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Great Question About Obama Pup

Animal Person

Here's a great question I received via direct message on Twitter ( www.twitter.com/mary_martin ): "Do you think that even if Obama had adopted a shelter dog-it still may have caused a run on breeders? This is why I didn't campaign for a greyhound--it raises their profile. Would it matter?"

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Best Bird of the Weekend (First of November 2012)

10,000 Birds

This was also the last weekend of President Obama’s first term. Finally, many of us not struggling to pull it all together after the storm or campaigning in crucial swing states were granted one extra hour this weekend to do something fun.

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A Historic Moment

Critter News

Barack Obama is the next President. Congratulations to him and all the people that worked on his campaign. Yes we can!

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On Bad Presidential Puppy Decisions

Animal Person

But I didn't campaign for a presidential greyhound for exactly the same reason Obama's decision was disappointing: it glorifies pure breed dogs. I wasn't an Obama supporter (or a McCain supporter) but I did appreciate a lot of what he appeared to believe in and wish for this country.

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Is Newt an Ugly, Angry Bird?

10,000 Birds

In the recent CNN debate Gingrich, and in the animal kingdom sense of the word, publicly presented to the predator neocons Addington and Wolfowitz—in essence mating himself and his campaign to another war of regime change , this time in Iran. This begs the question – if Barack Obama were a bird, what bird would he be?

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We Interrupt Regularly Scheduled.

Animal Person

We interrupt regularly scheduled deconstructing, editorializing, commenting and ranting to bring you a letter from John Perkins : Dear Friends Speaking of Democracy, Honduras, and President Obama. One is Lanny Davis, an influential lobbyist who was a personal lawyer for President Bill Clinton and also campaigned for Hillary.

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Proposed Changes to Migratory Bird Treaty Act – Part II

10,000 Birds

Thus, the Trump Administration’s four-year campaign to undermine the MBTA is almost certainly going to fail. The Obama Administration formally adopted the strict liability interpretation in a memo. However, it is unlikely that this rule will stand long enough for it to be implemented on its effective date of February 8, 2021.

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