropped Mommy off, we had all day to hang together. We spent the morning strolling along the Esplanade, which is a long boulevard along the Ocean. Below the Esplanade is a long beach with volley ball players, surfers, sun bathers, etc., like a scene out of a Hollywood beach movie. It was a beautiful day, sunny, around 70 degrees Farenheit (in the winter!). Looking out at the ocean, one can see the surf, the endless expanse of water, and a panorama from the Palos Verdes hills in the south to the mountains above Malibu to the north. Makes one happy to be a California doggie. But most fascinating to me were the multitude of dogs walking along the Esplanade, big ones that tower over me and little ones my size and even smaller. Hairy ones and relatively hairless ones. Calm ones and frisky ones. A real rainbow of my species. And you should see them all strut like the world belongs to them, and I strutted too. I held up my head and strutted like the best of them. And I stopped to sniff at all the appropriate places, just like the rest of them.
After lunch, Daddy took me to a doggie groomer on Beryl Street. I can't say getting a hair cut and a bath is my favorite activity, but the people there were very nice and very competent. The result was worth the effort. They did my ears just right, and put 2 blue bows in them. And getting the hair off my face allowed me to show off my big sexy dark eyes.
Then we took another walk on the Esplanade. People remarked how cute I looked. I must admit, I love to bask in admiration. Then we picked up Mommy and went home. After all that activity, I slept like a log that night, dreaming of strutting down the Esplanade, with all my admirers praising my big sexy eyes, cute ears, and little blue bows.
Chloe
Let me tell you about my latest adventure. Mommy went to a seminar in Redondo Beach on some special flameworking technique to enhance and expand her repertoire in making glass beads to offer at www.beadshaper.com The ability to continue studying to build on your knowledge is one of the most important abilities that you humans have that puts you ahead of the rest of us creatures. Those of you who stick in the past and bask in the laurels of what you or your ancestors have already done are no smarter than the rest of us.
Anyway, enough preaching, let me tell you about my adventure. After Daddy and I dropped Mommy off, we had all day to hang together. We spent the morning strolling along the Esplanade, which is a long boulevard along the Ocean. Below the Esplanade is a long beach with volley ball players, surfers, sun bathers, etc., like a scene out of a Hollywood beach movie. It was a beautiful day, sunny, around 70 degrees Farenheit (in the winter!). Looking out at the ocean, one can see the surf, the endless expanse of water, and a panorama from the Palos Verdes hills in the south to the mountains above Malibu to the north. Makes one happy to be a California doggie. But most fascinating to me were the multitude of dogs walking along the Esplanade, big ones that tower over me and little ones my size and even smaller. Hairy ones and relatively hairless ones. Calm ones and frisky ones. A real rainbow of my species. And you should see them all strut like the world belongs to them, and I strutted too. I held up my head and strutted like the best of them. And I stopped to sniff at all the appropriate places, just like the rest of them.
After lunch, Daddy took me to a doggie groomer on Beryl Street. I can't say getting a hair cut and a bath is my favorite activity, but the people there were very nice and very competent. The result was worth the effort. They did my ears just right, and put 2 blue bows in them. And getting the hair off my face allowed me to show off my big sexy dark eyes.
Then we took another walk on the Esplanade. People remarked how cute I looked. I must admit, I love to bask in admiration. Then we picked up Mommy and went home. After all that activity, I slept like a log that night, dreaming of strutting down the Esplanade, with all my admirers praising my big sexy eyes, cute ears, and little blue bows.
Chloe
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Airline Security
Hi Humans,
I hear humans complaining about the inconvenience of airport security. That's realy dumb. We dogs would never be so stupid. Humans! It's your lives that are at stake. If I were one of you guys, I would travel naked if that were necessary. We dogs are not so modest. Of course, I really don't expect that you would travel naked, but what about if everyone getting on a plane disrobed and put on pajamas supplied by the airline. That would be reasonable. But of course, you human's are so inflexible. It's impossible for you to vary your routine even if your life depended on it (as it does). This dog just can't understand you.
Chloe
I hear humans complaining about the inconvenience of airport security. That's realy dumb. We dogs would never be so stupid. Humans! It's your lives that are at stake. If I were one of you guys, I would travel naked if that were necessary. We dogs are not so modest. Of course, I really don't expect that you would travel naked, but what about if everyone getting on a plane disrobed and put on pajamas supplied by the airline. That would be reasonable. But of course, you human's are so inflexible. It's impossible for you to vary your routine even if your life depended on it (as it does). This dog just can't understand you.
Chloe
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