Sub-Prime Fallout

01-28-2008, 01:56 AM

Contact the US Surgeon General and propose that Uncle Sam accept discarded animals to implement a Pet Therapy program for US service members in high stress environments. Recommend that the US Army Veterinary Corps be proponent for program administration (the US Army Medical Corps is already proponent for medicine in all branches of the US Armed Forces) and suggest that the veterinarians' offices on military posts with major deployed units be designated as reception and processing stations that citizens can send their animals to [at the citizens' expense].

Put yourselves in the animals paws for a moment. Would you rather be euthanized and incinerated (maybe turned into fertilizer); or, would you like the opportunity to make some GIs lives better and possibly go out in a blaze of glory!

XoxoxoBruce is designated to spearhead this grassroots movement. For God's sake, son, be careful.

aimeecc · 01-28-2008, 09:02 AM

A lot of military bases already have an abandoned pet problem. People deploying overseas leave the pets behind. One base I was at started a 'temporary placement' program so people would volunteer to take care of pets while the service members were deployed.

Although not a bad idea to make them 'service' animals to help the disabled.

ZenGum · 01-28-2008, 09:09 AM

I like Noboxes's idea, therapy animals are great.
The only catch I see is at the citizens' expense.
Someone who has just lost their home to bankruptcy is unlikely to be willing or able to pay for this project. Which is a pity because I think it is a good idea.
How about an extra 10% tax on all dividends paid out on war-related stock, such as Lockheed-Martin, etc? Just an idea...

classicman · 01-28-2008, 09:40 AM

60 minutes ad an interesting piece on the forclosure issue last night. Very interesting to learn that many of those homes, no % given, were because people CHOSE to default. They explained by saying that the value of their home had decreased so much that it made no sense to make such a large payment on a home the would never sell for as much as they paid for in the first place. They were "advised" to default on the loan. I was amazed at that.

Yes there are many who cannot afford to make the higher payments and they are losing their homes because of it, but it isn't every one.

01-28-2008, 09:09 AM	#3
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	I like Noboxes's idea, therapy animals are great. The only catch I see is at the citizens' expense. Someone who has just lost their home to bankruptcy is unlikely to be willing or able to pay for this project. Which is a pity because I think it is a good idea. How about an extra 10% tax on all dividends paid out on war-related stock, such as Lockheed-Martin, etc? Just an idea... __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

01-28-2008, 09:40 AM	#4
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	60 minutes ad an interesting piece on the forclosure issue last night. Very interesting to learn that many of those homes, no % given, were because people CHOSE to default. They explained by saying that the value of their home had decreased so much that it made no sense to make such a large payment on a home the would never sell for as much as they paid for in the first place. They were "advised" to default on the loan. I was amazed at that. Yes there are many who cannot afford to make the higher payments and they are losing their homes because of it, but it isn't every one. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

01-28-2008, 01:56 AM	#1
NoBoxes Guest Posts: n/a	Contact the US Surgeon General and propose that Uncle Sam accept discarded animals to implement a Pet Therapy program for US service members in high stress environments. Recommend that the US Army Veterinary Corps be proponent for program administration (the US Army Medical Corps is already proponent for medicine in all branches of the US Armed Forces) and suggest that the veterinarians' offices on military posts with major deployed units be designated as reception and processing stations that citizens can send their animals to [at the citizens' expense]. Put yourselves in the animals paws for a moment. Would you rather be euthanized and incinerated (maybe turned into fertilizer); or, would you like the opportunity to make some GIs lives better and possibly go out in a blaze of glory! XoxoxoBruce is designated to spearhead this grassroots movement. For God's sake, son, be careful.

01-28-2008, 09:02 AM	#2
aimeecc Super Intendent Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 249	A lot of military bases already have an abandoned pet problem. People deploying overseas leave the pets behind. One base I was at started a 'temporary placement' program so people would volunteer to take care of pets while the service members were deployed. Although not a bad idea to make them 'service' animals to help the disabled.

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