Light Side of Lighthouse - Dog Story

Verna, Wisconsin proprietor of Pet Expressions, sent this humor that I hope tickles your funny bone as much as it did mine …

Yesterday I was buying a large bag of Purina Dog Chow for Blanche, our Hunting dog at Wal-Mart and was standing in line about to check out. A woman behind me asked if I had a dog.

First thing I thought was “where is your sign[*], lady” but decided to go with it…SO…On impulse, I told her that no, I didn’t have a dog, and that I was starting the Purina weight loss diet again.

I said I probably shouldn’t, because I’d ended up in the hospital last time, but that I’d lost 50 pounds before I awakened in an intensive care ward with tubes coming out of most of my orifices and IV’s in both arms. I told her that it was essentially a perfect diet and that the way that it works is, you load your pants pockets with Purina nuggets and simply eat one or two every time you feel hungry and that the food is nutritionally complete… so I was going to try it again.

I have to mention here that practically everyone in the line was by now enthralled with my story to say the least.

Totally Horrified, the lady asked if I ended up in intensive care because the dog food poisoned me.

I told her no; I had stepped off a curb to sniff an Irish setter’s ass and a car hit us both.

I thought the guy behind her was going to have a heart attack, he was laughing so hard.

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[*] From Foxworthy’s humorous recording – Sign.

Teenage Boy Scout Saves his President’s Life

In recent times, the Boy Scouts, specifically in America have been portrayed in a poor light, and attacked by the ACLU and powers of the Left, as well as atheists. But I am happy to pass on from Forbes a story of a heroic Boy Scout in the Maldives …

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the Boy Scout [Ibrahim] who dreams of becoming a policeman, grabbing the knife of a would-be assassin lunging for the president of the Maldives was a crash course in cop-like heroics. That the attacker may have been an Islamic extremist is only adding to the tale of the 15-year-old’s bravery, even as it threatens the Maldives’ reputation as a peaceful tropical paradise for well-healed foreigners. … the attack turned him into a big deal in this small country of nearly 1,200 islands that stretch south from India.
Officials have played down the Islamic extremism angle in the attack, saying Tuesday’s attempted assassination of President Maumoon Gayoom may have been politically motivated but offering no other details. Police arrested the alleged assailant and on Wednesday picked up four suspected accomplices. …
“He had a long beard; he shouted ‘God is Great’ when he took out his knife. He kept shouting it,” Ibrahim said from the hospital in Male where he is recovering from wounds in his left hand sustained in the attack. Wearing his khaki Maldives scout uniform with a blue kerchief, Ibrahim and the 20 other members of his Boy Scout troop were among scores of people who turned out Tuesday to greet Gayoom when he arrived on Hoarafushi, a remote island that is home to about 2,800 people. Ibrahim said the attacker was behind him, jostling to get closer to the president.
“He pushed me, and I pushed him back,” said Ibrahim …
“Then I saw him take out the knife. It was wrapped in a flag, a Maldives flag. He took it, he unwrapped it, and started to move for my president. I tried to grab it,” Ibrahim said. The knife sliced open his hand …

The story continues with description of Maldives Islamic background that began in the 12th century by Arab traders, and a traditionally moderate brand of the religion has dominated there ever since.

While this article attests to the importance of our youth to have a Boy Scout community organization, wherever it may be; it is also a rebuttal against M. Sobieskey’s recent article concerning the Global War on Terrorism, specifically his statements that America should declare war on all Moslems. Not all followers of Islam, Moslems, are “extremists” or members of the Islamic fascist organized terrorists. The article also mentions that:

Tourism has helped make the Maldives, home to about 350,000 people, the most prosperous country in South Asia, with a capita annual income of $2,700. But in the last decade or so, as the Internet has brought the world to these remote islands, extreme elements schooled in Pakistan or the Middle East have made inroads. They’ve preached about the U.S. invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, and played on the divisions among Maldivians, many of whom eke our relatively modest livings in the cramped towns and villages.

Recent incidents may hurt the tourism, and thus hurt the Maldives’ economy; but it demonstrates that moderates do take action against extremists - and the Boy Scouts of America and other nations do encourage youth to be good and responsible citizens all over the world.

Snippets - Political Scene - January 10th 2008

Let’s be frank. Hillary “Rodham” Clinton should not be our next president. Yes, someday, a woman who deserves to hold the highest office in the land will do so – but not her.