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by Speaknow on 25 March 2008 - 09:03

Appreciate kind remarks, hodie. Unethical behavior is common to all human activity, and unlike say where an animal is self-evidently mistreated, mostly damned difficult to come to grips with! Particularly so in GSD sphere where we’re dealing with a wide range of individuals/activities; from the small hobbyist or mere pet owner to large commercially run operations. I agree that more stringent regulation via GSD clubs, though obviously best placed/organized etc, and for the reasons you mentioned and some others, smacks of daydreaming. My faith in folk’s sense of personal ‘ethics’ (or their oftentimes expedient interpretations of “honesty’ or “stealing”) isn’t that great either though. In my experience most souls own miraculous facility to mentally rationalize in their own favor whatever conduct happens to suit momentary ends. As a more slippery sort of illustration take your instance of neglected GSD, hidden or stolen away from its true owner. Someone else in that situation might have felt that legalities relating to property ownership in such an instance oughtn’t be confused with matters of personal conscience, and that hiding the animal away was therefore the ethical, albeit unlawful, solution. When I read other topic on tale in question, I thought also there was a lot more to it than what met the eye. But in trying to get at the heart of Breeder misconduct more generally, in a forum of this nature that is, is that not always going to be the case? I’ve spoken out for longer than I can recall on various (GSD unrelated) blatant injustices, but also one who normally deals in specifics and the practicable – the where, when, what, how? This is perhaps where I’m rather adrift as to how your aims as detailed previous may be realistically achieved.

by Speaknow on 26 March 2008 - 10:03

Looks as if your dire predictions are coming true, Ugly.(Sorry Blitz!) I light of US economy’s natural size-related resilience, I was till today pretty sanguine as to medium-term outlook. Now I think the West, and US specifically, are in for hard times. US consumer sentiment has slumped to a five-year low (some forward indicators to thirty-year lows!), together with drastic drop in house prices. (Consumer spending here drives over seventy percent of overall economic activity.) Certain economic ills seems to be converging at once: high oil prices and weakening dollar, credit crunch with trillion dollar amounts of yet unresolved dodgy mortgage loans overhanging financial markets, increasing Asian competitiveness, and as now joined to anticipated slump in local consumer spending; altogether bad news for an economy predicated on continual growth. Presumed stimulus derived from Iraqi war, boost to exports from weak dollar, earlier Bush pump-priming and more recent interest rate cut seems to have done little to improve present situation. All of which, for me anyway, puts a major question mark over current equity pricing. Doesn’t bode well for future pup sales either.

by BabyEagle4U on 26 March 2008 - 12:03

I don't understand the Real Estate business in all honesty. Because the Constitution and Laws of this Land concider all property owners as holding "allodial properties". This Real Estate business is what's stealing people's property and I bet people don't even know it. I drove through 3 cities last night and I seen horrendous numbers of people's houses for sale by Real Estate people. More than I ever did in my life. When people decide to sell their homes especially heirloom lands that have been in their families for decades and prolly still have the "allodial title", once they call a Real Estate agent to sell that property, they loose the "allodial title" for good. This has been going on since the term "real estate" was first started. It's a way for the banks to permentally own and hand off land to the government and sell off everything from the ground up. So when the house is sold, your really getting everything you see from the ground up EXCEPT the land it all sits on. It's sad. Now, the government can tell you what to do and not do on YOUR land and your subject to fines and regulations because someone else really owns the land your house is on. It was another way to gain control and pretty much steal something that's "inalienable" to "we the people". Or do I have this all wrong ?

by Uglydog on 26 March 2008 - 13:03

Mortgages were married to Wall Street about 6-7 years ago. Subprime Founder by Roland Arnell, a Billionaire, Bush appointee as Ambassador to the Netherlands & Holocaust Survivor.

The entire business changed due TO Mr Arnell, now deceased, & may he rot in Hell. Im in the business, to say its a struggle is an understatement. Securities, investments & Debt instruments were created FROM these worthless mortgages. We are officially IN A MESS. Look for very tough times ahead. At least the war pimps got what they asked for..

Hey! 2 great headlines today:

FDIC adds 140 workers to bank-failure division

Federal regulators will increase by 60% the number of workers who handle bank failures.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Anticipating a surge in troubled financial institutions, federal regulators will increase by 60% the number of workers who handle bank failures.

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. wants to add 140 workers to bring staff levels to 360 workers in the division that handles bank failures, John Bovenzi, the agency's chief operating officer, said Tuesday.

"We want to make sure that we're prepared," Bovenzi said, adding that most of the hires will be temporary and based in Dallas.

There have been five bank failures since February 2007 following an uneventful more than two-year stretch. The last time the agency was hit hard with failures was during the 1990-1991 recession, when 502 banks failed in three years.

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Homeland Security office filled with feces

ST. PAUL, Minn., March 19 (UPI) -- Someone with an urge to purge took it out on the Minnesota Homeland Security and Emergency Management office in downtown St. Paul, police said.

An unknown man defecated in several rooms Friday afternoon and left on foot before an officer arrived, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported Tuesday. Based on the suspect's description, he appeared to be homeless, a police spokesman said.

It turns out the Homeland office wasn't too secure -- a contractor working for the building's management failed to properly secure a door behind him, said Susan Lasley, spokeswoman for the Minnesota Department of Pubic Safety.

by BabyEagle4U on 14 May 2008 - 12:05

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60zVFC7Jkkc

by Two Moons on 14 May 2008 - 16:05

BabyEagle4U,

You should have placed this on the DMX thread..lol

Or maybe start a new one.

SSDD

by yellowrose of Texas on 14 May 2008 - 23:05

Im going out and take in course on how to Speak Chinese"

ALL WE WILL NEED SOON AND VERY SOON" AS THE SONG SAY.

All of reading this thread is useless, as we dont use a constitution in the USA any longer, we have no judicial system, its rotten, and we have no dollar left for but a year , if that long and guess who is bailing us out.....

Ching SHong SCHU ti ti ti

I love Chinese food but I gave it up for gas>

by BabyEagle4U on 14 May 2008 - 23:05

... aaahhhhhh we still have our guns. The Constitution is still riding shotgun !!!! LMAO

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