Hey Cat's and Kitten's! It's Time Once Again For  Sticky Paws and Hairballs vs. Kitty Kisses and Fuzzy Hugs + The 3rd     Edition of Noodle's Hypocrisy Hall of Shame...

I was going to try to go for a lighter tone this week. You know a little fun video and some music...
And then there was a campus shooting a few blocks from where the human works; http://www.aol.com/article/2014/06/06/police-college-student-disarmed-seattle-gunman/20907863/?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl6%7Csec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D485033
 The father of one of the victims remarked after the shooting in Santa Barbara that it appears these types of shootings are just something we have accepted in our society and was understandably upset that we don't appear to feel the need to do anything about it anymore. Look I'm just a cat and I say DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT! So here is something you can do. You don't even need to get up out of your chair but if you do nothing else at least do this one thing;  http://www.msnbc.com/ronan-farrow-daily/the-call-not-one-more#break click on the link and send a message to your congressman and I will give you this big kitty kiss badge for your blog...

(we will be adding sticky paw, hairball and fuzzy hug badges very soon)

 

 

A great big sticky paw to the 41 Republican Senators that killed a bill to help Vet's find jobs and get health care because they are so worried about the budget. The bill would also have provided funding for 23 more medical clinics and maybe then no one would have to wait or at least wait as long. But it's certainly not congresses job to fix that... oh wait yes it is! After a while I forget and think that because it is all they do now days, that their job is to form an ever growing number of  hearings and to keep voting to get rid of Obama Care; http://article.wn.com/view/2014/04/28/Senate_Republicans_shoot_down_jobs_bill_for_veterans/
AND...they are sooooo worried about the budget that they insist on giving more and more money to the Department of Defense even though they don't want or need it!
http://www.pogo.org/blog/2013/05/pentagon-tells-congress-stop-giving-us-what-we-dont-need.html


We haven't inducted anyone lately but here are our latest nominees to Noodle's Hypocrisy Hall of Shame;
the response to the release and exchange of our last Afghanistan prisoner of war. No matter what the circumstances under which Bowe Bergdahl was captured, the rhetoric that some are spewing is absolutely inappropriate and just plain nasty!
Only hours after posting welcome home and prayers and thanks, a number of members of congress took them back! Can you take prayers back? http://onpolitics.usatoday.com/2014/06/04/bowe-bergdahl-congress-tweets-delete/

And on that subject, another great big sticky paw to the whole " how could Obama release these terrible prisoners, now we will not be safe. He should be impeached"... I think perhaps they need to be reminded that under Bush and Cheney over 500 prisoners from Guantanamo were released and I don't think Bush was impeached...
I'm sensing a double standard here... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/03/exbush-official-gwb-would_n_5441391.html



And now for  some fun!

Want to laugh alot? check this out; http://digg.com/video/justin-timberlake-impersonates-jimmy-fallon-on-snl


Have a great weekend!

Noodle and crew

                Another Almost Wordless Wednesday...

 

r>g; some of you will know what this means. For those of you who don't go and get a copy of  the best seller Capital by Thomas Piketty. Read it and you will understand the look on my adorable little face. Or you can just click on the link; http://www.demos.org/blog/4/28/14/pikettys-capital-r-g-and-s

Happy Wednesday!

Noodle and crew
                                                   

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT THIS WEEKEND.....
















In the wake of this last mass shooting I feel the need to say a few things so here goes;
I am a very open minded kitty cat. Just because I don't have a gun doesn't mean I don't support your right to have one. But here's what I don't understand...why does anyone need more than one and why does anyone need an automatic weapon ( the key word here being WEAPON )?

I think this is where a lot of people part ways in the gun debate. There is no use for an AK47 except to kill people, period! It feels like we have gotten to the point where " I want this rocket launcher just because I want it" is what some are labeling freedom.

If there is a case to be made that you have a constitutional right to carry your automatic weapon into the local Starbucks because to not let you would infringe upon your freedom somehow, then there is also a case to be made that I should be able to go to the local Starbucks without having guns bumping my chair and scaring my kids. It seems that freedom is a relative term to some and they are happy to throw it about when it suits them but please don't forget freedom is for EVERYONE.




The NRA tries to make the case that the answer to all the gun violence is to have more guns. Give them to teachers and preachers and judges and why not  give them to people on juries ( just in case while deliberating you don't agree with me ) but if we are going to do that we need to give them to the lawyers and prosecutors and then what about the defendants rights? Better give them one too, what could possibly go wrong?

Look, I'm not naive we will never have a gun free society ( although if you look at England and Australia and other countries they seem to be managing just fine without them ) but maybe we should think about the old adage " everything in moderation ",  I think that there are more people who would like to see less of a gun presence in this country than there are those who feel they need to arm themselves to the teeth... but then that's just my opinion and I'm just a cat.




One more thing, no matter what your point of view on guns...it is NOT OK to try to intimidate people while holding a gun! That's not freedom or anything to do with the second amendment. That's just plain being a bully!


Thanks for listening,

Noodle and crew

A Truly Great Lady...



Her last tweet at 11:43am on May 23rd read: " Listen to yourself and in that quietude you might hear the voice of God".

We would like to take this opportunity to remember Maya Angelou who passed away yesterday at the age of 86.

I admit I am not the biggest fan of poetry but there are some poems and writers of poems that have a way of capuring raw emotion to such a degree that you can't look away... This is one of my favorites;  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqOqo50LSZ0

Noodle and crew

 

                           WORDLESS WEDNESDAY...

                                                          Something to think about...

                                                                  Wolf in captivity

                                               What are your thoughts on captive animals?




Happy Wednesday!

Noodle and crew

                   ONE THING FOR THIS WEEKEND...

 

DANCING WOMAN 1-4

 

As we all get ready to have a long 3 day weekend, here's something to think about;
As screwed up as this country is politically right now and as we watch and wait for more jobs and better wages and racial equality and immigration reform and... well, you get the point...
Things are better here than in other places. Example; If I go outside and start dancing around chances are I won't get arrested. (Then again you haven't seen me dance...) anyway, here's a great story that should make you smile while you tap your feet or go all out and bust a move along with the music... http://www.latimes.com/world/middleeast/la-fg-happy-iranians-arrested-20140521-story.html



Have a great weekend and don't forget to dance to the music of life!

Noodle and crew

                            WORDLESS WEDNESDAY...

 

 

 

Happy Wednesday!

 

Noodle and crew