tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49324962540231071572024-03-13T21:05:20.323-05:00Social MangeWhere I scratch the itches that really annoy me.
Author has a long memory and a short temper.
Feed the good wolf.Social Mangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05995552530671192536noreply@blogger.comBlogger520125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932496254023107157.post-75108714973173323872012-09-01T23:45:00.000-05:002012-09-02T02:38:26.488-05:00Kitchener-Waterloo and Vaughan voters, check this outThere are two important by-elections being held on September 6th in Ontario; one in Kitchener-Waterloo and the other in Vaughan. Votes in these jurisdictions should think and read everything possible before voting. Here's some food for thought.
Teachers state that they did not intend to strike in September. McGuinty and the Ontario Liberals are playing a shell game using Social Mangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05995552530671192536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932496254023107157.post-21342445305477627932012-07-21T21:48:00.001-05:002012-07-21T21:49:12.493-05:00Walks for Lennox and to pass Bill 16 in OntarioBecause mainstream media won't cover this type of activity, it goes against their political masters' will....
There were very welll-attended walks today in Toronto, Vancouver, St. Catherines, Peterborough, Indiana, all supporting the goal of ending "breed" specific legislation. There have been similar very well-attended walks in the UK, Wales, Northern Ireland.
Unfounded, unjust, vague, Social Mangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05995552530671192536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932496254023107157.post-77479071369331933082012-07-15T11:48:00.000-05:002012-07-15T12:23:42.443-05:00Facebook strikes again, as do scumbags trying to profit off Lennox's deathFacebook has incomprehensible rules and standards. Its minions scour pages erratically and shut down legitimate pages concerning animal rescue and welfare, while leaving "hate" pages and pages glorifying violence against animals and people up and running.
If this idea bothers you as much as it did me, please look at the petition to Facebook and if you agree, sign the petition.
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Social Mangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05995552530671192536noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932496254023107157.post-56258861898439950902012-07-01T09:05:00.002-05:002012-07-01T09:07:05.251-05:00Am I proud to be a Canadian?
Am I proud to be a Canadian?
No.
I live in a province where the government feels free to make
law-abiding people into second-class citizens.
I live in a province where the members of said government refuse
to inform themselves and vote accordingly, instead goose-stepping to their
leader’s commands, refusing to be informed and vote ethically and honourably.
I live in a province whereSocial Mangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05995552530671192536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932496254023107157.post-28765794556728606522012-06-05T21:04:00.002-05:002012-06-05T21:04:49.436-05:00The CBC shows its stupidityTailspin pretty much covers it all. The producers of a CBC show, Over The Rainbow, have ineptly and erroneously classified "pit bulls" (a non-existent breed) as "dangerous dogs". Read Tailspin's response here.
Join the flood of yellow outside the CBC booth at Woofstock in Toronto on June 9th from 9 am onwards with callbacks at 3 pm where they'll be casting for Toto. Wear a Social Mangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05995552530671192536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932496254023107157.post-46130660360014734902012-05-28T19:55:00.002-05:002012-05-28T19:56:59.432-05:00Help two wonderful dog rescues!Social Mangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05995552530671192536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932496254023107157.post-54968714144916608402012-05-26T00:34:00.001-05:002012-05-26T00:35:43.307-05:00Save your dog - don't come to Ontario, CanadaSummer is coming and people will be traveling to visit family and friends or for pleasure.
Whatever you do, do NOT spend your tourism dollars in Ontario, Canada. Especially if you own a short-haired dog.
The government admits it. They'll seize and kill a tourist's dog solely because of the dog's appearance.
Keep your dogs safe. Don't come to Ontario.Social Mangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05995552530671192536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932496254023107157.post-29017348351162169832012-05-10T20:36:00.004-05:002012-05-26T00:37:34.483-05:00Bill 16 - ALL citizens should beware the McGuinty LiberalsUPDATE: Many Liberal MPPs are ignoring their constituents' requests for meetings. Nice to know the Liberals represent only some of the citizens in this province, hmmm?
UPDATE: The Liberals are sending out a canned response recycled from 2005 to requests to call Bill 16 for a third reading. Even MPP Laurel Broten, who owns a `substantially similar`dog that is NOT Social Mangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05995552530671192536noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932496254023107157.post-42683977876941337032012-05-08T19:14:00.001-05:002012-05-08T19:16:15.296-05:00Toronto Humane Society Election coming up!The annual meeting of the members of the Toronto Humane Society is on Tuesday, May 29th at 6 p.m. at the Best Western Primrose Hotel at Carlton and Jarvis.
Every member should shortly receive a package including a form of proxy. If you are a member of the THS and cannot attend the meeting in person, please complete, sign, date and return the form of proxy. A stamped, addressed Social Mangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05995552530671192536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932496254023107157.post-8299986486684110452012-05-02T19:43:00.001-05:002012-05-02T19:43:20.631-05:00Enough picking my pocket while an MPP goes off to line theirsSo McSquinty is weaseling around to try to get the K-W seat back by giving Elizabeth Witmer a plum post. Wonder what it pays and what the perks are?
I demand a law requiring any MPP (or MP, for that) to personally
pay the cost of a by-election if they leave their seat before the end of
their term for reason other than death or dismemberment. Enough of the
taxpayers bearing the brunt ofSocial Mangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05995552530671192536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932496254023107157.post-19207071140148145542012-04-25T20:13:00.004-05:002012-04-25T20:13:35.910-05:00Toronto Humane Society Open House - Sunday, April 29, 12 - 6C'mon down to the Toronto Humane Society on Sunday, April 29th from 12 noon to 6 p.m.
Garage sale, bake sale, loads of fun for everyone and it's free!
Social Mangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05995552530671192536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932496254023107157.post-82432275205725790042012-04-01T13:09:00.005-05:002012-04-01T13:43:57.656-05:00Don't believe everything you read in the papers.......because if you didn't already know or as you may have learned over the past few years with the MSM hyperbole about the McGuinty Liberals' deadly "pit bull" ban, someone pronouncing from a mass media outlet usually has an ulterior motive.If you want the truth about Toronto Humane Society, read the THS response to Peter Worthington`s inflammatory and inaccurate article in the Toronto Sun. ClickSocial Mangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05995552530671192536noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932496254023107157.post-88055703875595819562012-02-26T10:11:00.003-05:002012-02-26T10:22:58.236-05:00Bill 16 takes another step forwardBill 16, the private member's bill to remove "breed" specific legislation from the Ontario Dog Owners' Liability Act (DOLA), took one more step towards being passed when it passed second reading on February 23rd.Now the things that piss me off.1. Not one single frigging so-called "journalist" has bothered to read DOLA. Not one single lame-ass media person has focused on the fact that the Social Mangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05995552530671192536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932496254023107157.post-82619543323704158952012-02-20T18:35:00.003-05:002012-02-20T18:41:39.048-05:00SUPPORT BILL 16, HERSHEY'S BILLThis was my friend's dog.This dog was a "pit bull" under Ontario's unfounded, unjust, vague, shoddy and fiscally irresponsible legislation.Fortunately, she died knowing only love, rather than months to years in a pound cage and murder at the hands of the Ontario Liberals.SUPPORT BILL 16, HERSHEY'S BILL.Social Mangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05995552530671192536noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932496254023107157.post-61364048606334211582012-02-20T18:06:00.003-05:002012-02-20T18:12:11.480-05:00What's the deal with Bill 16?Chicobandido has done a thoughtful analysis of Bill 16 and why it matters....greatly. Read it here.Come to the rally for Hershey's Bill, a tri-party bill to repeal the breed-specific portions of the Ontario Dog Owners' Liability Act.THE TIME IS NOW! To step up for fair and equal treatment for ALL citizens of Ontario, including dog owners WHEN: Feb 23rd, 2012 WHERE! QUEENS PARK(probably on the Social Mangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05995552530671192536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932496254023107157.post-86515513339255767412011-12-25T13:08:00.002-05:002011-12-25T13:11:35.041-05:00Santa, didn't you hear me last time?A rerun from 2007.....how sad that nothing has changed.=====================================================Dear Santa:I haven’t asked you for anything in a long while because I have so much.Well, I have a BIG list this year.I want all Ontario dog owners to be full citizens again. Not the second-class citizenship slapped onto dog owners of all breeds by the Ontario McGuinty Liberals, but fullSocial Mangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05995552530671192536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932496254023107157.post-59045150813400198862011-12-05T20:07:00.003-05:002011-12-05T20:18:45.492-05:00A trip to sorrow and sadnessPound Dogs has just returned from a rescue run to Quebec, and has many pictures and a few words to explain the feelings it evoked.Road Trip 1Road Trip 2Road Trip 3Road Trip 4Road Trip 5Road Trip 6Road Trip 7Road Trip 8Road Trip 9Social Mangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05995552530671192536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932496254023107157.post-83468655884354839942011-12-04T21:26:00.003-05:002011-12-04T21:29:28.862-05:00Caveat has a chart you should really view....And MPP Randy Hillier has a petition you should really sign....So Ontario can be free of unfounded, unjust, vague, shoddy, ineffective and fiscally irresponsible statutory provisions....So law-abiding dog owners are no longer legislated into second-class citizenship....And so thousands of unoffending dogs are not killed solely because of their shape.Social Mangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05995552530671192536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932496254023107157.post-78263302763257786122011-11-30T20:36:00.004-05:002011-11-30T20:47:28.557-05:00Tri-party introduction of Bill to end Ontario "breed" specific legislation!!! A Bill was introduced in the Ontario Legislature today by MPP Randy HIllier, co-sponsored by NDP MPP Cheri DiNovo and Liberal MPP Kim Craitor, to repeal Onscario`s unfounded, unjust, ineffective and fiscally irresponsible `breed`specific legislation. My deepest thanks to these people for their intelligence and courage.You can watch video of Mr. Hillier introducing the Bill here.Ms. Di Novo, theSocial Mangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05995552530671192536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932496254023107157.post-10237869547730990692011-11-27T20:20:00.002-05:002011-11-27T20:28:42.903-05:00Caveat bites Global TV - a provoked and well-deserved bite!I see that Global TV has its head up its digital butt again...Caveat does a nice dissection of the nonsense Global tried to feed the public on dog bites. I personally avoid Global News since they're so Liberal fixated, I don't trust their news.On a happier note, Yvette Van Veen wrote a great article asking where is the data to prove the "pit bull" ban is working.And on a sickening note, Social Mangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05995552530671192536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932496254023107157.post-53913670295107745622011-11-17T17:56:00.003-05:002011-11-17T21:41:02.384-05:00Readings for the strong of heartYesBiscuit has the Rotary Club report on Memphis Animal Services, and it's ugly.Dogs being sold out the back door for fighting, "supplies" (probably drugs) being sold out the back door, truly inhumane practices, management attempting to cover its fat, lazy butts by having the webcams (public scrutiny) removed...it's appalling.Tennessee is ranking very low on my estimation of the percentage of Social Mangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05995552530671192536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932496254023107157.post-10246000229808047892011-10-20T17:23:00.003-05:002011-10-20T17:25:40.899-05:00Beyond The Myth - Be there!Media Contact Selma MulveyPhone: 519-449-9404 Email: selma@tdc.on.caFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFilm to Make Canadian Premiere at Fox Theatre November 5th [Toronto] Oct 19, 2011 The Dog Legislation Council of Canada, a not-for-profit corporation that has been at the forefront of fighting Ontario's dog ownership ban, is delighted to host the Canadian premiere of the documentary film Beyond the Myth on Social Mangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05995552530671192536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932496254023107157.post-14834656196578284892011-10-13T20:37:00.001-05:002011-10-14T18:31:03.869-05:00Save LennoxSocial Mangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05995552530671192536noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4932496254023107157.post-46226410857075737822011-10-08T21:25:00.002-05:002011-10-08T21:28:02.067-05:00Beyond the Myth coming to Toronto November 5, 6thFrom Brindlestick....you MUST buy your tickets in advance, this is going to be sold out fast.The Dog Legislation Council of Canada, along with Cover Y'All Productions are pleased to announce the Premiere screening of Beyond the Myth November 5, 6th at Fox Theatre in Toronto.Fox Theatre2236 Queen Street EastScreeningsNovember 5, 2011 7:00 pmNovember 6, 2011 4:00 pmTickets are $10.00Purchase Social Mangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05995552530671192536noreply@blogger.com0