PETA angry at Obama over fly

[TC]

This one is for Bando:

news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090618/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_obama_dead_fly

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.

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Swatting a fly on TV indicates he's not perfect," Friedrich said, "and we're happy to say that we wish he hadn't."

[Filo]

Whenever I see the name PETA, I just like to think about the Bullsh*t piece that Penn and Teller did on them and some of the eco-terrorist groups. That was fun.

[SFHoya99]

I love PETA because I'm rapidly coming to the conclusion that the whole organization is some giant Andy Kaufmann-esque performance piece made to make its members feel like idiots.

[Bando]

I feel this continues a long PETA tradition of alienating people who might be open to their cause, in this case, Obama supporters. You should read the feminist blogs I read. You'd think feminists would be open to PETA, but PETA continues to be sexist s who put bikini-clad women in cages during their protests, so feminists hate them.

PETA basically has a strategy of attracting attention to themselves in any way possible, using a series of logical leaps to conclude that this somehow furthers animal rights. They're going to be very surprised in a few years when their only support is from idiot celebrities.

[DFW HOYA]

So PETA PETI is upset? In the words of HBO's persona non grata Artie Lange, "Waaaaah!"

[Boz]

There is no truth to the rumor that the fly was actually a pet of CNBC host Jim Cramer and the fly's name was "Capitalism."

;D ;D ;D

Ba-ZING!

[SoCalHoya]

PETA not making friends in Seattle, either:

seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009352210_petavideo18m.html