I have lost a Buddy

 

On Saturday Sept 8, 2012 I lost a friend and Buddy of thirteen years. He was a beautiful orange longhair cat. He was my friend, buddy and protector. The top photo he is waiting for the leaves to blow so he can kill them. In the bottom photo he is in his favorite place to take a nap, on top of the TV. May I present Dammit

When he was a kitten he would jump up in my lap and make biscuits on my shoulder, it hurt a lot but I loved the dazed look on his face while he was pumping away getting’ those biscuits just right.

Then something happened, I went into the hospital for six months for heart surgery and chemo, every day when my wife came from the hospital when she opened the door he was standing there looking around her to see if I was home too.

From that day on when I got home he was now my protector. He would ignore me for a couple of hours, punishing me for leaving him, and then he would come over and head-butt my leg and I knew I was home for sure.

He loved going out in the back yard with me and I loved going out with him. Our back yard belonged to him. He would not allow any cat to jump the fence when we were out.

Fall was his favorite time of year. When the leaves started to fall the war was on. If a leaf hit the ground he ignored it his job was to catch them in the air, that was a kill and meant that the leaf was dropped at my feet with a lot of “Good boy, great hunter” praise then he would go after another. The game would go on for hours, he never got tired or gave up.

He is the only cat I have ever known that would come when you whistled. He quickly learned the whistle for come and no matter where he was in the yard he would come flying across the yard when he heard it..

When I fell in the back yard and could not get up, I called my wife at work, he stood guard over me until she got home.

When our daughter moved back in with us she brought her two cats with her.. Slurpy and Dammit hit it off just great. They spent many hours playing. Herby (The Grump) was a different case, they did not get along at all. They were both alpha cats and the battle for top cat went on all the time. Herby was twice as big as my little Dammit, but Dammit was a warrior to the nines. Then it turned out that Slurpy was the real Alpha.

For my birthday my daughter had some of his photos framed, they hang in the living room so I can see them. His ashes rest in my room, the room we shared for all those years

I miss him very much,, he impacted my life more than any pet I have ever had. He was a warrior of the first order and sweet as a cat can be.

I could write about him for pages and pages. I may do that later but right now I can’t do that.

Rest in peace Dammit, I will join you soon.

I have lost a Buddy

 

I have lost a Buddy

8:08 am in Opinion by skyzot63

On Saturday Sept 8, 2012 I lost a friend and Buddy of thirteen years. He was a beautiful orange longhair cat. He was my friend, buddy and protector. The top photo he is waiting for the leaves to blow so he can kill them. In the bottom photo he is in his favorite place to take a nap, on top of the TV. May I present Dammit

When he was a kitten he would jump up in my lap and make biscuits on my shoulder, it hurt a lot but I loved the dazed look on his face while he was pumping away getting’ those biscuits just right.

Then something happened, I went into the hospital for six months for heart surgery and chemo, every day when my wife came from the hospital when she opened the door he was standing there looking around her to see if I was home too.

From that day on when I got home he was now my protector. He would ignore me for a couple of hours, punishing me for leaving him, and then he would come over and head-butt my leg and I knew I was home for sure.

He loved going out in the back yard with me and I loved going out with him. Our back yard belonged to him. He would not allow any cat to jump the fence when we were out.

Fall was his favorite time of year. When the leaves started to fall the war was on. If a leaf hit the ground he ignored it his job was to catch them in the air, that was a kill and meant that the leaf was dropped at my feet with a lot of “Good boy, great hunter” praise then he would go after another. The game would go on for hours, he never got tired or gave up.

He is the only cat I have ever known that would come when you whistled. He quickly learned the whistle for come and no matter where he was in the yard he would come flying across the yard when he heard it..

When I fell in the back yard and could not get up, I called my wife at work, he stood guard over me until she got home.

When our daughter moved back in with us she brought her two cats with her.. Slurpy and Dammit hit it off just great. They spent many hours playing. Herby (The Grump) was a different case, they did not get along at all. They were both alpha cats and the battle for top cat went on all the time. Herby was twice as big as my little Dammit, but Dammit was a warrior to the nines. Then it turned out that Slurpy was the real Alpha.

For my birthday my daughter had some of his photos framed, they hang in the living room so I can see them. His ashes rest in my room, the room we shared for all those years

I miss him very much,, he impacted my life more than any pet I have ever had. He was a warrior of the first order and sweet as a cat can be.

I could write about him for pages and pages. I may do that later but right now I can’t do that.

Rest in peace Dammit, I will join you soon.

Tags: Dammit a great frieend

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Whitney Houston (1963-2012) - Super Bowl XXV (1991) - The National Anthem of the United States

 

No matter what you think of her politics, she was a great singer. Whitney dead at 48 yrs, rest in peace.

 

A Time for Choosing, Not Mitt Romney

This is an excerpt from Townhall.com

In reflecting on Reagan and Romney's role in the Republican Party, I drew inspiration from both men's words. Never being one of those activists who leaned heavily on "what would Reagan do" to cheaply win an argument full of intellectual void, I couldn't help but feel the very same conviction to rely on some of his words and formatting to argue for organized opposition to Romney's nomination. We can do better in this primary. It's time my fellow movement leaders take a public stand, lest they be responsible for very foreseeable ills that will pain our Party and the fight for real reform.

A Time for Choosing...

Those who would trade our principles for the bet of the compromising nominee have told us they can ensure victory without our nominee publicly endorsing reform policies. They call their policy “winning.” And they say if we’ll only avoid any direct harm to the nominee in waiting, he’ll come to our side, be convinced that the country truly is at a crossroads, along with our Party’s brand and learn to love us. All who oppose the nominee in waiting are given no refuge, no access, labeled as ideologues. They say we offer purist rhetoric to a complex election. Well, perhaps there is a purist answer—not an easy answer—but pure one: If you, here and now, have the courage to take a stand, say “Not Mitt Romney​”… that we want a nominee who will fundamentally reform the financial burden our country is crippled with and have a core, we will win.

I could not agree more please go here to read the entire piece!!!

Election primaries

I haven't said much about the elections.  So far I keep hoping that Rick Perry or Herman Cain will come out the winner in these primaries. I truly believe it would be the worst thing for the United States  If Mitt Romney wins the nomination. I don't think he could beat Obama. If he did win the election, he would be Obama light. In the last election.  I voted for John McCain.  Not because I liked him.  I never trusted him.  Not for anything, it was because Sarah Palin was on the ballot. It Romney were to win the election, Obamacare would be permanent if not even worse.  As a nation we cannot afford that to happen.

Mitt Romney is a flip flopper, he changes direction, depending on what direction the wind is blowing. I don't believe that he is being honest in his campaign. He is an anti-gunner, pro-abortion to me he is an un- trustable politician. What politician is trust worthy? I would vote for Rick Perry, Herman Cain, space, Newt Gingrich or Ron Paul. We need anybody but Obama or Mitt Romney. We cannot afford either one of them.  They will destroy this country even more so than it has been.
If Romney gets the nomination, I and a lot of other conservatives would be very tempted to just leave that check box empty. That would mean that we would have Obama for another four years.  That would not be a good thing, but who to vote for the devil or the devil’s partner.

Hank Jr. Fires Back at Fox, Obama in “Keep the Change”

 

 

This is great. I’ve always loved Hank Jr and his dad. Sing great and tell it like it is.

Hank Jr. Fires Back at Fox, Obama in “Keep the Change”\

Video: Obama’s a Popular Target — in this Bar’s Urinal

 

This is very funny and growingly appropriate. I love it, I want a hundred of those stickers.