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02-05-2010, 06:26 PM
Have you ever wondered why cats have such a vacuous, spaced-out look?
:Hello kitty:
Matamoros
They say all cats are born in Matamoros
And that's why all those kittys have no brains
They sing about how tomcats spray in chorus
It's said they like to
syncopate their stains
"The humans we exploit they
tend to bore us
They smell like furballs and
they're much too pink
They're programmed so they can't help
but adore us
A good thing 'cause we don't know
how to think :Hello kitty:
The old folks and the kids do so much for us
They keep us warm and let us sleep in bed
They'd better or we'll mess on something porous
And bring them home a little mousy head
We love to watch them clean our litter boxes
"Maiow, see dung!" we joke among ourselves
We make it from the tuna fish and loxes
they feed us from those cans
up on the shelves
At 4 am we sit outside and yowl
We miss you so we came to say hello
You humans might as well
throw in the towel
You've got two legs
You're fat and much too slow
:felix:
(MATAMOROS: Toxic Legacy
by Zeke Minaya and Jim Downing
It's hard to believe that ten years ago this area was described by Time magazine as a "Love Canal in the making."
Back then, tests of the canal water revealed it to be a toxin-laced cocktail, with, for example, concentrations of the solvent xylene - which can cause brain damage - at 6,300 times U.S. drinking water standards.
In the early 1990's, a rash of anencephaly cases (babies born with partially-formed brains or skulls) in Brownsville, Texas - across the border from Matamoros - attracted national attention to the region's environmental contamination. Lawsuits were filed against corporations operating here - including General Motors, AT&T, and Fisher Price - but no conclusive link between the maquilas and the birth defects was made. Now, say industry executives, after settling the anencephaly case out of court and installing new safeguards on the ground, all that is in the past.)
:Hello kitty:
Matamoros
They say all cats are born in Matamoros
And that's why all those kittys have no brains
They sing about how tomcats spray in chorus
It's said they like to
syncopate their stains
"The humans we exploit they
tend to bore us
They smell like furballs and
they're much too pink
They're programmed so they can't help
but adore us
A good thing 'cause we don't know
how to think :Hello kitty:
The old folks and the kids do so much for us
They keep us warm and let us sleep in bed
They'd better or we'll mess on something porous
And bring them home a little mousy head
We love to watch them clean our litter boxes
"Maiow, see dung!" we joke among ourselves
We make it from the tuna fish and loxes
they feed us from those cans
up on the shelves
At 4 am we sit outside and yowl
We miss you so we came to say hello
You humans might as well
throw in the towel
You've got two legs
You're fat and much too slow
:felix:
(MATAMOROS: Toxic Legacy
by Zeke Minaya and Jim Downing
It's hard to believe that ten years ago this area was described by Time magazine as a "Love Canal in the making."
Back then, tests of the canal water revealed it to be a toxin-laced cocktail, with, for example, concentrations of the solvent xylene - which can cause brain damage - at 6,300 times U.S. drinking water standards.
In the early 1990's, a rash of anencephaly cases (babies born with partially-formed brains or skulls) in Brownsville, Texas - across the border from Matamoros - attracted national attention to the region's environmental contamination. Lawsuits were filed against corporations operating here - including General Motors, AT&T, and Fisher Price - but no conclusive link between the maquilas and the birth defects was made. Now, say industry executives, after settling the anencephaly case out of court and installing new safeguards on the ground, all that is in the past.)