Holly's World August 5-7, Some of my daily blogs

Terror In Puppyhood

We hate puppies here at Holly's World, but that won't stop us from reporting a messed-up story when we see one. Which is what Nadia Pflaum did earlier this week in "Animal control officers have new quota, are coming for Muffin." As of August 1, each field officer at the Animal Control Department of Kansas City, Missouri, must issue a minimum of 15 summonses for negligent pet owners and impound a minimum of 20 dogs per month. Some dog lover over at Kansas City Dog Advocates figured out that added up to 360 dogs per month, or 4,320 per year.

All of which predictably led to lots of yapping, including this bit of insight from the long-suffering Aggie's Dog, who's been hanging around our comments more and more lately:

Leave it to Kansas City. If there's a problem (such as their own employees not doing their jobs), you can count on Kansas City to find the most backwards "solution" and to ignore all the possible creative win-win type solutions. That's why we're a "podunk town" (the one thing the mayor's wife was ever right about) and not a progressive city.


Aggie's Dog, you can curl up in a corner here any time. Because we don't really hate puppies.

This post has been edited by hot_holly on Aug 9 2009, 03:07 AM

Brad Pitts Says Missouri is Cool So It Has to Be



In Brad Pitt's interview with Parade Magazine, he's quoted as saying, "In Missouri, where I come from, we don't talk about what we do--we just do it. If we talk about it, it's seen as bragging."

In actual context, he was talking about how he had to quit smoking weed, but there's gotta be a compliment in there somewhere.

Ass Backwards or Step Backwards in the Military




A story on Wired's website a week ago outlined how a Department of Defense "warning order" solicited feedback on a potential ban on the use of social media sites like Twitter and Facebook by military personnel.

Such a ban seemingly would fly in the face of efforts by Lt.General William B. Caldwell, who oversees the Army's Command and General Staff College on the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center in Fort Leavenworth, Missouri. Caldwell recently ordered every officer at the CGSC to complete a course of "strategic communication" in order to graduate. Assignments include blogging, participating in an interview with a television, print or radio reporter; publicly addressing a community group and writing an article or opinion piece for publication.

"You have an amazing influence in the blogosphere," Caldwell told The Pitch in this story. "Here you're deciding what you want to talk about, and you're sharing it with the world." He expressed similar sentiments on the benefits of online communication in an article posted last month on Small Wars Journal.

Caldwell's progressive decision to encourage more online interaction between the public and the military was followed by a recent Army order to all U.S. military bases to stop blocking Facebook, Twitter and Flickr.

Now, a military social media ban is "all-but-certain," Wired reports.

The news was surprising to some of the CGSC officers featured in The Pitch's story earlier this year. Major Mark Andres emailed to say, "We all feel a bit shocked by it since we...were just starting to open up to SNS (social networking sites) and strategic communications with the American people."

Andres collaborates on a blog called PiaFidelis . On the subject of a potential DOD-ordered social networking ban, Ft. Leavenworth soldier John Bushman writes, "I personally believe that it would be a major step backwards for the Department of Defense and for any ongoing strategic communication campaign envisioned by the US Army if the plug were pulled on social media sites. The internet remains a major medium to tell the Army's story and its become a major link in connecting with the American people."

Now that Gen. Caldwell has turned Ft. Leavenworth's officers into such good communicators, they know how to keep us in the loop on the latest developments. Ban or no ban, online communication between the military and the public might be one genie that can't be put back in the bottle.

Cobra Commander coming to KC?


By far, the best new-to-me news of the day is that the 2009 G.I. Joe Convention will be held in Kansas City at the Hyatt Regency Crown Center two weeks from now. Can't wait for all the folks dressed up like Destro, Cobra Commander and, of course, the Baroness.

The convention comes a week after the release of G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (August 7), so maybe we can all share a good cry over how terrible the movie was for all of the obvious reasons (Marlon Wayans, power suits, giving Cobra Commander a new outfit because he supposedly looked too much like a Klan member). That movie better have PSAs at the end.

The convention runs August 13-16. Friday morning, they'll be parachuting 300 limited-editon action figures from 42 floors up, but the big shows will be Saturday (10 a.m. to 5 p.m.) and Sunday (9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.). Tickets cost $12 for adults and $8 for children (although kids 4 and under get in free). Here's the full brochure.

Knowing is half the battle.

this is basically the way my blogs go, i touch up on a fw sunjects n that's about it

i enjoyed that, holly. loved the snippets, straight to the interesting stuff.

baroness and puppies are good people.

always enjoy your work miss holly!

Fun talk.I like it.

I think to give it that personal touch each blog entry should include a shot of you in your undies writing it

If you found that offensive I just want to say that KC paid me to say it

This post has been edited by Doc Omega on Aug 11 2009, 04:05 PM

lol no it was funny, but alas no undies shots for the bloggies

:)

ok as long as it was funny

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