"Think of the press as a great keyboard on which the government can play"

"The most brilliant propagandist technique will yield no success unless one fundamental principle is borne in mind constantly - it must confine itself to a few points and repeat them over and over"

"If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.”

--Joseph Goebbels

Hey, kids! 

The HSUS and its friends have put together a great new program, just for you!

Own a 'pit bull', whatever that is?  Like dogs?  Have friends with dogs who visit?

Well, you may be more popular than you think - as a source of income for that big-budget advertiser and spinner deluxe, the HSUS.

Read all about it!

Check this out.  Pet overpopulation, pet overpopulation, pet overpopulation....another big lie for the masses.

Yesterday, we held our sorta, kinda, annual gathering to commemorate the day that Democracy finally died in Ontario - August 29, 2005, the day the 'pit bull' ban became law.

It was also the day that Katrina hit New Orleans, which pushed 'our little problem' out of the media.  Probably just as well, all that weeping and gnashing of teeth was hard on the nerves anyway.

Our storm wasn't as biblical in proportion or as widely destructive but to those of us who know and love dogs it was an unnatural disaster of the worst sort.

Our own bulldog, Franny, took a few pictures of the gang.

It was very hot and humid, not good dog (or people) weather, but despite that the turnout was fantastic.  We will win this, folks, I just know it.

We know we are right and they are wrong - and so do they.  It's just a game and the dogs the gamepieces, which is no way to treat your only friend.

Due to traffic, construction and a couple of fender benders, it took us over 2.5 hours to get to Queen's Park - it's usually about a 70-minute drive.  My air conditioning packed it a couple of weeks ago, so it was hard on my boys.  The ride home was better but we were glad to get into the house and just relax last night.

Warning:  The wide shot is big, because otherwise it's too hard to see, so if you have slow service, you might just want to view the thumbnail.

I have more pics, will put them in the file later, but I was anxious to share these few with my friends in the fight.

Here's a link, click on thumbnails to see larger versions of the photos.