Beverly indeed slept most of the time, and during waking moments was incurably lazy. She mewed whenever she wanted something, depending wholly upon others for everything she needed. Embracing an entitlement mentality, she exerted no effort whatever to become self-sufficient. Yep, Bev was definitely a Democat.What was really galling was how this douchebag made that spasmotic cognitive leap and decided that a cat's behavior was typical of a Democrat (meaning someone who votes with the more liberal of America's two political parties). Entitlement mentality? IT'S A GODDAMN CAT! It's been trained - for 13 years - that if it performs certain behaviors it will receive a reward (food). How could a cat be more self-sufficient? Would he prefer that it learned to operate a cash register and work at a convenience store? That's a night job a nocturnal cat could excel at, except for the slight communication barrier.
It is clear that someone who still believes in the myth of the "entitlement mentality" is not accustomed to doing much independent thinking and would much prefer having their opinions given to them in a nicely-packaged form. This clown has overdosed on racist talking points from Rush Limbaugh, no doubt.
The Reagan surrogates dreamed up the myth of the "welfare queen" in the 1980s to erode support for social programs such as medicare, medicaid, and WIC. The image they wanted to create was an unemployed black woman with multiple kids who defrauded the welfare system to buy luxuries rather than essentials. This was a political fabrication designed to trigger the racist instincts of the general Republican base and drive a wedge between the "haves" and the "have-nots." Nixon used this same technique successfully in his election in 1972.
My cats have their own opinions and are quite independent. They can think for themselves, though thankfully they don't share their opinions with me (unlike the moron who wrote the Chronicle post).
My beloved cat got cancer (injection-site fibrosarcoma) from a vaccine she received. The vaccine formulation used a metal-based adjuvant and the link has been fairly well established. When our vet found out, he felt horrible and immediately changed vaccines.
I would hope that you'd take two things from this post:
- If you have a cat, make sure that the vaccines they get won't cause cancer (don't accept the "low probability" argument -- go to a different vet).
- Democrats believe in giving everyone a level playing field, raising the standard of living for ALL Americans. Laziness and welfare fraud are no more acceptable to us than to Republicans.
