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| Jimmy Carter Urged to Give Fish a Chance |
| 2005-01-05 |
| Okay. Who we rooting for here? A prominent U.S.-based animal rights group urged former President Jimmy Carter on Monday to give up fishing on the grounds that the activity was inconsistent the Nobel peace laureate's humanitarian efforts. Can they give one for fishitarian efforts? Then they might have a point. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals made its appeal in a letter faxed to Carter's non-profit Carter Center on Monday. The group said the letter was prompted by Carter's recent appearance on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno. Carter, who served as president from 1977 to 1981 and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2002, told Leno of the pain he suffered when he accidentally hooked himself through the face on a fishing trip. Serves you right, you fish killing bastard! "We're asking President Carter to think this through and to grant fish peace by leaving them in the water where they belong," PETA President Ingrid Newkirk said in a press release. Ingrid, you should be in a home. A Carter Center spokesman said the center does not comment on Carter's private correspondence. The big question: Will Jimmy cave? |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #15 Arrogant Worms: "Carrot Juice is Murder" (imagine a very folky group harmonizing over an acoustic guitar) Listen up, brothers and sisters Come hear my desperate tale I speak of our friends of nature Trapped in the dirt like a jail Vegetables live in oppression Served on our tables each night This killing of veggies is madness I say we take up the fight Salads are only for murderers Cole slaw's a fascist regime Don't think that they don't have feelings Just 'cause a radish can't scream {Refrain} I've heard the screams of the vegetables, (scream scream scream) Watching their skins being peeled, having their insides revealed Grated and steamed with no mercy, burning off calories How do you think that feels, bet it hurts really bad Carrot juice constitutes murder, and that's a real crime Greenhouses prisons for slaves, let my vegetables grow It's time to stop all this gardening, it's dirty as hell Let's call a spade a spade (it's a spade it's a spade it's a spade) I saw a man eating celery So I beat him black and blue If he ever touches a sprout again I'll bite him clean in two I'm a political prisoner Trapped in a windowless cage 'Cause I stopped the slaughter of turnips By killing five men in a rage I told the judge when he sentenced me "This is my finest hour I'll kill those farmers again Just to save one more cauliflower" {Refrain} How low as people do we dare to stoop Making young broccolis bleed in the soup Untie your beans, uncage your tomatoes Set potted plants free, don't mash that potato, ah I've heard the screams of the vegetables (scream scream scream) Watching their skins being peeled fates in the stir fry are sealed Grated and steamed with no mercy you fat gourmet scum How do you think that feels leave them out in the fields Carrot juice constitutes murder V8's genocide Greenhouses prisons for slaves (yes your compost's a grave) It's time to stop all this gardening take up macramé Let's call a spade a spade (it's a spade it's a spade it's a spade) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-01-05 10:59:13 PM |
| #14 I say Dhimmi will cave - it's what he does best. |
| Posted by: Spot 2005-01-05 9:38:20 PM |
| #13 "Just because you don't hear a tomato scream doesn't mean you're not killing it". LOL, that's great! ROTFLMAO. |
| Posted by: cingold 2005-01-05 7:32:25 PM |
| #12 These folks actually delude themselves with the idea that life can survive without taking life for food. Phooey. As I jokingly told a Vegan acquaintance, "Just because you don't hear a tomato scream doesn't mean you're not killing it". Now, bring on that Ribeye, wouldja? :) |
| Posted by: Jules 187 2005-01-05 5:18:58 PM |
| #11 Ima think this grouper crazy bunch... |
| Posted by: Dave D. 2005-01-05 5:14:20 PM |
| #10 Do we Nemo garbage from PETA? |
| Posted by: Korora 2005-01-05 4:56:46 PM |
| #9 Just when Jimmy thought it was safe to go back in the water... |
| Posted by: eLarson 2005-01-05 4:28:44 PM |
| #8 LOL moho... never heard that one. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2005-01-05 4:21:41 PM |
| #7 "I never drink water - fish fuck in it." -- W.C. Fields |
| Posted by: mojo 2005-01-05 2:31:10 PM |
| #6 Remember, folks: it's Fred's plaice. So don't start carping about the bad puns even if, like Seafarious, you start to feel eel. |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2005-01-05 2:22:40 PM |
| #5 Sea - I cod see that one coming a mile away. But I'll mullet over... |
| Posted by: Fred 2005-01-05 2:10:32 PM |
| #4 |
| Posted by: .com 2005-01-05 1:43:44 PM |
| #3 Now I've got a haddock. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2005-01-05 1:41:18 PM |
| #2 Okay, just for the halibut, here's my two cents: PETA goes overboard, and the press falls for it, hook, line, and sinker. Personally, I think they're all wet, and the lure of publicity was too much for them. On a scale of one to ten, it's hard to rate who's more gill-ty, but that's the way the worm turns. OK, I'm fin-ished! |
| Posted by: Mike 2005-01-05 1:38:47 PM |
| #1 I'm rooting for the rabbit. |
| Posted by: Raj 2005-01-05 1:31:27 PM |