The toys that Piper had were the Hartz Chew & Clean brand.

These are similar to other chew toys on the market that are of

nylon/polyurethane blend. If your dog enjoys these, just make

sure that there are no broken pieces, and as soon as it starts to

show wear, throw it away. If any of the pieces are ingested, it can

pose serious problems.

The conversation in my Nonfiction class today was truth. It

was of course directed at the genre of nonfiction and where the

lines of truth and the writer’s perspective get blurred, but it

made me ponder my own personal truths and their origins. I

haven’t made up my mind yet. Is it truth when it is ingrained so

deeply into your being that you cannot accept another explanation?

Does something become truth because there are facts to back it

up, and if there are no facts, can it ever be a truth? I believe there

is no universal truth. Even when someone is reporting the facts, they

are swayed by their perspective. When someone is taking a picture,

there are images left out of the picture, and those again depend on the

person behind the camera. How do I define truth? And if I do, do I

have to defend it as well? Is it enough to say, “this is my truth”?

This really is going to change the way I view the news, stories that people

relate to me that I have not been witness to, and even my own judgments

on situations that I find myself in. And all this time I thought the

truth would set me free. Sure.

I just watched Michael Moore’s “Sicko.” I am disgusted.

Yes, I know everyone hates him, he hates America, yada

yada. But the fact is that other countries have national

health care and it works very well, and it is quality care.

What the hell is wrong with America? It makes me sad

and angry to think that people in America suffer needlessly

because they have no insurance. I am more and more

convinced that this country is far from the country that

it was supposed to be. Warmongering, greed, corruption,

and disregard for human life are the center stones of our

society. I realize there is no perfect government, but

come on, people dying because their HMO won’t let them

be tested for certain things? I wonder what would happen

if everyone got up one day and realized that we live in a free

country and decided to picket, speak out, and stand against

all the things that are wrong in this country. I guess it will

never happen because we have become convinced that our

country allows anyone to get ahead if they just work hard

enough. It’s not true. That is not the way it works. There are

many examples of people working everyday towards a dream

and not being able to achieve it because of some loophole. We

have been duped. It is overwhelming to try and cut through the

crap to find the truth, and I guess that is why we don’t. It will

take a major uprising to change things. Pffftt..not in my lifetime.

I am always surprised that people don’t question the food

they eat. The unspeakable things that happen to animals

for us to have a hamburger, is appalling. A glass of milk,

sure, how about some pus and blood with your cookies?

The animals that provide our meat sources and dairy sources

are fed antibiotics, hormones, and live in horrible conditions.

No one questions this. It is scary to me that Americans will

so blindly follow a majority voice. I am not going to preach about

going organic, or vegetarian. What I will say is that you owe it

to yourself to become educated about the things that directly

affect your life. From the food you eat to the politics you follow,

dig deeper than the latest hype you read in a magazine. Research,

research, research. You will be amazed.

Tonight I watched “It’s a Wonderful Life” for the first time. I have never

wanted to see it because I thought it was a Christmas movie. I was wrong.

It is a movie chock full of morality. So chock full that now I feel more inept

than ever. How could anyone ever live up to that? More importantly, in

today’s society would it even be possible? From my point of view, our

government is much like Mr. Potter, but with a lot more power. Working

your ass off with good intent and honesty does not always pay off in the long

run. Big business is alive and well in America, and family businesses are a

thing of the past. Capitalism is a corrupt system that enables the rich and

bankrupts the poor, not to mention exploiting under-developed countries

by lending them money and forcing our ideals on them to repay the debt.

World Bank my ass. It does not benefit the world, only the richest in the

world. So…while I find George Bailey honorable, I know that there is no

such thing as doing the right thing and reaping the rewards. The reality

is doing the right thing and hoping that Mr. Potter drinks himself into a

stupor and suffocates in a snow drift.

I had Mexican food for dinner. Sometimes it makes me cranky.

There is little motivation for this blog. Some insistence from my son,

and maybe a smackling of boredom. How lucky for you.

Do not wait for startling revelations…they will not come.

I only offer a few bland remarks on daily life from a somewhat

twisted perspective.

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