Friday, January 01, 2010

Friday Hound Blogging

Ah, the first post of the new year, of the new decade. New beginnings. Well, probably can't have old beginnings, but that's beside the point. Hey, speaking of beside the point, how did the overlords spend the last day of the last year of the last decade?
As the Dairyland Greyhound Park closes its doors for the last time, it’s also the end for close to 180 employees.
Well, on the bright side, at least those 180 folks aren't in danger of being killed by their bosses, but we're not without sympathy here in the marbled halls of IM Central, so here's our suggestion.

Of course, some folks just don't take the hint.
The choice is clear but difficult — move to another state to continue on with the dogs that many trainers have dedicated the whole of their working lives to, or find a new career closer to home.
We suggest a new career that doesn't involve the heartless killing of innocent living creatures, but that's just us. Hey, we'll even help.

We'd also like to add that all of the jobs on those links are greyhound approved because none of them involve injury or death to the dogs. Of course, the bad news is that they do require the humans to earn their own keep rather than relying on the dogs to do it for them. Not a perfect world yet, is it Ralph?

Ralph is another refugee from Dairlyland who has just landed in the area. We don't know much about him except that he's looking for a new career that involves soft couches, copious amounts of dog biscuits and ear scratches several times a day. 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.

Lazlo Update: Lazlo is settling in with his foster parents in Southeast Michigan. Next up: A trip to the Vet.

15 comments:

Anonymous said...

"People that voted against us should be adopting these dogs".
How about the people who puppy-milled them all like the TOMBLIN KENNELS in WEST VIRGINIA or
MARENA RIGGINS...that
"GOOD OLD WITCH OF THE WEST!"

Anonymous said...

Have you noticed all these "ambitious " people have started in the Greyhound Industry at 15 or 16 years of age?
They really are shakers and movers!
So, you grab something easy to destroy, you get the same treatment.
You are all being "dumped", just like the Greyhounds that you all crucified.
Good riddance.

Anonymous said...

Where are all the WIVES of these hard time Mafia -types?
Aren't they the first to turn as they are the only ones ever let go when they have known all along about all these crimes. They are the ones with the specific information and know pretty much, how the system was played and who was involved playing it.
Also, how many years do the TOMBLINS at TOMBLIN KENNELS, WEST VIRGINIA get and when are the FEDS going to bring them all down?

Anonymous said...

The NIGERIAN BOMBER was a kid like many in "GLOBAL".
They do anything to be a part of anybody.
They are all lost and ridiculed and basically, anti-social.
Their extreme religions have forced nuclear arms into the forefront.
And extreme right wing REPUBLICANS are to blame for much of it.
THAT is exactly what MARTIN ROPER, MIKE GREEN and so many others portraying EXTREME CHRISTIANITY have pushed.
And THAT is why "GLOBAL" is so very dangerous.

Anonymous said...

Finally, even the lowliest of the low are getting it.
There are bad waves rolling in from all directions.
This is probably why the Obama administration is now specifically stating there will be no tolerance for anybody not sharing information regarding terrorism.
From the stupidity of not punishing those five guys at Blackwater Worldwide to the idiots at Global, a tsunami is coming in and as we all know, there is little to be done to stop it.
This is the very reasoning for setting up "alarms". And believe you me, this is precisely what the Obama Government is going to try and rectify. There is a new form of networking, internationally,
and the net will catch many before these fish hatch.

Anonymous said...

I would think we must truly go after those pretending to be upstanding citizens with "people" and "animals" on their minds.
I am talking RON HEVENER, the GUY WONDER.
He is the one all over GOOGLE and he is so typical of the kind of bastards representing " peaceful " and "sweet" business deals that attract violent conclusions.
GLOBAL , which he and millions are into for money and power, represents something "untold".
When a "company" tells you to "talk God" to
"get your motor running", you can be sure there is something way up there besides all those spark plugs.

Anonymous said...

Oh my GOD!

RON HEVENER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Florida? Pennsylvania? Kansas? West Virginia? Virginia?
HEVENER KENNELS?????????????????)

THAT IS THE STAR OF THE MOVIE WE ALL HOPE TO GET PRODUCED!

WOW! SOMEONE WANTED SEAN PENN!!!!
HE IS A DOUBLE FOR RON HEVENER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I DON'T CARE WHAT SOMEONE SAID.
I THINK SEAN PENN IS TOO GOOD LOOKING TO PLAY RON HEVENER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OH BABY BOY! YOU GONNA SEE WHAT YOU LOOK LIKE WITH A TRUE AND BLUE, MELTDOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anonymous said...

Ron Hevener?
Ron Hevener like "In Heaven"?
Is that like Ron Hevener with "Hevener Trucking"?
Is that like Ron Hevener with the "Dark Man"?
Is that like Ron Hevener with the "Gospel Hymns"?
Oh yeah.
We all know Ron Hevener.
He's tapping "Global".

Anonymous said...

Why on earth would Ron Hevener be in "TRUCKING"?
Race horses need special vans.
Greyhound Dogs do, too.
But , I suppose, if you're into "GLOBAL", Ron Hevener is "religiously" hauling.
Question is:
"What"?

Anonymous said...

HEVENER FARMS of PENNSYLVANIA?
The guy who says he's in love with collies and horses?
Are you telling us that this "Sean Penn" to be is now into TRUCKING?
Well, if he is into his HEVENER TRUCKING, and the TOMBLIN KENNELS with The KILLING FIELDS of CHAPMANVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA, is into GUNS, and AMMUNITIONS, what is stopping these TWO GREYHOUND RACING advocates, from shipping ILLICIT ARMS to MEXICO?
Isn't that what the MEXICANS and AMERICANS are saying is happening?
We have that DRUG CARTEL from Mexico shipping through TEXAS with the COCAINE and METH and then HEVENER TRUCKING does his "Job" with the TRANSFERS...he drops off the ILLICIT ARMS of all sorts and high speeds, in exchange for the "Candy".
Oh man. This is what movies are made for!
It's going to be called "KANSAS KING"?
Does that mean RON HEVENER is making the rounds all through USA?
Considering he has HEVENER FARMS throughout the Heartland, to the South and the North, it might not be so Incredible.

Anonymous said...

OK. So I have been trying to keep up with all the activity and clues and all the recent information raked in by all the rescues and various "networking".
It's been a bundle, to say the least!
At any rate, after reading the Greyhounds of Fort Lauderdale Blog with Jailamony, they explicitly describe some `Mexican Mafia Drug Cartel...I can't remember the name but it might be "LA FAMILIA", but for sure, you can expect something a lot worse than the GODFATHER. I mean, supposedly, they behead you for the slightest opposition or difference of opinion.
And as always, they target the poor.
(Greyhound Racing anybody?)
Let's be real here. What everyone is saying is that all these "pots" of money that are derived from weapons or drugs , etc, go directly to TERRORISM.
As always, it has been documented that "fearing God" or done "in the name of God" multiplies "LA FAMILIA'S " business, a thousand-fold, particularly among those less fortunate and badly educated. And like all the "GOD GAMES" it's used for the sheer purpose of hiding something extremely evil and falsely implied. It is, therefore, not at all for the "GOOD" of anything. Like "GLOBAL", it is totally for society's destruction.
"GLOBAL" = "LA FAMILIA" ?
Well, they seem to have the same customers and exactly the same plans.

Anonymous said...

That last blog is so right! Always in the news, you have YEMEN and SOMALIA and all those poor, warring people who are devastated by corruption and poverty. These are precisely the people that Al Qaeda wants and hones and this is precisely the kind of people who wear bombs on planes.
They are the ones who are ripe with anger and ugliness due to being ignored or chastised and they are the ones so uncomfortable in our World. They, as has been proven, a dozen times a day, from Pakistan, to Northern Africa, are the ones who gladly strap on a bomb belt or smile when they pull an explosive wire to take down a hundred men.

Anonymous said...

Any "business" that's central input is to slowly destroy a live animal and mutilate other live animals in the process, is not only 100% unhealthy and illegal, it is mere training for " a killing mind".
Hence, GLOBAL is a significant subject ,which easily lends itself to the simple infiltration of Greyhound Racing into one more "corrupted arm" of religious fanaticism. And ultimately, this perversion of ethics can evolve into full-scale Terrorism, instigated by any "God" or any "King".

Anonymous said...

I would like to know the updates of any veterinarians, jailed, along with any politicians soon on their way.
Many thanks to Ironicus Maximus for keeping us all together and so very strong.
Solidarity is key.

Anonymous said...

When the son of the late cleric in Iran, Montazeri, specifically states that Iran must have "prosperity and freedom" in order for his country to thrive, he's just talking what everybody else is.
With "yellow cakes" on the rise In Iran for making nuclear bombs etc., everyone must sit up and take notice because military build-ups from USA to Russia won't mean a thing.
In order for everybody to "survive", we all have to do more than talking. We all have to disarm and we have to feed those who want to kill us because they have no other way "out".
And for those that are rich and support those who want to kill us, we have to think extra doubly hard about that.