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Cycling The Countryside of Palestine, Finding Homes for Dogs and Getting The Word Out on The Radio

Cycling the countryside of The West Bank through history, politics, religion, architectural ruins and a food paradise--that is Bike Palestine.

Visited out of curiosity and ended up falling in love with the place.

About 25 were in our group the first time and 7 the second--made up of folks from the UK and the US.   George Snow, who founded Bike Palestine is originally from London but now resides in Italy.  Some participants go strictly for the biking.  

The results are an extremely different and fun type of vacation.  Somewhere one often hears about but rarely visits. Jerusalem is impressive.  We are walking where Jesus walked.

People from around the world visit Jericho to be baptized in The Jordan River.  

But why are all of these dogs just hanging out...

Always on the tail end of the bike group one cannot help but notice all of the dogs just hanging around.

On the second tour after researching the issue I found Diana George Babish.

She has created a dog shelter in Beit Sahour about 5 minutes outside of Bethlehem.  On a side trip to visit her shelter she chatted about her efforts to find homes for dogs.  They find homes for their dogs around the world.  They are challenged by political and physical isolation.  They are always trying to get the word out.

My girl, Coco Lou, is from Tijuana.  There are many groups in San Diego who make the 30 minute trip across the border to rehome stray dogs.

Negar, who runs Paws 4 Thought Rescue out of Chula Vista said this is basically the same thing.  

I get dogs from Iran all of the time.  My mom brings 3 dogs back every time she goes over there to visit family.

When I go to London, with my husband, to visit his family, I go on a television and radio show and talk about the dog rescue.  

Of course, we always need donations but we also need traveling buddies and foster homes.

Why don't you make a little presentation and do the same thing.

All of the radio talk shows and internet radio talk shows are always looking for a new guest.  Why not hook them up with George Snow who is always looking for new riders.

Getting the word out about Palestine, Bike Palestine and finding homes for dogs.

Let's see if this will work.

All of the photos are courtesy of Chloe Louise at chloe.louise.langendorf.louis@gmail.com--copyright free.

Honoring the Police: Well Done Seattle Police Department

 Honoring the Police:  Well Done Seattle Police Department

Honoring the police.

In this day and age of the atrocity against George Floyd shall we still honor the police.

A big shout out and thank you to the Seattle Police Department for helping me yesterday afternoon in Lower Queen Anne.

Could not go out the door with the individual in the alley shouting and arguing with a non-existent person in a tone no less frightening than the demon in the Exorcist.

Yelling, throwing their fists towards no one, smoking a substance from a pipe, seriously, for a long time--I was scared to death.

Unending low and guttural tone, flinging their arms around--the dog would freak--there is no way to avoid or ignore this obstacle.

I'll wait...waited...waited...nothing changed--not knowing what to do I called the police.

What are we going to do in these situations?

The person on the phone was kind on the non-emer number, asked questions to carefully evaluate the situation and they were there right away.

They had back up and patience for the individual in question.

Who are we going to call--what are we going to do without the police?

The person was dangerous potentially to me and to themselves--at one point it looked as if they were going to pass out.

I am glad I am not a police person these days--not knowing what to think--do people hate me or like me.

Let us honor the police and raise their pay, give them benefits, give them housing discounts from the city.  Let's give their kids a discount for college.  Let's give them every kind of training they can possibly need so they can do their job without ridicule.

Why not elevate their position with education.

Have plenty of citizen committees to evaluate what they do and constantly improve our city and the police and homeless situation.

The first one to call out the police and the first one to call the police.

We will make them so beautiful just like our city.  The Seattle Police Department will be an example for other cities to follow.

Why not--what have we got to lose.  Is there a better alternative.

We will keep talking about it until we get it right.

Thank you to the Seattle Police department for helping me yesterday and treating me and the offending individual with kindness and patience.

Well done, Seattle.

Let CBS come forward with all of the facts if they want to be a trusted news outlet.

CBS Should Have Done An Investigation of The Facts Prior to Airing the Prince Harry Meghan Markle Interview.

 

My question is this.

Why didn't CBS or Oprah or Gayle King check the facts before they put out the interview.

CBS is a news station along with entertainment and I thought they were obligated to vet the story before they ran with it.

CBS is gaining from the sensationalism of the story without bothering to do any investigation.

What was the whole purpose of the interview in the first place.

Doesn't CBS have some sort of obligation before they go out and slander the head of state or monarch or another country who is our good friend?

Seriously, this whole thing does not make any sense to me.

The thing is being misinterpreted for ratings.

The other question that is disturbing is why Harry did not jump in and set things straight.

He obviously knows how the monarchy works and he stated that more than one time in the interview.

He could have said, Yes, Meghan you are making some points but here is the base for what is going on.

It seems like Harry is angry with his family for all of the reasons he has often stated like having to walk behind the funeral parade of his mother when he was a child which seemed so nice and respectful to the rest of us but was very offensive to him, apparently, and he is using this opportunity to lash out at his family, the world and the press to avenge his mother's death.

He may have been angry but Meghan seems to have capitalized on his resentfulness for her own gain.

There was really no point of the interview other than to cause harm--irrepairable harm to the royal family and to the nations they associate with and to the world, really.

I just do not see why Harry or CBS did not think this thing through.

The implications of the interview are terrible and somewhat created for sensationalism.

CBS is really obligated at this point to go forward with a through investigation of all of the facts.

Everyone is so afraid to say anything.

There is a difference between truth in journalism and racism.

Let all of the facts come out.

Meghan is an artist at vilifying others for her own gain.

Let CBS bother to air the fact that Piers Morgan was actually correct about gun control in America.

We have just had two big mass shootings again.

I do not think you have that kind of thing in the UK but when those facts are mentioned here folks just will not believe it.

Honestly, I am sad and disturbed about the whole thing.

Meghan did not have anything to lose.

Harry has lost a lot of things he may never get back and caused a lot of pain on a world stage.

He should have thought two times.

He seems like he is mad at his dad and he is going to make him pay.

We cannot blame his for being sad about his mom but he went way overboard.

Gayle King went out this morning on her show with a story about the nations of the Commonwealth considering leaving the UK after the airing of the story, never mentioning that the facts were slanted.

Like all individuals involved with treachery and narcissism there is always a grain of truth in the piece but then it is twisted to make the point of the narrator.

Calling out CBS and Oprah to get the facts straight and go forward with the rest of the story.

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