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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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 Posted - Jun 19 2009 : 10:10:08 AM
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Ok, did anyone else see our president smack the poor little fly and kill it? I was flippimg channels the other night and saw the little clip about him killing the fly and they showed it dead laying on the carpet and how PETA or some such group is all over him for doing that. Palease! That is so silly, really. I thought he did great to ba able to kill it barehanded like that. Good job, Obama! It's just a pesky little fly. My dog even kills them. Will they jump all over him if they found that out? The poor dog can't stand it if there is a fly buzzing around him, even in the house. He has to get up and chase the thing down. I am the same way. I can't sit still if I know there is one little fly buzzing around my house. And there is always one somewhere in here at all times. It just absolutely drives me crazy.
So this is not about our president at all. I am on his side on this one. I'd go to Wash. myself and protest if it came down to that. It's about the pesky little aggravating fly. And the media and little groups that try to stir things up that make no sense at all. I just really wanted to know if anyone else saw that on the news this week.
Kris, in my fly-free (right now at the moment because I've killed them all) house in Ga.
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catscharm74
True Blue Farmgirl
4687 Posts
Heather
Texas
USA
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Posted - Jun 19 2009 : 10:18:05 AM
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Kristin, I am devout Republican and think it is SILLY that PETA is after him. More important things to worry about, IMHO.
Heather
Yee-Haw, I am a cowgirl!!!
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
4810 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Jun 19 2009 : 10:59:34 AM
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Sorry, I would have smacked it down, too. I was pretty amazed with his aim :)
Musings from our family in the Bluegrass http://sweetvioletmae.blogspot.com/ |
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Betty J.
True Blue Farmgirl
1403 Posts
Betty
Pasco
WA
USA
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Posted - Jun 19 2009 : 11:17:42 AM
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With all the eyes that flies have, it should have seen it coming!!!! Good for Mr. Obama.
Betty in Pasco |
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Jun 19 2009 : 11:18:03 AM
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I know, Jonni. Pretty impressive. How many people can do that anyway?
Me too, Heather.
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Jun 19 2009 : 11:20:05 AM
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That's right, Betty. They do have lots of eyes. That's why it's so amazing he could do that at all.
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
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LauriP
True Blue Farmgirl
239 Posts
Laurianne
Hertford
North Carolina
USA
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Posted - Jun 19 2009 : 11:28:10 AM
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I won't repeat what Tom said when I told him about Peta complaining about Obama killing the fly -- What I thot was so funny, was how the president sat and waited for that fly to be in just the right spot so he could smack it!! Ha!!
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catscharm74
True Blue Farmgirl
4687 Posts
Heather
Texas
USA
4687 Posts |
Posted - Jun 19 2009 : 11:58:58 AM
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I think my favorite joke was it was a bug left over from Watergate!!! ; )
Heather
Yee-Haw, I am a cowgirl!!!
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kpaints
True Blue Farmgirl
1564 Posts
karen
cheney
wa
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Annika
True Blue Farmgirl
5602 Posts
Annika
USA
5602 Posts |
Posted - Jun 19 2009 : 12:59:03 PM
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I can't stand a fly buzzing me like that...SPLAT! is right! I'd of whacked it .
Annika
Farmgirl & sister #13
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Jun 19 2009 : 1:16:39 PM
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I'm with Heather on this one. However, if that fly would have landed on me, I would have swatted the crap out of it.
LOL
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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CherryMeDarlin
True Blue Farmgirl
602 Posts
Cherry
Odenville
AL
USA
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Posted - Jun 19 2009 : 3:52:56 PM
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Hey, he impressed the heck out of me! Can you just imagine this world if PETA had their way? Geez, Louise!
~~Cherry~~
http://cherrymedarlin.blogspot.com
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junkjunkie
True Blue Farmgirl
1306 Posts
Judy
Lawrenceville
NJ
USA
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Posted - Jun 19 2009 : 5:23:22 PM
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PETA, as an idea, sounds good. They're so radical and ridiculous, though, that I can never take them seriously. Any fly or mosquito near me is history...can't stand them. A buzzing mosquito near my ear when sleeping is a huge annoyance! It just shows you how cool and smooth Obama is...one swift move and the fly is done. :)
"To have life in focus, we must have death in our field of vision." Benedictine monk John Main |
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
2199 Posts
Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
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Posted - Jun 19 2009 : 5:47:22 PM
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I have literally broken things in my house going after flies, and so have the cats. I may live on a ranch/farm, but I do not live in a barn, and when a fly gets in, "IT"S WAR" !!!
"Treat the earth well, it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children" |
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catscharm74
True Blue Farmgirl
4687 Posts
Heather
Texas
USA
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Posted - Jun 19 2009 : 5:50:10 PM
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Is it not the best to watch a cat try to catch a fly!?! I love their little ears and heads going back and forth...the cats,,,not the flies!!! ; )
Heather
Yee-Haw, I am a cowgirl!!!
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Old Spirit
True Blue Farmgirl
1498 Posts
Rae
MN
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Posted - Jun 19 2009 : 5:51:03 PM
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I must admit I have done the same  and to be honest will do it again!!!
Rae
...those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles:...
Isaiah 40:31 |
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
11303 Posts
kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
11303 Posts |
Posted - Jun 19 2009 : 7:30:48 PM
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If ya'll think a cat trying to catch a fly is funny, you should see my poor Bubba. He's so allergic to heat he begs to come in. Or maybe it's the flies buzzing. But there will be that one pesky fly in the house and he's up chasing that thing til he corners it at the door and eats it. Then back to sleep he goes.
My family thinks I'm crazy when we sit down to eat and I have to get up every few seconds to kill a fly. But I cannot rest til it's gone.
Kris
Happiness is simple. |
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Old Spirit
True Blue Farmgirl
1498 Posts
Rae
MN
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Posted - Jun 20 2009 : 03:49:08 AM
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I hate them and there is nothing worse than trying to work outside and they insist on buzzing right by your head!!! Sorry but no mercy in this house for them!
Rae
...those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles:...
Isaiah 40:31 |
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paradiseplantation
True Blue Farmgirl
1277 Posts
julie
social springs community
Louisiana
USA
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Posted - Jun 20 2009 : 05:49:53 AM
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Well, I guess PETA will be at my back door next. Last night I had a mosquito in my room, and two huge whelps later, that sucker is history. I'm with all of you. I really think PETA had a good premise in the beginning, but all they're doing now is making a laughing stock of themselves. Now, if Obama can swat terrorists and threats to our country -- and the government for making it so hard on small farmers, I say Swat Away, Darlin'!!!!!
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