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A friend of mine sent this to me. Truer words have rarely been spoken.

A lady I know wrote the best letter in the editorials in ages!!!  It explains things better than all the baloney you hear on  TV.

Her point:

Recently large demonstrations have taken place across the country protesting the fact that Congress is finally addressing the issue of illegal immigration. Certain people are angry that the US might protect its own borders, might make it harder to sneak into this country and, once here, might make it possible for illegals to stay indefinitely. Let me see if I correctly understand the thinking behind these protests.
Let's say I break into your house.  
Let's say that when you discover me in your house, you insist that I leave. But I say, "I've made all the beds and I did the dishes and washed the laundry and swept the floors. I've done all the things you don't like to do. I'm hard-working and honest (except for when I broke into your  house).
According to the protesters: 

You are Required to let me stay in your house.
You are Required to add me to your family's insurance plan.
You are Required to educate my kids.
You are Required to provide other benefits to me and to my family. My husband will do all of your yard work because he is also hard-working and honest (except for that breaking-in part).
If you try to call the police or force me out, I will call my friends who will picket your house carrying signs that proclaim my RIGHT to be there. It's only fair, after all, because you have a nicer house than I do, and I'm just trying to "better myself".
I'm a hard-working and honest person (except for, well, you know, I did break into your house. But that is irrelevant.) 
And what a deal it is for me!!! I live in your house, contributing only a fraction of the cost of my keep, and there is nothing you can do about it without being accused of cold, uncaring, selfish, prejudiced, and bigoted behavior.
Oh yeah, and one more thing:  I DEMAND that you learn my language, so you can communicate with me. After all, I am necessary to your way of life. No one who is born into your family is willing to work the way I am.

Why can't people see how  ridiculous this is?! If you agree, pass it on (in English). Share it if you see the value of it.
If not, blow it off...along with your future Social Security benefits, quality health care, and a lot of other things that illegals are soaking up like sponges.

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My parents have a Maltese that I swear they bought to replace my brothers and me when we left the house. They paid $600 for him when he was six weeks old. They were recently informed that their "baby" needs major surgery on both rear legs. The "specialist" vet quoted them a price of three thousand bucks. "Three GRAND??!!" my dad exclaimed. "For leg surgery on a ten-pound dog?" "No", the vet said, "you misunderstand. It is three thousand per leg."

I cannot fathom the reason why vets charge such exorbitant fees for surgical procedures on pets, except that it seems to be much like gasoline prices: they know that if you can, you'll pay. If you can't, you are not worth their time, which rivals the price-per-hour of high-powered attorneys.

I am not one to talk about high vet costs, or to belittle the value of our furry family members. Ozzy, the first of my four cats, and his sister, Sargie, both contracted feline distemper last year from a kitten we rescued. They nearly died. The vet bill was over twelve-hundred bucks for a week of care in hospital, and medication for the next month. That was for two cats. It took us a year to pay it off. But six thousand for one dog? I could not have paid that if I tried, and as a result my pets would have been euthanized, and I doubt the vet living in a fancy gated community would have deigned to lower his fee to save my kitties.

I happen to think this is grossly offensive. I also think that my parents need a second opinion, but they are just handing over the cash like they are under hypnosis. I find it hard to fathom that my father, a savvy business-owner who has NEVER bought a new car because he refuses to pay the depreciation, is not even questioning this vet.

Any thoughts?

When I watch TV, all I hear every five minutes are commercials for MOR furniture. The hard-sell, redundant, annoying commercials play at every single commercial break, on every cable channel targeted at the Bako area, always saying the same things. I am so totally sick of their commercials!!! I find this particularly infuriating because I know from past experience that they are a dishonest, ruthless company that lies to their customers to keep sales. I wouldn't walk into that awful store to use the restroom!

Is anyone else tired of MOR commercials, or do you have a different "pet TV peeve"?

Stay away from MOR, unless you want MOR headaches and hassles.