Messenger Puppet

The “lower torso” and synonym for cat jokes are almost too easy. Plus Bates Township. where are Beavis and Butthead when you need them?

Michigan man shot when cat knocks gun onto floor

Wednesday, March 9, 2005

ASSOCIATED PRESS

BATES TOWNSHIP — An Upper Peninsula man cooking in his kitchen was shot after one of his cats knocked his 9mm handgun onto the floor, discharging the weapon, Michigan State Police said. Joseph Stanton, 29, of Bates Township in Iron County, was shot

in his lower torso around 6 p.m. Tuesday, the state police post in Iron River reported. He was transported to Iron County Community Hospital. Michelle Sand, a spokeswoman at the Iron River hospital, said Stanton was treated there before being transferred to Marquette General Hospital for further treatment. But Marcie Miller, a representative of the Marquette facility, said there was no record of the hospital receiving a patient by that name. A telephone message seeking comment was left Wednesday at Stanton’s home. State police said he was cooking at his stove when the cat knocked the loaded gun off the kitchen counter behind him.

and I feel fine.  Except that it f***ing sucks.

In an informative sort of way.

Dear John Kerry:

Shut the hell up. You are a senator now – go represent your constituents. (Clue #1: They are in Massachusetts.) You are not a presidential candidiate. (Clue #2: 11/02/04.) Stop trying to whore the national stage. I gave you $20 fucking dollars to be president. You let Karl Rove fuck you in the ass politically. Your “plan” was more hot air than anything else. You refused to call out Bush on the electronic transmitter at the debate. You gave up on my state in July. You let me down.

Afterwards, we learned that you left points on the field - the Kerry campaign had $15 million left over. W?T?F? Yes, you gave a couple mill to the DNC, but you control the rest. Evidently, instead of donating it to make the world better, or giving me a fucking refund, I get bombarded with slick little reminders of what a famewhore politicians like you are. I am not fooled by the subject of your letter. Obviously, you want to take another shot at the big chair, and are just trying to live rent free in my head, like an earworm. I am not going to forget you over the next 4 years (if my country survives it). I sure as f*** am not going to vote for you next time around, Mr. Quixote. Nobody I know is either. You are just another Dem who got trampled by the Bush machine. Accept your place next to Al Gore and move on.

XXOO (if you stop now)

Wink Dinkerson

National Chair Progressive Bloggers for Anybody But Kerry 2008

Today, I am joining leaders from a wide range of organizations representing millions of American families in issuing a simple call to action. If we want our Kids First Act to move forward, we need hearings scheduled in the Senate Finance Committee. So our powerful coalition is kicking off a month-long campaign to press for a firm date this spring for hearings on our Kids First Act.

Millions of families wake up every day to the stark reality of knowing their children have no health insurance. Surely, the Senate can wake up one day this spring and devote a few hours to hearing their stories.

Our Kids First momentum is building every day. Organizations including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the March of Dimes, Every Child Matters, and the AFL-CIO have endorsed our Kids First Act. And over 500,000 people have signed on as citizen co-sponsors of our bill.

The best way to make Washington listen is to put that total over one

million in the next 30 days.

If you haven’t signed already, please do so now. And urge others who care about kids to do the same.

http://www.johnkerry.com/kidsfirst

Getting hearings scheduled is so important. Committee hearings

separate proposals that have a chance of becoming law from those that

aren’t ever going to see the light of day. They provide an opportunity

for Congress to receive expert testimony on the importance of a bill

and provide an opportunity to get vital information into the public

record.

Senator Charles Grassley, chair of the Senate Finance Committee, has

been supportive of children’s initiatives in the past. We need him to

act now by setting a firm date for the hearings America’s children need

and deserve.

We know how powerful people’s stories can be. Thousands have called

our Kids First phone lines to give voice to their values. With moving

words and sometimes painful stories, they have made it clear that

America must move forward to provide health insurance to every child.

I want you to hear some of the messages yourself. Click on our Kids First map and listen to what people from your state have to say.

http://www.johnkerry.com/map

There are those in Washington who want to ignore those voices and

hide from the fact that children without health care translates into

needless pain and suffering for millions of American families. But we

won’t let uninsured children be ignored any longer.

We’ve got to put health care for our children at the top of our

national agenda. It won’t be easy, but we will never rest until we find

a way to make sure America puts Kids First.

This month, it’s all about keeping the pressure on for hearings.

When members of Congress go back for visits in their home states, we

need to make sure they hear a forceful demand for action on the Kids

First Act – especially members of the Senate Finance Committee. Thanks

for helping keep the pressure on.

Sincerely,

John Kerry

P.S. Keep your eyes open for updates on this campaign and ways that

you can get involved during the congressional recess. Together, we’ll

make Washington listen.

View a full list of endorsing organizations

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Our work has been featured in numerous invitational shows and we recently had the honor of being included in the 50th Anniversary Exhibition at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York.

I think N/D may have faded away in the last few years. Or not.