Our friend conservativegal sends this along today, telling us she’s going to teach her dog this trick. Chances are, if her dog is a conservativedog, as I suspect it is, then she won’t have to teach it, as it will be a natural instinct; it’s in its DNA and serves as its survival trait.
Meanwhile, the Liberal Frenchman Stephane Dion is still trying to teach his dog “Kyoto” how not to fart, so he can thus boast that he has the first “green” dog. Apparently simply dying its hair green didn’t fool anybody.
– READER EMAIL –In subsequent email exchanges, and on a sort of related dog-politics note, I wrote to conservativegal about our ongoing search for a new puppy after we lost our beloved Alby — a sheltie/border-collie mix.
From: ProudToBeCanadian.ca
Sent: August-12-09 8:30 AM
To: “conservativegal”
Subject: Re: Even Dogs are against Obama…..
Funny!
We’re still looking for a new puppy. It’s surprisingly hard to find the exact right one. We’re looking for a sheltie/border collie cross-type puppy. Like Alby, our last one, but not too much like Alby. Must be female (affirmative action), and must be conservative. If ya see one in your parts, let me know!
Joel
From: “conservativegal”
Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 9:17 AM
To: ‘ProudToBeCanadian.ca’
Subject: RE: Even Dogs are against Obama…..… Fate brought me to Link – a Beagle/Springer Spaniel cross – I originally fostered him and then ended up adopting him. While he may be black and white, he is a true “conservativedog” —blue all the way through —he resents the “BlueDog” label for the waffling Democrats. Oh, and he’s no wuss like Stephane Dion’s dog Kyoto —he pollutes the environment with some of the nastiest farts known to man. I figure that if he will jump into the bathtub for a treat, surely he will turn up his nose at treats (and tricks) offered by President BamBam. …
Because we love dogs and politics, I sent conservativegal a link to an “Obamacare” and dog-related column headlined “Dogs Don’t Care About Dogma” (read it!), by the normally more cerebral and political Jonah Goldberg, author of the fantastic book, “Liberal Fascism” (read the book too!) She wrote this to me in return:
From: “conservativegal”
Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 11:01 AM
To: ProudToBeCanadian.ca
Subject: RE: Joel Johannesen Wanted you to see this: Dogs Don’t Care About Dogma“At the time, the surgeon suggested that we might avoid the expense by simply “returning” him to the animal shelter, which in canine terms would be like returning a dissident to North Korea.”
This is what Obama’s health initiatives will to do to humans. “Avoid the expense” by shutting off treatment options.
When my Buttons was diagnosed with cancer, I had no second thoughts whatever of treating her in spite of some well meaning but totally vacant, well meaning people who figured that because she was 12 years old, she had already lived a full, rich life. I do remember asking one of these people that if this were her mother or father who were up in age, would they make that decision that they were expendable? Thankfully, I had pet insurance which covered 90% of the cost of diagnosis, treatment and palliative care. Even if I didn’t I would have still found the money as you can’t put a price on a pet or for that matter, a human or one step further, any life.
The University of Guelph Veterinary School and associated teaching hospital was an incredible place—latest technology, treatment options etc, but most of all, a place filled with love, hope and compassion. Sadly, Buttons could not be treated as her cancer was too far advanced but they still treated her as if she were the most important patient there. There were many dogs having chemo and were given another chance at life. The staff, the doctors, the students-everyone treated us the same way, with dignity and compassion. As Goldberg pointed out, “human” doctors and bureaucrats could learn a whole hell of a lot on how to treat their patients by going to an animal hospital. It’s not just about the money, it’s about the patients. All I could think was why people could not be treated like this when they were sick.
“More interesting to me is the reaction from liberals. As one friend put it: How does a staunch conservative end up taking his dog to the neurologist? Liberal bleeding hearts are supposed to do this sort of thing, not the hardhearted Scrooges of the right. We like war and shooting fur-bearing creatures and cutting budgets for agencies that remove thorns from kittens’ paws.”
“Staunch” conservatives like Goldberg, like me, like you, all have compassion for others and animals. We have a capacity to love, to want to ease suffering and that’s why we spare no expense to treat our pets and today, speak out against the bleeding heart Liberals in the US who would ration care and deny services. What we want is accountability and for people to live by a code of personal responsibility, not of the backs of the government. We don’t “want” war but will support one that is necessary to preserve our way of life.
We are living this in Canada having seen our state-run health care fall further and further into disarray. More is demanded, more is expected and when that does not happen, “we” as conservatives are accused of being hard-hearted. When we do speak out about it, when we talk about “privatizing” health care, we are called “racists” and “traitors to Canada”.
We’re not “staunch” conservatives, we’re ”compassionate” conservatives – scratch that — compassionate people who actually give a damn about others.
OK, I’m off my soapbox now.
No need to rush off it.
In case anybody out there can help, we’re looking for this:
Alby as a puppy:
• Must be a female. Must be a puppy.
• Will grow to a max of 25 pounds or so (for you liberals, that’s 11.3398093 kilograms).
• Prefer a long-hair dog like Alby was.
• We won’t be extorted out of $750 bucks —we’ll pay up to a couple or three hundred bucks or so for it.
• No puppy-mill puppies.
• Prefer not to see what I describe as their “license plate”, so a bushy tail is best.
Alby in later years:
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