Lucianne.com Monday October 15, 2001 Quote of The Day

"The old saying was, 'make love not war.' We are a can do people. We can do both."

— George Will

State of the art Afghan tank approaches Kabul.

World Not Screwed Up Enough? Now comes the ultimate germphobic wack-a-doodle combo one could ever dream up. Hysterical female pet lovers with a political agenda from hell asking for gas mask for pets. Notice this demand can't be met because there aren't any such masks and that they don't mention masks for babies first. What about cats and canaries. Hey, where's the gold fish lobby? Brace yourselves. It's Nutzo Monday. (Hey, hey, my spider plant deserves to live!!!)

Little Things Mean A Lot: The food packages that we are dropping to starving Afghans that have been the cause of some liberal derision finally . Their reporter found an Afghan who thinks the peanut butter is delicious and even the Times find the enclosed moist towelette a "sweet" gesture. We think someone who hasn't had a shower since Ramadan 1996 would be thrilled.

Cynics Alert: Friday, New York Times reporter Judith Miller opens an envelope with some white powder in it. (It turns out NOT to be the dreaded National Enquirer Anthrax.) Sunday's New York Times Book Review featured her book Germs in its lead review. Monday she appears on the Today Show mentions her book and says she doesn't think her dust delivery is connected to 9-11. You don't suppose her press agent......Nah, she wouldn't do that....... In the meantime a tentative little link to an American Media employee shows up in Florida. Here's the Washington Post's report.

Not Knowing Is The Pits: Looks like we are going to spend the better part of this week waiting to hear where the anthrax "bugs" come from. USA Today has a pretty good roundup this morning of what's gone on but we still don't know the story. If those dusty envelopes are the work of a lone sicko, exile to an Afghanistan cave just ahead of a bunker buster surprise might be a good idea. Round Up Report: If your local mall is still intact after this jittery weekend, this New York Times report will give you some reasons why. Keep it up, you guys, we certainly can find the jail space.

Georgia Congress-nitwit Cynthia McKinney, the one who used to stand outside the house floor and drool over Clinton during Impeachment, is now drooling over some Saudi money she thinks is on the table. She has taken it upon herself to apologize to the Saudi prince whom Mayor Giuliani sent packing. Nice try, Cynthia.

Your keeping-our-chins-up-and-skippin-the-mail LComStaff

-- Anonymous, October 15, 2001

Answers

I think my tabbies will pass on the gas masks unless I can find a version that lets the whiskers stick out.

I did model my mask (the one with the pink double wing filters) for Bandit. She wasn't very impressed.

-- Anonymous, October 15, 2001

I had wondered if I could set up some sort of in-carrier protection. That is, cover all bit hte front with the necessary plastic, then, hell, I dunno, tape together surical masks to cover the grill on the front? Wouldn't be long before they clawed it, though. And I don't see how I could keep them in a sealed room.

Of course, this all depends on whether we get any warning IF there's a biochem attack. As the talking heads keep saying, by the time we know there's an attack, the spores or whatever will have been dispersed and it will be too late.

-- Anonymous, October 15, 2001

you're right Git. by the time we hear about it, it's already done.

I'm not sure I would want to live in a post biochemwar world. Without my babies, without being able to go outside and enjoy the fresh air, flora and fauna.

I hate being stuck in this hotel room instead of being home. We're in the approach for the airport. With prevailing winds out of the east, the landings come from the west. With the window open I can hear them, one just went over as a matter of fact. Wish we could find a place a little south of here, outta the path of the planes.

Also, a lot of trucks around here. This being a warehouse type area and all. trucks = semis....never know what they are carrying.

-- Anonymous, October 15, 2001

"I don't see how I could keep them in a sealed room."

Git, at first I thought your problem was Cat Herding. Then I realized you were perhaps talking about litter management. Just trading one fume for another?? Cat Herding is easy. Just make the destination look like the Place To Be! They'll wander in on their own.

-- Anonymous, October 15, 2001

Nah, could get them all in there, even the psychos, just by yelling "Grass!" or "DRUGS!" (catnip). But keeping them in there is another story. The litter wouldn't bother me; I'd have a large number of boxes of ScoopAway in there. It's the physical problem of keeping 7 cats in one room. They're so used to roaming where they want, except Jim's playroom (which has razor blades and big rubber bands and other dangerous stuff). But, as noted, it we get an attack, it probably will be too late to do anything by the time we know about it.

-- Anonymous, October 15, 2001