During an interview the other day, President Obama was annoyed by a fly buzzing about his head so he did what many of us would have done. He killed it. But get this. PETA issued a comment saying the president should have shown compassion. Unbelievable. These folks have way too much time on their hands.
In a nutshell, our position is this: He isn't the Buddha, he's a human being, and human beings have a long way to go before they think before they act.If all this has you wondering how you can be a bigger person (figuratively, as well as literally) in your dealings with exoskeletal beings, check out our handy-dandy bug catcher--one of which we are sending to President Obama for future insect incidents.
With Obama taking over the American auto industry, attempting to socialize health care, nationalizing the banks, and turning America's war on terror into a criminal justice endeavor, PETA places its priority on a house fly.
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When I say the video, I har... (Below threshold)1. Posted by epador | June 18, 2009 10:07 AM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
When I say the video, I hardly expected that it would show up on Wizbang in a PETA reference.
I thought it could be used powerfully as a metaphor in many venues, but never as a direct complaint about exoskeleton abuse!
1. Posted by epador | June 18, 2009 10:07 AM |
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Posted on June 18, 2009 10:07
2. Posted by epador | June 18, 2009 10:08 AM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Say, Saw, what's the difference before my mandatory pot of Tea?
2. Posted by epador | June 18, 2009 10:08 AM |
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Posted on June 18, 2009 10:08
3. Posted by Gayle Miller | June 18, 2009 11:03 AM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
My God, PETA has "jumped the shark" now. Flies carry all manner of diseases and are irritating as all hell when they buzz around one's ear in the middle of the night! I applaud the President for doing something worthwhile in removing 1 of those pestiferous critters from the land of the living and wish him well in future endeavors of like kind.
3. Posted by Gayle Miller | June 18, 2009 11:03 AM |
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Posted on June 18, 2009 11:03
4. Posted by JLawson | June 18, 2009 11:10 AM | Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
Exoskeletal beings?
Man, no wonder MAD Magazine's been having problems. How can you parody a reality where people think like that?
4. Posted by JLawson | June 18, 2009 11:10 AM |
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Posted on June 18, 2009 11:10
5. Posted by Mac Lorry | June 18, 2009 11:22 AM | Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
So how did this exoskeletal being get past the secret service agents? Being flies are dangerous, either because they byte or because they carry pathogens, President Obama can claim he was acting in self-defense :-)
5. Posted by Mac Lorry | June 18, 2009 11:22 AM |
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Posted on June 18, 2009 11:22
6. Posted by Roy | June 18, 2009 11:27 AM | Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
Let's have those PETA people sleep in a room full of malaria infected mosquitoes and see if they practice what they preach.
6. Posted by Roy | June 18, 2009 11:27 AM |
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Posted on June 18, 2009 11:27
7. Posted by Zelsdorf Ragshaft III | June 18, 2009 11:37 AM | Score: 2 (6 votes cast)
Roy there must be a more dangerous insect than what you suggest. I like Tsetse flies, or better yet angry Africanized bees. Better yet hunger endangered Polar bears. Poor babies need something good to eat like a PETA person. PETA want sacrifice from all of us to save these animals. I want to see them sacrifice themselves for the benefit of these same animals. I hear the tigers of India are hungry.
7. Posted by Zelsdorf Ragshaft III | June 18, 2009 11:37 AM |
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Posted on June 18, 2009 11:37
8. Posted by John | June 18, 2009 12:14 PM | Score: 16 (22 votes cast)
I have to side with PETA on this...I mean, that fly did nothing wrong...he only smelled bullshit and wanted to check it out...
8. Posted by John | June 18, 2009 12:14 PM |
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Posted on June 18, 2009 12:14
9. Posted by Chris R | June 18, 2009 12:24 PM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
so much for the proverbial fly on the wall
9. Posted by Chris R | June 18, 2009 12:24 PM |
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Posted on June 18, 2009 12:24
10. Posted by davidt | June 18, 2009 12:27 PM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
PETA better be careful about criticizing Obama. He might swat them.
10. Posted by davidt | June 18, 2009 12:27 PM |
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Posted on June 18, 2009 12:27
11. Posted by Ronk | June 18, 2009 12:27 PM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
This is a subtle hint for anyone wanting to cause us harm. "Don't mess with us or I will squash you like a bug"
11. Posted by Ronk | June 18, 2009 12:27 PM |
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Posted on June 18, 2009 12:27
12. Posted by Oyster | June 18, 2009 1:12 PM | Score: 4 (6 votes cast)
John, you owe me a monitor.
12. Posted by Oyster | June 18, 2009 1:12 PM |
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Posted on June 18, 2009 13:12
13. Posted by 914 | June 18, 2009 1:30 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Obama rocks!!
13. Posted by 914 | June 18, 2009 1:30 PM |
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Posted on June 18, 2009 13:30
14. Posted by 914 | June 18, 2009 1:37 PM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
Was it a brundle fly?
14. Posted by 914 | June 18, 2009 1:37 PM |
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Posted on June 18, 2009 13:37
15. Posted by SillyPuddy | June 18, 2009 1:45 PM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
You simply can't parody these people anymore.
15. Posted by SillyPuddy | June 18, 2009 1:45 PM |
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Posted on June 18, 2009 13:45
16. Posted by Peter F. | June 18, 2009 5:29 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
I for one salute the Executioner in Chief!
16. Posted by Peter F. | June 18, 2009 5:29 PM |
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Posted on June 18, 2009 17:29
17. Posted by retired military | June 18, 2009 6:21 PM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Obama has finally found a job he is qualified for.
17. Posted by retired military | June 18, 2009 6:21 PM |
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Posted on June 18, 2009 18:21
18. Posted by CZ | June 18, 2009 6:25 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
That one must have been a shit fly.
18. Posted by CZ | June 18, 2009 6:25 PM |
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Posted on June 18, 2009 18:25
19. Posted by James Cloninger | June 19, 2009 12:44 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Perhaps, if PETA were to call flies "air kittens" we might have a bit more sympathy...
/snark
19. Posted by James Cloninger | June 19, 2009 12:44 AM |
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Posted on June 19, 2009 00:44
20. Posted by LaMedusa | June 19, 2009 1:19 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
What's really comical to me, is recently poison was dumped from helicopters on an island off Alaska to kill a bunch of rats. Said rats have inhabited this island for-oh-a few centuries now, and they are just now getting around to exterminating them. There are actually numerous benefits behind the population of rats, and we are led to believe that birds are just now beginning to return to the island because of this action. So, are they going to rename the island? Oh Mighty Peta! Where is your outrage?
http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE55D0GG20090614?rpc=64
First saw this at Wiz Pop.
20. Posted by LaMedusa | June 19, 2009 1:19 PM |
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Posted on June 19, 2009 13:19
21. Posted by sycologist | June 23, 2009 9:39 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
And I bet he had a steak for dinner. Just what is the world coming to?
21. Posted by sycologist | June 23, 2009 9:39 PM |
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Posted on June 23, 2009 21:39