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Local politics

Read the writing on the paw

February 10, 2010

Yesterday, we had a guest speaker – Sarah – come into the DogWalk to motivate us to get out there and walk regularly, even if there is two feet of snow outside, kids home from school everywhere and cars zipping by us as we walk in the street.
Then, Charlie noticed that Sarah had some writing [...]

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You are not lost, you are here and you know where here is, right?

February 1, 2010

You are reading DogWalkBlog.com, produced and written in Dayton, Ohio. We are talking with Rufus, one of the key writers of the blog where he reminds us why you, time and place are important for blog credibility and reader orienteering.
I was reading a blog from a linked tweet this morning and halfway through it, my [...]

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Stupid is good

January 17, 2010

“Greed is good” Gordon Gecko, Wall Street, 1987
And now apparently stupid is in. Stupid is good. At least that is what Diesel wants you to believe. In 2008, we wanted really smart people to be in power. Judging from the current political winds, 2012 may be the year stupid is cool again.
I understand why Diesel [...]

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Everyone in Washington is behind the wheel, but nobody is driving.

January 10, 2010

The first thing my driver’s education teacher taught me, after he showed me the volume knob also clicked the radio off, was that in all situations, at all times, always know where your safety zone was. If someone was behind you and couldn’t stop, where were you going to pull into to get out of [...]

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Real airport security is very low tech

December 29, 2009

With all the news media chattering on about this latest round of terrorism with flight 253 and the guy with a bad stomach in the restroom, we are seeing the latest group of pundits advocating for more technology, full-body scans, etc, etc.
Oh, brother.
Real airport security is far more low-tech than that. Here is the [...]

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Who is being polled every day?

December 17, 2009

Not a day goes by when the cable news doesn’t announce a new poll on this or that, mostly having to do with the approval rating of President Obama, whether the country is headed in the right direction* or if they support this or that program. A daily poll? Why? And who are they polling? [...]

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We are creating our own nanny state and them is us

December 8, 2009

The photo above in the Wall Street Journal caught my eye this morning and sent me into a tizzy. For the record, I am a bit upset at the direction the health care reform bill is taking. It favors the preservation of the insurance company system by forcing us to buy the same crap that [...]

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The Real Iron Chef Tim Hammack

November 26, 2009

Chef Tim Hammack serves up to 1,200 meals a day from whatever is donated to the Bay Area Rescue Mission in Richmond, Calif. Like Dr. Dave Ores, Tim isn’t waiting around for government to help solve problems. He is hopping in and doing it himself.
Like Iron Chef, he has no idea what the secret [...]

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Let’s try 9/11 terrorists in the heartland of “Pro-America”

November 19, 2009

Eric Holder and President Obama are taking a lot of flack on their decision to try the 9/11 terrorists in New York, just a few blocks away from the former World Trade Center. A lot of the angst and anxiety is centered around making the country less safe, endangering New York unnecessarily and making New [...]

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Things are uneasy, and leash laws are top of the heap

November 13, 2009

Things are a bit uneasy out there with the average citizens. Anxiety is high, people feel they have little control of their own destiny and they are on edge. Know how I can tell? Is it news of the economy streaming over the 24/7 cable news? Politicians screaming from podium microphones? Former governors hawking tell-all-know-nothing-stir-up-hate [...]

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Being naked is not a sex crime*

October 31, 2009

This is a response to Police Chief Mark Beckner trying to ban the annual Naked Pumpkin Run in Boulder, Colorado.
Here is the logic of “being naked is a sex crime.” Genitals and breasts are used during sex. A display of genitals and breasts in public is a crime. Therefore displaying your genitals and breasts in [...]

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What I would have sent NPR if their contact form worked

October 21, 2009

Why did your guest, Mr. Carr feel it necessary to characterize the web site http://www.whitehouse.gov/realitycheck/ as looking like it was maintained by someone “living in his mom’s basement in Ohio and could use a job?”
While I don’t dispute the fact that there are PROBABLY grown men in Ohio blogging and living in their [...]

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An argument for pulling the plug

October 18, 2009

The argument for pulling the plug on someone who is brain dead and on life support is very easy and can be made in two sentences. For now, though, humor me with a short theory on some health insurance stuff.
I think ultimately people buy health insurance in hopes of preventing their own death. Regardless of [...]

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Why banking pay bonuses piss people off, how spanking is a good thing, what just compensation really is in Eminent Domain and why the military is meeting their recruiting goals

October 14, 2009

There was just so much stuff today that made this puppy’s head spin. Amazing how the news media can be given all the facts and come to the wrong conclusion simply by assuming the story HAS to be more complicated than the simplest explanation.
Banking bonuses getting paid to incompetent employees
Jim Cramer came on Morning Joe [...]

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Those damn socialists at the Englewood Water Department

September 29, 2009

A water main starting leaking in front of my house. Last week, the City of Englewood sent a man out in a pickup truck who marked up the pavement with green and orange paint.
This morning, the Socialist Englewood Water Department sent an entire crew of water department surgeons out with spare parts, heavy equipment and [...]

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Dear Minority Leader John Boehner; this I fear more

September 20, 2009

A few days ago, I saw a video of you saying that Americans most fear the US Federal Government is spending beyond it’s means and that we are leaving a mountain of debt to our kids and grandkids. (I can’t find it right now, but when I do, I’ll post it.)
I think you are wrong.
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Health insurance companies will be ok but you lose. Again.

August 23, 2009

Regardless of what health reform laws pass in the next several months, health insurance companies will still be ok. They will find ways of continuing to extract premiums from business and individuals all the while maintaining their profit margins and paying fewer claims.
How do I know this? I’m watching the credit card companies.
Last week, new [...]

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Englewood, Ohio mural is complete

August 20, 2009

Here is the mural that was painted on the Rapp Building at the corner of Union and Main in Englewood, OH. We’re just really happy to see a dog in the mural!

Here is a close up of the dog in the mural.

And a dog that was looking out the car window at the dog in [...]

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