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When a Puppy Becomes a “Man?”

This is not about a B-rated sci-fi movie where a dog becomes a man.

Actually, it’s about when a male pup matures into a dog. All puppies squat to do their business. At some magical, maturing moment, males typically learn to lift their leg. Not all do. They can learn it from being around other males; [MORE]

To: President Barack Obama

Congratulations and thank you for all you do.

Your good friend Quincy Jones said: “…next conversation I have with President Obama is to beg for a Secretary of Arts.”[November 14th 2008 WNYC interview by John Schaefer on "Soundcheck."]

We the undersigned support Quincy Jones’ plea.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Add your name to the petition - CLICK HERE

I added my name and left this comment:

“Art education is not about elitist thinking, or tu-tu dancing. It’s about jobs. Walk the aisle of any grocery store in America, drive the streets and look at signs, listen to any presentation given in a conference room – or for that matter any one of the dozens of radio stations on your car radio whilst you drive. The arts are about jobs. People who design packaging, business signs and cards, the interface for programs on your computer, the lay-out of your store and office, help the CEO give a speech and help the nation see, hear and read about important things. The arts and arts education are about jobs – and joy. Don’t forget the joy.” ~BLM

The Northwest Courant
Apologies to and dedicated in memory of B. Franklin’s New-England Courant

“An irregular blog” by Paul B. Bader
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Don’t let the door hit you in the rear as you exit

My initial rant

For me, it seems amazing that the Republican leadership that has driven us off the proverbial financial cliff is so positive that their obstructionism will succeed. For the 30% of the country they represent, they remain consistent, but it is a losing battle with the rest of America.

America no longer wants to argue over Terry Shiavo and the wedge issues of Rush and Karl Rove.  What they want and need is policies that garner results.  It is fascinating that a little known law prohibiting multiple ownership of radio stations that the Bushies eliminated in the name of “free markets’ is almost totally responsible for the O’Reilly, Hannity and Limbaugh troika, and the ugly rhetoric and poisoned well of the last decade’s Bush-Cheney regime (see below).

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