I don’t claim to be an expert in excrement, although many on the left would say that I am – especially of the bull variety. But this leads to several questions. Is it possible to identify E. coli by the species producing it? Why pick on dogs? Why not cats?

On the front page of the same issue there was an article discussing the burgeoning skunk and squirrel populations. We then must also consider foxes, rabbits, raccoons, deer and all other manner of land and water creature inhabiting the Great Bay water shed. So, what percentage of the offending poop actually belongs to dogs? This leads to the even broader more philosophical question, how does one diaper Mother Nature?

In 5,000 years when archeologists start discovering millions of plastic bags filled with dog poop, what will they postulate about us? Do we need a federal grant to help us figure out what to do with those millions of non-biodegradable bags?

I have to admire the Town of Greenland for trying to teach its citizens to be good neighbors, but we all know that even if we gave each of our neighbors $4,770 (the sum total of the grant) most would still let their dogs do whatever - wherever.

Perhaps local communities could develop a market for “doggie-carbon” credits.

Hey at least Larry Craig has the decency to use a bathroom huh? I don't wanna see that.

Fred Thompson dodges yet another debate. I guess that keeps him from stepping into poop.

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