so um... didnt see anything that really jumped out at me in the news today, so... i'mm a make some up. kinda.
Sharpsburg, Md - 2 hours ago
the stotlers are at it again, revving up that jackhammer at 6 am... this marathon construction has been going for some 9 months now, and nothing seems to be much different. Neighbor christine dixon comments: "well,they CLAIM to be resurfacing their [gravel] driveway, but the real dish is... when the town told them they couldn't shoot groundhogs in their yard anymore, the stotlers decided to go subterrainian... hunt the little buggers on their turf." no comment could be gleaned from the groundhog camp.
anyone else have any.. news??
Full Version: boring day
This isn't in the news but I think it is worth getting out to the public.
I've noticed other areas like Carroll County, Montgomery County and other surrounding areas that their SPCA's have vets on staff or volunteer their time to help the cat/dog population (since owners are so dumb not to do it themselves) and spay/nuetar at a great discount cost. Why don't we have any vets in this area that care enough to do that in Washington County? That would be great if they would do it for people who own farms. I'm not saying do it for free.
Another option, is take some of our tax money away from the drug dealing welfare cases and give it to the SPCA so they can hire a vet for their staff to do it at a discount cost. or another option is to take all those wonderful luxuries from the prisoners and give that money to the SPCA.
Anyway, people of Washington County need to spay/neutar their outside animals, especially cats. SPCA does have funding to help and the cheapest vet I have found is Dr. Wagner on Rt. 40.
I've noticed other areas like Carroll County, Montgomery County and other surrounding areas that their SPCA's have vets on staff or volunteer their time to help the cat/dog population (since owners are so dumb not to do it themselves) and spay/nuetar at a great discount cost. Why don't we have any vets in this area that care enough to do that in Washington County? That would be great if they would do it for people who own farms. I'm not saying do it for free.
Another option, is take some of our tax money away from the drug dealing welfare cases and give it to the SPCA so they can hire a vet for their staff to do it at a discount cost. or another option is to take all those wonderful luxuries from the prisoners and give that money to the SPCA.
Anyway, people of Washington County need to spay/neutar their outside animals, especially cats. SPCA does have funding to help and the cheapest vet I have found is Dr. Wagner on Rt. 40.
QUOTE (Journey @ Oct 29 2007, 10:23 AM) 
Another option, is take some of our tax money away from the drug dealing welfare cases and give it to the SPCA so they can hire a vet for their staff to do it at a discount cost. or another option is to take all those wonderful luxuries from the prisoners and give that money to the SPCA.
I would agree, but a lot of these dogs and cats use drugs too. You ought to see my cats on the catnip. Wow! Plus, if they weren't engaging in unprotected sex, they wouldn't need to be fixed. I've been an advocate of abstinence-only training for cats and dogs for quite awhile now.
You're right about the prisoners having too many wonderful luxuries. Those people behind bars have got it made.
I sure wasn't a boring day for me, I work outside all day long.
Did see a Fire Truck go by, not sure where they was a heading.
Did see a Fire Truck go by, not sure where they was a heading.
Today, I dropped a brochure layout off at a business on N. Prospect Street. Police cars whizzed up in their cars. They ran over to a window well by the Preysbyterian Church. Sadly, deer had been spooked in the road and ran across the property and jumped over a hedge into the window well. As I was leaving, folks were calling the SPCA. Poor deer, not a boring day at all for them.
QUOTE (Bentcorner @ Oct 29 2007, 11:31 AM)
I've been an advocate of abstinence-only training for cats and dogs for quite awhile now.
My sister sent this article to me, yesterday, in an email. Thought is was funny. It's about my brother-in-law (her husband). He is a very gifted man and now he's stirring up conspiracy therories! Enjoy.
Ignorant flippin' out over coin
By David Harsanyi
The Denver Post
Article Last Updated: 10/29/2007 12:17:27 AM MDT
Loveland resident Daniel Carr's work is exceptionally beautiful.
A designer of collectible coins, he's the man behind the official New York and Rhode Island state quarter designs for the United States.
Sadly, some people are taking Carr's entire oeuvre a bit too seriously. They should not.
Not long ago, Carr, who also casts funny and gimmicky coins, came up with a bright idea. He fashioned a collectible coin based on an imaginary currency called the "amero" - a mix of "America" and "dinero." It is something analogous to the European euro. Analogous but fake. Carr's denominations range from 20 to 1,000.
The fact that this currency doesn't, you know, actually exist hasn't stopped a crush of orders from coming in or paranoia from erupting.
Scores of people who believe evil globalists, government officials and "multinational" corporate heads are working in implausible secrecy and cooperation to hand over our sovereignty to a shadowy "North American Union" were quick to jump on the amero as proof of a scheme afoot.
"I had started to read reports about the discussion regarding the government going to a union between all the countries in North America," Carr tells me. "The amero would be modeled on the common European currency. My first thought was not that this is not so much a political statement rather than just an interesting issue."
I find the idea of a North American Union, as I do most conspiracy theories, pure baloney. How could all these enormous institutions have the ability to work in precise cohesion to control the entire continental economy when the government can't even figure out how to plow the snow on my street?
Carr, a Denver native who earned a mechanical engineering degree from the University of Colorado in 1982, says he's not exceptionally political, though he likes to "spark discussions." This discussion, however, has surprised him.
"It wasn't more than a day after I had posted the amero when a talk-radio show host by the name of \[name redacted because the host is a bigot who deserves no space in this column] ... took my image without my permission. He said, 'Look! We've exposed government leaders who are about to betray us, and here is proof in the amero!' I e-mailed this person and told him that he didn't have permission to use the image, and it wasn't real, anyway. But he never responded."
Real imaginary amero
"Real"? Who cares? And when a listener sent the host a real-life imaginary amero, not only didn't he get it (or perhaps he was deliberately ignorant - ignorant being the key word here), he advised his audience that the amero had been smuggled out of the Treasury Department by an employee.
Needless to say, message boards filled up with tall tales about the new emerging currency of North America. It was a dramatic day for some, I'm sure. (It should be pointed out, there were responsible members of the "North American Union" crowd who tracked down Carr and found out that it was, in fact, baloney.)
Carr's amero is as professional as it is sleek. If they were to ever produce an amero - God forbid - this design would be a great place to start the process.
One side features "Seated Liberty" and the other a similar "Eagle & Globe" with the words "North American Union" above it.
Really cool.
Why doesn't Carr trademark the amero? Make it his own.
"At this time it is perfectly legal to make amero; there is nothing anywhere in any country that says I can't," he says. "But I wasn't the first to think of it."
There have been some theoretical discussions about the amero in the past. Though not a single official in any country in North America has ever moved to produce this currency.
Still, for Carr a little controversy is clearly good for business. And his site, dc-coin.com, now features a disclaimer for visitors.
"My goal with these coins is not to endorse a Union of North America or a common 'amero' currency. I fully support the United States Constitution," Carr wrote. "I expect that these coins will help make more people aware of the issue and the possible ramifications. I leave it up to others to decide if they are in favor of, or against, a North American Union."
Viva conspiracy!
David Harsanyi's column appears Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Reach him at 303-954-1255 or dharsanyi@denverpost.com.
Edit: Here's a pic. You can see it better on the website.
Here's his self portrait coin!!
Ignorant flippin' out over coin
By David Harsanyi
The Denver Post
Article Last Updated: 10/29/2007 12:17:27 AM MDT
Loveland resident Daniel Carr's work is exceptionally beautiful.
A designer of collectible coins, he's the man behind the official New York and Rhode Island state quarter designs for the United States.
Sadly, some people are taking Carr's entire oeuvre a bit too seriously. They should not.
Not long ago, Carr, who also casts funny and gimmicky coins, came up with a bright idea. He fashioned a collectible coin based on an imaginary currency called the "amero" - a mix of "America" and "dinero." It is something analogous to the European euro. Analogous but fake. Carr's denominations range from 20 to 1,000.
The fact that this currency doesn't, you know, actually exist hasn't stopped a crush of orders from coming in or paranoia from erupting.
Scores of people who believe evil globalists, government officials and "multinational" corporate heads are working in implausible secrecy and cooperation to hand over our sovereignty to a shadowy "North American Union" were quick to jump on the amero as proof of a scheme afoot.
"I had started to read reports about the discussion regarding the government going to a union between all the countries in North America," Carr tells me. "The amero would be modeled on the common European currency. My first thought was not that this is not so much a political statement rather than just an interesting issue."
I find the idea of a North American Union, as I do most conspiracy theories, pure baloney. How could all these enormous institutions have the ability to work in precise cohesion to control the entire continental economy when the government can't even figure out how to plow the snow on my street?
Carr, a Denver native who earned a mechanical engineering degree from the University of Colorado in 1982, says he's not exceptionally political, though he likes to "spark discussions." This discussion, however, has surprised him.
"It wasn't more than a day after I had posted the amero when a talk-radio show host by the name of \[name redacted because the host is a bigot who deserves no space in this column] ... took my image without my permission. He said, 'Look! We've exposed government leaders who are about to betray us, and here is proof in the amero!' I e-mailed this person and told him that he didn't have permission to use the image, and it wasn't real, anyway. But he never responded."
Real imaginary amero
"Real"? Who cares? And when a listener sent the host a real-life imaginary amero, not only didn't he get it (or perhaps he was deliberately ignorant - ignorant being the key word here), he advised his audience that the amero had been smuggled out of the Treasury Department by an employee.
Needless to say, message boards filled up with tall tales about the new emerging currency of North America. It was a dramatic day for some, I'm sure. (It should be pointed out, there were responsible members of the "North American Union" crowd who tracked down Carr and found out that it was, in fact, baloney.)
Carr's amero is as professional as it is sleek. If they were to ever produce an amero - God forbid - this design would be a great place to start the process.
One side features "Seated Liberty" and the other a similar "Eagle & Globe" with the words "North American Union" above it.
Really cool.
Why doesn't Carr trademark the amero? Make it his own.
"At this time it is perfectly legal to make amero; there is nothing anywhere in any country that says I can't," he says. "But I wasn't the first to think of it."
There have been some theoretical discussions about the amero in the past. Though not a single official in any country in North America has ever moved to produce this currency.
Still, for Carr a little controversy is clearly good for business. And his site, dc-coin.com, now features a disclaimer for visitors.
"My goal with these coins is not to endorse a Union of North America or a common 'amero' currency. I fully support the United States Constitution," Carr wrote. "I expect that these coins will help make more people aware of the issue and the possible ramifications. I leave it up to others to decide if they are in favor of, or against, a North American Union."
Viva conspiracy!
David Harsanyi's column appears Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Reach him at 303-954-1255 or dharsanyi@denverpost.com.
Edit: Here's a pic. You can see it better on the website.
Here's his self portrait coin!!
QUOTE (communityhagerstown @ Oct 29 2007, 09:33 PM)
Police cars whizzed up in their cars.
bet that was a sight. "and to think that i saw it on mulberry street!"
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