Hi Humans,

Don't be shy. If you want to comment on my blog entries, please do so. You don't have to be a dog to say what you think. or if you have a pet dog and want to have your dog speak for you, that's also OK. I would like to hear from you or your dog.

Chloe

Monday, June 24, 2013

Leaker

Hi Humans,
Let me give you my opinion about that guy who leaked out US Government intelligence information, supposedly in the name of promoting transparency. I think he should be arrested, put on trial, and locked away in jail if he's found guilty. He probably is guilty since he publicly confessed because he thinks he did a good deed. Transparency (honesty) is good in most situations. However intelligence (information often gained by spying) is not one of those situations. It would be nice if all the people and nations in the world were honest with each other, always cooperated with each other, and never did harm to each other. But really that is not the way it is in your human world in which all of us creatures must live. Most governments do spy on each other. Nowadays there are also terrorists out there, in some cases acting independently and in other cases supported by certain governments. They mean to do harm to other people with whom they disagree. And in some cases like 911 and the Boston marathon bombing, they actually carried out their harmful intentions. I realize there is some conflict between freedom from being snooped on and freedom from being killed by a terrorist gun or bomb. You need some balance, but between the 2 threats I would prefer life over protection of the telephone or e-mail.
But what do I know? I'm just a dog.
Chloe

Friday, June 7, 2013

A letter to Mr. Pierre and Other Gun Tools

To Wayne La Pierre, the NRA, Assorted Gun Bullies, and other Tools of the gun Lobby,
Dear Mr. La Pierre, et al.
So one of your gun screwballs again performed mass murder in Santa Monica, California with an assault weapon before being himself killed by the police. Doesn't it make sense to you humans that fighting the creation of gun safety laws harms the safety of law abiding citizens? The more readily available guns are, the more likely crazy people will buy them to kill other people. You greedy gun bullies value your toys and the money you make by selling them above the lives of others. No reasonable person could possibly believe your lies when you argue that more guns means more safety. It just doesn't make sense. And I am not talking about the lives of the rest of the creatures that you kill for "sport." What kind of sport is it that the deer, rabbits, and others that you kill don't have guns to fight back. Using your logic, maybe they should be also be armed. Then you could sell more guns and make more money.
Incidentally, the Second Amendment of the Constitution provides for "a well regulated militia". That today is known as the National Guard. It does not say that you must not have universal background checks or that private individuals should be more heavily armed than the police.
Chloe

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Second Amendment Interpretation for Gun Nuts

Hi Humans,
I live in Northridge, California, where if one wants to e-mail Mr. Wilk, the local State Representative, about gun safety, one must choose between support or oppose the Second Amendment. That is code that says he opposes gun control (gun  safety). The issue is actually between for or against gun control (gun safety). The Second Amendment says that states can form militias (the National Guard). In fact it says a "well regulated militia." It doesn't say that every screwball can arm himself with all kinds of weapons, which is how the NRA, the gun lobby, and the present radical right Republican party interpret it.
If it is obvious to a little dog like me, why can't you humans with your big brains see it? If I were human and could vote, I wouldn't vote for a guy like that.
Chloe