George Bush has balls, too, but even he has to bow to this motherfucker.

[rubykatewriting]

Matt Taibbi wrote a piece on Rudy Giuliani for Rolling Stone and now I have an overwhelming urge to puke. Or just get the fuck out of this country. I think my favorite part – you know, besides his inability to accept ANY responsibility for the messy clean-up of the WTC and that it is killing the clean-up crews – is his inability to accept that US foreign policy played a part in what happened the morning of September 11, 2001.

Motherfucker, indeed.

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[popculturespong.livejournal.com]

I'm really afraid he's going to get the nomination. Then New Jersey'd vote for him and the Dems would go home.

[rubykatewriting.livejournal.com]

I know. McCain seems to be cracking under the pressure AGAIN, and Romney is a boob on two legs. And then I really will have to leave the country because. Just. NO.

[popculturespong.livejournal.com]

McCain doesn't have a chance because he won't get off the war. No one will vote for him if he comes in there with "we'll be there for 10 more years" when Hillary wants to be out in '08

[rubykatewriting.livejournal.com]

Yeah. They were discussing him on some show – I think, think it may have been This Week, but I can't remember for sure. Anyway, McCain made this big to-do about the fact he could walk the streets in Iraq and how terrific that was, etc., etc. What he failed to mention was the four or five bodies-thick protective detail surrounding him as well as the helicopters overhead, keeping track of his every move. He just doesn't get it, and I swear he has some major PTSD issues because he just fucking loses it when it all goes to shit. I actually kind of feel bad for the guy. He's such a glutton for punishment.

[briary-flower.livejournal.com]

I guess my main reaction to that article would be that at least it's a relief people talk politics on lj. I had NO IDEA about firemen not getting the radio warning, which is a fucking tragedy. I do know that in general there is an historical enmity between firemen and cops, and I think it has to do with job overlap, unions trying to protect their membership ... and the fact that it serves local government to have these two powerful lobbies at each other's throats, rather then banding together for job security. Actually, there was a whole storyline about it on the show Davinci's City Hall.

Get the new Buffy? I just picked it up but I haven't read it yet. Cool cover.

[rubykatewriting.livejournal.com]

I was REALLY surprised to find that article posted in ohnotheydidnt. It's strange, really, I rarely read Rolling Stone for the music. It's the other stuff - the expose on Scientology, this - that really reminds me why I love the mag because they do occasionally get it right.

No, I haven't, but then I'm the only one in the house who checks the mail, so. And I came entered the neighborhood at the front entrance because I went to the 24 Hour Fitness in Pearland last night, which means I didn't drive by the mailboxes.

[briary-flower.livejournal.com]

The mail doesn't come to your door? Is that because you live in a new development?

[rubykatewriting.livejournal.com]

Nope and yep. We do not have door-to-door service from the post-office so I usually stop on the way into the neighborhood after work. Max - I need to email you about him, he's our new puppy - does not like to go walking on a leash so the whole let's-take-Max-on-a-walk is lost on him. Misty - well, she would have been all over that, but she didn't much care for the backyard as she was so used to walking through our apartment complexes and being social. There is nothing social about the backyard.

[briary-flower.livejournal.com]

Max! Well, you tell Max that certain other doggies don't want to wear leashes, and just want to run in the woods all the time, but if they'd come and put their leash on they'd get to go to the beach where they could swim, so they are just wasting valuable swimming time!

[rubykatewriting.livejournal.com]

Isn't he adorable? (I fully realize I'm a bit biased.) And heh. Yeah, this one time, we had taken Max to the mailbox, and were back at the side of the house. I thought he was actually trotting along at a decent clip until I realized that I everytime Mom was saying, "Come on, Max," she was also making him fly. I said, "Um, is airborne like every time he moves forward?" Mom: "Uh, yeah." Seriously, Max was having the best lift-'em-up-at-the-curb game ever.

Thankfully, he's only seven pounds, or we'd be in for some serious trouble.

[briary-flower.livejournal.com]

OMG and heh. Do you carry him around in your purse? I'm trying to imagine hiking a trail with Max and it's just not working. He is so cute. What's his personality like? BTW - had to take my doggie to the vet tonight. She was terrified. It was so awful.

[rubykatewriting.livejournal.com]

You know, I think he could hike with you, or he'd at least give it a try. He's an endless ball of energy and he adores being outside. Unfortunately at this time of year, he (Boo, too) can't spend as much time as he would like in the backyard. Every night we have throw time in the house so he'll wind down enough and eventually he'll take himself upstairs to his bunky.

As for his personality, I swear, he's a Goonie in dog form. For as small as he is (and Chihuahuas are not exactly known for their sturdiness), he has this terrific never-say-die mentality. He loves to play, play, play, and then he likes to curl up on you (after digging and digging until he's got his "nest" exactly to his liking, which, um, ow?) and snooze. He's also a boy through and through in that he is in love with his penis and cleans it lots and lots and he is one gassy little dude. I swear we could fuel something with all the gas he's putting out.

When we first rescued him, he had terrible mange – the worst I’ve ever seen. He didn’t have hair from his neck down, and with the cats, we feared them catching it so we kept him in the garage (this was when it was still pretty cool out). We decided to give him to the SPCA, but when the lady at the front desk saw him, she said they’d put him down because they don’t have the facilities to cure mange. After promptly bursting into tears, I turned on my heel and left. Mom researched curatives online and found a botanical website, and after a little more research ordered their mange kit. He’s been with us ever since, and at his vet visit weekend before last, the vet was so impressed with the results she asked Mom where she got the stuff.

BTW - had to take my doggie to the vet tonight. She was terrified. It was so awful.
Oh! Poor P! Yeah, Max isn’t a fan either, and poor Misty Sue would drop about half her hair on the examination table every time we took her for a visit. It’s just, you can’t explain to them what’s going on, and I feel so terrible because I can’t make them understand.

[briary-flower.livejournal.com]

Yeah, all she needed was a booster, but she kept going into the corner and trying to hide. The worst part of it is the vet is on the way out of town - the same way we go when we're going to the conservation area, her favorite place. There are good trails and she runs in the woods and swims in the lake and steals sticks from the beavers and in general has a lovely, filthy time. She was sitting in the car with her head up, breathing all the going-to-the-conservation-area smells, and then we turned into the parking lot of the animal hospital!

Max is lovely. I'm so glad you found him.

[rubykatewriting.livejournal.com]

Oh, and in order for me to get that pic of him? I had to dangle my pack of Bubble Yum Chocolate gum in front of him. He used to go digging in my purse for it, and he still goes looking every so often (i.e., when I forget and leave my purse within reach and open).

Did I mention he's a pig? Like, he'll eat just about anything - as long as it doesn't try to eat him first.