Oh Canada! – Town May Force Child With Cerebral Palsy to Give Up His Pony

I’ve always figured Canada was occupied by idiots, Now I know it is true.

Video:

The Story Via CBCNEWS.CA:

A dispute has erupted in Caledon, Ont., over whether a family with a child with cerebral palsy should be allowed to keep a pony.

Three-year-old Sam Spiteri was born with a form of cerebral palsy that makes it hard for him to do ordinary tasks such as walk, hold toys, eat or speak.

The youngster has been riding his miniature pony, Emily, since he was an infant.

“Taking her away would be devastating to Sam. It is his best friend,” said his mother Antonia Spiteri.

He’s so attached to the animal that his rides usually end in tears because he doesn’t want to leave Emily.

But a neighbour’s complaint about the animal’s smell is now being handled by the Town of Caledon, whose bylaw enforcement manager has ruled the Spiteris’ half-hectare property is zoned rural-residential, meaning they cannot keep livestock.

The Spiteri family, however, argues Emily shouldn’t be classified as livestock because she was bought as a form of therapy.

“We only want the exception for Emily herself to remain on the property for therapeutic purposes,” said Antonia Spiteri.

Sam’s grandfather bought him the pony because the youngster experiences seizures, making it almost impossible to take him on long car trips to a riding facility elsewhere.

According to the Ontario Cerebral Palsy Foundation, equestrian therapy “improves balance, co-ordination, strength and muscle tone, while gently mobilizing the joints.”

Antonia Spiteri says Sam’s pediatrician suggested the riding therapy, and they have seen an improvement in his posture.

“Bouncing from riding her triggers the muscles to stiffen and contract, so that when he rides her, he gets better posture and makes it easier for those muscles to learn those types of things. And then he is better with possibly walking in the future,” she said.

“When his posture is better, it’s easier for him to perform simple tasks such as feeding himself. It also helps with speech.”

The debate over whether Emily can stay on the property will now go before a committee of adjustment.

Well, I happen to believe that this is just wrong, Period. If you agree with this. Please contact the officials in this town:

Mayor Marolyn Morrison

Town of Caledon
6311 Old Church Road, Caledon ON L7C 1J6
Office:   (905) 584-2272
Fax: (905) 584-4325
marolyn.morrison@caledon.ca

As always, Be polite and tell her that you think that taking this pony from this boy is wrong.

General Contact form here

These are the same traitors who refused to support us during the Vietnam War and allowed draft dodgers into their country.

Nice. – Spat Over Obama Sparks Beating in Florida

The Video:

Back Story via WKMG:

An attack on a Jacksonville woman began as an argument over President-elect Barack Obama, according to police.

The incident took place Friday morning when a fight over politics turned into a physical battle, Jacksonville television station WJXT reported.

According to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, Lindsy Whitfield, 46, got worked up when his friend told him she didn’t like Obama.

Police said Whitfield slammed a picture frame on the floor of the woman’s apartment, and then picked up the shattered frame, threw it and hit her in the face.

The enraged man then began beating the victim with his fists before telling her he was going to kill her, according to a police report.

The victim told police that after Whitfield stopped hitting her he grabbed her stun gun and ran out of the apartment.

Despite patrol efforts, Whitfield could not be located by police. He is wanted on charges of simple battery, petit theft and making threats.

Hmmmmm… I wonder what color he was? Hope Change! or I keel you! 😛

Gotta love those Moonbats! 😀

Because a couple Latinos get killed, it's Lou Dobbs Fault

So, say the Liberal Moonbats, who want to deny that there is any illegal immigration problem.

Give me a break. Some Latino gets shot and killed and the first thing the damn liberal moonbats want to do is blame someone like Lou Dobbs.

What about Christian-Newsom Murders? Can I blame Liberal Blacks for that? It was a hate crime after all, even though the authorities covered it up and said it was not.

NYT story on the Latino murders is here.

(Via Memeornadum)

The Reason why I shop online and hardly ever venture out….

This is sick and very sad….

Via New York Daily News:

A Wal-Mart worker died after being trampled when hundreds of shoppers smashed through the doors of a Long Island store Friday morning, police and witnesses said.

The 34-year-old worker, employed as an overnight stock clerk, tried to hold back the unruly crowds just after the Valley Stream store opened at 5 a.m.

Witnesses said the surging throngs of shoppers knocked the man down. He fell and was stepped on. As he gasped for air, shoppers ran over and around him.

“He was bum-rushed by 200 people,” said Jimmy Overby, 43, a co-worker. “They took the doors off the hinges. He was trampled and killed in front of me. They took me down too…I literally had to fight people off my back.”

The unidentified victim was rushed to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 6:03 a.m., police said.

The cause of death wasn’t immediately available pending results of an autopsy.

A 28-year-old pregnant woman was knocked to the floor during the mad rush. She was hospitalized for observation, police said. Early witness accounts that the woman suffered a miscarriage were unfounded, police said.

Three other shoppers suffered minor injuries, cops said.

Before police shut down the store, eager shoppers streamed past emergency crews as they worked furiously to save the store clerk’s life.

“They were working on him, but you could see he was dead, said Halcyon Alexander, 29. “People were still coming through.”

Only a few stopped.

Of course, you do know what color these vultures were don’t you?

Need I say anymore? Rolling EyesWaiting

Yeah, I know. Raaaaccciiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiist! Loser

Liberals or Weak-knee, go along to get along Conservative Head explosions in 5…..4……3……2…..

Update: Raw Video (Thanks to Breit Bart)

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Suspect Nabbed in Little Rock, Ark T.V. Anchor Beating Murder

I got one thing to say about this right here…

Via NYT:

Aware that the man they were seeking in the killing of a television anchorwoman knew he was a suspect and fearful that he was already fleeing, the police provided the victim’s employer and its competitors their lead story on Wednesday’s 10 p.m. newscasts, giving the suspect’s name and picture at a news conference that the stations broadcast live.

Almost within seconds, the authorities say, tips began flooding in, and 90 minutes later the suspect, Curtis L. Vance, surrendered to officers who had surrounded a house in the city’s tough south-central neighborhood.

Mr. Vance, 28, was charged with capital murder in the death of the anchor, Anne Pressly, 26, a regular on the “Daybreak” program of KATV, the ABC affiliate here.

Ms. Pressly’s failure to answer a wake-up call early on the morning of Oct. 20 prompted her mother to drive to her home. Her mother found her in bed, bloodied and beaten almost beyond recognition. Ms. Pressly died of blunt-force trauma five days later, having never regained consciousness.

The police said Mr. Vance was a resident of Marianna, a small town in the Arkansas Delta, but had frequently been in the Little Rock metropolitan area, some 100 miles west. They said he had been arrested before for relatively minor infractions but had no history of violent crime.

At the news conference Wednesday night, the Little Rock police chief, Stuart Thomas, described the case against Mr. Vance as “very, very solid” but was silent as to a motive for the crime and details of the investigation, including exactly how Mr. Vance had become a suspect and how he had learned that he was under suspicion.

Nor did the police say who owned the residence where Mr. Vance was seized, a house five miles and a world distant from Ms. Pressly’s home.

The victim lived in a rented cottage-style house in the affluent Pulaski Heights neighborhood, the Country Club of Little Rock only three blocks from her front door. The poor section of the city where Mr. Vance was apprehended exudes a sense of menace, with crimes against people and property as common on its streets as they were essentially unheard of along the lanes that surround Ms. Pressly’s former address.

Even as Mr. Vance was being questioned early Thursday, detectives returned to Ms. Pressly’s home and searched its grounds by flashlight, neighbors said.

“I know this sounds stupid, but we never even lock our doors,” said Zoe Oakleaf, who lives with her husband and daughter across the street from Ms. Pressly’s house. “Well,” Ms. Oakleaf added after a moment, “we used to not lock our doors.”

This is truly a sad story all around. I got one thing to say about it. I hope like hell that the Police have a solid, water tight, Iron Clad case here. Because if they do not and this guy walk for any reason. They could be opening themselves up to a huge lawsuit and backlash.

(Thanks V-Dare, Who made, I felt, a rather idiotic comment about it, who cares if the words Black or White didn’t appear in the fucking article. Why didn’t you just call him a nigger and get it over with? Idiots! 🙄 )

Finally – An African-American that gets it!

A very excellent article by Erik Rush on the problems on Wall Street and our Economy.

Highly Recommended! 😀

Money Quote:

Remember affirmative action? It was that lovely social program that (again, ostensibly) promoted access to education and employment to minority groups, usually ethnic minorities, women and those considered socioeconomically disadvantaged. In practice, education and job opportunities wound up being made available to many who were either indolent or unqualified, as opposed to disenfranchised, resulting in inequity, a lowering of standards and bitterness on the part of qualified, industrious Americans who were passed over for these opportunities.

Man, he is ever right. God is he ever.

You can go home now!

This is too funny! 😛

Via Faux Noise:

MONROE, La. —

Eddie Woodruff had no place to go on Thanksgiving, so he went to jail.

An arrest affidavit says the 32-year-old Monroe man was dropped off around 2:30 a.m. at an Ouachita Correctional Center guard shack by a woman in a car who then drove away. He was arrested and booked with criminal trespass after saying he had no place to go and allegedly refusing repeated requests to leave.

His bail was set at $200.

Yeah, I know, it’s sad. But it does strike one as funny. At least he’s got somewhere to be tonight. I just don’t get is why they didn’t just take the guy to a homeless shelter? 🙄

Bush says he will miss being Commander & Chief

An interesting article an worthy of comment..

Via The Hill:

In his last Thanksgiving address in the White House, President Bush said Thursday that he will miss being the leader of the U.S. armed forces.

“During this holiday season, we give thanks for those who defend our freedom. America’s men and women in uniform deserve our highest respect – and so do the families who love and support them,” Bush said in his weekly radio address. “Lately, I have been asked what I will miss about the presidency. And my answer is that I will miss being the Commander-in-Chief of these brave warriors.”

I think that I can speak for most Americans; Liberal, Conservative, Libertarian, Constitutionalists and everyone else.

We will NOT miss you George… Now hurry up and leave! 😛

More MoonBat Stupidity from the Comment Moderation Que

This is rich…:

Author : Mikie (IP: 69.60.244.66 , 69.60.244.66)
E-mail : mike@pikeaero.com
URL    :
Whois  : http://ws.arin.net/cgi-bin/whois.pl?queryinput=69.60.244.66
Comment:
There is no left and right you dumb asses! They are all just puppets who’s strings are pulled by the central banks, the federal reserve. They all have the same agenda which is that of the central banks, a world government run by the banks! Understand how the central banks and federal reserves work, follow the money and you will find the truth.

Wow….. somebody get the guy a tinfoil hat. 😀

Wow… This guy works too. Check out his place of work. Scary. 😮

Clear and Present Stupidity….

John McCormack ponders over at the Neo-Con Weakly Substandard:

I haven’t a clue why support for keeping the prison open decreased since July, but I imagine support would be a lot higher if more people read Thomas Joscelyn’s excellent article on the terrorists at Guantanamo, “Clear and Present Danger”, in this week’s issue of THE WEEKLY STANDARD.

Uhmmm….. Could it be that the rest of sane America knows that over 90% of the people being housed in that facility are not actual terrorists?

Could it be, that the rest of sane America has wised up to the Neo-Conservative fear-mongering of the last 8 years?