Friday, October 09, 2009

Friday Hound Blogging

This is it. You tree hugging, Birkenstock wearing, animal rights wackos have pushed the overlords around just about enough. First you close up all their tracks. Well, all right, so the fact that people didn't come to the tracks had something to do with that, but we're not talking about the rubes right now, we're talking about mushy-mush, whosagoodboy, slurpy-slurp, dog loving, goody two shoes, commie pinko, leftist elite fascists. You know, people like these meddlers in West Virginia.
A state law passed in 2008 requires the commission to construct two tracks at which greyhounds can be trained. But there has been controversy over the proposal - with some in the racing community saying the tracks are not needed.
Check it: Agitators, probably from out of state, come in to make trouble and kill our ability to make a living, why it's as if...wait, did you say some in the racing community don't want the tracks?

OK, bad example. Oh, we know. Let's ask Gary Guccione. He's like the overlord's overlord and his logic is strong and cannot be defeated.
We are not surprised that Grey2K USA, a radical animal-rights group from Massachusetts, has launched a misinformation campaign against greyhound racing in Iowa.
Boo Yah! Take that Grey2K. Bet that's the last time you'll use public records from the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission to document the injuries. Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission. Phfffft! How misinformed are they?
The vast majority of greyhound injuries are minor, and allow the dogs to return to racing after a week or two.
See, this is how compassionate the overlords are. If a greyhound gets hurt trying to earn a trailer payment, they get a second chance. Then their killed if they don't win.
Even when career-ending injuries occur, most greyhounds transition successfully to retirement in a loving adoptive home. More than 90 percent of all retired greyhounds are adopted or returned to the farm as pets or breeders when they retire.
Oooo. Bad move there Mr. Gucionne. Remember? We've talked about this. Math is not your strong suite.
The number of injuries at Iowa tracks is actually very small when viewed in relation to the total number of races run, or starts. The 101 injuries in 2008 occurred from a combined total of more than 55,000 starts at the two tracks, including official races as well as schooling.
Yeah. Let's cut these guys some slack here. Fifty five thousand starts, times multiple dogs in each start. They're throwing dogs out there faster than overlords run from a job fair and all they can manage to injure, maim or kill is a measly hundred? They should get a medal or something because it's obvious that the vast majority of dogs that are killed are killed after the overlords have sucked all the trailer payments they're going to off them. Now that's compassionate care.
Greyhound tracks spend a great deal of time and money ensuring that track surfaces are safe and well-maintained.
Darn straight. These are professional athletes that represent a sizable investment of time and money on the part of the overlords. No stone is left unturned in making the racing environment safe and well maintained, right Don Walker?
Since my last post on issues involving the track surface at Dairyland Greyhound Park, a few people who are concerned about the greyhounds that race there have contacted me. None of them wish to have their name used, for fear they would lose their job. But each of them said track owners used the track's heat system sparingly. The heating system is supposed to be used to warm up the surface. In addition to the infrequent use of the heating system, sources at the track have said that the surface is rock hard for the dogs and can cause injury. Through November, a total of 56 dogs have broken their hocks.
See? Safety first, that's the overlords...wait, what? People who work at the track are saying this? Well, obviously a group of disgruntled employees. Probably didn't get invited t o the Christmas party or something.
Track veterinarians ensure that the greyhounds are strong and healthy before they are allowed to race.
Ha! Now you're talking. Even human athletes don't have to be examined as much as the units...er...dogs. Nothing is going to slip by professionally trained, experienced and caring Vets, right Andrew Carlton, the Arizona Department of Racing veterinarian, and track vets Betty Menke and Paul Pullen?
Tucson vet Janet Forrer and Susan Via, a retired assistant U.S. attorney and head of Tucson Dog Protection, filed the complaints with the Arizona State Veterinary Medical Examining Board.

Some of the alleged violations include:

• Steroids being administered by people other than the dual-licensed vets, who are the only ones authorized to do so.

• Track vets turning a blind eye to the steroid injections that are clearly in violation of the act, either because of "negligence or indifference."

• Lack of records outlining the drugs or treatments given to the animals, which should be submitted to the Arizona Department of Racing.

• Lack of oversight by Carlton, who, as state racing veterinarian, should be supervising the track vets' practices.

• Pullen not notifying the Veterinary Medical Examining Board of a change of address, or having a listed phone number. The last two practices where Pullen worked have disconnected telephone numbers.

Hey look, everybody's busy. Things fall through the cracks, right Bobo?

“Bobo” is a sweetie pie and a joy to have around. He is extremely curious and he has lots of personality! Bobo is a very handsome boy. He has a white stripe down his snout and his nose is heart-shaped. He is a bit of “collector”. Bobo would do well in a working family home with well-mannered children 5 and up. He 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.

60 comments:

Anonymous said...

It's not enough to have the Vets corrupt and incompetent and calculating for their mortgages and their kids' educations all due to Greyhound racing practices .
They like to look "professional"!
(as in Dr. Dunn)
Hey! We get it!
You do not CARE about animals!
You became a Vet because it was faster than becoming a Doctor and oh yeah, less lawsuits!
(and tuition was cheaper) You guys are good!
You became a Vet because you never really cared about animals at ALL!
Well, there is the description of the Vets in Greyhound Racing.
Simple.
Succinct.
And we all cannot WAIT for Jack Swint's report on the abuses and illegalities of Veterinarians in the Greyhound "Industry".
We are going to nail every one of you. With time. Even after we shut you all down.
Your mortgages and kids' educations?
Think about all the Greyhounds you killed.
It's called:
"No mercy."

Anonymous said...

PAUL PULLEN!
Yech.
What a name.
Immediately sounds bad.
No?
I mean, let's look at what we can do with that name.
Well, we can talk about someone is "pullen" your leg.
( and that's not nice)
Maybe someone is "pullen" wool over someone's eyes.
(now , that's dishonest)
Then, of course, maybe Paul is "pullen" something totally unsavory in public.
(Sheesh. That's definitely gross!)
Well.
What can I say?
Let's , just lock up Paul Pullen.
(and see what Paul pulls there)

Anonymous said...

"Indifference and negligence".
How charming.
Track vets who turn blind eyes and don't give a damn?
Lovely.
Let's not forget BETTY MENKE.
Why should we let HER off the hook because she is a FEMALE?
Let's call her BETTY MONKEY.
BETTY MONKEY doesn't even care about drugs at the tracks or even who administers them?
Cocaine?
Steroids?
Meth?
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Let the good times ROLL!
What kind of vets do Diane Whiteley and Sally Briggs have in Texas?
Has Paul Pullen changed his address for there?

Anonymous said...

I just watched the Greyhound Abuse film with horror and revulsion.
Do you mean to tell me that there are Veterinarians that support and hide these facts and actually make a living hurting these dogs and have the audacity to say they are "helping Greyhounds"?
They are criminals.
Just like the Mike Greens and the NGA VP Burdette and all the little bozos like Dean Miner and absolute garbage like Earl Ray Tomblin and his "family" of gangsters.
We, the Greyhound Rescuers and Volunteers are going to put you all away. Our nightmares will soon end while yours will all be just beginning.

Anonymous said...

EARL RAY TOMBLIN SENIOR gonna be shootin' up the chimneys this weekend on account of the publication in Ironicus Maximus' West Virginia exposure again.
(Mmmmmmm....Mama gonna be in the kitchen gain' with those heavy iron pans)
"BONG! BONG! BONG!"
DON'T NEED NO MORE TRACKS EARL RAY SR.!
HEAR THAT?
How many whirligigs you gonna fill up with coon and rabbit this Sunday to get your bibs all bloody red and gooey?
All for "no show", ERT SR.!
Ain't nobody want you nor your track and particularly your old, ugly name.
It's what you call " OLD MODEL ", ERT SR.
You and Freda might just as well go lay down and die.
You can both cover yourselves up nice and tight with all them Greyhound bones everyone's talkin' 'bout all over your properties.
Better hurry, tho'.
Hollywood's on its way and ain't nothin' stoppin' production of that.
it's called:
"WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT."

Anonymous said...

Gary Guccione, or however he wants to spell his name, you are from Abilene, KANSAS?
Who cares?
I don't like you.
I don't want you in my world where you subject "our" Greyhounds to torture, and non-stop.
(Guys like you uphold that ancient "law" where Greyhounds are CATTLE and that, in itself , makes you enemy number one. You sound exactly like Doug PISSER, who likes to call himself Doug Pizzer and I don't care if I am spelling that correctly or not either. You sound like the mob. Both of you.)
Meanwhile, Diane Whiteley has made us all neurotic. Does she have some kind of sexual fantasies with the pain of Greyhound Racing ? Why should I care about how I spell her name as well?)
Why else would she want to have puppy mills and drugged up dogs and broken backs and hocks to get her hormones raging?
You are all sick. All corrupted in thought, word and action, and no-one even dreams that your occupations are going to last until 2011.
Only you.
You know why?
Because you think all those "dirty politicians" are going to save your asses.
Guess what?
They will be the first to get hauled into court.

Anonymous said...

Let's be a little "lighter" for the "happier crowd".

NEWSFLASH!
Guess who is going to be on the cover of PLAYBOY, for November?
MARGE SIMPSON!
No joke.
She got the blue tint in her hair , probably like FREDA TOMBLIN, but ain't ever gonna be FREDA TOMBLIN in PLAYBOY!
Good LOOOOOOOOORD NO!
You know what's nice about Marge being on the cover?
She is truly "sexy". You know why? Cause Matt Groening not only created her, he was one of the first to bring the plight of Greyhound Racers to his TV series," The Simpsons".
He adopted his Greyhound a very long time ago and would often make it the subject of the Simpson's series.
Oh yeah. We all have a big place in our hearts for Matt Groening.
And we all sure do hope we are spelling that right.
He is rich and famous and powerful for all the "GOOD" reasons.
(and there are no" bad")
This particular center-fold will be called:
"The Devil Wears Nada!"
(Better than what Earl Ray Tomblin Senior wears.)

Anonymous said...

Oh well. You know the old saying:
"If you can't say something nice about somebody , say nothing at all."
But that was then and this is now.
Alas, let's talk about how both Gary Guccione and
Dale Childs really , really get pissed off when people start talking about Greyhound injuries and all the broken bones and euthanasia in the Greyhound Racing "sport".
If you recall, Dale was moping and whining about Christine Dorchak a long time ago because Dale said that Dorchak was not concerned about the facts at all. (like there were not THAT many injuries and not THAT much euthanasia) Really. Christine was such a drama queen.
Unfortunately, we have all seen that the "Overlords" are all so clueless and lying as to even the deaths of the Greyhounds (check out Ironicus Maximus, June 12) that they actually say anything at all to keep on keeping on. And when confronted with the facts of the deaths of Jawa Spock and Birthday Toy, all the NGA dopes and illiterates, like Dale Childs and like Gary Guccione and let's not forget Martin Roper, well, they all denied bad things happen! (and if they do happen, well, so what? They rarely record the actual accidents anyway, so, no big deal.)
In any case, there are absolutely very few concerned with all these tragedies as the "industry" would have obviously stopped long ago. No way they want to stop and we all know why. It is because they are not only insensitive and uneducated and unfeeling for the dogs, they have a criminal-type of behavior which says :
"I am entitled to cause harm to animals."
But that was then. And this is now.

Anonymous said...

When you talk KANSAS, Gary Guccione may come to mind but for many of us, it will always, always be MARENA RIGGINS.
I was thinking we should call her MARENA RINGWORM but then, that makes her sound "funny" and she is not "Funny Girl" after all.
No.
MARENA RIGGINS is vile.
She is not only smoothly violent in her desires to "distance herself from the whirligig" and "distance herself from the vets, like Dr. Dunn", but she distances herself from all the fraud and the illegitimate practices going on. And the despicable killings and torturing of the Greyhounds have never, ever moved her, or ever will. And she has made a fortune from all this pain.
How do we know she knows all these practices are going on?
Well, anyone who has a home in Wheeling knows what's going on. And she is rich because she does know what goes on. And she knows who you need to know to skim that cream off the top. And we all know who these people are.
Anyone who has a home in Kansas sure is there for a reason.
This is the best kept secret of all for the Racetracks. At least, it used to be until Jack Swint blew a whole in the entire regime of Greyhound slaughtering.
We are looking so forward for further information reagarding MARENA RIGGINS, FROM KANSAS.
You see, each and everyone one of us , be we Volunteers or Rescuers or plain Adopters taking care of the sweet, the sick ,the ailing or the damaged Greyhounds you all have thrown away, like old shoes , we are looking at all of you and await your day in court.
And MARENA RIGGINS:
We will all be there.

Anonymous said...

All the time, and consistently, it is quietly interrupted or quickly interrupted or blatantly screamed : "STFU!"
Look at whenever we have had any type of "discourse" with "the common workers", the "minimum wagers" or the wives of the Overlords , themselves. As soon as the ugly and horrific details plow through the screen, it is made mute by a "threat" or a "disciplinary restraint" or when all else fails to stop the information from flowing, there is a disconnection, literally.
These "overlords" rule by force and anyone who does not believe that, you can go back and read the volunteers, the rescuers, the guards, or even the witnesses.
But the good news is that there are now so many of us coming out from under the "overlords' spell" of utter fear and threats, we have all had it. That and the extra alarming info of excecutions topped with the NGA greed and executives' illegal activities (with the help of "corrupt politicians"), is dooming their agendas fast and ferociously.
And "Amen" to that!
Huge gratitude to all uncovering the crimes and violence against these beautiful Dogs.

Anonymous said...

Honestly, we all want to be informed and yet, at the same time, it kills us.
The hundreds of body bags and dead greyhounds and disposed of Greyhounds, etc., are surreal and one can only stare out into blankness to attempt any understanding of this at all, and ask "Why?"
"Why" are we permitting these tragedies to happen every single day and every single hour?
Do we, as the "informed" not understand that this is part of the violence in our society that we need to combat?
"Why" have Laws not been enacted and enforced when we see the amount of batteries and rapes and murders and intentional killings?
Yesterday , there was a UCLA 20 -year- old medical student who slit a fellow-pupil's throat. You think this is "normal"? You think the amount of violence in USA is "average"?
No!
It is violent in America!
It's just not the guns and the ammo and the NRA.
It's the "attitude" that we CAN get away with it because we DO!
There is so much violence that we are no longer alert to it and it merely becomes part of the humdrum scenery.
Cruelty starts it. And by slowly numbing out every particle in your brain, cruelty takes over.
That is "Why" we have to stop Greyhound Racing.
That is "Why" Earl Ray Tomblin, politician, Lt. Governor, hit-man for Daddy Sr., in Greyhound circles everywhere, has to be thrown in jail and fast. Not just as an example, but to thwart people like him in thinking they CAN get away with it, because he HAS! And that is how violence has spread and so rapidly.
The populations have shown fear because of violent figures like this that are overwhelming to "normal" citizens and "normal" children. But how long does it take for one to become the same?
We are going to find out in no uncertain terms unless we start to remove the disease of all this violence of mind, body and soul.
Greyhound Racing has more than seen its day. It has caused huge suffering among dogs and people alike.
Legislators must strike down hoodlums and their constant hold on society.
And if the politicians are apart of this, very swift and extreme sentencing for them.
What are we waiting for?
And "Why"?

Anonymous said...

If you read any newspaper in any city, our educational systems have hit rock bottom. We are no longer the leaders in brain material. That is because we have neglected to properly educate our children and prepare them for competition in a global atmosphere.
Kids can't afford to go to college. Hell! They can't even go to community colleges because half of them have shut down!
If you want the public to move on in their lives, there has to be somewhere to go. There is always WalMart but once again, the government has failed to insure our kids of a bright future and in doing so, has brought America tumbling down. These poor cage cleaners and easily dumped workers by the rich kennels need help to get out of there.
That, in itself, would help ruin these gold-digging criminals.

Anonymous said...

Mike Green , the "Democrat" politician in West Virginia , is a breeder of Greyhounds. He never wanted to admit it but finally did. How come?
He smells.
He sounds shady.
And he and all the rest of the Greyhound Breeders with all their puppy mills and careless, unconcerned motivation for sheer money, must be identified.
Someone mentioned this Ron Hevener. He sounds incredibly sleazy with his thirst for puppies. How unkind is that knowing fully well most of them won't live beyond their third year! But Ron doesn't care!
"He gets ten per bitch" is so ugly and so
"commando" I don't think anybody believes he is "Scottish". Maybe you want to come and talk to us Ron Hevener, just to set the record straight. What's your country of origin?
Maybe you can also tell us how much you do really make, as well.
And while you are at it, what is your connection to Mike Green?
You are neighbors?
Have you ever seen him killing any Greyhounds along with Earl Ray Tomblin, Senator, West Virginia?
You are all into the NGA?
You are all friends with VP Sam Burdette?
What a "neighborhood".

Anonymous said...

That is exactly it.
The kennels are the ones that are rich and pushing all these puppy mill factories of hell.
So, it has to be the kennels and the politicians that are working hand in hand.
It is simple. These people are not smart. It's not like they went to terrific schools or came from superior parents with any great character!
These people are all damaged and easily lean into lawlessness.
Their main issue is money.
Because they came from farms, the Greyhounds with their sweet temperaments made it even easier.
Typical.
That's what lowly thugs do.
Look at all of them.
The common denominator is the farm.
VP Sam Burdette. FARM.
Marena Riggins. FARM.
Mike Green. FARM.
Tomblin Family. FARM.
These people are just cruel farmers!
And people are afraid of them?
How sad is that.

Anonymous said...

If Mike Green is a politician and a breeder, and he is making money off of the breeding as well as off of government, anybody know how much this guy really makes?
He must make a fortune!
Why was he hiding the fact he was a Greyhound Breeder to begin with?
He sounds very, very shady.
And he sounds as bad as Tomblin!
Furthermore, he is a racist?
Whoa!
This is going to get interesting.
I'd like to know who is making the most.

Anonymous said...

It is obvious Marena Riggins makes the most. I will bet my three Greyhounds on that.

Anonymous said...

The first comment talking about "lawsuits" and how the vets in racing are there because there are not many "lawsuits".
What "lawsuits"?
What is the mob gonna sue them for?
For not killing their dogs fast enough?
Actually, that's quite possible.

Anonymous said...

Ruffians are ruffians and you can be any nationality to be one.
Mobsters?
Maybe originally they were Jews, and Italians and Irish, but now, the cruelest and the meanest make their names.
I am with whoever wants to go after Earl Ray Tomblin, the politician.
He has the power and the networking to make these things click. And he has had this "magic" for a long time.
(Look how he put Mike Green in power.)
He threw in his Daddy to give off the vibes of
"bad ass" which is so appealing to "gang mentalities".
He is scaring Manchin silly with dumb Soprano stuff and Gayle has caved a long time ago.
Manchin is the "Party-Guy" and he just sees this as a bumpy ride, here and there, but the "destination" is worth it, for him. He does not think the party will ever end.
But they are all so backwards and such hicks, they do not see the "big picture". And that is prison.
It is going to be a huge surprise when the SWAT teams go after them all. And it can not be too soon.

Anonymous said...

Let's go back to Diane WHITELEY!
And Honey, I did spell that right because I do want you to be ( "happy".)
Diane WHITELEY is holding out hope that she and all her "units" are gonna make it "through the storm."
SHE IS AN EXECUTIVE, EVERYBODY! SHE IS A RESPONSIBLE GAL!
Now that we cleared all that up that you are not one of those VILE people like MARENA RIGGINS and EARL RAY TOMBLIN, stuffing those WHIRLIGIGS like GUNPOWDER into those SCREAMING, HYSTERICAL, LIVE-BAITING SACKS, (by the way, you got a preference what "wild baby animal"?).... got a question for ya.
If your WHOLE ambition in life is to become VP of NGA, ( that is if Texas has gone "non-sexist" and I wouldn't hold my breath, if I were you), your WHOLE ambition in your "shoot'em up Texas style" is to live in a TRAILER PARK? Like SAM BURDETTE? And have dead carcasses strewn all over the place for some "atmosphere"?
You just keep your boots on, Babe. Texas is known for all them rattlesnakes. You can never even trust your best friend's barn.

Anonymous said...

Somebody get the records of all those BUMS in West Virginia!
We pull out their information on their taxes, they are all in lock-up!
Look at the IRS going after legit actors in Hollywood! Most of them are decent people!
Knowing these West Virginians are already violent and illegally hurting animals like Mike Vick did , it will be the final whopper for a very long time behind bars.
And as everyone knows, white, racist trash don't do well at all, there, if they even survive.

Anonymous said...

Ooooweeeeeeeee
MIKE GREEN,
DEMOCRAT , WEST VIRGINIA!
HEAR THAT?
(You got them plugs outta them ears for those whrligig sacks?)
JAIL TIME BOY!
FOR A RACIST!
ANIMAL ABUSER!
NON-PAYING TAX CITIZEN?
POSSIBLE?
YOU BETCHA!

Anonymous said...

Here it comes again!!!!!!!!!!!!

(ready ROPER??????????)

"SOMEBODY'S IN TROUBLE!"

(and let's not forget....)

"LMAO LOSERS"!


HA ha ha ha ha ha ha ha !

Anonymous said...

Aw c'mon. Let's get that paddle out for
EARL RAY SR.!
We keep stickin' poor , young, Christian,( and with one new baby!) , MIKE GREEN. Not fair .
His young wife must be pullin' her hair outta her brains by now. (Kinda like what happens with that whirligig but hey. Only cats and such in there. Odd time, rabbits and squirrel. Oh yeah, well, kittens too. )
Anyway, Mike Green has a lot to live for yet. These other "older models" are pretty much buried and finished. Particularly since they been at illegal shit for years.
Maybe if MIKE GREEN gets on his knees and races,
( and I do mean races like he hasn't eaten in 2 weeks, minimum) maybe, just maybe he can save his WV ass. (and his new baby's)
Unless someone has already beaten him to it.
In which case, guess no more parachutin' and BBQ'S under WV skies.
We all sure hate " to lose a Democrat".

Anonymous said...

Where's Joanne Tomblin?
She got to pop up soon, too, for show and tell.
If Patricia Arquette (is that right?) going to play her, we all need a "feel" for the mother of Brent.
The "men"?
Just get anything "tasteless" with grey hair and a gut.

Anonymous said...

Well, GOVERNOR MANCHIN supposed to be "a ladies' man". (ain't that right , Gayle?)
Supposedly, he can't keep his hands off a any woman and I bet there are a load o' cases just ready to be filed against that Governor, particularly 'round his office.
He's like that SNL guy, only he's not black and pimp. He got a "bit o' power", if only he'd man up and use it 'gainst Tomblin.
Good luck with that. ERT Sr. is so senile by now, he's scarin' even his own round head boy.

Anonymous said...

OK! Here's the deal.
Let's have a comparison this weekend of
PAUL PULLEN, Arizona Racetrack Veterinarian and Democrat, MIKE GREEN of West Virginia!
Let's see what these two have in common.
First off, I say they both are highly suspicious in failing to report cruelty to Greyhounds if not contributing to cruelty to Greyhounds, themselves.
How many years does that get you in the slammer?
(Particularly if they made a lot of money from both?)

Anonymous said...

Hell!
Don't you ever forget all the illegal drugs they're pumping into these poor Greyhounds!
God only knows what is going through their bloodstream.
The suffering and torture is totally endless and from Veterinarians!
Of Racetracks!
And the state has NO regulations of any kind , whatsoever , for humane conditions?
How about DRUGS?
Or is that where the MOB comes in?
And Texas, New Mexico and Arizona all connect with MEXICO?
So simple and so corrupt and so EASY.
Right TEXAS?
You guys just live to massacre "cattle".
Just a little imagination, everybody!
DIRTY POLITICIANS , and RACETRACKS:
May you all vanish in your own , drug-induced violence.

Anonymous said...

It's like the "Bermuda Triangle " of USA.
Guccione, Pullen, Green.
One more "simple".

Anonymous said...

UNDER THE "G"
(for Gangster)

"BINGO!"

Anonymous said...

CALLING MARENA RIGGINS!
CALLING MARENA RIGGINS!
CALLING MARENA RIGGINS!
NEED A RIDE TO TEXAS!
NEED A RIDE TO ARIZONA!
NEED A RIDE TO NEW MEXICO!
GARY GUCCIONE!
GARY GUCCIONE!
GARY GUCCIONE!
CAN YOU HELP WITH THE LOAD?
CAN YOU HELP WITH THE LOAD?
CAN YOU HELP WITH THE LOAD?
NEED THE BUDDY SYSTEM!
NEED THE BUDDY SYSTEM!
NEED THE BUDDY SYSTEM!
HOW MUCH CAN YOU CARRY?
HOW MUCH CAN YOU CARRY?
HOW MUCH CAN YOU CARRY?

Anonymous said...

Gary Guccione has a quote about GREY2K being a
"radical animal rights group".
Well Gary. What would you have them do?
Look the other way like Paul Pullen?
How about :
"CHAPMANVILLE KILLING FIELDS OF WEST VIRGINIA"?
You know, Senator Earl Ray Tomblin and even the Governor of West Virginia, Joe Manchin, all eating high off the hog with Democrat, Mike Green, of course.(You know Marena Riggins, your pal in Kansas, who also has a place nearby in West Virginia. She is doing extremely lucrative business, but you must know all that.)
In this case, the Greyhounds who you refuse to protect and you refuse to acknowledge that thousands are missing, and every year thousands do go missing, you don't even think you should tone down your "radical animal rights group" routine?
Ironicus Maximus is "a gentleman" when he states your math is a bit wrong.
But Gary Guccione, what we all know is that you are anything but " a gentleman" when so many Greyhounds do go "missing" and you refuse to punish those who made them "disappear" or even admit to the fact that they did "disappear".
Unless of course, you , in some way , helped?

Anonymous said...

For Heaven's sake! Everyone knows the racing industry is finished. The only people hanging on are the guys involved with the drugs!
They use the dogs for drug transport, stupid!
If humans are putting drugs up their butts and transporting on planes, across Mexican-US borders, you don't think it is a whole lot easier shoving them into dogs guts? Particularly when they starve them anyway, they got more room there than a human "can".
Grow up everybody!

Anonymous said...

That's a "warm and fuzzy".
Time for government to act.

Anonymous said...

With the "lack of records for drugs and treatments" what else is new?
"Lack of records", for everything.
Greyhound Racing has never, ever, been "a business".
Tri-State is proof of all of this!
Criminals rule in Greyhound Racing!

Anonymous said...

Concerning :
TRI-STATE CASINO, FLORIDA
According to Jack Swint's "West Virginian News", the Casino paid over $39 million dollars to a Dummy Corporation.
Checks are missing.
Machines "not working".
Accountants admit that there were "miscalculations".
WHO HAS THIS MONEY AND WHERE?
AND WHO LET IT HAPPEN?

Anonymous said...

Better yet, who MADE it happen?

Anonymous said...

Gary Guccione , Kansas, sounds somethin' like Ron Hevener of West Virginia! (or is that Virginia? or Pennsylvania? or is that all three?) You doin' well from all those heavin' bitches, boy!
Both condemnin' the "radical animal rights groups".
Right on, Bro'!
You only got three addresses we lookin' at and you want mo'!
You rock , Ronnie d' Man!
Ronnie Rockin' got a book out . (someone complainin' that it weren't properly edited? )
Guess you were in a rush to just get that "novel" up and published and pushed out as fast as those machines can pump'im out..somethin' like what you both do to those poor Mama bitches, you keep gettin' a fortune for , for all those non-stop puppy-mill babes.... you just keep pourin' them out! Smoother than liquid chocolate!
(ten per bitch ,everyone keeps sayin'..Kaboom! You an olympic star, is what you is! )
And are they sweet or what! How much per "unit"?
Ronnie Rockin', you and your accountant havin' a bender ,it seems! You guys drunk with bitch power!
Can you tell us all what the purpose of you boys pukin' on us "animal rights groups" that are trying to give some kindnesses to them poor old dogs you both are using to death as bitches, and racers and then "culling" in the process?
We are not even goin' to speak 'bout their executions. After all, we are" the animal rights groups". We don't want to break up your party! You both are just lookin' at them addition sheets and goin' "45 MPH " to all them Banks. Called the
"Boot 'em up and Boot em' out" Waltz!
Yee Haw!

Anonymous said...

Heard Ron Hevener had a book out 'bout
"the DARK side of animal rights".
Oooooooo. We the Freddy Kreugers growling in the night, man. Not enough to be " animal rights"; you gotta get all dramatic and shadowy on us and call us "DARK". Like witchcraft ; goblins; ghosts!
You scarin' little children by callin' us that!
Better watch all them porcelain collies you sellin' by the truckload; almost as much of as your puppy-mill Greyhounds. We eat those suckers faster than you punch live ones out.
Oh yeah.
And we spit them up into coffins WE make!
Oh yeah!
And we can't stop ourselves because we from the "DARK side".
OH YEAH!

Anonymous said...

That does it!
Ron Hevener needs an actor, too.
Maybe we can consult him as an extra to help show us what "the culling of Greyhounds" is all about.
How about it , Ron?
You know how they do it?
Can you give us some help how they unload the
"bad ones"?
You must have a sharp eye for this as you are an artist?
Give us the shades of color when they are culling and how about the noises they make?
How long does it take?
Do you have any idea at all about the culling of some of your puppies?
And if yours all "make it", how about those guys in West Virginia? You hear what goes on there with some of their puppies?
Maybe you could protect the "Greyhound Industry's Reputation" by giving us updates of the executions.
We are from the "DARK side" so we would like all those details.
Thank you for your sensitivity in this matter.

Anonymous said...

Oh man! I gotta a pick for the actor for Ronnie Rockin'!
SEAN PENN!
Woo! That man gonna break your heart with weepers!
He was one hell of a character in that movie playin' an accountant awhile back with those mobsters. 'Member that? Oh ya. He had that hair that Ronnie got and he got the temperament, too . Real doll-like. You know, big, big ego. Big , big need for a lotta cash. Oh man. Sean the man to play Ronnie Rockin'! And he has NO FEAR!
You know why? Cause both these men live like no other! They both got their names plastered all over Google and both are "artists"!
Oh shit, man. You just watch Ronnie's accountant now. That boy scramblin' like no other!
Oh whew . This is the best pick of 'em all!
You know WHY?
"Cause ain't NO actor , EVER, has a complete and utter MELTDOWN like SEAN PENN!
And Hollywood just LIVES for those meltdowns!
Now, problem is, Ronnie Rockin' gonna be nasty 'bout Penn playin' him 'cause he gonna say he is WAY too ugly for Ronnie.
But hell, man.
You want Hollywood or not?

Anonymous said...

Hey y'all!
Rockin' Ronnie got his name in FLORIDA too!
That boy doin' a world tour!
He got connections to ABILENE, KANSAS?
He shootin' himself in the foot, or what?
We just TOLD ya, RONNIE.
ABILENE , KANSAS not where ya wanta be cause that there is MARENA RIGGINS territory!
That there also where Gary Guccione be and he can't explain all that suckin' math with them MISSING GREYHOUNDS!
Oof!
You know what that means?
"Dum De Dum Dum" for your NEXT novel!
Here come us "DARK" animal rights groups again , just wavin' FLAGS at all your bookstores!
(you have colored pix of any culling?)

Anonymous said...

Can someone please do a song about
Ron Hevener?
After all, doesn't he do that , too!
How about a duet , Ron?
Would you do that with us?
"Dark, dark shadows fall,
Here comes Ron , Tomblins, and all"
You know, something catchy.
We can work with you on this.

Anonymous said...

Oh oh, Rockin' Ronnie. You are just doin' too many tongue in cheeks!
Now, ya see, we're gonna have to start callin' ya on all these tongue in cheeks.
For example, you got a whole column that goes on and on and on about total bullshit., for starters. Oh ya. You just luv them stories. Unfortunately, you ain't talkin' to six year olds. No siree. You talkin to the Humane Societies, boy!
You talkin' to us "dark" animal right people who are callin' your game.
Ya...gotta go for supper but I am gonna get back to you because we just don't like you, neither.
Your opening paragraph talks cats and dogs and wildlife by lakes or somethin' downright goofy, nobody takes you seriously but that was the just of it. How you gonna talk cats and dogs when that GERMAN way you really make them "play ball" is with that WHIRLIGIG?
And you Greyhound Racing enthusiasts all know what them WHIRLIGIGS specialize in. Yep!
Cats and coons and pigs and just about anything that yowls! Maybe even from your forests!
But like I say, get back to you later. Supper calls and it ain't from a sack.
Better go have a long, cool one.
My column you ain't gonna agree with neither.

Anonymous said...

"My Melancholy Love Song For Ron"

Once upon a time there was a man called Ron.
With cane and hat and twirly stripe baton.
He was a magician, a mortician , pied piper and a hoot.
And he just kept tooting his spicy saurkroot.

Ron-Ron-Ron-Ron
They Do Ron-Ron
Met him on a Sunday and my heart stood still.

Ron-Ron-Ron-Ron
They Do Ron-Ron
Somebody said his name is "Whirligig Will".

Hey! He caught my eye!
Hey! He put it in his pie!
Ya. my heart stood still.

They Do Ron-Ron-Ron
They Do Ron-Ron!

Anonymous said...

"MEMO TO RON HEVENER"

I AM DARKMAN.
I COMETH WHEN DOGS LIE IN DESPERATE FILTH
WITH BLACKNESS OF DISEASE
AND NOTHINGNESS TO AID
OR CONSOLE
OR HEAL.

I AM DARKMAN.
I COMETH WHEN WINDS SPIN BLOOD
AND RAIN SHOOTS BULLETS
AND SCREAMS OF THE DYING
AND THE DEADENED
CRESCENDO INTO AN HELLACIOUS SPIRAL
OF UTTER HOPELESSNESS
AND DESOLATION
THEIR WRITHING BODIES
TRANSPORTING INTO MEMORIAMS
OF NIGHTMARISH APPARITIONS
AND BEGGING TO BE IMMORTALIZED
IN ALL THEIR SAVAGE PAIN.

I AM DARKMAN.
I HAVE COME.

Anonymous said...

I have just seen on Friends of Greyhounds,
Fort Lauderdale (under Jailamony) HILL'S is contributing food to their kennel.
How wonderful is that?
So unlike all the deliberate raping of these beautiful hounds that continuously goes on in the Racing Industry and with all the very rich and callous breeders that plague this blood sport, non-stop.
Enough of all the 4-D meat and executions. This is not a business.
It is a slaughterhouse.
Label it as such and maybe the public will finally take notice.

Anonymous said...

How ironic that you, a teacher, continue to leave your libelous quotes attributed to me in your June 26 Friday Hound Blogging after I have asked you to remove them.
Sincerely,
Doug Pizzi
POWAAH Spokesman

Anonymous said...

Dear Doug Pizzi:
All of us are asking what happens to thousands of Greyhounds unaccounted for ?
So, where are they?
All of us are asking why are you feeding these Greyhounds 4-D meat not fit for human consumption?
So, why do you?
All of us are asking where is "the protection of working animals"?
So, where is it?
All of these racetracks are closing because of all the injuries and euthanasia. They are not closing because of "nice things" happening to the Greyhounds.The Greyhounds are being killed because of electrocutions; paralysis, broken hocks and broken spines and broken necks and the list goes forever. That's not even speaking of all the horrendous heart attacks and over-heating in the South due to not caring about "protecting" the Greyhounds.
(read Jack Swint's stories about Greyhounds, half starved and live-baiting and also how they are repeatedly "executed" because they are "old models", and that's just for something that can be fixed. Why don't you fix it?
How about "can't be adopted". But you people have no care for that, either. You kill them if they find no homes and that is after raising thousands of puppy mill puppies that are raised and culled for profit only. That is not protection of these animals. That is for sheer greed.
If your job is to "protect" these "working animals", tell us where the "protection" is?
All we see are their endless executions to make a few people in Greyhound Racing, very, very wealthy.
You have even "your handlers" complaining about lack of proper care for the Greyhounds that are supporting YOU!
When even your handlers, who you supposedly also represent ,(even though you are firing them as fast as you all can to help keep those heftier incomes and positions happening,) don't talk to us about your job being well done. Your job was to "protect the handlers and the Greyhounds". You appear to do neither.
Proof?
All the closings of all the tracks mentioned just these past 100 days due to all the documented injuries and the euthanasia and you would think the Humane Society would be something YOU would respect since you are "protecting" these Greyhounds?
Humane Societies are no longer putting up with cruelty.
And that is why you will go out of business. Ultimately, because you did not care.
And we DO!

Anonymous said...

Pizzi. We think you definitely have a "marketing problem".
May we humbly suggest, first off, changing your name?
Secondly, maybe you could sell porcelain Greyhounds where you just have to care for them by wiping off the dust?
Finally, if all else fails, like everyone does suggest, get a real job.
(It hurts but hey! I bet so does euthanasia.)

Anonymous said...

Doug Pizzi?
Man, you were a loooooooooooong time ago. (kinda like Greyhounds who blow a hock and end up "pst!")

Anonymous said...

Doug Pizzi?

Golly, you are back again? Amazing how you "people" just show up and not even "invited".
I guess that is sort of like what people were saying a few weeks ago about those tracks closing and how they would miss them even though there were 15,000-16,000 "Mafia types" there with their Cadillacs and their Buicks.
Did you read in the Cape Cod Times how one guy, (and that's like after decades,) was still afraid to give his name because of these "Mafia types" that would probably "break backs" or whatever tracks do to get what is owed? I don't know what the going phrases are but this guy was still afraid! How come? What goes on at the tracks when you don't pay up? Doug Pizzi. You must be the "in" crowd. Give us the "dirt".
By the way, is your name Italian?

Anonymous said...

Doug PIZZI!
I really like that name!
Short. To the point. No "pissing" around.
Very , very classy.
I think we all saw a picture of you , too.
Imagine.
You must be a very upstanding kind of guy to get your picture in the papers and also be broadcast on TV.
I mean.
Doug PIZZI !
THE DOUG PIZZI !
Now that's a name.
So.
What's your education, Doug Pizzi?
Am I supposed to know who you are?

Anonymous said...

POWAAH? Is that right?
Well, if that is the case, and people voted to close you down, somebody is lying.
We don't care what your name is, Doug Pizzi.
It could be Marena Riggins or Earl Ray Tomblin for all we care.
Anybody at all that is into Greyhound Racing is not for the dog but for their bank account.
Tri -State Casino in Florida is missing , minimum, 39 million dollars.
With all the deception and greed and fraud in your "industry", you people would be well-advised to disappear as fast as you are culling those puppies.
I hope whatever education you may or may not have, will see you in another occupation as all the Greyhound Racing Tracks close with a firm and final, "bang".
Time to bring the dogs home.

Anonymous said...

Isn't it "amazing" how so many of these people in Greyhound Racing think of themselves and not of the Greyhound at all , who makes those payments on their Cadillacs and Buicks?
Isn't it "amazing" that there are so many senseless and selfish people in this "industry" , so many that they forget what took them to their tables and what put food on it as well?
But, by God, isn't it truly the most "amazing", when the suffering, and the torture and the pure hell of this poor breed has finally come to light in no uncertain terms, despite the denials and the lies of those in the "industry". And yet, "amazingly enough", these are the very same people who are obsessed with the spelling of their names.
"Amazing."

Anonymous said...

You know who Doug Pizzi really is?
He is a "cry baby".
You know how I can tell?
How he looks.
How he talks.
How he feels.
For instance, Doug Pizzi looks to me, in my humble opinion, too "chubby".
Why do I feel this?
I feel this because I know about "habits" of people.
Doug Pizzi looks like he grabs a candy bar every time he "can't deal".
So, considering the Greyhound Racing business has been on the skids for years, how many candy bars did Doug Pizzi consume?
Now, let's discuss how he talks.
He made three statements concerning Grey2K awhile back about "fraud".
He said, and correct me if I'm wrong, because it was so long ago, you'd think he'd have re-educated himself by now since 10% of the people in America are without jobs.
At any rate, let me continue.
He stated that Grey2K committed some kind of "fraud" because he states that the cages are big enough because the racing commission says so!
He also stated they are "humane" because some "humane" panel said they were humane!
This shows you he really , and truly, is like the baby at the store who wants a gumball and he won't let it go until you give that kid a good cuff behind the ear!
But now, we come to how he feels. And poor Doug Pizzi feels, when all is said and done, rejected.
And Doug cannot take that.
Well Doug, this is where we most definitely draw the line because even the densest of idiots knows a dog or any animal should never be caged for 20 hours a day and in something like that tortuous hard and lonely crate that becomes Greyhounds' prisons. And we all know they are not humane and only the racing people think so because they are the ones wanting them to die for them.
But this rejection part you feel, we want you to really experience the pain; because "expendable is exactly what happened to every single Greyhound that went in and out of your doors.
And Doug Pizzi, if you are talking to Gary Guccione,
we all still demand to know where those thousands of missing Greyhounds have been dumped.
Ironicus Maximus works alongside thousands of people and obtains documented evidence of these tragedies happening every day to these beautiful dogs. He is the best teacher we all know.
Isn't that what you were supposed to do? Protection?
Cry babies get put to bed early, Doug.
Your Mother spoiled you .
But the Candy Store is long gone.

Anonymous said...

Dear Ironicus Maximus,
Please remove the libelous comments from this blog. This is the third time I have asked that this made up, slanderous, libelous, material be removed.
Sincerely,
Doug Pizzi
POWAAH Spokesman

Anonymous said...

There is nothing libelous about speaking the truth. Greyhounds die regularly in the greyhound racing industry. That is a fact. Greyhounds are injured regularly in the greyhound racing industry. Another fact.
Greyhounds spend the majority of their lives locked in a cage while in the greyhound racing industry. Human beings over-breed greyhounds for use in the business of greyound racing, and they do so without a plan in place for what happens to the dogs after their racing careers are over.
Fact.
The public is no longer willing to tolerate the abuse and exploitation of animals for the sake of entertainment.
Yet another fact.
Again, there is nothing libelous about the facts.
Educate yourself as to what libel and slander actually are and quit whining because the facts don't support your position.

Anonymous said...

Good Loooooooooooooord!
Doug Pizzi, I just had to be the first to tell you!
Today, a 22 year old in Florida got thrown in jail for killing one tiny ,white, furry "guess"?
Are you sitting down?
Ready?
A RAT, Doug! A no good, rotten, cheese eating, RAT!
Good Looooooooooooooord!
ANIMAL CRUELTY!
BAM!
Can you imagine all the psychiatry, and bills and lawyers for this poor idiot?
Boom!
Right off the bat, five grand fine for CRUELTY!
A RAT!
It was just a little, tiny white RAT!
Locked up and fined five thousand smackeroos for a RAT!
FLORIDA!

Anonymous said...

Well, VINCENT VEGA was fast on his feet about building those tracks in West Virginia!
You go boy!
You are the only one who just jumped on the comment section of that West Virginian newspaper.
Nothing like more Greyhound abuse in West Virginia!
You must work with EARL RAY TOMBLIN and all his "gang."
You like that.
That's "Power"!
You are a trainer?
Are you from IRELAND?
Or you just have connections to ship those poor Greyhounds over here?
Talk to us about the WHIRLIGIGS.
Such a nice, blood , blood sport.
You "train" these Greyhounds in West Virginia or in Ireland?
Woof!
Go get'em babe!
You're a fast tracker!
Vega?
What kind of name is that?
(Like Las Vegas?)
One more classy name.

Anonymous said...

You talk about the violence in our society , it is everywhere. And when you start using violence for entertainment, is it any wonder the growing populations are confused and agitated and demanding and irrational.
The amount of violence in schools alone, is frightening. And these are the crowds that the racetracks are trying to draw into their world because the kids are the growing energy they need to stay in the game.
Another kid just attacked a South Carolina school teacher. The teacher shot him because the student had a knife.
Is this supposed to be better?
Whoever has the biggest weapon wins. And this is not a society that will continue without even more degradation and catastrophes.
Where are the laws and the humanity and the intelligence to correct and imprison those people influencing these massacres of children, adults and animals?
It all starts with hurting a small animal. And yes. Even a rat.