PETA not happy with the President swatting a fly.

[ThomasE]

WASHINGTON - The group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals wants the flyswatter in chief to try taking a more humane attitude the next time he's bedeviled by a fly in the White House.

PETA is sending President Barack Obama a Katcha Bug Humane Bug Catcher, a device that allows users to trap a house fly and then release it outside.

"We support compassion even for the most curious, smallest and least sympathetic animals," PETA spokesman Bruce Friedrich said Wednesday. "We believe that people, where they can be compassionate, should be, for all animals."

[MickeyMac]

With everything going on in the world, why is this news?

[Big C]

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[Hollow]

whatever, no one ****s with obama. he kicked that thing's ASS :nod:

[Marvo301]

Flies aren't even animals they're insects. So they do not fall under PETA's mission. So shut up PETA!!!

[Stuck In The '70's]

OMG I didn't even thing PETA would do this. I shouldn't be surprised though. :lol:

[Zoneboy]

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[Marvo301]

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:brent Well done Charles!!

[Stuck In The '70's]

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:lol:

[catlover79]

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:clap :rofl: :brent Charles, you always top yourself!! YOU RULE!!

[catlover79]

With everything going on in the world, why is this news?
That was the exact same thing I said when I first heard this "story".

[TJL]

PETA - America's buzzkill.

;)

[ThomasE]

With everything going on in the world, why is this news?

Well, in all fairness, the flies were going to sign off on the stimulus package. ;)

[Marvo301]

Well, in all fairness, the flies were going to sign off on the stimulus package. ;)
Well that was the buzz anyway.

[catlover79]

GROAN...:rolleyes: :lol:

[Doodyville10019]

OK, PETA is wrong on this one.

[Jude The Obscure]

:rolleyes:

it's things like this that keep putting PETA further and further down the credibility ladder.
What's next, proposing to ban roach spray, because roaches are really our friends??

[catlover79]

Charles should do a picture of Obama as Rambo going after a fly. That would be a scream!! :lol:

[catlover79]

:rolleyes:

it's things like this that keep putting PETA further and further down the credibility ladder.
What's next, proposing to ban roach spray, because roaches are really our friends??
SHHHH!!! Don't give them any more ideas!! :eek:

[Marvo301]

:rolleyes:

it's things like this that keep putting PETA further and further down the credibility ladder.
What's next, proposing to ban roach spray, because roaches are really our friends??
Well the folks at the 4077th M*A*S*H had a roach collection that took 30 minutes to view! But according to Radar it was well worth it!

[*Pleasant Tomorrow*]

Oh man. :rofl:

[Zoneboy]

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[OH Nuts!]

Sometimes PETA can be nutty as fruitcakes. And this is one of them. (Maybe they have bats in their belfry...oh oh...scratch that...they might picket me for wanting to confine bats...)

[Janice]

PETA is off its rocker. With that said, when I find a bug in my house, on the floor (not a fly), I will slide it on a piece of paper, then bring it outside to the deck to free it. I just don't have the heart to kill it, if I can help it. My husband just laughs.

[Schmoopie]

PETA is one of the most ridiculous organizations I've ever seen. I mean, I know that they are animal lovers, but this has gone way too far. Just last week in the news, they were irate about the fish handlers at Pike Place Market tossing the dead fish! I think the key word here is "dead". First of all, this part of Pike Place Market is a fish market, so what in the heck were people from PETA doing there anyway? :confused: Just totally insane.

I posted a reply on the Seattle Times website that said that if people had been tossing fish at the Seattle Aquarium (My favorite place in the world!), THEN I would have a problem. Especially since those fish are still alive!:lol:

Next they'll be saying that Pres. Obama is an "animal hater" because he used a fly swatter!

Andrea

[catlover79]

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:rofl: :brent :clap

[MickeyMac]

I like what Ted Nugent says about PETA-People Eating Tasty Animals :D

[robyrob]

i find it hard to believe that anyone would want a president that wouldn't hurt a fly.

[Hollow]

i find it hard to believe that anyone would want a president that wouldn't hurt a fly.
good point, especially since dubya was re-elected.

*rimshot*

[AKA]

Heroic PETA Commandos Kill 49, Save Rabbit (http://www.theonion.com/content/news/heroic_peta_commandos_kill_49_save)

Heroic PETA Commandos Kill 49, Save Rabbit

NORFOLK, VA—In what has been dubbed the most "devastating and brutal siege in the history of animal-rights activism," an elite, paramilitary squad of commandos from People For The Ethical Treatment Of Animals (PETA) attacked and killed 49 employees at Couture Cosmetics' Norfolk, VA, research facility while saving a rabbit during a daring midnight raid Monday.

"Never in my life, not even during my tour of duty in Korea, have I seen such carnage," tearstruck Couture CEO Herman Frankel said, surveying the carnage. "My God, what will I tell the families of the victims of this massacre?"

According to the handful of survivors of the raid, Couture workers were first immobilized by gunshot wounds to the knees before being shot execution-style in the back of the head. PETA officials assured that no animals were harmed during the destruction of the complex.

The rabbit, a floppy-eared, speckled gray longhair with an adorable pink nose, was being used by Couture as part of an eyeshadow-allergy research project at the time of the rescue.

"Look at the cute bunny," said PETA commando Shirley "No Mercy" Dorn, a Norfolk-area petcare volunteer and leader of the PETA strike force. Lovingly cradling the rescued rabbit as she walked past the charred and dismembered bodies of its captors, she added, "Look at his nose! Look at his nose!"

In addition to the 49 executed, some 150 other animal researchers were savagely beaten. "They're lucky they escaped with their lives," PETA field marshall Donna "Skull" Saunders said. "Those who survived with only severed limbs got off too easily. They were probably putting itchy-powder in Flopsy's big, beautiful eyes."

Adressing the rabbit, Saunders continued: "Who's got a little powder-puff tail? Who? Who? Oh, yes, you do! Oh, yes, you have a furry little puffy-tail!"

She then fed the rabbit a carrot, causing its adorable pink nose to wiggle up and down, up and down as it chewed, making cute little chewy-faces.

In a statement released Tuesday, Couture Cosmetics maintained that, though the rabbit in question was being used for research purposes, the company has adhered to a strict "cruelty-free" policy since 1992, and that the rabbit was "at no time subjected to any pain or discomfort."

"That old line? Don't try handing us that," Saunders said in response. "Those filthy barbarians probably were sticking Mr. Bunny with needles and all sorts of things. They were human garbage who got exactly what they deserved: swift, merciless extermination at the hands of trained professionals." Turning her attention to the rabbit, she added, "Didn't they? Didn't they?"

In addition to liberating the rabbit, PETA commandos seized an office-cubicle plaque with a picture of a panda bear and the words, "I Hate Mondays."

"Look at Mr. Panda-Tummy," PETA operative Warren "Death's Head" Pleth said, holding the plaque. "Look at Mr. Fatty-Fat Panda Man."

An attempt by the families of the Couture Cosmetics victims to bury their loved ones was met with equally savage resistance from PETA commandos, who strafed the mass funeral procession with machine-gun fire before spraying the cemetery with explosive flaming phosphorous gel, scattering the assembled mourners and killing seven.

"The holes they were digging in the ground threatened to disturb the habitat of a native population of moles," an official PETA statement read, "Moley moley, mole mole. Are you a little digger? Oh, yes, you are!"

On Tuesday, PETA officials supervised the rabbit's release back into the wild where, within minutes, it was chased down, torn to pieces and fully devoured by a fox.

Despite the extreme cruelty of the fox attack, PETA officials have no plans to take action against the animal. "Foxes are lovable furry forest friends," PETA president Joy MacInnis said. "Not like the hairless, human, animal-hating scum who so richly deserve to get their skulls smashed in with the back end of an automatic weapon."

[catlover79]

Good grief!! :eek: :eek: :eek:

[Penny Lane]

My attic has been infested with red ants. We found out today after the roofers removed some boards. They have eaten through the wood and the dry wall in a bedroom. The ceiling has to be replaced . This cost added onto the cost of a new roof runs into the thousands! There were also bats in there which came through a hole that the ants made. So the entire attic has been sprayed and "de-batted". PETA.............. KISS MY GRITS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:p

[GoldenGirlsFan92]

I'm all for Animal Rights, but PETA get over it!

[comedyfreak]

PETA people need to get a life and complain about something worthy of complaining, such as the injustice that poor bartender got when she was attacked by that off duty cop! He ended up getting probation can you believe the corruption in Chicago?

[MrCleveland]

PETA will let germ-infested roaches in their house!

Hey PETA...

EAT SOME NUTS AND BEANS SO YOU CAN GROW SOME BRAINS! Flies, roaches, and mice carry diseases that can kill someone, many animals such as wolves, spiders, and even humans need meat to live, and sometimes we can't have animals roam in our backyard without putting them down!

It's not right...but it's the way the world has become!

And looks like PETA is going to hate Obama for this!

[Janice]

:lol:

[InspectorExstead]

...really? PETA just blows my mind. Get over it!

[Schmoopie]

PETA people need to get a life and complain about something worthy of complaining, such as the injustice that poor bartender got when she was attacked by that off duty cop! He ended up getting probation can you believe the corruption in Chicago?

Wasn't that horrible? I can't believe that! I heard that on CNN this morning! And then I heard something about some guy getting jail time for a traffic violation or something like that. It was something totally ridiculous that had nothing to do with violence or anything. I'll try to find out what it was and post it, but it was funny that they mentioned the two-year sentence after they talked about this cop!

Andrea

[Dusty's Fan]

I saw the video of the bartender. It had to be one of the most brutal beatings I've ever seen; this guy just went at her with reckless abandon.

[Schmoopie]

Sorry to change the subject back to President Obama, but did they ever say what his reaction to swatting the fly was? I wonder if he'll do a State of the Union speech to address the issue, since this seems to be the most important thing that PETA thinks is going on in the world today. I would absolutely :brent if he really did make a speech about the fly and I'd :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: even harder if he apologized!
I found it funny that right after he was elected (the next day I think) he was giving his first official press conference and one of the journalists asked him about when the First :dog: was going to arrive. It nice to see him be able to lighten things up a bit, since most of the other questions involved serious issues.

One of my favorite things about President Obama is his sense of humor. I think he is hilarious at times. Makes his speeches a lot more enjoyable to listen to. Plus, he has a wonderful voice. I could listen to him all day.

Andrea

[comedyfreak]

I saw the video of the bartender. It had to be one of the most brutal beatings I've ever seen; this guy just went at her with reckless abandon.

How in the heck could that idiotic Judge say the bartender wasn't seriously hurt? He should be made to step down, it infuriates me everytime I think about this.

[catlover79]

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:rofl:

[ThomasE]

How in the heck could that idiotic Judge say the bartender wasn't seriously hurt? He should be made to step down, it infuriates me everytime I think about this.


"Probation?" That is messed up. How evil! Something is not right about that! That was a female as well. How disrespectful. It is amazing that police are supposed to work for us and have our backs and this crap happens.

PETA if you are reading this, you can see there are more serious situations that affect us now. Let that crap go!

[catlover79]

I'm all for Animal Rights, but PETA get over it!
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[MrCleveland]

I'm all for Animal Rights, but PETA get over it!

I'm for Animal Rights as well, but PETA makes me want to drown chickens in boiling water...like KFC would!