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Comment on See? I was right. by Susan W

Susan W — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 13:58:50 +0000

Great post, Alison. I totally agree with you, and I agreed with you twenty-five years ago, too. Although I was arguing with my own father, then.

Comment on See? I was right. by alison

alison — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:25:55 +0000

Actually, I hated the Democratic primaries. I was furious. It was as if American women and black Americans were competing for a piece of a zero-sum pie. (Like the author wrote, “All the Women Are White, all the Blacks Are Men, but Some of Us Are Brave.”)

Furious… but not sure with who or what. I didn’t think either candidate should bow out, I was just upset that it played out that way.

But once a candidate was selected… so cool that a black american was able to win the presidential election.

Comment on See? I was right. by Green Home Hints

Green Home Hints — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:52:28 +0000

I must agree entirely Alisson!!! Its about time the US had a president who’s age is inline with the majority of the population of the country!! I too must say congrats on the first black prez!!!

Comment on See? I was right. by Patrick

Patrick — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:42:24 +0000

I’m happy the Democratic primaries were between a black man and a white woman. The race was close, so I could have been right.

Comment on Tell me I’m wrong. by Adam Wasserman

Adam Wasserman — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 17:58:56 +0000

I like what I heard Suzuki say on the radio the other day: People who say the Earth is sick are wrong, the Earth is just fine and will continue to be fine long after the human species is extinct by its own hand. (my paraphrasing)

Comment on imaginary social dilemma by Susan W.

Susan W. — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 11:41:33 +0000

You guys, if you’ve got dogs whose backs or back ends are seizing up due to arthritis or other skeletal problems, get your dog to a veterinary chiropractor or a human chiropractor who also treats animals. (Obviously, Alison, this isn’t Pepe’s problem.) My previous Bouvier, Caleb, had spondylosis (fusion of the spine) that started when he was five. We started taking him to a vet chiropractor then and kept him going for six years. He retained most of his mobility and was able to live a good life with his condition until he died of unrelated causes at age 11. As he got older, the vet said there was no comparison between him and her other dog-clients with similar problems whose people did not want her to do chiropractic care but who did want her to prescribe steroids or other drugs. She said she could see from the dogs’ faces when they came in that Caleb was enjoying his life while the other dogs were not happy campers. In all those years we never had to put Caleb on steroids, which suppress the immune system, or on NSAIDS which have other issues. We did have him on glucosamine and other natural supports, though.

Recently, I adopted an 11-year-old Bouv who has seriously arthritic knees as an after-effect of having being confined as a puppy in a crate all the time so he never developed proper use of his back legs. After he was adopted by his second family at six months of age he learned to compensate amazingly well but this put stress on his back. By the time we got him, his knees had become arthritic over time and his spine was out of alignment all over the place. He couldn’t walk, trot or lope normally and has trouble getting up from the floor.

We took him to the chiropractic vet who had helped Caleb. After just four treatments Baron is moving so much better that people who knew him in his earlier life do a double-take before they recognize him. Even we are shocked — it’s helped him so much more than we ever dreamed. Our spirited old boy has got a life again! It’s obviously never too late to start.

Hope I haven’t taken up too much space here! I always feel like I don’t get the social rules of blogging (or of responding to blogs), if there are any! I’m just so excited about what chiropractic can do for dogs, though, and want to spread the word!

Comment on Tell me I’m wrong. by Susan W.

Susan W. — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 10:58:13 +0000

I just worry if a virus takes out the human race (a frequent fantasy of my own) then what about the massive plastic nets that are drifting about on their own in the oceans tangling up the beings that live there, and the nuclear generating stations that would hum away all by themselves, and the industrial chemicals that have infiltrated the soil everywhere that cause cancer and genetic mutations? Who will clean up and turn off all these things? The beings of this planet can’t do it by themselves. We’ve imposed these things on them, and we can’t abandon them with the mess we’ve made that’s causing them so much harm!

Overwhelming, isn’t it?

Gee. Thanks, Alison!

Comment on Tell me I’m wrong. by Char

Char — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:57:30 +0000

I am a suprememe pessimist or optimist depending on who agrees with me…I believe it is too late…we are doomed by our own selfish unstoppable disposable greed. My hope is that the planet will self implode within the next 100 years or some virus will wipe out the human race. Done, finito, over & out.

Comment on imaginary social dilemma by Cheryl

Cheryl — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:59:54 +0000

I have an 11-year old pug whose back legs are slowly becoming paralyzed, so we can no longer walk him around the block. It breaks my heart! I’m pretty close to ordering him one of those wheelie carts to give him his freedom back but just haven’t yet gotten up the nerve. (Plus, they cost over $300.) Or maybe I’ll just get a stroller from babies r us …I think he’s too stocky for a baby carrier.

Comment on Tell me I’m wrong. by Sophie

Sophie — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:57:56 +0000

You’re wrong.
There.
Feel better?