Grey2K Lies

I started following a new blog today - Grey2K Lies.

It is eye-opening. In reading some of the Grey2K Board Members comments, which are highlighted on a couple of pages, I feel absolutely sullied, like I've been touched by something very, very dirty... something evil.  One Board Member, Karyn Zoldan of Arizona, commented about the Skechers commercial during the Super Bowl:

"Middle class, educated white people don't go to bet on the dogs. That is Skecher's and TGP's (Tucson Greyhound Park) wet dream."

What a bigoted & racist thing to say!  It's disgusting! This is a BOARD MEMBER for a group that touts itself as a tax exempt charity???  Uhm...  I think the IRS needs to look into that status post haste!

It gets better, actually much worse...  This same BOARD MEMBER, Karyn Zoldan, comments about the turn out pens at TGP - "It looks like Auschwitz..."

That is so.... so....  to compare a greyhound kennel to the Nazi extermination camp, where people suffered horrific treatment, where millions of people died...  It's just so over the top that I am sick to my stomach. However, that should show you just how sick these animal rights activists are.  All of them should be shut up on an island somewhere far, far away from people. Preferably, that island would hold some type of animal threat to them and then they would see their "animal rights" in action!  I would, however, feel sorry for the animals there.

Disgusting...  Vile... evil people....

Just so y'all know, the Grey2K Lies blog can be found at: http://grey2klies.blogspot.com.

Ugh....

Grey 2K Strikes Again

People have asked me, how can you love greyhounds and NOT SUPPORT Grey2K. I've told them because Grey2K does nothing for the dogs. They are a political action group... lobbyists. Well, Grey2K has given me other reasons to not support them... reasons that are despicable. Recently a Grey2K BOD member commented, "Middle class, educated, white people don't go to bet on the dogs". That comment leads me to believe that the BOD member believes that betting on dog races is an activity that is engaged in by either the poor, the uneducated, and/or minorities, but not "middle class, educated, white people." Very, very distasteful...

However, that same BOD member followed up with this gem, which is most insensitive, most distasteful, and very vile. She compares dogs being crated as follows, "it looks like Auschwitz". It makes me want to get sick. It trivializes the millions of deaths, the attempted extermination of not only the Jewish people, but also of the Roma and anyone who opposed the Nazi regime: the Poles, Slavs, and POWs, just to end a sport that they do not like. How vile can they get? How low can they go?

Disgusting!

Yesterday...

We all deal with the loss of a loved one in different ways. I dealt with the loss of my parents, aunts, etc. and also with the loss of much loved pets. However, I've been having a great deal of difficulty dealing with losing Jib. Ever since her death, I've not wanted to do anything with the dogs. My heart just isn't in it. However, I believe I am on the road to recovery.

Yesterday, there was a NOTRA racing event being held in Colorado Springs by a new NOTRA club - Rocky Mountain Borzoi. After much nagging by my friend, Leonore (Borzoi Oxota), I packed up the necessaries and headed north with 3 greyhounds to support them.  I am so very happy that I did.  Everyone there was warm & welcoming.  And, it didn't hurt that with a total entry of 8 greyhounds (my 3 and 5 NGA bred dogs) our Banner was High Scoring greyhound for the day, winning all three of his races.  I must say, he won them in style!

Go Banner!

Elaine

PS - Many thanks to Leonore for the loan of her racing blankets!  I really do need to make some.