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Move Along:
""The whole issue of this - of talking points, frankly, throughout this process has been a sideshow. The whole thing defies logic. And the fact that this keeps on getting churned out, frankly, has a lot to do with political motivations."
Pres. Obama on GOP demands for Benghazi answers, 5/13/2013
No blogging today
My day has not gotten off to a good start. In fact, it’s been horrible. This morning on my way in to work, I hit a cat on a busy street.
Having a cat of my own, and my number one worry being that someone will hit her in the street has made the pain of what happened this morning all the worse.
Some people might think “but it’s just a cat” but for those who have no children, cats are their children. This cat might have been someone’s pride and joy. It may have been a stray. It doesn’t matter either way, though, because it was still a little life that perhaps would still be around had I not tried to pass an SUV. If it didn’t die by my car, it did by someone else’s. The road was very busy and there was a lot of traffic behind me. I did not see the cat coming. I heard a bump like my tire had hit something, and looked in my rear view mirror and saw it. I pulled over as soon as I could, about a mile up the road once I could get over into another lane to turn onto a side street, composed myself as best I could, and called my mom and asked her for the number to animal services. She called them and they will be picking up the cat today.
I’m beside myself right now and am experiencing deep sadness. Please utilize this thread or the Wed/Thur open thread to discuss whatever issues pop up today. I don’t think I can.
Fri AM Update 8:30 AM: Thanks for the encouragement and kind words both in the comments and via email. I’m feeling better today and ready to get back to blogging. I’ll be back to posting in the next hour or so – some of the news may be ‘old’ at this point (a day old!) but that’s because I’ll be playing catch up today on the news so please bear with me 
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I’m so sorry ST. You are right, pets are like children. You are in my thoughts today.
I am sorry Hun. It is a sad thing when these things happen. It can be so hard. /hugs
I hope that you are feeling better soon. – Lorica
I’m sorry to hear that. But you probably didn’t have a choice in the matter. Cats certainly have a mind of their own. They seem to think that “Oh Yeah, I can beat this car coming at me at 60 mph, AND I’m so cool I can even wait until they are ten feet from me before I start running”.
Oh, ST, I’m so sorry. It’s sad that the cat was hit at all, but I know it’s doubly tragic for you, and would be for me, as a cat lover. I hope you’ll feel better soon — hug on your kitty for a while.
No probably’s, I am sure you didn’t have a choice. Bad use of words, sorry.
I’m sickened for days if I even hit a bird. I know how upset you must be. I hope you will transition to making yours an indoor cat and save someone else this grief. As cats age, their reflexes weaken just like ours, and they don’t see as well. It’s difficult for them to cross streets or fend off preditors and people who hate cats.
ya know peopel who casually dismiss life are part of the problem. I may take a pragmatic aproach to life, but I still feel sad when I see road kills.
Dont feel sad for being compassionate, feel sorry for those who are not.
I’m sorry to hear your experience ST. I know there is nothing I can do or say that can help you from being shaken and sad. Time helps. But from my recent loss of my best friend and love on July 8th, I know that talking helps. I was lucky to have a great family and friends where I was able to talk their ears off. I know this situation is different but togetherness with other caring people helps.
We understand, ST. It ain’t easy. You aren’t at fault. But the folks who let that cat run loose are. Cats are never as swift as they think they are. Keep your kitty close and get some rest.
“Meow, Baby.” ~ Telly Savalas as Kojak
You have good people here ST and they are very nice just like you are ST, you have a very kind heart and one thing for sure that time does heal and with a little prayer from time to time that all helps too.
I remember a few years ago when I hit a dog. That dog really did “come out of nowhere” and I am a HUGE dog lover. I have two black labs so when I hit that dog I was so upset. Oddly enough, the dog skidded down the road about 30 feet into the ditch and then just sat up looking around like “WTF??”. I jumped out to see if he was ok, and he ran off!!
So, I drove around the neighborhood looking for him fearing that he was seriously injured and was going to slowly die somewhere behind a house where nobody could see him. Believe it or not, I found him at his house a few blocks away in his doghouse. I left a note at the house letting the owner know what had happened. The next day, when I was on duty, I drove to his house to check on him. The owner said the dog was fine and was not showing any sign of being injured. I could not believe it.
Sorry you had such a bad start S.T., I hope it gets better. Karl said it best about not feeling bad about being compassionate. I have seen grown men, police officers, bawl like children as they were saying their last goodbyes to their K-9′s who were injured on duty or dying from illness. Don’t ever feel bad for feeling bad.
ah that stinks- never easy hgitting an animal- but just know God knew all about it and as His creation He had the right to decide if the cat it through the day or not and chose not to allow it for His own personal reasons.
Although my three cats were once on the outdoors (prior to adopting them) they now stay at home, inside. I have seen too many on the street dodging traffic or worse, not dodging traffic. Our cats are very happy not roaming as evidenced by the fact that when one did get out, it came back within 5 minutes and wanted in.
My advice for your cat, stay home, stay alive. He/She will love you for it.
Oh, by the way. I’m so pathetic about animals on the road, I once picked up a wild rabbit that was hit by a car and rushed it to the vet emergency clinic. It didn’t deserve to die on the road.
And they calls us Republicans heartless.
Bummer
Hope you feel better soon ST, that’s a horrible feeling.
Someday, not today, I’ll tell you a short story about one of my cats. His name is Mini-me but he’s had so many reasons to have his name changed, which is why he’s got so many nicknames. Two grand was one of them, following nearly a week of being listed MIA.
What Karl and NC said……and sometimes dwelling on *IT* serves the wrong purposes. Sometimes we have to work through it. Sometimes *IT* is a distraction that prevents you from doing something that needs doing, sometimes. EVERY. SO. OFTEN.
Hope you’re over it soon. I am not one to get too emotional over animals. I still get weepy over Old Yeller, but the movie was made that way. I didn’t even get misty when we put down our 14yr old Husky who was severly arthritic. I did feel bad for my wife and daughter. I once hit a squirrel and a bird on the same day. Just couldn’t dodge ‘em. But though I didn’t have a problem shrugging it off, I was really, really happy it wasn’t a kid. And I think that’s the perspective that needs to be maintained. Certainly animals can feel like part of the family, and to lose one can be traumatic for some. But I believe it comes from projecting human qualities onto them. It sounds a lot more cold than I really am. I’m truly an animal lover, and we’re in negotiations with my 10yrd old daughter about a cat right now. I don’t begrudge another’s attachment and feelings for animals. I just don’t have it myself. Still, I hope your grief is shortlived.
Hey ST, I’m sorry to hear about your bad day. Tomorrow will be better. Take care.
OH! I meant to offer a topic. Jimma’s BS interview with the German rag “Der Spiegel”. Both Prager and Medved read portions of it. Based on what I heard, I think the appellation “traitor” is indeed appropriate. If not, we could go with “seditious”, “pompous blowhard”, “liar”, and “self-promoting jaggoff”. Sorry about that last one, but he really frosts my hindquarters.
Sorry to hear of your misfortune.
I hope tomorrow will be better for you.
Here’s one for tomorrow: Seems Ned Lamont has a rather interesting family history, namely a Communist Grandfather. See the Democracy Project for an interesting article!
I’m saddened by the events of your day, SisterToldjah:
Go visit your beautiful kitty and hug the stuffin’ out of her while you
your eyes out.
You’ll feel better and tomorrow will be a brighter day.
Jack.
benning: As the nut doesn’t roll far from the tree, certainly nutroots apply.
It would be too easy to say “think: cat heaven.” Guess I said it anyway…
Funny how with all the shite going on in the world right now that we can have such a rotten experience get so much in our face. Death sucks, be it a child, a grownup, a favorite actor, (cheap joke coming, be ready) a not-so-mindless animal… well, in light of that LA Times ad from Nicole Kidman et al, maybe not so mindless after all.
The few times it’s happened to me, I’ve tried to pretend that it didn’t happen at all. Now that you’ve posted it for all the world to see, scratch option 1. The only other thing that’s worked for me is truly believing that this creature of God was needed home far more than the ridiculously dangerous existence it was leading.
As the proud custodian of 3 of the coolest cats you could ever come across (who NEVER, EVER go outside,) and having raised and loved 8 before them, the only other thing I can say is that you didn’t set out to do this, and neither did the cat.
It is what it is. The rest of us 2-footers need you to mourn, recover, recuperate and (puh-leeze excuse the expression,) move on.
Kitty-lovers everywhere will understand and support your grieving, but if you’re as tough as we’ve been led to believe, you’ll be fine.
As a former long-time USAF 1st Sgt, much love, Kiddo. Get well, and get back on the horse.
I know how you feel. I have told myself there is a critter heaven sort of like Rainbow Bridge. All the creatures go there and carry on forever.
ST, Hitting an animal is traumatic. I’ve hit a cat on a country road. It ran away before I could stop.
I’ve also hit a deer. It bothers you for a long time.
Get off on other things and you’ll be fine.
The original message I received was sent Aug. 2, 2006, I thought I would share it with you because it touched me.
A SOLDIERS DAUGHTER
Last week I was in Atlanta , Georgia attending a conference. While I was in the airport, returning home, I heard several people behind me beginning to clap and cheer. I immediately turned around and witnessed one of the greatest act’s of patriotism I have ever seen.
Moving thru the terminal was a group of soldiers in their camo’s, as they began heading to their gate everyone (well almost everyone) was abruptly to their feet with their hands waving and cheering.
When I saw the soldiers, probably 30-40 of them, being applauded and
cheered for it hit me. I’m not alone. I’m not the only red blooded American who still loves this country and supports our troops and their families.
Of course I immediately stopped and began clapping for these young unsung heroes who are putting their lives on the line everyday for us so we can go to school, work and home without fear or reprisal. Just when I thought I could not be more proud of my country or of our service men and women a young girl, not more than 6 or 7 years old, ran up to one of the male soldiers. He kneeled down and said “hi,” the little girl then she asked him if he would give something to her daddy for her. The young soldier, he didn’t look any older than maybe 22 himself, said he would try and what did she want to give to her
daddy. Then suddenly the little girl grabbed the neck of this soldier, gave him the biggest hug she could muster and then kissed him on the cheek.
The mother of the little girl, who said her daughters name was Courtney, told the young soldier that her husband was a Marine and had been in Iraq for 11 months now. As the mom was explaining how much
her daughter, Courtney, missed her father, the young soldier began to tear up.
When this temporarily single mom was done explaining her situation, all of the soldiers huddled together for a brief second. Then one of the other servicemen pulled out a military looking walkie-talkie. They started playing with the device and talking back and forth on it. After about 10-15 seconds of this, the young soldier walked back over to Courtney, bent down and said this to her, “I spoke to your daddy and he told me to give this to you.” He then hugged this little girl that he had just met and gave her a kiss on the cheek. He finished by saying “your daddy told me to tell you that he loves you more than anything and he is coming home very soon.”
The mom at this point was crying almost uncontrollably and as the young soldier stood to his feet he saluted Courtney and her mom. I was standing no more than 6 feet away from this entire event unfolded. As the soldiers began to leave, heading towards their gate, people resumed their applause.
As I stood there applauding and looked around, their were very few dry eyes, including my own. That young soldier in one last act of selflessness, turned around and blew a kiss to Courtney with a tear rolling down his cheek.
We need to remember everyday all of our soldiers and their families and thank God for them and their sacrifices. At the end of the day, it’s good to be an American.
Red Friday Just keeping you “in the loop” so you’ll know what’s going on in case this takes off. RED FRIDAYS —– Very soon, you will see a great many people wearing Red every Friday. The reason? Americans who support our troops used to be called the “silent majority”. We are no longer silent, and are voicing our love for God, country and home in record breaking numbers. We are not organized, boisterous or over-bearing. We get no liberal media coverage on TV, to reflect our message or our opinions.
Many Americans, like you, me and all our friends, simply want to recognize that the vast majority of America supports our troops. Our idea of showing solidarity and support for our troops with dignity and respect starts this Friday and continues each and every Friday until the troops all come home, sending a deafening message that.. Every red-blooded American who supports our men and women afar will wear something red.
By word of mouth, press, TV — let’s make the United States on every Friday a sea of red much like a homecoming football game in the bleachers. If every one of us who loves this country will share this with acquaintances, co-workers, friends, and family. It will not be long before the USA is covered in RED and it will let our troops know the once “silent” majority is on their side more than ever, certainly more than the media lets on.
The first thing a soldier says when asked “What can we do to make things better for you?” is…We need your support and your prayers.
Let’s get the word out and lead with class and dignity, by example; and wear something red every Friday.
IT IS YOUR CHOICE. WE LIVE IN THE LAND OF THE FREE, ONLY BECAUSE OF THE BRAVE.
THEIR BLOOD RUNS RED—- SO WEAR RED! — MAY GOD HELP AMERICA TO BECOME ONE NATION, UNDER GOD.
But how can this be. You are a conservative and by defenition of the left incapable of caring for life. Well I guess this proves another lie of the left that all conservatives are uncaring and willful killers of the innocent. I am another conservative that has actually wept over the death of an innocent animal as well as inoccent humans. Go figure, we are actually humans with actual human concern for life.