Lt. Col. refusing deployment.....

[adgal]

So still watching Anderson Cooper.  He interviewed a Lt. Col. (a Dr. actually) in the US military who is refusing deployment (to Afganistan I believe) based on the fact that he doesn't believe Pres. Obama was born in American, therefor is not eligible to be Pres. so he doesn't actually have to take orders from him.  The Lt. Col. didn't actually do much talking, his lawyer did (he is being courtmartialed) and it all seemed fairly ridiculous.  Anderson Cooper had a copy of the Certificate of Live Birth for Pres. Obama issued by the state of Hawaii.  Defense funds are being raised by a group called the American Patriots.  Are we seriously still debating this issue?  The man is the President of the US.  Surely someone higher up the food chain then this Lt. Col would have ensured the man was born in the US.  I mean, come on, seriously?

[StormyRenee]

I think all animals are beautiful.......Pigs are very clean when allowed to be and more intellegent than some people I know.....

I do not refer to people as Pigs or Dogs..Thats an insult to the animals....


I do agree that the Col Has opened up a can of worms that may end badly for him in the end.....We shall see.......

[StormyRenee]

You are very observant..LOL
The ending of the film is what I was taking about specifically....
Don Johnson feeds his hungry dog a human ...

Nope I would not starve..Soilent Green comes to mind...LOL

[specialmom]

I'm going to agree that he wants something out of this other than what he is asking for.  He's ruined himself professionally for it.  What is his pay off?  

[teko]

A pig! Cute! Adorable! EW! I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder at that. As far as the Col. To me! He is still a pig a coward and a traitor. And as far as free speach, there is a time and a place. I think it does not over ride any and all other situations. I think this dude wants his 15 minutes of shame and his lawer is making a name for himself and I dont think it has anything to do with honor, patriotism or anything for that matter that is moral and right. IMO

Notice I said that? IMO

[mikesimon]

I don't recall the film but it sure sounds good. I imagine it is about a boy and his dog but I'm just guessing.

Hey, maybe you'd starve to death. Hopefully you'll never be put to the test and then we will really never know what you'd do.

Mike

[StormyRenee]

Mike,
Yes I have heard those awful survival stories...I do agree that survival is a very strong instict..But so is Love and I love my dogs.....
I would eat another person before I would eat my dogs...Hungry or not they are members of my family and I would not eat mom or dad so why would I eat them.....
Have you ever seen the 1975 film "A Boy and His Dog"?

Vic,
I grew up on a farm.We had  pigs,goats and everything inbetween...We did not eat our own animals...I wish that animals raised for food were all treated well but thats just not the case.Especially larger companies like Tyson are horrible animal abusers...I will agree that on a smaller farm level that the animals are treated better.....
In Japan the Kobe cows are treated fantastic..They are brushed daily and bathed a few times a week....They even get messages( ofcourse thats to make the meat tender but they dont know that)....
I just have this thing about building a relationship and then eating the animal....It really freaks me out......