Sources: FBI taped Sen. Stevens’ calls in sting

Oil contractor allegedly paid workers to renovate Alaskan senator's home.

Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, seen walking on Capitol Hill, knew from the beginning that an Alaskan oil contractor was renovating his home, according to a construction worker who said his job duties ranged from installing the senator's hardwood floors to helping run his fundraisers - all on company time.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20897031/

New Ad: Hillary's Health Care Plan

I have never been a big Clinton fan but after unveiling her new ideas for her health care plan I am getting interested. I went to her website and did some research. I am surprised to say that I'm pretty impressed. Maybe we should pay more attention to what "all" the candidates have to say this time around. Below are some great links for more information.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20819827/
http://www.hillaryclinton.com/
http://youtube.com/user/hillaryclintondotcom

Homeless Man Hounded For $42K Hospital Bill

Phil Hughes, a homeless man she had befriended[, …] showed up one day and offered to paint her house number on the curb for cash.
[Mary Olsen] gave him $5 and a lunch of turkey and mashed potatoes. During the next few years, she hired him for painting, yard work and other odd jobs.
Hughes has no family in the area, so when he developed a high fever and blood infection a year and a half ago and sought treatment at John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek, Olsen told him to give her name and address as an emergency contact.
“I didn’t want him to die and not know about it,” she said.
The $42,000 bill addressed to Hughes that later arrived at Olsen’s home covered the three or four days he spent in the hospital.
[A] collection agency began hounding her with phone calls looking for Hughes. The collectors especially liked to call early Saturday mornings.
She told them Hughes did not live there, was homeless and could not afford to pay. Her pleas made no difference: The calls continued daily for a couple of weeks.
“Phil is so obviously an indigent person that no one would expect he would have enough money for lunch,” she said, “let alone a hospital bill.”


http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=13598

This is ridiculous. I bet if he was an "illegal" there wouldn't even be a bill. I don't understand how we have plenty of resources to blow the crap out of the middle East and rebuild it but we can't help our own citizens. Americans have to go homeless, hungry and without medical care while those in "big business" just keep getting richer. Mark

Dumbass Party

These guys are from Murfreesboro and they are pretty good. Below is a link to their website. Enjoy!

http://www.travisandjonathan.com/RedStateUpdate

The Dark Knight

I found this still from next summers movie and I just had to post it. It's Awesome!

The Dark Knight Teaser - BATMAN

Superman and Spiderman are wussies. Next summer... The Dark Knight returns!

PETCO Unleashed Chihuahua Race Finals

Now this warms my heart. I especially like the guy with the shirt that says "Chihuahuas Hate Michael Vick". ;-)

Three Tears and a Smile.

Recently, North Shore Animal League America rescued three Chihuahuas, who we suspect were the inbred litter from backyard breeders. All three of these precious little bundles, only 10 weeks old, have no front legs. Physical deformities such as these are often the result of irresponsible breeding. While we are happy that the breeders chose to surrender these puppies to a shelter instead of fates far worse, we are saddened that the terrible misfortune of the deformities had to happen at all.

The terrible reality of backyard breeding is nothing new. We see it over and over again and the heartbreaking sadness of it never subsides. Backyard breeders are those who breed their animals for various inappropriate reasons. Often, they do not have bad intentions or even realize that they are contributing to a huge problem, but they are. Backyard breeders often breed animals with the intentions of making money or just imagining how cute it would be if their pet had babies, and what wonderful babies they'd make. Below is a link to their website. Please check it out.
http://www.nsalamerica.org/campaigns/chihuahuas/

While thousands of beautiful little souls wait in shelters for homes, backyard breeders and people who own and run the notorious "puppy mills" still churn them out like tomato plants.

Let's do the right thing and get our pets spayed and neutered. Adopt our pets from the shelters. Do what we can to support the "No Kill" shelters. Donate to the ASPCA and the Humane Society. Even if all we do is spread the word to others we "CAN" make a difference.