PETA Wishes Obama Hadn't Swatted That Fly

[Eknytz]

PETA Wishes Obama Hadn't Swatted That Fly

Thursday, June 18, 2009

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."
VIDEO: Click to watch the scene on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTpiwngOg7I)
During an interview for CNBC at the White House on Tuesday, a fly intruded on Obama's conversation with correspondent John Harwood.
"Get out of here," the president told the pesky insect. When it didn't, he waited for the fly to settle, put his hand up and then smacked it dead.
"Now, where were we?" Obama asked Harwood. Then he added: "That was pretty impressive, wasn't it? I got the sucker."
Friedrich said that PETA was pleased with Obama's voting record in the Senate on behalf of animal rights and noted that he has been outspoken against animal abuses.
Still, "swatting a fly on TV indicates he's not perfect," Friedrich said, "and we're happy to say that we wish he hadn't."
Deputy press secretary Josh Earnest said the White House has no comment on the matter.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,527001,00.html

...........well wow

-edit I don't know how this ended up in videos/photos I thought I posted this in political.... well I guess it has a video

[Eztyga]

I wish someone would swat PETA...

[Super Sheep]

I'm going to kill 2 flies for everyone that Obama doesn't kill. So who got that electric tennis-racket fly swatter/cooker?

[Hazard1024]

Wow... The stupidity of PETA knows no bounds.

[G-AWZT]

Give a point to PETA for criticizing the One.

[Eztyga]

Give a point to PETA for criticizing the One.

Obama is Kenau Reeves?

[GoSka37]

Obama is Kenau Reeves?

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y155/alohamrhand/keanu.jpg

[Polygon]

Son I am disappoint.

[Ghostwolf]

I just knew PETA would say something like that.

[PeterRJG]

Who didn't see this coming?

[Kap]

*Facepalm*

[Slouch]

You have got to be ****ing kidding me.

I'm.... so irrationally angry right now. These PETA people must have done everything, I mean everything a human being can do to get so far down the list of things a person can do that they worry about who kills flies.

[[DVDF]Merlin]

PETA said what?
http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk166/Merlin851526/Stupid.jpg

[Kippari]

Ahahahahahahhahahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahhahahaha!!!!11!!
Who the hell can take the PETA serious anymore. Those wackos must have some mental/social imbalance in their lives.

Seriously though, mosquito swatting contests are illegal here.:)

[Kit]

PETA is the type of organization that will ban mosquito nets in Africa because mosquitoes need food too.

[rgjbloke]

If the fly gets to your food, it helps itself spreading saliva on your grub and often having a crap whilst it's eating. It's also spreading some of the dog turd on your food from where it was previously feeding in the street on your neighbour Fido's latest fresh and steamy offering lying on the pavement. I say death to all flies. NO MERCY!!!

[muck]

It was a fly for fvcks sake! Haven't these guys got anything better to do? Get a life!

[Lasse]

I bet that probably 99,9% of all PETA members have killed a living being at some point.

This is just stupid.

[smalandian]

Ok..there are so many ways to do that.

http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/6660/flyspray.jpg (http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/6660/flyspray.jpg)

[Ivan le Fou]

Flies are insects, not animals.

Period.

[VAMAN]

PETA people shouldn't take medicines if they get sick. Because medicines will kill bacteria and viruses inside their bodies.

[omghihi]

I have the feeling that PETA has been infiltrated by Onion in past 10 years

[kramer]

I knew something like this would come.

[matthew.manhorn]

Blog from the official PETA site.


Well, I guess it can't be said that President Obama wouldn't hurt a fly (http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2009/06/obamas_flyswat_got_the_sucker.html). The commander in chief was recently pestered by a fly during an interview. He swatted at the insect and killed the little guy instantly. Believe it or not, we've actually been contacted by multiple media outlets wanting to know PETA's official response to the executive insect execution.
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 (https://www.petacatalog.org/prodinfo.asp?number=HP220)—one of which we are sending to President Obama for future insect incidents. I can tell you from personal experience that it sure came in handy the other day, when one of my cats was chasing the World's Largest Palmetto Bug (http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2007/11/21/gallery/giant-bug-320x540.jpg) around the house.
Posted by Alisa Mullins


http://blog.peta.org/archives/2009/06/obama_and_the_f.php

[ayanami_tard]

I'm going to kill 2 flies for everyone that Obama doesn't kill. So who got that electric tennis-racket fly swatter/cooker?

i'm having fun with it right now

[Geezah]

Norfolk-based 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."

During an interview for CNBC at the White House on Tuesday, a fly intruded on Obama's conversation with correspondent John Harwood.

"Get out of here," the president told the pesky insect. When it didn't, he waited for the fly to settle, put his hand up and then smacked it dead.

"Now, where were we?" Obama asked Harwood. Then he added: "That was pretty impressive, wasn't it? I got the sucker."

Friedrich said that PETA was pleased with Obama's voting record in the Senate on behalf of animal rights and noted that he has been outspoken against animal abuses.

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

Deputy press secretary Josh Earnest said the White House has no comment on the matter.



Link (http://hamptonroads.com.nyud.net/2009/06/peta-wishes-obama-hadnt-swatted-fly)

I do not agree with Obama on pretty much everything, but this is just plain crazy.

[3rdMillhouse]

Oh boy, now I've definetly got the confirmation that these PETArds are wackos.

[3rdMillhouse]

PETA is the type of organization that will ban mosquito nets in Africa because mosquitoes need food too.

Africa beware, the man's got a point. As Vinie Jones would say: "Never Underestimate the Predictability of Stupidity"

[ZeroZen]

Flies are insects, not animals.

Period.


rofl quote of the day....

[Cornerstone]

Save the fly swat the peta guy

[The Dane]

:lol: ... saves my day

[Fat Lazy American]

PETA is just a very clever satire organization designed to make the rest of us feel comfortable with eating meat and testing on animals.

[Warlord]

Merlin;4207428']PETA said what?
http://i280.photobucket.com/albums/kk166/Merlin851526/Stupid.jpg

This photo could say a million words.

Like "GTFO PETA!" or something like Hijo de PETA! or PETA de madre! or PETA de merd!

[Johnny_H02]

Pretty funny coming from the organization that destroyed over 14'000 animals between 1998-2005 and they continue to do so. Its all very well and good to condemn others for killing things due to their inconvenience but what do they have to say for themselves?

Not a whole lot, they'd rather point fingers.
PETA.... Y.A.A.F.M.... thank you /gg.

[seraosha]

We turned the corner and have been living in crazyworld for quite a while now.

[Eknytz]

I bet that probably 99,9% of all PETA members have killed a living being at some point.

This is just stupid.
Nope, make that 100%.
Think of the millions of bacteria MURDERED by the use of anti-bacterial soap.

[Johnny_H02]

Not only that dude, but they actually euthanize animals that are given to them which they cannot give homes. The organization does this and doesn't hide it.

So much for their stance of animal life being equal to human life. They are a bunch of delusional hypocrits who even advocate violence as a justified means to their end.

[Ulytau]

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/6669/liveimagesfotohaberenko.jpg

[G-AWZT]

Imagine what MSNBC would be saying had Bush karate chopped the fly. Olberdunce and Madcow would go ape.

[Nansouty]

And I thought bugs fell within the attributions of the Secret Service...:cantbeli:

[Fargin]

http://i41.tinypic.com/3093axh.jpg

[Merfeller]

That's crazy, but not the craziest thing I've read about PETA...

http://www.cnn.com/2009/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/10/peta.pet.shop.boys/

:)

[Dan2004]

Pretty funny coming from the organization that destroyed over 14'000 animals between 1998-2005 and they continue to do so. Its all very well and good to condemn others for killing things due to their inconvenience but what do they have to say for themselves?

Not a whole lot, they'd rather point fingers.
PETA.... Y.A.A.F.M.... thank you /gg.

Apparently the meaning of 'hypocrisy' is lost on the lovely folks at PETA.


PETA Killed 95 Percent of Adoptable Pets in its Care During 2008

Hypocritical Animal Rights Group’s 2008 Disclosures Bring Pet Death Toll To 21,339

WASHINGTON DC – Today the nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) published documents online showing that People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) killed 95 percent of the adoptable pets in its care during 2008. Despite years of public outrage over its euthanasia program, the animal rights group kills an average of 5.8 pets every day at its Norfolk, VA headquarters.



According to public records from the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, PETA killed 2,124 pets last year and placed only seven in adoptive homes. Since 1998, a total of 21,339 dogs and cats have died at the hands of PETA workers.



Despite having a $32 million budget, PETA does not operate an adoption shelter. PETA employees make no discernible effort to find homes for the thousands of pets they kill every year. Last year, the Center for Consumer Freedom petitioned Virginia’s State Veterinarian to reclassify PETA as a slaughterhouse.



CCF Research Director David Martosko said: “PETA hasn’t slowed down its hypocritical killing machine one bit, but it keeps browbeating the rest of society with a phony ‘animal rights’ message. What about the rights of the thousands of dogs, cats, puppies, and kittens that die in PETA’s headquarters building?”



Martosko added: “Since killing pets is A-OK with PETA, why should anyone listen to their demands about eating meat, using lab rats for medical research, or taking children to the circus?”



CCF obtained PETA’s “Animal Record” filings since 1998 from the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. Members of the public can see these documents at PetaKillsAnimals.com (http://www.petakillsanimals.com/).


(Skeptical? Click here to see the documents. (http://www.petakillsanimals.com/downloads/PetaKillsAnimals.pdf))




In addition to exposing PETA’s hypocritical record of killing defenseless animals, the Center for Consumer Freedom has publicized the animal rights group’s ties to violent activists, and shed light on its aggressive message-marketing to children.


The Center for Consumer Freedom is a nonprofit coalition supported by restaurants, food companies, and consumers, working together to promote personal responsibility and protect consumer choices.

For media comment, contact our media department at 202-463-7112 ext. 115
http://www.consumerfreedom.com/pressRelease_detail.cfm/release/258

[duhblow7]

At this point, I honestly have to conclude that PETA are at best garden variety trolls, and at worst part of a vast, secret conspiracy, underwritten by proponents of animal testing, the goal of which is to completely delegitimize support for animal rights in the eyes of the general public.


I simply cannot fathom how an organization can consistently do more harm to its stated goals and interests than does PETA, which is why I conclude they are either diabolical geniuses or total f*cking retards.

[deagle]

wow, such attention whores.

[LineDoggie]

PETA, surprised they didnt demand flys be renamed Wingkittens

[SpeedyHedgehog]

When I was a kid we used to go to the beach every summer (North Carolina coast). One year we rented a beachouse that was up on stilts, so you could park your car underneath. This garage area wasn't air-conditoned, of course, and the door was always open. It was hotter than hell down there and it was swarming with flies. The first day or two I spent hours swatting as many as I could. You could easily smash 2 or 3 at a time with no trouble. The body count must have reached 500 or so before I got bored and went and picked on my little sister. Good times.....

[TheOpposition]

Nope, make that 100%.
Think of the millions of bacteria MURDERED by the use of anti-bacterial soap.


please be quiet.. i remember me and my freinds joking about PETA whining aobut the fly video.. But after reading this who the hell knows whats next.

[LineDoggie]

When I was a kid we used to go to the beach every summer (North Carolina coast). One year we rented a beachouse that was up on stilts, so you could park your car underneath. This garage area wasn't air-conditoned, of course, and the door was always open. It was hotter than hell down there and it was swarming with flies. The first day or two I spent hours swatting as many as I could. You could easily smash 2 or 3 at a time with no trouble. The body count must have reached 500 or so before I got bored and went and picked on my little sister. Good times.....

Szell? ..........................................................

[XShipRider]

please be quiet.. i remember me and my freinds joking about PETA whining aobut the fly video.. But after reading this who the hell knows whats next.

PETA was, when I was a kid, a noble organization that wanted nothing more than the proper treatment of animals. Like all do-gooder organizations it has been hijacked by an extreme gang of morons who now think it's wrong to have a pet of any type. These people have gone beyond the deep-end and into the abyss.

[PEMM]

Penn & teller

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAt1z_TgPQ4&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0exLa6saV9o)

These PETA people sure are crazy. They are spreading their BS here too. Weird how apart people have gotten from nature...

PS: How come this link doesnt come right...

[Panchito12]

I was hoping to hear that BO (the dog) ate the fly. That would've made my day!

[JUNKHO]

someone needs to turn them on to the "Rabbit lady"

[deagle]

are People Eating Tasty Animals angry b/c he didn't consume said fly or something ?

animals that pass disease should be tried for murder.lol

[Airgun_Hunter]

Do those PETA Retards even know how many million bacteria they kill when bathing and mouth washing (If they do that)?

I bet those mouth bacteria and germs die a horrible and painful death when washing teeth and using listerine.

[Fallap]

Does PETA know how F***** hard it is to smack a fly?

*Facepalm*

[PaulClift]

I'll be impressed when he does it with chopsticks.

http://clientes.netvisao.pt/kapoww/MrMiyagi.jpg