I have a black and white cat named Shadow. Shadow has piercing green eyes that seem to look into your soul. Shadow has a perpetual expression of amazement on his face and never smiles. I have reason to question this cats mental stability.

Recently, I observed Shadow attacking a small object on the carpet. He would leap high in the air and come down with all claws and teeth. The object was doomed - such ferocity!

Naturally, I assumed the object must be a mouse or a bug, but it was actually a chip of wood!

When I pointed this out to Shadow, he became very uneasy and resented my comments. He indicated he had reached a consensus with my other cat, named Brownie, and determined this was not a chip of wood, as I claimed, and that I was a denier of the consensus. As a denier, I was considered antisocial and perhaps even a danger to the cat community.

This reminds me of the climate scare. The proponents of man made earth warming theory claim that increased levels of carbon dioxide cause earth warming. However, the ice core records indicate the opposite. Increased levels of C02 follow earth warming and thus could not cause it. To keep the hoax going, they must silence or isolate the scientists who deny their theory. For if they fail, and the hoax gets exposed, the whole plan of socializing America would collapse like a house of cards. This could actually result in our children living in a free and prosperous country. What a novel idea.

In the meantime, Shadow is still attacking chips of wood.

Albert J. Segalla