Sorry to be pedantic, but Vespucci's first name was Amerigo, not America. The country name was taken from the Latin version of his name, which was Americus.
I loathe the Apotheosis of Washington and its derivatives. They're obscene rejections of the very principles that Washington and the other Founding Fathers fought for.
“Systems like the post office, libraries, even courthouses, were just being put into place,” explains Alan. “Taverns offered all of these services plus a good beer buzz.”
Note to self: begin serving alcohol at my library.
I remember catching Gabriel Over The White House on late night UHF TV back in the '80s, and being thoroughly shocked and amused. I really think the time is ripe for a remake, though perhaps playing it more as a creepy thriller than a feel-good film -- The party-hack staffers of a corrupt new President are shocked at his seemingly idealistic personality change after an accident... find themselves feeling kind of hopeful themselves... but then realize that he's going full bore Fascist, and may be possessed by some sort of spirit of unknown intent.
There's a lot going on influencing this stuff, though I can't address how much the neutering has had on this type of situation.From what I can tell some of it is the buyer's selfishness and pride. They want the trendiest pet/most unique/cutest pet.
Some of it is selfishness and greed on the part of breeders. They can get the most money selling these high-value deformities by breeding more of them to each other. Throw-away runts and defects are handed off to the local animal shelter for other people to deal with(just like this story). It even goes in waves. Just watch which breeds wind up in large numbers in shelters a few months after a big hit movie comes out like 101 Dalmatians or Beverly Hills Chihuahua.
Like shooting fish in a barrel. I do it too, I must confess. We live in a pretty modest neighborhood that has an all-McMansion neighborhood attached to it via a causeway. It's still under construction, so we enjoy cruising through it occasionally to see what they're up to and they never fail to deliver. I guess snobbery is sometimes a two way street.
Our brilliant forefathers were able to manipulate events, opinions and world leaders to create the greatest country. Just because it played into the hands of doomed despots does not mean we were part of their plan.
I live in Fort Bend County and McMansions are, well, everywhere. This is the most $$$ listing on Zillow at the moment, to give you an idea as to what goes on around here. Note who once owned this - and you wonder why Medicare is going broke.
Note to self: begin serving alcohol at my library.
Is the poor cat obese?
Some of it is selfishness and greed on the part of breeders. They can get the most money selling these high-value deformities by breeding more of them to each other. Throw-away runts and defects are handed off to the local animal shelter for other people to deal with(just like this story). It even goes in waves. Just watch which breeds wind up in large numbers in shelters a few months after a big hit movie comes out like 101 Dalmatians or Beverly Hills Chihuahua.
https://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/Fort-Bend-County-TX/house,land_type/122505946_zpid/2698_rid/4-_beds/500000-_price/1991-_mp/3000-_size/priced_sort/29.884113,-95.261078,29.167151,-96.251221_rect/9_zm/