Dogs, Panthers, And Freedom

THE CANINE CREW: Two mornings ago, one of the crew knocked my Timex digital clock off the dresser and onto the concrete tile. This has happened several times, but this time the clock did not survive the fall. It will be a while before I can replace it.
Four years ago, our neighbors from hell complained that our dogs were too noisey, that we had too many, and we abused or neglected them. I tried to keep the dogs quiet, but Tasha would not help. She said the neighbors from hell deserved the noise. Three times their trained attack dog, a German shepherd, had jumped on our dogs whle Tasha was walking them down the lane. Once, they were still on our part of the lane, our property, that is. This was the second trained attack dog the neighbors had, and neither of them would work with the neighbors from hell. That should tell you that they really were from hell. The dogs both disappeared. Tasha said she had bad dreams from the attacks, and I advised her to see a therapist. If the problem became severe, we could initiate a lawsuit. But Tasha can be very brittle about anything I suggest, and she did nothing but have bad dreams. I was sure that the neighbors would not complain about the dogs for two years as they would be waiting for the statue of limitations on a suit to run out. Sure enough, within a month of it running out, they were out making complaints. When they carped to the county authorities we found out that we could have only six adult dogs. Alachua County has a very intrusive government. What business is it of theirs how many dogs, children or horses a person has?
THE BLACK FLORIDA PANTHER STORY:
I told Dr. David Maehr, author of "The Florida Panther," about finding the dead "black panther" in Capps, Florida and asked him, "I guess that's pretty classic, isn't it?"
"Not really. It's usually an otter. They have the same shape, you know, and people can't judge at a distance."
I'm going to put up signs at some of these country stores like in Raiford where they are seeing him. I'm going to offer $100 for a confirmed sighting."
"Why don't you offer $10,000," he asked, laughing, "You wont lose it!"
"Well, I'm going to keep trying.
"Good luck."
FREEDOM'S VIGIL:
Obama in an obvious slam at Ayn Rand's "The Virtue Of Selfishness" said last week that there was no "virtuousness in selfishness." I've written that he has no standing on this as he has been very selfish toward his half-brother living in Kenya in a dirt floor hut making do on $12 a year. He's been the same way toward his aunt who lives in a ghetto in America. He made millions from a ghost-written book that included passages about his love for his aunt, yet she has received very little if any proceeds from that book. In addition, the amount of money the Obama give to charity as reported on their income taxes is very low.