More pet food recalls

This is obviously more serious than we knew at first...not surprising to me or to you if you've been reading my blogs. The bottom line for many major corporations is greed - not your health - or your pet's health.

Here is a link to the FDA site
which seems to have the most recent of recalls which now includes certain treats.

As my dog loves to get cookies form the FedEx and UPS people as well as the meter readers - I am now posting a sign at my gate to not give him anything... it's safer that way...

I do not know any more than what I post here - but I do know that I take supplements and so do my pets....it helps our immune systems....you can see a video by clicking on the "boost immunity" ad to the right

Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.

On April 4th in 1968, Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot and killed. Like the JFK and RFK assasinations, I recall exactly where I was and what I was doing; but to be honest - as the years go by I forget the exact dates.

But that's me - why has the media forgotten? Until i read a clip on a blog - I had not remembered the date ...no big headlines - no stories - not much mention in the US press.

How sad...Is it because if we recall MLK, Jr.' s death we also have to recall Vietnam and the civil rights struggles of the 60's?

Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. Rest in Peace

shrubs and shrubs

Well shrub #1 is at the microphone and shrub #2 is stalking in from the garden.....but that's not creepy enough - you have to hear what shrub # 1 saying..

1- seems he forgot that Congress did pass legislation to fund our children [the troops]...it's he who wants to veto that legislation

2- seems he also forgot that many of our children are now stuck in Iraq way past their go home dates - well because he wants an escalation

3- he also forgot that many of our children are being sent back sooner than they are supposed to return - AND still without the armor and other protection that is needed

4- he also forgot that the citizens of the USA voted in this current Congress because they also find the situation unacceptable.. but we are not forgetting that this entire mess rests squarely on the shrub's shoulder and he has to someohe get his brain around the fact that the citizens of the USA do not agree with him or his policies...and the DO agree with with what COngress is proposing...

And if this bill is vetoed - it is the shrub who will be failing to fund our children - not Congress and not the SA citizens.

[for those who have not read some of my former posts - I use the term our children as I hate the word troop - troop is a way of distancing yourself from the fact that every military person has a mother and father. They are OUR children over there - even if they are not biologically yours....

More about the bad pet food

A few additional foods are being recalled; lawsuits are springing up and people are worried with good reason.

It seems that the wheat gluten in the dog food contained melamine...used in making plastic!

An aside here - plastic is becoming more well known as a major source of "much badness." In San Francisco, the Board of Supervisors approved legislation this past Tuesday "to outlaw plastic checkout bags at large supermarkets in about six months and large chain pharmacies in about a year."
Full article HERE.

HERE is a CNN article about recent recalls and if you are in Oregon, HERE is a link to a local article that includes Oregon and FDA links for more information.

Some news sources suggest checking your dry pet food for what gluten - I just did and feel a lot better - none there!

A sad laugh

I canceled cable TV a while back as I hated paying all that money just to watch Bill Maher, Jon Stewart and a few other shows.

But thanks to YouTube, I can get to watch some of each and if you do not have cable TV - here is Bill: