Hey, I've been thinking. Old George Bush Jr. Has not gotten the support and recognition that he deserves.

Please everyone join me an post why you think the big guy in the not quite round office needs a great big hug.

Show your support for Bush! Post now!

Note: Any post following this one will be counted as an endorsement of George Bush Jr and his policies, regardless of it's content.

(Ignoring the previous post...ok, actually all the previous posts.)

The doggy clearly loved the kitties so much that he was pulling a lassie. He ran back into the building, expecting firemen to follow him, which they did, and then insisted that they rescue the kittens.

Happy, Alex?

I'm not a big supporter of bush: I do prefer a clean look (waxing or laser hair removal)

On the last word: Keep in mind that as things currently stand on the employment front I am being paid to sit in a chair (I was paid pretty well to actually do things so let's just say the chair-sitting compensation is astronomical). This leaves me with a certain surplus of time on my hands.

Re traci: I could buy that, but the story makes no reference to the dog running back into the house. Simply that it refused to leave.

Finally, I'm ok with being labeled a Bush supporter. It will give me further street cred when arguing with Leo.

Finally.

True, Alex. Perhaps he just barked vehemently, attracting firefighters attention. Maybe he was making pockets of oxygen with his fur so that the kittens could survive a little longer even if he didn't. Maybe he was just stupid?

Perhaps he did. Though those facts aren't in the story to justify the headline or the first sentence in the story. Yes, it makes for a better newspaper story than "Dog and four kittens almost die in fire" though it is curious that we don't know the name of the true heroes in this story, credited with actual fauna-saving feats: the firefighter that retrieved them or the EMT that affixed an oxygen mask to the oooooh so cute and cuddly face of Leo.

He (Leo, not the EMT) may also have made them wear damp bandanas to help filter our the smoke. Though obviously he wasn't paying attention to flight attendants or he would have known to first secure his own air supply before helping nearby children.

I know it is just a silly vapid local news human interest story-writing and hyperbolic headline writing, and I like to comment on that when I see it. Besides, the alternative was to talk about our Leo and I was already doing that in another thread and if I hadn't shown up to be a humorless (or am I) hardass, then this thread wouldn't be the rousing success it is. Instead just lying there with nary a reply while Moonliner was forced to wonder if he detected in the far distance a twitter of wry chuckling.

Wow. Just wow. An inspired bit of prose to be sure. A perfect way to close out this thread.

Aren't you always supposed to end it by saying "so there!" ?

Roughly translated, that barking meant, "Damnit, I said slow cooked at 350°. Turn the effing broiler off, get me some kosher salt, bbq sauce, and a basting brush. STAT!!"