Declawed

Pakistan must be declawed and dismembered, insist the neocons. ❋ Eric Margolis (2010)

I noticed he had been declawed and this concerned me paired with his fighting wounds and general state of emaciation. ❋ Unknown (2009)

That was a much more effective way to deal with it but, of course, dumbocrats live in a utopian world where everyone holds hands and sings songs so they decided that the CIA is evil and needs to be declawed so ... here we are. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Hong Kong-based animal welfare group Animals Asia Foundation released a report in August that said bears in Chinese zoos were regularly whipped and beaten with sticks, while elephants were prodded with metal hooks, and tigers and lions were defanged and declawed, causing them chronic pain. ❋ AP (2010)

The Tea Party likes to think it will act as daunting force during the 2012 election cycle, but in fact the monster is getting declawed. ❋ Heather Taylor-Miesle (2011)

Thirty-two percent of the cat owners polled have had their pets declawed, while only 1 percent of dog owners have had their pets debarked. ❋ AP (2011)

One woman was frantic because her declawed house cat had escaped through an open door and taken off for parts unknown. ❋ J.A. Jance (2011)

The net result is that Rabbis have been declawed, which accounts for why at major communal conventions like AIPAC or the Federation's General Assembly Rabbis are reduced to niceties like a monotonous invocation or the grace after meals. ❋ Rabbi Shmuley Boteach (2011)

Most of the big cats and bears were declawed and had been bottle-fed by the couple, Hatfield said. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Any such new husband would certainly want the sofa cleared, or perhaps a new, less comfortable sofa, and, simultaneously, the cats declawed. ❋ Rick Rofihe (2011)

People must keep their old, declawed, or sickly dogs and cats inside, particularly at night. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The SEC was effectively declawed by Bush/Cheney ... when you have an entire agency told to not do what they're supposed to be doing, how long do you think it will take for its employees to get into trouble? ❋ Unknown (2010)

“If that [receptionist] says one damn thing about my hair, I will [declaw] her ass so fast.” "If she starts getting [catty], just say something about her husband leaving her for another woman. That'll declaw her in a second." ❋ Brett Burkhardt (2008)

"I find younger men yummy 'eye candy', but I don't touch, just look. I am sort of a [cougar] but with no [claws]. A [cougar declawed]." ❋ Lambercat 001 (2009)