Also pit bulls are considerably less likely to eat toddlers than shar peis, chow chows, dobies, rotties, GSD, akitas, or even Jack Russel Terriers ( a JET did kill a child in Seattle) or even Great Danes. The bad rap on pits is a classic case of media promoting narratives which are derived from race and class prejudice so that people who don’t buy the original narrative about the poor fall for the propaganda about the dog of the poor. This happened when the dog of the poor was the dobie and before that when the dog of the poor was the rottie. Sorry about the lecture but pit bulls suffer shamefully at the hands of humans. I’m a volunteer at a dog rescue shelter so I guess I’m touchy and humorless about this–I’ve just seen too much suffering.

But enough of the thread jack. I wish Harry Reid had more akita in his personality.

Nothing personal against Sen.Reid…but watching him on the floor turns me into the petite female version of Sam Kinison….Oh. oh , ohhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!

But it is really nice to know that bush plans to open his man purse and give Harry back his balls for a job well done…buy that man a pretzel!!!If Harry had been any kinder he might have been able to swing a few nights at the Blair house since the Obama family wasn’t allowed to use it and it IS empty until the 12th..maybe Georgie will invite harry to Crawford this summer to clear brush….that ought to make them even.

I do believe there should be NO rubber stamp in any branch of government I do hope Reid and Pelosi will pick their battles with great care. I do believe the American people spoke on election day in support of the new direction Obama offered to the nation..The American people , IMHO, want oversight of the choices Obama makes for our direction…I would hate to see Reid get in the way of moving the country forward so reids ego can be inflated.

Reid and the rest of both houses need to remember they DON’T work for Obama,,, they work for US..as our voice…We picked our leader and it IS reids job to see that the intent of our votes is heard..Not because Obama wants it, but because we voted for it.

…not criticizing, just curious. I’d be happy to add my $0.02 worth, maybe even a nickel’s worth…I am running a 2-for-1 special. LOL.

I really regretted his having made certain remarks about Obama’s likely successor Burris. Dems can’t afford weekly retractions, mis-steps and course reversals by their house majority leader. No doubt he’s a good person with his heart in the right place. He seems to be at the whim of day-to-day circumstances or not in the loop as opposed to being a badly needed force for ensuring that congressional dems speak with one voice (as opposed to issuing commands to a herd of cats).

On the other hand, maybe Obama needs to be “broken in” just a bit. Feinstein’s remarks on Panetta appointment were widely characterized as whining, another example of why consultations with Congress-persons is sometimes a much needed oil for political machinery.

To me, a little such chaos is much better than marching in lock-step, declaring one thing while meaning another. Not everyone, particularly rightees, will agree with that.

I agree with most previous comments… Reid and Pelosi didn’t look competent in the past…Probably because their lips and their good intentions got ahead of their ability to deliver.

Doesn’t he though?

Last year, as the Dem primaries sifted the candidates down to Those Two, I heard some talk about Chris Dodd maybe replacing Reid. I suppose that was, like nearly everything else in 2008, just talk. *sigh*