Cats & Dogs

I've had it with "Cats and Dogs People."

You know the ones, the ones who have cats or dogs and treat them like they are really their children. The ones who bitch and moan all the time about how people with kids are constantly talking about their kids and then, in the next instant, go on a thirty minute rant about how their sweet little kitty "Mr. Boogiedown" won't lie on the window sill near the garage yet ALWAYS lies on the sill near the kitchen and how it's so weird and it affects his mood and he won't eat in the early AM, blah, blah, blah.

The same people who claim that owning an animal is just as hard and as challenging as raising a child.

Enough.

Now, if you cannot have children of your own, then I completely understand. I have no problem with people who substitute their love for a child they cannot have with the love of a pet. Godspeed...I will even attend your loved one's birthday party.

But if you CHOOSE to not have children and then CHOOSE to pour all of your available love into an animal that shits in a box or licks his or her own genitalia, then, I mock thee.

I had dogs and cats growing up and , as much as I loved them I never, ever mistook them for "little humans" or as my "little babies." They were animals and they were cool, but they were only animals.

Children are more interesting, challenging, time consuming, loving, rewarding, delightful, and life-affirming. Not even fucking Rin Tin Tin or Lassie could compete with the joy and challenge of raising a child.

Please, Cats and Dogs People, stop pretending they're the same...Stop pretending there's no difference...Stop pretending owning a pet is the same thing as being a parent.

It's not.

Spare Me Your Righteous Indignation

People of a "Left" persuasion love to rail against FOX NEWS as a Right Wing Propaganda Machine. To them, FOX NEWS is biased, un-balanced, and basically a mouthpiece of the GOP. To them, all other news outlets are fair, balanced, nuanced, right-down-the-middle, straight shooters looking for the truth in a world menaced by the lurking shadow of evil, domineering, right-wing, Christian, Lords of Death.

Horsecrap.

Even if one were to stipulate that FOX NEWS tilts right, the idea that it is alone in its bias is laughable...just like when Hillary Clinton tells us charming stories about how she and her husband tell loving truths while lying in eachother's arms on a beach blanket sipping wine, eating cheese, and staring out into a beautiful sunset.

The fact is, you can make a case that almost ALL other news outlets tilt to the Left. CNN, MSNBC, CNBC, PBS, ABC, CBS, NBC, USA TODAY, Washington Post, New York Times, Newsweek, Time, Chicago Tribune, Boston Globe, etc, etc, etc.

The list, literally, goes on and on.

Case in point: A few weeks ago, following the Republican Presidential Debate, CNN had a panel that consisted of ZERO conservatives and Arianna Huffington and Paul Begala, two of the biggest bombthrowers of the Left.

Say what you will about FOX, at least they have the courage to match Libs with Conservatives...Something Bill Maher, CNN, and the rest may do well to adhere to.

In any event, please spare all of us the holier-than-thou caterwalling. FOX news is a straw man designed to allow the Left to distract everyone from the reality of their own biased news outlets.

Word.