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February 02, 2010
Chad Love: PETA's Robot Groundhog
By Chad Love
Well, it's Groundhog Day, and the world's only meteorologist with incisors that never stop growing apparently saw saw his shadow.
Thanks, tunnel rat. Now I've got six more weeks to wait around for fishing season to start. Hey Cabela's. Hey Bass Pro. The spring fishing catalogs would help pass the time. Get a move on.
Anyway, it seems PETA is concerned for Punxsutawney Phil's welfare. Surprise, surprise. In fact, they're so concerned for the obese little marmot's welfare that they want to replace him with a robot groundhog. No, I'm not making this up.
From the story:
The controversial animal-rights group -- which just a few months back asked the University of Georgia to replace its recently deceased bulldog mascot with a robotic one over concerns for a real dog's welfare -- is at it again. This time around, PETA's target is a seemingly innocuous band of revelers: The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club. Yup -- PETA wants to take Punxsutawney Phil away from Gobbler's Knob and give the little guy a dignified retirement at an animal sanctuary. In his place, you guessed it: A robot groundhog.
Gemma Vaughan, PETA's animals in entertainment specialist, fired off a letter to groundhog club president William Deeley this week, asking for his promise that the group will forgo the use of real rodents in future Groundhog Day celebrations. Little Phil, Vaughan wrote, is a pretty unhappy fellow, "forced to be on display year round at the local library and is denied the ability to prepare for and enter yearly hibernation." Groundhogs are typically shy creatures, Vaughan goes on to explain, and they can become easily upset when confronted by throngs of people, loud noises and camera flashes
Words fail, so I'll leave it to the guys at Red State Update to properly articulate my thoughts on the matter.
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Comments (29)
PETA and robots? Again? I'm starting to suspect that these people might also have an unhealthy fascination with Terminator movies...
I heard about that this AM on the radio. PETA have become so weird that they are a mockery of themselves. It's almost like they've been infiltrated by writers for MADtv or The Onion.
whats next there going to tell us to have robot dogs and cats for pets, now i am against animal abuse, like beating animals, but PETA just takes this to a whole new extreme.
Wow that PETA comedy team is hilarious ..... What? They're serious?? Oh, how sad!
Idiots. Enough said.
What bullets to use in the .220 Swift for robot groundhogs? Solids?
Just trying to cause problems with people that actually have lives.
Jackie and Dunlap sure say it as they see it. This should get them nominated for the 2010 F&S heroes of the year.
"Stupid is as stupid does" - Forrest Gump
I once knew someone (who is no way shape or form resembled me)in high school who slapped a "I love animals, they taste great" bumper sticker over someone's PETA bumper sticker
Chad, I heard they taste like chicken ;-]
squirrelgirl - are you sure that you want to stick to that story? I mean, if you have something that you need to confess, we're all ears. You're among friends, no worries.
MLH - I second the nomination.
This BS gets peta in the news. That is what they want. It's free publicity. From their view point the worst thing the American public could do is ignore them.
chad i am pumped for another 6 of winter just means more ice fishinh here in mn. but the robotic ground hog is BS!!!
Yeah, Del is right. They're like little kids throwing tantrums, doing anything for attention.
Why are PETA referred to as an animal rights group?
Despite being founded by a woman who was upset to finding the animals she took to a rescue centre were put down. They put down over 90% of the animals given to them. They are yet to produce one shred of evidence to show their work to improve habitat for animals in the wild.
Lets call them what they are a Press Release Factory.
SBW
As long as the media & Hollyweird types suck up to PETA for PR, PETA will suck off'n them for more PR likewise.
Del & SBW are right; Protest a KFC for cruelty to chickens(lol), or put out off the wall press releases and it's guaranteed media coverage. I don't know if it is possible to reprogram or un-brainwash chronically stupid people such as PETA folks.
Make mine a 3pc box with mashed potatoes and tea....
The only single good thing that PETA does is make themselves look like a bunch of dumbasses. Thats it....they do it for us!
Our mutual dislike of PETA and it's inane antics is the One True Thing (besides liking guns) that Unites us. We stand shoulder to shoulder arms outstretched pointing, while we guffaw in unison. PETA is the booby prize that just keeps giving. Robot Groundhogs! Imagine the developmental cost for a one off prototype. (or is PETA expecting some kind of production run). Perhaps the latest anamatronic toy? (they have robot hamsters now). All I can say is that they likely shoot just the same as the real ones, aside from the transistors and diodes going flying every which way when you nail it with that varmint grenade frangible bullet.Yee Haw, it's Robot Groundhog Season again!
I once read an essay out a book titled "50 essays: A portable anthology". It was titled "What's wrong with animal right?" This lady claimed that she does care about animals, but is afraid to call herself an animal-rights activist because that phrase has been hijacked and abused by groups such as PETA. She proved a pretty strong point. She even deliberately said that the PETA President "is wrong". I laughed when I read that. It just goes to show that even people who care about the welfare of animals don't agree with the extreme liberal policies of PETA.
P.S.-No I cannot remember the name of the author of the essay or author of the book, but we read it in school, and it's a very popular book that should not be hard at all to find.
Nate
Yea but Beekeeper you cant fix stupid.
That's good. The more stunts they pull, and the more strange ideas they come up with, the more the general public will see them for what they really are.
Hey guys- I've started my own PETA chapter. We call it:
People
Eating
Tasty
Animals
It's free to join- and a heck of a good time to boot!
What kills me is these Hollywood types that shill for PETA. Pamela Anderson would rather be naked than wear fur. And in her case, I would have to agree.
i have a solution for phil's unhappyness. i'll start at 200 yards! squirrel girl, send us some of your bumper stickers!
PETA- People Eating Taste Animals
these people are from another planet the stuff they come up never fails to make me laugh
these people have nothing better to do.
without comments. aff!!!
Lista de emails
good week!!!
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I heard about that this AM on the radio. PETA have become so weird that they are a mockery of themselves. It's almost like they've been infiltrated by writers for MADtv or The Onion.
Why are PETA referred to as an animal rights group?
Despite being founded by a woman who was upset to finding the animals she took to a rescue centre were put down. They put down over 90% of the animals given to them. They are yet to produce one shred of evidence to show their work to improve habitat for animals in the wild.
Lets call them what they are a Press Release Factory.
SBW
What bullets to use in the .220 Swift for robot groundhogs? Solids?
I once knew someone (who is no way shape or form resembled me)in high school who slapped a "I love animals, they taste great" bumper sticker over someone's PETA bumper sticker
This BS gets peta in the news. That is what they want. It's free publicity. From their view point the worst thing the American public could do is ignore them.
PETA and robots? Again? I'm starting to suspect that these people might also have an unhealthy fascination with Terminator movies...
whats next there going to tell us to have robot dogs and cats for pets, now i am against animal abuse, like beating animals, but PETA just takes this to a whole new extreme.
Wow that PETA comedy team is hilarious ..... What? They're serious?? Oh, how sad!
Idiots. Enough said.
Just trying to cause problems with people that actually have lives.
"Stupid is as stupid does" - Forrest Gump
squirrelgirl - are you sure that you want to stick to that story? I mean, if you have something that you need to confess, we're all ears. You're among friends, no worries.
As long as the media & Hollyweird types suck up to PETA for PR, PETA will suck off'n them for more PR likewise.
Del & SBW are right; Protest a KFC for cruelty to chickens(lol), or put out off the wall press releases and it's guaranteed media coverage. I don't know if it is possible to reprogram or un-brainwash chronically stupid people such as PETA folks.
Make mine a 3pc box with mashed potatoes and tea....
Our mutual dislike of PETA and it's inane antics is the One True Thing (besides liking guns) that Unites us. We stand shoulder to shoulder arms outstretched pointing, while we guffaw in unison. PETA is the booby prize that just keeps giving. Robot Groundhogs! Imagine the developmental cost for a one off prototype. (or is PETA expecting some kind of production run). Perhaps the latest anamatronic toy? (they have robot hamsters now). All I can say is that they likely shoot just the same as the real ones, aside from the transistors and diodes going flying every which way when you nail it with that varmint grenade frangible bullet.Yee Haw, it's Robot Groundhog Season again!
Yea but Beekeeper you cant fix stupid.
Jackie and Dunlap sure say it as they see it. This should get them nominated for the 2010 F&S heroes of the year.
Chad, I heard they taste like chicken ;-]
MLH - I second the nomination.
chad i am pumped for another 6 of winter just means more ice fishinh here in mn. but the robotic ground hog is BS!!!
Yeah, Del is right. They're like little kids throwing tantrums, doing anything for attention.
The only single good thing that PETA does is make themselves look like a bunch of dumbasses. Thats it....they do it for us!
I once read an essay out a book titled "50 essays: A portable anthology". It was titled "What's wrong with animal right?" This lady claimed that she does care about animals, but is afraid to call herself an animal-rights activist because that phrase has been hijacked and abused by groups such as PETA. She proved a pretty strong point. She even deliberately said that the PETA President "is wrong". I laughed when I read that. It just goes to show that even people who care about the welfare of animals don't agree with the extreme liberal policies of PETA.
P.S.-No I cannot remember the name of the author of the essay or author of the book, but we read it in school, and it's a very popular book that should not be hard at all to find.
Nate
That's good. The more stunts they pull, and the more strange ideas they come up with, the more the general public will see them for what they really are.
Hey guys- I've started my own PETA chapter. We call it:
People
Eating
Tasty
Animals
It's free to join- and a heck of a good time to boot!
What kills me is these Hollywood types that shill for PETA. Pamela Anderson would rather be naked than wear fur. And in her case, I would have to agree.
i have a solution for phil's unhappyness. i'll start at 200 yards! squirrel girl, send us some of your bumper stickers!
PETA- People Eating Taste Animals
these people are from another planet the stuff they come up never fails to make me laugh
these people have nothing better to do.
without comments. aff!!!
Lista de emails
good week!!!
Post a Comment