Tag: PETA

When All Else Fails…..Tax The Bastards!

Daily Agitator

Thirty years ago when the government started its assault on tobacco, I said then that we have not seen the end of it if it was to be successful…..back in the day, I did not think that any bad would come to the tobacco industry for they had the “clout”…I was mistaken….and then they came for trans fats….and again I was mistaken……now they are coming at sugar….in the form of a tax on the sodas and such……

And back during the start of the tobacco tax, I said, that if they succeeded then there would be NO stopping them elsewhere….looks like I was a seer and did not know it…..

And then I was listening to the news on XM Radio and heard the magic word, Tax”  and this time they were calling for a tax on red meat….atr first I thought I was once again mistaken….after a little Googling for the helluva it I found this on taxmeat.com:

PETA is calling on members of Congress to support a “sin” tax on meat. Why? Among other reasons, meat is the number one cause of global warming, a looming environmental disaster that threatens the United States with billions of dollars in damages from rising sea levels, worsening storms, and increased droughts. A tax on meat would help prevent future global warming-related natural disasters by encouraging a decrease in meat consumption.

A 10-cent tax on every pound of chicken, turkey, pig, fish, and cow flesh sold in grocery stores and restaurants would also help reduce Americans’ skyrocketing annual health care costs by encouraging people to eat less meat. According to the American Dietetic Association, vegetarians are less prone than meat-eaters to develop heart disease, diabetes, and certain types of cancer or to become obese. Revenue from the tax could be used to fund education programs about the health and environmental benefits of reducing meat consumption.

There goes the burgers on the barbie thingy!

Okay, dipsticks…when is enough enough?  I would have said that this was not possible….but then I think back to my disbelief on the tobacco tax so many years ago and I wonder…..

I wonder where all this intervention in people’s personal lives and decisions will cease….just like the seatbelt thing…Americans want to drive 80 mph into a tree and walk away….they are trying to protect people from themselves…..who and when did we give them this option?

Once again I would like to ask where will this stop?  What will be next?  Salt is bad for your health, when will it be the next thing in the bull’s eye of taxes?

PETA Goes To The Circus

I have been one of PETA’s harshest critics in the past.  I have made fun of them for their Sea Kittens, the KKK outfits, and so on….but I will give props where props are due….and PETA deserves a huge thum up for their undercover work at the circus.

From an article on circus.com:

Horses Beaten and Whipped
Horses are one of the most commonly used animals in circuses, but they receive the least protection, as they are not covered by the federal Animal Welfare Act.

Hundley and Tom reported severe alleged abuse of horses, including the following:

  • Horses are grabbed by the throat and shoved, jabbed with pitchforks, and given “lip twists,” a sadistic way to inflict pain on one of the most sensitive areas of a horse’s body.
  • Most of Ringling’s horses are head-shy from being punched in the face so many times. If you try to pet them, they jerk their heads away because they fear being hit.
  • A handler allegedly tethered a horse named Sonny and whipped the horse with the metal snap of the lead for 10 minutes. The horse was later found to have a broken tooth.
  • A miniature horse got loose and was repeatedly punched on the back and sides when he was recaptured.
  • Sacha Houcke allegedly slugged a shrieking miniature horse named Gunther in the face twice with such force that it would have knocked down a full-grown person. The sound of his fist, which could be heard 20 feet away, knocked the horse senseless.
  • A horse named Mizean had cuts across his sides and back from being viciously whipped.

Elephants Live in Fear of Beatings
Both Hundley and Tom worked on the animal crew and tell PETA that they witnessed a violent beating of an elephant that lasted at least 30 minutes when Ringling had a layover at the fairgrounds in Tulsa, Oklahoma. When an elephant refused a command to lie down, Ringling’s head elephant trainer, Sacha Houcke, allegedly beat the elephant with a bullhook, hooking her behind the ear, on the leg, and on the back. At one point, he reportedly inserted the hook inside the elephant’s ear canal and pulled on the handle using both hands and the full force of his body weight. The elephant cried out in agony and was left bleeding profusely from severe wounds.

The following were among the whistleblowers’ declarations to PETA:

  • Elephants are so terrified of the trainers that they begin urinating, defecating, and trumpeting in fear at the sound of their voices.
  • Elephants are aggressively hooked on a daily basis, and handlers rub dirt into bloody bullhook wounds to conceal them from the public.
  • Elephants suffering from arthritis are kept on the road.
  • Elephants are only unchained when the public is around.
  • Some employees were outraged at Sacha Houcke’s recklessness when he brought Luna and another elephant perilously close to a PETA staffer and assaulted him in Oklahoma City. Luna is extremely dangerous and unpredictable. She has attacked handlers and frequently shows aggression toward people, and employees are regularly warned not to go near her.
  • The circus knows in advance when U.S. Department of Agriculture inspectors are coming for what are supposed to be unannounced inspections.

PETA went undercover and vid taped many of the offenses these a/holes are commiting against these animals.  Personally, they should be shot for mistreating animals….beyond that I pray that these animals get justice and these sadistic assholes got prison.

I have a new found respect for PETA and the work they are doing.

Call It Murder!

Our friends at PETA have done it again…….remember the renaming fish as sea kittens?  This time they are condemning Pres. Obama have his lethal attack on a fly.

Obama’s ninja-like moves, which resulted in the murder of said fly on Tuesday, has resulted in harsh condemnation of the president by the animal rights group.

To that end, they’re sending him a PETA-branded “Katcha Bug Humane Bug Catcher”. It allows you to place “the device over the bug and slowly slide its plastic trapdoor shut. The bug will step onto the trapdoor as it closes, and you can carry Katcha Bug outside, where all you need to do is slide the trap door open, allowing the bug to walk away.”

Blog of Hilarity says it all:

PETA would pretty much issue a press release if you hugged a puppy too tightly, so you can’t really take them too seriously. But still, this is a bit of a stretch. Flies exist in the billions in any given area. I’m sure this fly’s wife was kind of sad, but I’m pretty sure they’re not even legally married. Plus there’s a guy at the fly wife’s job who’s been really good to her and I’m pretty sure they’ll hook up once she gets over the initial heartbreak of losing her lover. He’ll take care of all the larvae for sure. Oh, also…they’re fucking flies so none of this matters.

I thought PETA was going a bit far when they dressed up in KKK uniforms at a protest….and then I thought that they had lost their minds when they suggested the fish be renamed “sea kitten”….but now they are even more weird than I first thought.  I guess their next campaign will be against “bug zappers”..I guess they could rationalize this as similar to the death camps during WWII.

Maybe they should market the stuff they are smoking…..would be a solid money maker.

2009 Anal-Ocity

OMG!  This has turned into a daily occurrence, someone , somewhere has just got to be an ass and say something anal.

Today’s entry is from the new campaign by PETA, the Give Peas A Chance,

“Every time that we eat, we can choose not to participate in violence,” PETA President Ingrid E. Newkirk wrote Wednesday in a letter. “While choosing a falafel sandwich over a lamb kebab doesn’t create instant peace, it reduces the sum total of violence and suffering in the world.”

This is a two part anal-ocity and another great statement from the whackos at PETA.  At the Westminster Kennel Club show. PETA contends that the American Kennel Club promotes pure-breeding of dogs that is harmful to their health.

the AKC is trying to create a “master race”! said PETA spokesman Michael McGraw.

A master race?  I am at a loss for words….WTF?

If I eat chick peas I am promoting peace in the Middle East, is that about it?  I am sorry but if this is any indication of the thought process when veggies are eaten I will stick to being a meat eater…at least I have rational thought…..something PETA lost years ago.

Peas And The KKK

Before I go any further let me say….I cannot make this stuff up!

We have all seen and heard the campaigns of PETA….you know trying to get Ben & Jerry’s to make ice cream out of breast milk or the renaming of fish to “sea kittens”.  I know these people are just plain silly sometimes….but when you thought they were done with hair brained ideas.

A leading animal advocacy group said the road to Mideast peace begins in a pita. The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has requested Israel’s permission to post pro-vegetarian signs on both sides of its barriers with the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.

PETA’s signs are in Hebrew and in English. They feature Israelis and Palestinians sitting down for a meat-free meal along with the slogans: “Give Peas a Chance,” and “Nonviolence Begins on Our Plates: Go Vegetarian.”

“Every time that we eat, we can choose not to participate in violence,” PETA President Ingrid E. Newkirk wrote Wednesday in a letter. “While choosing a falafel sandwich over a lamb kebab doesn’t create instant peace, it reduces the sum total of violence and suffering in the world.”  (Another Anal-Ocity)

But wait!  They are a source of constant silliness.

“Is this really the KKK?” somebody asked the woman in the white robe and the pointy hat.

Crowds gawked at a table set up outside Madison Square Garden on Monday afternoon, where People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals was protesting the start of the Westminster Kennel Club show. PETA contends that the American Kennel Club promotes pure-breeding of dogs that is harmful to their health.

“Welcome AKC Members,” read a banner hanging from the table — with AKC crossed out and KKK written above it. Two PETA protesters dressed as Ku Klux Klan members, while other volunteers handed out brochures that read: “The KKK and the AKC: BFF?”

“Obviously it’s an uncomfortable comparison,” PETA spokesman Michael McGraw said.

But the AKC is trying to create a “master race,” he added. “It’s a very apt comparison.”

Cannot wait for the next piece of absurdity from PETA.

PETA started off as a group that was against the killing of animals for the purpose of making coats and then they morphed into this whacko group.  I guess that happens when the protein from meat is lacking in your diet.

What A Difference A Name Makes

Before I post I would like to thank my friend at Culturepress, who brought this piece of work to my attention.

PETA thinks fish need some PR help. “People don’t seem to like fish,” says the group’s website. But “nobody would hurt a sea kitten!” That’s the theory behind PETA’s latest campaign, which includes a petition calling on the Fish and Wildlife Service to stop promoting “the hunting of sea kittens (otherwise known as fishing).” “It is hard to take an organization which wants to change the name of fish seriously,” said an Australian fisheries spokesman. Meanwhile, the principal of Spearfish (SD) High School isn’t sold on Sea Kitten High—”it’s nothing we’re taking seriously.” But the Whitefish, Mont., school superintendent is more amenable, the Missoulian reports: “Who wants to be on the hook for being insensitive to kittens?” he asked.

Now these are the same people that want to fight global warming by using human breast milk for ice cream.  Here is a little lesson for PETA.  Man is a predator…we can tell that by out appearance, if nothing else.  Predators eyes are in the front of our heads…prey’s eyes are on the side to give them an advantage in nature.

If we stop killing to eat….we will most likely starve.  think of anything…a tomato…the plant’s young…..a turnip…kill it to eat….even if we eat grass…to cut it would cause pain….so PETA what shall we eat?

My only suggestion is that they really need to get alid or get a life!