Friday, July 03, 2009

Friday Hound Blogging

You know, it's tough out here for an overlord. There's the constant buzzing in your head, only being able to go to restaurants with pictures of the food on the menu because that whole reading thing just slipped by you about the second or third time you repeated third grade, "working" in a field where the dogs have more skills than you do, and having your children ask you to say you're a used car salesman when their friends ask what you do.

And that only begins to address the whole social pariah thing.

Now, on top of all that, you wake up in the morning and you don't know whether you're going, or coming, or going.

New Hampshire’s two greyhound dog racing tracks won permission today to drop all racing dates. They will continue to operate as simulcast betting centers, and to host gambling events for charities. "This is the best thing to happen to greyhound tracks since we discovered the closed head injury market," said Rick Newman, who represents the Belmont track. "The last thing people want to see at greyhound tracks is greyhounds."

“It costs a lot more money to run live racing than we get from it,” he said.

Well, that's going to happen when your entire customer base is three drunk guys. So good bye to a bad investment, huh?

Legislation forcing a bankrupt slot parlor in Lincoln to offer more greyhound racing is headed to Gov. Don Carcieri. The state Senate voted to force the Twin River racetrack and slot parlor to offer 200 days of racing, instead of the current 125 days.

"We figure if no one comes to the track in the 125 days we gave them, adding 75 more days for no one to come should do the trick," said House Speaker William Murphy. "It's advanced economical theoritizing. You wouldn't understand."

Probably not, but we do wonder how many times you got dropped on your head as a child. Let's ask Governor Carcieri.

Governor Donald Carcieri has vetoed a bill that would have extended greyhound racing at Twin River. "The place is bankrupt for a reason," Carcieri said. "I don't know who's stupider, the overlords, or the legislators."

Hmm...truly a puzzler, right Deal?


Deal Can is very sweet, friendly and outgoing. She likes toys and she likes to play. She likes to be near her foster family all the time. She will follow her foster mom around the house. She is a Second Chance at Life Dog from the Coldwater Prison Program. Deal Can would do well in a working family home with well-mannered children, 7 and up. She is good with other dogs of all sizes and would probably be fine as an only dog. For more information about this dog, and other rescued racing greyhounds looking for homes, go here. If you don't know about the plight of racing greyhounds go here.

And if you 'd like to know more about the good work the Second Chance at Life program is doing for the dogs, and the prisoners, go here.

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

Twin River owes more than 500 million $ ?
Is it any wonder they can't get "real".

Anonymous said...

It is obvious the "dogs have more skills" than the people addicted to breeding and racing.
Both are done by the dogs.

Anonymous said...

"It costs a lot more to run live racing than we get from it"......
Losing;........
Losers;........
Lost!

Anonymous said...

As promised to the "roaring crowds":

" SORE LOSERS "

dedicated to "You"

AS WE GATHER ROUND THE SPARKLERS AND SOME COLD CRISP BEER,
UNDER STARS WITH GREYHOUND BUDDIES WHO DON'T LIVE IN UTTER FEAR,
WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR OUR CANINES WHO WE'VE SAVED FROM ROTTING CELLS,
GET OUT YOUR GOOD TIME WALLETS, IT'S TIME FOR 'SHOW AND TELL"!

"SORE LOSERS!" "SORE LOSERS!"
PUT THEM " DOGGIES" AT THEM GATES!
"SORE LOSERS!' "SORE LOSERS!"
I'LLL BET THE CHEAPEST BAIT.
"SORE LOSERS"! "SORE LOSERS!"
IS " STRAWBRIDGE - ROPER " OUT?
"SORE LOSERS!' "SORE LOSERS!"
SURE HOPE THEY DON'T HAVE GOUT.

ANONYMOUS ONE" AND "ANONYMOUS TWO",
PROBABLY THE SAME (OR MAYBE BOBBI DOIN' LOU).
STILL I LIKE THE NAME OF "KENNY CUT THE CRAP".
WHO'S THE REAL WINNER?
"MARTY BOY" OR "BITCH SLAP"?

"SORE LOSERS!' "SORE LOSERS!"
THE "DOGS" ARE CRAZY NOW!
"SORE LOSERS!' "SORE LOSERS!"
MUZZLE "PARLEZ-VOUS" SOMEHOW.
"SORE LOSERS!" "SORE LOSERS!"
"SINNING CINDY" SPINS AND SNAPS!
"SORE LOSERS!" "SORE LOSERS!"
THAT'S SO TOUGH. CINDY'S NOW A BLOODY "WRAP".

WHAT DO WE HAVE ON THE TRACK THAT'S ANY USE?
WE GOT AN "OOP" ALREADY AND SHE'S LOST HER FRIGGIN' JIUCE.
"KENNY CUT THE WRAP" IS JUST "OLD" AND "OVER-RUN".
LOOKS LIKE "MARTY BOY'S" THE CHAMP,
HE'S REALLY HAULING BUM.

"SORE LOSERS!' "SORE LOSERS!'
THE RACE WAS SUCH A SNORE.
'SORE LOSERS!' "SORE LOSERS!"
THEY'RE ALL STAINED IN BILLS AND GORE.
"SORE LOSERS!' "SORE LOSERS!"
HUMANS DON'T TRY VERY HARD.
"SORE LOSERS!' "SORE LOSERS!"
NO WONDER IT'S ALL IN CARDS.

THE MORAL OF THIS STORY IS KEEP LAZY "DOGS" IN CHECK.
THEY ARE BADLY BEHAVED; AIN'T PLAYIN' A FULL DECK.
THEY WORK OVERTIME AT NOTHING AT ALL.
HUMPING AND DUMPNG; IT'S ALL A "FREE FOR ALL!"

"SORE LOSERS!' SORE LOSERS!"
HERE COME ALL THE VOLUNTEERS!
"SORE LOSERS!' "SORE LOSERS!
LET'S BREAK OUT SOME MORE BEER!
"SORE LOSERS!' "SORE LOSERS!"
IT'S INDEPENDENCE DAY!
SORE LOSERS!" "SORE LOSERS!"
OUR GREYT GREYHOUNDS OUR WAY!
OUR GREYT GREYHOUNDS OUR WAY!
OUR GREYT GREYHOUNDS..............
FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

(over the loud speaker with a snarl...
"Can someone remove what remains of "Sinning Cindy" from the track...she gonna need some real work by them there legit -fool volunteers)

Anonymous said...

As was stated on the comment section of "Friends of Greyhounds, Fort Lauderdale", if it is the NGA that's promoting all this over-breeding, and racetracks and kennel nonsense, why aren't they responsible for all these billions owed to the taxpayers when nobody even wants it?
Sounding really "wrong" here.
"Ironicus Maximus" response, appreciated.

Ironicus Maximus said...

"Responsible?" Ha ha ha ha ha! That's pretty funny Anon (may we call you Anon?)
You think people who drop living creatures like they were yesterday's fish wrap can even spell responsible?

Anonymous said...

OK...how do we get them? We got Exxon even though they said the environment was already destroyed so they shouldn't pay a dime! No conscience. But people avoided those gas pumps for years. How do we go about this? Massively?

Anon

Anonymous said...

You can always email me with any updates as you are so knowledgeable and swift. Someone had a list of people they thought were super for the Greyhounds a couple of weeks ago ; well I know the first two. They have my email. Since I am from Florida, and I wanted to do something in "Hollywood". they will know exactly who I am.
Hope to hear from you after all the fireworks.

Anon

Anonymous said...

It is unbelievably scary out there. Imagine the poor dogs being shuttled about by such illiterates . No wonder there are no dog food directions to follow.
4-D meat makes it simple.

Anonymous said...

When you read the Grey2k news stories of the guys in Arizona, Aaron Debrouillet, being one, listen to the quote:
"We don't police ourselves very well; there were some bad characters out there".

It basically all went to hell in the nineties, and probably with the discovery of thousands of Greyhounds shot, execution-style, in Alabama that were "losers".

Membership in the NGA (National Greyhound Association) went from 7,052 in 1989 to 1,851, this month.
Well, hat can we say but:

SUCK ON THAT KEN STRAWBRIDGE AND MARTIN ROPER!

HAPPY WEEKEND GREYHOUNDS...WE ARE COMING!

Greytdog Δ said...

Beau the greyhound thanks you for your blog! Roos to you!