Holy Crap--your dog being shot! What kind of son of a bitch would do that? I'm not sure I want to know if she makes it or not. Disheartening. Thanks for sharing.

There are a few of us hiding up here in NC Ted and you have one or two by you there in SC as well. We gotta stick together, they have us surrounded! LOL Good to meet you!

Your writing is so clear and thoughtful, it is very enjoyable to read.  (edited typo)

Certainly is good to feel free to express my opinions on this subject! I'm just spending some time learning what's what on here - lots of reading to do! That should keep my out of trouble.

Hi Ted and welcome to this wonderful world of atheist truth and peace.

True common sense helped by science leads to atheist wisdom as you very well know. If the religious would only listen to reason, there would be no religious.
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