Thursday, October 2, 2014

PODCAST: Mouth of Matuszak Radio Show #MMRS 10-1


Mouth of Matuszak Show 

 With host Paul-Gregory Matuszak

Aired live 8-9 AM Central (9-10 ET)   September 29, 2014

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Topics Discussed: 

Texas Debates -- wow, it was actually close. Davis supported teachers unions, Abbot supported local-level control of schools. On the TEF, Davis tossed allegations at Abbot though investigations already showed he did everything correct and legal. She refused to answer allegations on her company profiting from TEF deals. Davis supports toll roads, Abbott supports revamping transportation funding and eliminating toll roads. Effect on polls? Negligible.

Suspected case of Ebola in Dallas confirmed! Take proper precautions, wash hands and face often, avoid other people's bodily fluids -- or break out the body-condoms. He got home from Liberia on Sept 24th.

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/09/30/cdc-confirms-first-case-ebola-in-us/

Outbreak of rare D68 entereovirus causes respiratory failure and paralysis in kids. colorado hardest hit state, so far.

http://news.yahoo.com/rare-respiratory-virus-paralysis-spreads-among-us-kids-224617119.html 

With all of this going on, is it the best time for the University of New Mexico to be hosting sex week? They will address consent, being a gentleman, how to solicit a 3-way, oral sex, premature ejaculation and all sorts of things. What about Ebola transmission?

http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/penny-starr/university-new-mexico-fights-sexual-assault-sex-week

Speaking of Colorado, Gov. Hickenloper considers Bloomberg to be a "majority of voices" despite the overwhelming backlash in the polls over anti-second amendment laws. Hickenloper's reelection polls dropping.

http://buzzpo.com/regrets-gun-laws-says-gov-john-hickenlooper/

Chicago's latest stats for concealed carry permits display a racist trend. The Democrat-controlled bureaucracy denies black people their permits. Why? Well, why was the NRA founded?

http://buzzpo.com/data-proves-chicago-racist-number-gun-permits-issued/


The running man was the 16th security breach of Obama's administration. In one case, service denied shots were fired at the WH, but a maid found broken glass & bullet holes the next morning. 

Obama tries to blame the US Intelligence community for his lack of paying attention to the briefs they've tried to give him over the past 6 years, which he has skillfully and negligently avoided or ignored. Intel community has tried to warn/inform Obama about ISI for years, but he prefers to listen to jihadists and idiots like Valerie Jarrett.

http://buzzpo.com/obama-tries-throw-us-intelligence-bus-refuse-go/

Meanwhile, Michelle Obummer does her best to dissuade the first amendment. Her staffers treat press members like crap at an event. They even tell reporters that they are not allowed to interview any of the guests. Meanwhile, the staff failed to set enough seats for the attendees. Old women with walkers were forced to stand. I guess the Americans with Disabilities Act doesn't apply to left-wing oligarchs.

http://buzzpo.com/michelle-obama-doesnt-like-reporters-talk-people/ 

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

PODCAST: Mouth of Matuszak Radio Show #MMRS 9-30

 

Mouth of Matuszak Show 

 With host Paul-Gregory Matuszak

Aired live 8-9 AM Central (9-10 ET)   October 1, 2014

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Topics Discussed:

Ebola in Texas!!!!

http://buzzpo.com/breaking-ebola-possibly-found-texas/

Former Democratic Party Senator Burris extorted campaign contributions from companies.

 http://buzzpo.com/ex-democratic-senator-shook-companies-office/

Connecticut state representative faces 19 counts of voter fraud and a possible prison term. 


 http://buzzpo.com/ct-state-rep-charged-19-voter-fraud-charges-faces-decades-prison/

James O'Keefe and Veritas catch Obama's Organizing for a Communist America's affiliate, Battleground Texas, caught advocating voter fraud, again.

http://buzzpo.com/battleground-texas-caught-voter-fraud-sting/

Stumbling Democrat candidates for governor are dragging down other candidates, harming party's chances

 http://buzzpo.com/stumbling-gubernatorial-candidates-drag-democrat-hopes/

Obama Aid confirms Obama will enact amnesty executive orders, ignore constitution and congress AFTER the midterms. Illegal alien open borders activist groups say that is too late, too many families kept apart. They want amnesty by Thanksgiving. Perhaps they prefer we incarcerate spouses and children of criminals along with the actual criminals?

 http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/219137-aide-obama-will-make-good-on-immigration-promise


PODCAST: Mouth of Matuszak Radio Show #MMRS 9-29-14


Mouth of Matuszak Show 

 With host Paul-Gregory Matuszak

Aired live 8-9 AM Central (9-10 ET)   September 29, 2014

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Topics Discussed:


91 percent of San Antonio citizens say NO! to using vehicle/gas taxes for mass transit & bike lanes... want money restricted to improving car transportation, streets, etc.

http://www.woai.com/articles/woai-local-news-sponsored-by-five-119078/san-antonians-say-no-to-toll-12808944/

Libertarian Julie Borowski takes on competition killing regulations that threaten ride-sharing services.

Wendy Davis's Senate Seat, Fort Worth area, is looking to go to TEA Party favorite Konni Burton. Battleground Texas is afraid of her.

http://www.burntorangereport.com/diary/18517/wendy-davis-replaced-texas-senate-right-wing-tea-party-extremist?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook

Looney Liberals -- Ditzy Debbie gives herself another case of athlete's tongue.

US Rep from Virginia, Moran, donates to cAIR, an NPO known to funnel finances to terrorist organizations such as IS and Hamas. The terrorist financiers even gave Moran an award!

 http://buzzpo.com/democratic-congressman-contributes-hamas-affiliated-group/

Obama admits the arrogant statists and oligarchs underestimated the Islamic State... something intel personnel warned the Bush admin about and cited as the number one reason given in '10 to NOT withdraw from Iraq.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/obama-u-s-underestimated-rise-of-isis-in-iraq-and-syria/

Democratic Party hopeful, Fitzgerald implodes, Kasih now seen as a shoe-in for re-election. Fitzy's latest trouble is over an arrest in his auto with a not-wife and no valid DL. His low character makes Clinton look like a straight-edge picture or morality and fidelity.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/29/us/fumbled-bid-for-governor-imperils-ohio-democrats.html?_r=0


2A -- NRA GOTV campaign father & son video. On Friday, Liz & I talked about these versus the chuck Norris one.



Friday, September 26, 2014

PODast Mouth of Matuszak Radio Show 9-26 w/ Guest Liz Harrison



 

Mouth of Matuszak Show 

With Guest Liz Harrison

 With host Paul-Gregory Matuszak

Aired live 8-9 AM Central (9-10 ET)   September 26, 2014

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Topics Discussed: 


Holder Resigned (national propaganda release -- NPR)

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/09/25/351363171/eric-holder-to-step-down-as-attorney-general

Liz remembers the Holder years

http://buzzpo.com/years-tribute-eric-holder-will-miss-much/

Judge tells DoJ to fill FOIA requests regarding Fast and Furious. "No More Delays" 

http://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2014/09/25/judge-denies-doj-request-to-delay-release-of-fast-and-furious-document-list-n1896621

Holder's corrupt tentacles hit at every level from federal to local... Ferguson, Texas, Arizona, Zimmerman trial -- but where he should investigate, he let "internal investigators" cover things up instead.

What next for Holder? Well, Justice Ginsberg is over 80 and looking to retire, but refuses to be replaced by a conservative. Is holder her successor? Liz and Paul tell us why not... .

2A News --

NRA "trigger the vote" ads. huk Norris and "regular people" ads show voting protets the same rights the 2nd Amendment safeguards

http://buzzpo.com/nra-tigger-vote/

Military News --

Military to enlist illegals -- enlistments provide pathway to citizenship.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/09/25/policy-to-allow-undocumented-immigrants-in-military/16225135/

PODcAST Mouth of Matuszak Radio Show 9-25 #MMRS




Mouth of Matuszak Show

 With host Paul-Gregory Matuszak

Aired live 8-9 AM Central (9-10 ET)   September 22, 2014

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replays at http://www.live365.com/stations/member_12224256366 Topics Discussed: Radical Muslim Extremist calls for death of Americans, gets praised by Obama -- Sheikh Abdallah Bin Bayyah, Vice President of the Muslim Brotherhood also got private tours of the White House, including the private residential areas. http://buzzpo.com/obama-praises-muslim-advocated-killing-us-soldiers/ Congress in no rush to vote on military authorizations for ongoing war on terror. Some say it isn't needed, others don't want to grant it. http://www3.blogs.rollcall.com/218/boehner-obama-hasnt-requested-isis-war-authorization-pelosi-he-doesnt-need-one/ corrupt NY cop convicted of stealing $89k quarters from parking meters. http://buzzpo.com/greedy-new-york-cop-gets-jail-time-stealing-89-thousand-quarters/ criminal took tour of gun-banning businesses in his latest caper -- robbed Gamestop at gunpoint, then pilfered a change of clothes from Target. Then he hid from the cops in chili's rest rooms. The assailant selected those locations because he knew he would not meet armed resistence. His choice of firearm was a gas-powered pellet/BB gun. http://buzzpo.com/anti-gun-irony-man-robbed-gamestop-changed-clothes-target-hid-chilis/   New illegal alien detention facility in Dilley,Texas comes under fire. http://buzzpo.com/ice-building-new-detention-center-aclu-protests/ Students protest AGAINST learning US history.  They prefer unpatriotic Howard Zinn fiction over patriotic truth. Here we go, common core and ignorance eroding our natural rights of life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness. http://buzzpo.com/patriotism-american-history-curriculum-bad-hundreds-colorado-students-protest/




Wednesday, September 24, 2014

PODcAST Mouth of Matuszak Show 9-24-24 #MMRS



I somehow got the date wrong... it's the 24th. I failed to finish that first cup of coffee before starting the show.


Mouth of Matuszak Show

 With host Paul-Gregory Matuszak

Aired live 8-9 AM Central (9-10 ET)
  September 22, 2014

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Topics Discussed:


Gun-grabbers looking foolish --

MDA's Alison Martin shares a brain cell with Shannon Watts. When confronted with the historical tyranny behind what she stands for, Martin admits she idolizes famed Nazi Josef Goebbels. Left-wing collectivist oligarchs of a feather flock together...

http://buzzpo.com/moms-demand-action-leader-says-nazis-spoke-wise-words-live/

Gun-grabber Dwayne Ferguson, who lobbied for NY's unconstitutional SAFE Act, violated gun-free zones, twice!!! He pushed for harsher sentences against gun owners, then begged for a slap on the wrist when he broke the same law.

http://buzzpo.com/gun-activist-charged-2-felony-gun-crimes-released-slap/

Loonie Liberals --

Meaghy McCain opened her mouth again to show everybody her lack of brain cells. Does anybody actually believe her claims of being conservative, republican or even libertarian? Now she's trying to tell the GOP that they have to buy into unproven junk science. Meagy, maybe you should lay off the corn syrup, gluten, and kool-aid. Even your RINO dad isn't that dumb.

http://buzzpo.com/meghan-mccain-wants-conservatives-care-climate-change/

US Military personnel need to feel honored. The grand messiah, Obozo, designed a special salute just for them -- the pumpkin-spice cafe latte salute! This douchebag is worse than Hitlery. At least she was honest when she told US Soldiers she felt they were beneath her and needed to avert their eyes from her majesty.

http://buzzpo.com/obama-disrespects-troops-salutes-coffee/

Enjoy some of the better quotes from General "Mad Dog" Mattis.

http://buzzpo.com/best-quotes-general-mad-dog-mattis-politically-incorrect/



Tuesday, September 23, 2014

PODcAST #MMRS Mouth of Matuszak Show 9-23-14



Mouth of Matuszak Show

 With host Paul-Gregory Matuszak

Aired live 8-9 AM Central (9-10 ET)
  September 23, 2014

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Topics Discussed:


The big news -- BOOM! AF, Navy & Marines strike ISIS w/ bombs & TLAMs. 47 TLAMs fired. Now, how are they going to hold key terrain without ground forces? Guess Obozo wants to make the same mistake as Bubba, only more dire. 

http://buzzpo.com/breaking-airstrike-video-u-s-begins-war-assault-islamic-state-syria/

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/23/world/middleeast/us-and-allies-hit-isis-targets-in-syria.html?_r=0

ISIS in Iraq destroys Iraqi military post, seizes more ground. Few survivors claim hundreds of soldiers missing or captured. Hey, Obozo & company, I TOLD YOU SO!!!!! (Back in 2009, 2010)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/islamic-state-attack-on-iraqi-base-leaves-hundreds-missing-shows-army-weaknesses/2014/09/22/9a8b9e4d-0fea-4650-8816-5e720dbffd04_story.html

As many as 40 ISIS-linked US citizens have trained in terrorism and returned to US, so far. Recent ISIS video indicates possible attacks on US soil due to North American accent.

http://buzzpo.com/north-american-isis-speaker-new-terror-jihadist-video-mean-america-new-target/ 

But DHS doesn't know because all the competent intelligence personnel quit to take jobs with real employers.

http://buzzpo.com/homeland-security-blames-free-market-shortcomings/

Iran sentences dancers to 91 lashes, each, for being "Happy". How does Pharell Williams feel about his song causing so much pain and suffering? 

http://buzzpo.com/iranian-court-gives-91-lashes-jail-sentence-iranian-happy-dancers-happiness-missing/



Connecticut school goes on lock-down because a student wore a Vietnam era US Army field jacket. Wow. 

http://buzzpo.com/connecticut-school-locked-due-student-military-jacket/

Monday, September 22, 2014

PODcAST Mouth of Matuszak Show 9-22-14 #MMRS




Mouth of Matuszak Show

 With host Paul-Gregory Matuszak

Aired live 8-9 AM Central (9-10 ET)
  September 22, 2014

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Topics Discussed: 

Happy Birthday to Chuck Augustiniak and my mother, AnneMarie Matuszak

Blessed Mabon and Autumnal Equinox to Druids and Pagans. Let the apple festivals and Oktoberfest begin! 

Sadie Robertson's cha-cha on Dancing with the Stars ... WOW!

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/eric-scheiner/duck-dynasty-star-prays-cha-chas-and-wows-dancing-judges

Abbot v. Davis Texas Governor Debate... Davis has meltdown, leftist reporter confused on difference between facts and emotive hyperbole, where was Katie Glass?

http://buzzpo.com/13-question-texas-governor-debate/

Loonie Leftists --

Global warming alarmists and "climate change" crowd leaves behind mountains of litter after rally. 

Mary Burke, Democratic Party candidate running against Scott Walker, plagiarized her economic plan. from plans that already failed.

http://buzzpo.com/democrat-candidate-burke-plagiarized-economic-plan/



Dept. of Homeland Security can't keep its people, revolving door with no tenure or competence.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/top-level-turnover-makes-it-harder-for-dhs-to-stay-on-top-of-evolving-threats/2014/09/21/ca7919a6-39d7-11e4-9c9f-ebb47272e40e_story.html

More US military personnel join the boots on ground to battle... ebola!

http://news.yahoo.com/more-us-troops-ebola-hit-liberia-airport-source-192002446.html

college student at San Diego state in California forced to remove his US flag because it may "offend foreign students".

http://buzzpo.com/college-student-ordered-get-rid-american-flag-balcony-might-offend-foreign-people/


Sunday, September 21, 2014

podcast mouth of matuszak radio show 9-1-9-14 #MMRS










Topics Discussed: 


Crowder on spanking

http://buzzpo.com/spanking-really-child-abuse/

Minnesota Kid cannot wait for mommy's homecoming ceremony to finish... so he joins the formation.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2761037/Protocol-What-protocol-Adorable-moment-three-year-old-interrupts-homecoming-procession-hug-mother-nine-month-tour-Afghanistan.html

Let's look at our "separation of powers" government -- sunlight time


Utah Congressman Jason Chaffetz discloses that 4 ISIS-linked individuals arrested in Texas on Sept 10, 2014 after they crossed the border illegally. This made DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson more than a little uncomfortable.

http://buzzpo.com/chaffetz-four-terrorists-caught-at-border/


Joseph on War Powers Act

Bill Whittle -- Obama is Bush Lite

2nd Amendment/Freedom vs gun-grabber tyranny

Shannon Watts's MDA loonies kicked out of Kroger! It seems they are as welcomed as code Pink at a Marine corps picnic

http://buzzpo.com/kroger-kicked-moms-demand-action-property-mda-bullying-escalates/

Goddesses with Guns rally in San Antonio, group led by Emily Grisham.

Those Looney Liberals --


Charles Barron, a democrat,  is about to be elected to the NY state assembly... and he tells reporters that his childhood heroes were all enemies of the the US, freedom, and humanity. He loves people like Qadaffi, Idi Amin, and Fidel Castro.

http://buzzpo.com/democrat-politician-says-heroes-americas-enemies/ 



Thursday, September 18, 2014

PODcAST Mouth of Matuszak Show 9-18-14 #MMRS













 Topics Discussed: 

Tucson woman beaten over Taco Bell breakfast. Why? In Tucson, really? Why would anybody living in Southern Arizona or Texas go to a Taco Bell in the first place? The thugs that beat her up are even worse. That food is not worth fighting over.
    http://buzzpo.com/tucson-woman-subjected-taco-bell-missed-breakfast-beat/ 

Actress Daniele Watts arrested for indecent exposure and public lewdness. She cried "racism" claiming she was just kissing her non-black boyfriend. But evidence reveals they weren't just kissing.
   http://buzzpo.com/django-unchained-actress-story-racism-falls-apart/

 Rick Perry responds to Pina Nieto's criticism of Texas National Guard Soldiers guarding the border. Perry then invited Nieto to visit Texas. Perry's full letter to Nieto at this link:
 http://buzzpo.com/perry-responds-to-mexican-president/

Pennsylvania follows Texas example, considers arming teachers
 http://buzzpo.com/pa-considers-permitting-school-districts-arm-teachers/

Tea Party Leadership Fund has started a national campaign to replace John Boehner with Trey Gowdy as Speaker of the House.
  http://www.tpnn.com/2014/09/17/national-campaign-launched-in-support-of-trey-gowdy-for-speaker/

DNc and Obama's lovefest with Ditzy Debbie Hand-puppet Wasserman-Schultz cools toward arctic temperatures. Maybe this is their cure for global warming?
  http://www.politico.com/story/2014/09/democrats-debbie-wasserman-schultz-111077.html

Bill Ayers tells Scotty Nell Hughes that Rahm Emanuel is a white supremacist
  http://www.tpnn.com/2014/09/17/tpnn-exclusive-bill-ayers-claims-chicago-mayor-rahm-emanuel-is-a-white-supremacist/

Wednesday, September 17, 2014

PODCAST Mouth of Matuszak Show #MMRS 9-17-14

 

 

Mouth of Matuszak Show

  #MMRS @pavelgregory   Follow on Facebook

 With host Paul-Gregory Matuszak

Aired live 8-9 AM Central (9-10 ET)
  September 16, 2014


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Topics Discussed:

US Constitution signed by 12 of 13 states Sept 17, 1787 Stop Obama's Amnesty

   http://buzzpo.com/ted-cruz-goes-throat-obamas-amnesty-program-join-fight/

US Rep. from Iowa wants terrorists to keep US passports VA Manager stole $20k from vets, gets no jail time because SEIU members get special privileges.

  http://buzzpo.com/va-manager-steals-veterans-jail-time/

Sort of like Solis when she and Sebelius broke the Hatch Act

 John McRino McCain asks Rand Paul if he met ISIS, Claims he has. If Johnny Mac has, they weren't the same ones I sat aross a desk from in interrogation rooms. The ones I met were unrepentant evil.

http://buzzpo.com/mccain-rand-paul-ever-met-isis-like-allegedly/

chairmen of the Joint chiefs of staff General Dempsey admits what I've been saying all along -- Iraq's military and police were not ready, we pulled out too early

  http://buzzpo.com/top-general-admits-iraq-ready-defend/  

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_DEMPSEY_ISLAMIC_STATE?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2014-09-17-01-30-17

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

PODCAST Mouth of Matuszak Show 9-16-14 #MMRS

 

 

Mouth of Matuszak Show

 With host Paul-Gregory Matuszak

Aired live 8-9 AM Central (9-10 ET)
  September 16, 2014

Listen on Heartland Radio through Live365








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 Topics Discussed:

Separation of Powers Government?
NLRB & WH conspired to hide criminal activity -- violations of Hatch Act by Hilda Solis and Kathy Sebelius 
 http://buzzpo.com/bombshell-white-house-conspired-labor-department-hide-crimes/
ISIS at our borders?
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/16/us/us-pushes-back-against-warnings-that-isis-plans-to-enter-from-mexico.html?_r=0
Officials say another 279,000 households are at risk of losing health law tax credits due to income question 115,000 people may lose coverage under the Obama health law due to immigration questions 
http://www.ajc.com/weblogs/jamie-dupree/2014/sep/15/immigration-status-could-cost-115000-health-covera/http://www.ajc.com/weblogs/jamie-dupree/2014/sep/15/immigration-status-could-cost-115000-health-covera/

Those looney liberals -- 

Wendy Davis wants truth retrated, will she sue if she loses like last time?
http://buzzpo.com/wendy-davis-gets-mad-story-pokes-holes-narrative/
http://therealwendy.com/wendy-davis-sued-hometown-newspaper/
Allison Grimes's campaign strategy -- "I'm Not Obama"
http://buzzpo.com/democrats-campaign-ad-im-obama/

Arizona Dreamin' 

AZ Dems fly Mexican flag instead of US Flag.
http://buzzpo.com/arizona-dems-spurn-american-flag-flies-mexican-flag-instead/
AZ GOP Vice-chair forced to resign for being a conservative.
http://buzzpo.com/az-gop-vice-chair-resigns-speaking-mind/

The empty cage

On my wife's dresser rests an empty cage.

Well it isn't completely empty, and it isn't a cage. It is an aquarium tank that was converted, eventually, to a hamster habitat enclosure. It was a room, an apartment for a beloved pet.

The enclosure has housed three previous pets. A corn snake named copper lived in there when he was 2-3 feet long. He's now about five feet long and has a much larger room.Then the enclosure sat empty with some bedding in the bottom. We entertained using it as a feeding tank for copper. His meals like to climb the screen walls of his current enclosure.

Then one of his meals survived for much longer than expected. So, the little mouse went into the empty cage. copper was shedding the next feeding day. So, the mouse was kept alive another week. Then we named it. We decided to keep it as a pet, but it died the day we bought all the stuff to make the tank a small rodent habitat.

A second mouse replaced the first as a pet. After a couple of weeks of treating the little bugger like a pet, it became mean. While buying copper his meal we found an adolescent Syrian Teddy Bear hamster that we instantly fell in love with. We took her home with us. We sanitized the enclosure and set it up.

I never thought I'd get emotionally attached to a rodent.

Over the next 7 months or so, we enjoyed our lives with Truffle Bear. We learned her habits. My wife would complain about Truffle's nightly marathons. She would run 6-8 miles a night on her little wheel. She also loved to rearrange her habitat. So, after weekly cleanings, we'd leave it a shambles and wait to see how she'd arrange things. She's move everything but her water bottle and her litter box. Yes, she was litter box trained. She wasn't really trained so much as we bought her a litter box and she knew exactly what it was for.

Every other day or so, she would get fresh vegetables. She loved them. She had some treats we bought at the store, sure. But if we handed her one of those, then presented her with a leaf of fresh kale, she'd drop the treat. She liked carrots and other vegetables on the "safe" list. Kale was her favorite by far.

The enclosure was not a cage, not like a cell. It was more like an apartment. It was set up to give Truffle her own space, secure and safe from our other pets. It was a place she could set up as her own. But we petted her often and put her in a run-about ball. When she'd have run of the house in the ball, she had a habit of chasing the cat. 

She was gentle, easily the most gentle creature I've had as a pet, a member of my family. The dog and cat are playful and you an pet them. But they do not always play "nice". The cat attacks toys like he's hunting prey. The dog loves to play tug-of-war when he's not chasing a ball. He's also been known to kill garter snakes and square off against possums. The pet snakes kill live prey for dinner. Truffle didn't bite, didn't attack. She'd enjoy back rubs, being hand-fed treats, and demonstrating yoga poses.

That was the reason she was named "Truffle", because she was so sweet. The "Bear" part of her name was for two reasons. The first is her breed. The second was the look on her face if you woke her. It was just like our kid, and my wife. She's look at you with that "who are you and why are you bothering me" form of stink-eye. It it was me, that look would fade when I pet her or gave her a treat or just did the daily cleaning of her litter box or refilling her food bowl. Despite the initial grumpy look if I woke her during the day, she always seemed happy when she realized it was me.

In her last week, after she got sick, she would walk up to her wheel and take 2-3 slow steps. Then she'd get off and curl up in one of her two favorite sleeping corners. We had to bottle feed her while she was recovering from the sickness that came on so suddenly. It swelled up her tongue, making it difficult for her to chew on the hard food and seeds that were her daily diet.

The morning she died, I had just fed her and watered her just after midnight. I watched her go on her wheel for a few steps, then she walked to her corner. At 2 am, I woke to the sound of her wheel squeaking. I looked but didn't see her on it. But I went to get her food and water syringes. When I opened the cage, she was curled up a little looser than the tight ball she normally slept in. But she had snoozed a little looser on some occasions over the past week. I leaned in and pet her. I noticed she wasn't breathing. I picked her up. She wasn't moving. She was cool.

Now, on my wife's dresser rests an empty cage, except it isn't empty. Inside is Truffle's wheel, her favorite chew toys, her water bottle, and empty food bowl, and her litter box, still unused from the last cleaning, done just a few hours prior to her passing. In that empty cage lives fond memories of a gentle old soul that lived 10 months, 7 in this little room. In that empty cage is the spirit of a little four-legged aerobics instructor that I loved.  

PODCAST Mouth of Matuszak Show 9-15-14 RIP Truffle Bear #MMRS


Mouth of Matuszak Show

 With host Paul-Gregory Matuszak

Aired live 8-9 AM Central (9-10 ET)
  September 15, 2014

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