Showing posts with label the Ronnie republic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the Ronnie republic. Show all posts

Feb 25, 2018

The McLaughlin Group 2/25/18: Glad to see it back, Woof!





Love John McLaughlin and The McLaughlin Group.

Lovely to see it back.


Woof!

Ronnie



No, I've always loved The Group, Ronnie from The Ronnie Republic said as he ran to catch another important news briefing.

We have to think two times about journalism, particularly in this day of accusations and fast-paced breaking headlines. 

The McLaughlin Group has always been quality--an exchange of ideas but always with respect--the information seeking audience benefits from this conversation. 

I love it and I've always admired John McLaughlin and stive to emulate him in my own reporting.

Dec 26, 2016

I Love Hillary

Yes, it's true.

I love Hillary Clinton and I have been waiting for her forever.

So sad after the election that I have just now started watching the news and that would usually be PBS or listening to a progressive radio station.


She is a strong lady and our nation is also strong and we will all survive in spite of the outcome but a setback may be in store for the Supreme Court and Planned Parenthood.  Those are deal breakers for this Hillary girl.


She sent this beautiful letter and I wanted to share it with everyone:



Chloe --

Before this year ends, I want to thank you again for your support of our campaign. While we didn't achieve the outcome we sought, I'm proud of the vision and values we fought for and the nearly 66 million people who voted for them.

I believe it is our responsibility to keep doing our part to build a better, stronger, and fairer future for our country and the world.

The holidays are a time to be thankful for our blessings. So let us rejoice in this season and look forward with renewed hope and determination.

I wish you and your family health, happiness, and continued strength for the New Year and the work ahead.

I look forward to staying in touch in 2017. Onward!

With deep appreciation and warm wishes, I am,

Yours,

Hillary 



Chloelouise--Hillary girl forever










Jun 18, 2016

The Perils of Renting: Read it and Weep--Pit Bull City

The Perils of Renting:  Read it and Weep........or why don't I own my own house by now, anyway?






This is Ronnie, my baby boy and the love of my life.

He passed away almost a year ago at the age of ten years........I think I am ready to get a dog now as I am getting so fat from not walking and I am tired of going to the dog park by myself.

Also, summer is here and I would like to go to the dog beach.....it is just who I am.




So I moved over here to my little rented condo in a very small complex on the border of North Park/City Heights.

Seriously, every dog owner knows it is almost impossible to rent with a pit bull mix so I readily opted to rent from my previous landlord/property manager as I could not find anything affordable in South Park and I was getting tired of folks hanging up on me.

Also being in a time frame and having to find space suitable for my 99 year old mother, as well.

So right, I moved in, My landlord well knew my Ronnie and I felt like we had a pretty good relationship from my over two year prior situation.

Every one saw my very well behaved beloved as he was quite well mannered, walked well on a leash, was overly friendly and liked other dogs and cats.

He was old and there was not any yard or patio so it was not like he was out on his own or available for anyone to have contact with without supervision.






For the life of me I cannot get another dog............



Is it in the stars or what?   So sad about the loss of Ronnie, life is just not good without a dog.   Every attempt to get a companion ends in failure.

Put in a little more effort and do not try to replace Ronnie but get a dog a little bit like him in his honor.

Scanning dogs on Pet Finders and always wanting to adopt from the shelter and finally landing on Scrappy Doo.

No, not the same, dog but he more or less had the same look and more importantly he was not jumpy, but seemed calm cool and collected--as much as one can be for a stray--and in the five mins on our meet and greet.

Knowing dog ownership was fine but a head's up to the property manager--individual in charge of renting--yes, I will be getting someone so a phone call from the shelter may be eminent.

Sounds good was the e-mail reply.


Aware that the San Diego Animal Shelter on Gaines gets the go ahead from the landlord and feeling confident about filling out the paperwork and waiting for the okay to bring Scrappy home,,,,,,confident and ready with the leash in my purse.


Oh Dear, what's the hold up.........

Seems like it is fine with the property manager but somehow the HOA got involved and here they were quoting the rules.......yada, yada, yada pit bull and something about weight.

Wait--the landlord/property manager said I could get a dog--wanted one around the same build as Ronnie.

So, the HOA lady was not going to budge, I explained to her I already had the exact same dog, that is why I moved in--why are you quoting the rules to me now.   It was odd when she asked why I did not ask the landlord.

Talked with Tom, the property manager and he was totally on my side, could not understand the obstinance of the HOA.  Said he would get with the actual owner and have them ask for a waiver to the board per the HOA.

Went back to the shelter a week later just to see if Scrappy was still there and if the lady at the desk could shed any light on the situation as it seemed like something did not add up--I had no idea what.

Turns out they never would have called the HOA had Tom, the prop man not said, "It's fine with me but it is ultimately up to the HOA."

But Tom portrayed to me the Animal Shelter called the HOA on their own without his prompt.

So, of course, I asked him why did you rent to me in the first place.....that was the whole reason I moved in here?

Not to mention why did you indicate to me everything was fine when I said I was going to get another dog yet tell the shelter something different.

His response.  What do you want me to do.  Go to another shelter.

Wow, good personality.

Guessing he was going on the deniable plausibility philosophy and that he was willing to rent as long as no one found out or said anything.

At the end of the day it would have been nice if a grown man could have been more truthful.

In his e-mail he said he was rooting for me when questioned after the first attempt.  He never mentioned he was the one who told them to call the HOA as he positioned himself as an individual totally on my side.

Nice, tom.

On the second attempt somehow the word "pit bull" went out of the conversation and the only issue seemed to be weight.

The second week sojourn ended with tom saying it was okay and not mentioning the HOA but the shelter said they still had to contact them as they originally became involved.

Now, here is the thing....I kind of like Scrappy Doo and have a little thing for him--I can't just ditch him after I tried to get him.

No, I do not know if he will be good with my cats.

You see I got Booker from the Escondido but unfortunately I had to take him back as he was overly interested in not only my cats, but the beautiful neighbor cat and every animal in sight.

He was extremely lovely to watch television with and loved kissing and snuggling--sad to take him back but he seemed like he really loved the girls at the Humane an awful lot.  He just loved kissing and baby talk.  He was a house dog and beautiful but it did not seem safe to ever leave him in the house with the cats.  Not feeling like that level of dog training expertise was in my repertoire.

And that is my story and I am sad.

What's the upshot?

I hope Scrappy gets the best home in the world as he has been at the shelter a while.  I think he is a pretty good dog--it's said he gets on well with others and here is his picture:

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file under:  writing in frustration

cl--the ronnie re



Mar 23, 2016

CNN: Hair On Fire News

Chloe Louise 

Just wanted to say Douglas Brinkley on CNN yesterday said the only two people running for President who actually acted Presidential regarding the tragedy in Brussells were John Kasich and Hillary Clinton. 
I'm watching you CNN


They had good things to say about bringing the nation together and standing with the other countries affected by terrorism and reasonable plans about what to do while trump and Cruz talked about defunding NATO and carpet bombing and water boarding

These two played on the fears of the general population while John Kasich had a positive and realistic plan, and also Clinton. 

Then, as usual, CNN went on to spend the rest of the time talking about the ridiculous statements of donald trump

To me, it was very discouraging because I again am thinking the donald is a product of the 24/7 news cycle and hair on fire headlines. 

It is very annoying because not only are people's lives at stake but they are also not reporting or talking about the news. 

Douglas Brinkley is a presidential historian and this was a panel about the election results.


Readers, I am afraid of donald trump.

While Ted Cruz is a brilliant speaker is is really not electable in a general election.

The political conversation in our great country should be about issues and policy and who could actually govern without provoking thoughts and ideas to incite fear and hatred.

donald trump successfully creates a headline daily, and stupidly CNN falls for it everyday.

Mar 15, 2016

John Kasich: Supported by Mitt Romney, Cats for Kasich and Pitbulls for Peace for the Tone of His Campaign--Col Dis on The Ronnie Re

‘The country’s watching Ohio’: Primary stakes high for Kasich, Sanders

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NORTH CANTON — Long a presidential battlefield, Ohio may change the course of both the Democratic and Republican White House campaigns in today’s primary.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich is bidding to secure his first win of the 2016 campaign, which the governor says would transform the GOP race. If front-runner Donald Trump takes Ohio — along with his expected victory in Florida — it will end Kasich’s presidential dream and may well cinch the Republican nomination for Trump.
On the Democratic side, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is trying to pull off an Ohio upset like he did last week in Michigan, which would further delay what some still see as the inevitable nomination of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Combined, those four candidates made 18 appearances across Ohio in just the three days leading up to today’s vote.
Kasich cast his ballot this morning at a Genoa Township precinct near his home outside Westerville.
He was asked what he had to say to Trump. “You’re not going to ruin my day after I voted myself for president. I have nothing to say to him,” Kasich replied.
“I just want to be a good guy, helping my country. All I really want to do,” he added at a press conference televised live on CNN.
Trump was watching and lurking on Twitter, posting: "Watching John Kasich being interviewed -- acting so innocent and like such a nice guy. Remember him in second debate, until I put him down."
Kasich will await election results tonight at Baldwin Wallace College in Berea.
“The country’s watching Ohio. We’re the geographical center in every political election,” Kasich proclaimed in an election-eve speech at Westerville Central High School, a short distance from his home.
Kasich not only made the most Ohio stops in recent days, but he pulled out all the stops, ranging from endorsements from every living Ohio State head football coach to support from the 2012 Republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney.
“I came here to make it real clear that all of America is watching what Ohio does,” Romney said at Westerville Central.
“We’ve got to turn out tomorrow and make sure we send a signal loud and clear that a man of integrity, a man with a clear track record, a man that has shown what he can do to turn a state around can do the same thing for the country.”
When the former Massachusetts governor came out strongly against Trump a couple of weeks ago, he urged voters in Ohio and Florida to get behind their home-state candidates, Kasich and Sen. Marco Rubio, who has since faded badly in the polls.
While Romney’s support for Kasich was not billed as an endorsement, he has appeared with no other candidate. And at one point Romney seemed to favorably compare Kasich with the entire rest of the GOP field.
“Unlike the other people running, he has a real track record. He has the kind of record you want in Washington, and that’s why I’m convinced you’re going to do the right thing tomorrow,” he told several hundred people in a cavernous air museum in North Canton.
Kasich said he will win Ohio — and its 66 winner-take-all delegates — and also garner delegates in Illinois and possibly Missouri and North Carolina, which also vote today.
During a Dispatch interview on his campaign bus rolling down the interstate west of Youngstown, Kasich said the shape of the race already is changing.
“I think if you take the last week, there’s been more attention focused on what I’m trying to do and say than there was in the last year,” he said.
“I think that we can get a lot of delegates going forward. I hope so. So we can go into (the Republican convention in) Cleveland strong and then delegates are going to decide who can run the country. It’s not going to be about insults or wrestling in the mud or one-liners or anything else. It’s not the way conventions work.”
In response to a question, Kasich said he has only now begun challenging Trump’s tactics in campaign rallies that have sometimes turned violent because he wasn’t fully aware of them before.
Staffers told him to turn the TV on Friday night to see the clashes between protesters and supporters outside a canceled Trump rally in Chicago. The staff members later prepared a compilation of incendiary quotes from Trump.
“I’m just calling them as I see ‘em. What I’ve seen, what I’ve been observing, is terrible,” Kasich said.
When asked whether protesters bore any of the responsibility, he answered, “I’ve said that I think that some of the protesters probably went there to disrupt things.”
Kasich said tone is critically important in handling potentially volatile situations, such as reacting to legal decisions exonerating police officers in Cleveland for shooting deaths involving African-Americans, including a 12-year-old.
“If you had somebody out there yelling and screaming and dividing, it would create problems, I have no doubt about it. I have to be very careful about the things I say in the middle of these really hard situations.”
Kasich becomes impatient when repeatedly asked questions about Trump.
“I don’t like what I’ve seen out of that guy, but he’s not going to be the nominee anyway, so let’s move on. It’ll just be a little asterisk. It’ll go down like the — what’s-his-name — the Howard Dean scream.”
The 2016 political circus may not be over yet, Kasich said, “but people are starting to leave the tent.”


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Mar 11, 2016

Ronnie from The Ronnie Republic Radio Round-Up Schools donald trump on Violence and Consequences

English: A dog park in Gan Meir park in Tel Av...
English: A dog park in Gan Meir park in Tel Aviv, Israel. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Arroz con Pollo (spanisch für „Reis mit Huhn“)
Arroz con Pollo (spanisch für „Reis mit Huhn“) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
No, we have got to be able to say what we think--and who knows--in the long run we may end up changing our minds anyway.

Ronnie, from The Ronnie Republic and The Ronnie Republic Radio Round-Up talks manners, acting correctly at the dog park and violence in the political scene today.

Both Ronnie and David Gergan said today they have never witnessed this kind of violence at a political rally as told by CNN when a reporter was ruffed up at a donald trump gathering.

Seriously, I can tell you from personal experience violence is just not acceptable.

Sure, you can go down to the dog park and through a gift of God, there are some of us who can mix it up pretty good.  Right, it's an ego trip for a few minutes but in the long run what does it get you.

In today's political environment one has got to think things through before they act--like Hillary said, there can be devastating consequences.

First, if fighting is involved, your mom is going to be angry and who wants to suffer that--do you want chicken jerky when you get home or not.

My mom makes me homemade chicken and rice and I am just not willing to do anything that might jeopardize that situation.

Do you even want to go to the dog park again, or what.....because after fisticuffs certain individuals--people and dogs--are asked to leave.

Trust me on this one--I have seen it happen--the uniformed authorities can be involved, as well,  Then it is a forever situation.

At the end of the day one has to ask themselves.....do I want to watch the debate on the electric blanket with the cats and my mom....or do I want to end up alone in the proverbial dog house.

donald--it's up to you.