Propaganda

There is a bunch of hoopla over at the Outdoor Blogger's Network. Apparently some guy named Dell has gone in and made some verbal attacks against the bloggers.

I don't know much about the guy, but I assuming he is young and fully indoctrinated into some fringe animal rights group. He wants the hunting bloggers to justify canned hunts or varmint huning, or something. Most of what he says makes little sense, really. He talks in circles and quotes half truths about hunting.

It is hard to argue with someone who has so few facts that he can actually back up. To help him argue his point he has printed of a statement from the IDA website. It states all the reasons about why hunting is bad, but it only contains half baked truth and opinion. I see very little in the way of verifiable facts. But apparently it is the gospel to this guy.

The IDA seems to want to elevate animals to the same status as humans in the world view, with all the same rights and privileges. It also seems that their main goal is to create a world of vegans. It is all so very anthropomorphic.

Below you will find a version of an energy pyramid.


Notice, herbivores are always at the bottom.

While I would never expect Dell to really poke around and try and understand the other side of the argument. I encourage you, dear reader, to poke around their website, see what you can find. Some of their goals are noble, though I think Dell does them a disservice by acting as their potty mouthed representative.

Stop Hurting the Sea Kittens!

All of you fishermen out there, you are the ones to blame for the mass slaughter of the cuddly Sea Kittens. PeTA has yet another brilliant campaign targeted at the only people that don't know any better than to respond to their propaganda. They have come to the enlightened conclusion that if fish were renamed something cuter, than people wouldn't want to eat them.

People don't seem to like fish. They're slithery and slimy, and they have eyes on either side of their pointy little heads—which is weird, to say the least. Plus, the small ones nibble at your feet when you're swimming, and the big ones—well, the big ones will bite your face off if Jaws is anything to go by.

Of course, if you look at it another way, what all this really means is that fish need to fire their PR guy—stat. Whoever was in charge of creating a positive image for fish needs to go right back to working on the Britney Spears account and leave our scaly little friends alone. You've done enough damage, buddy. We've got it from here. And we're going to start by retiring the old name for good. When your name can also be used as a verb that means driving a hook through your head, it's time for a serious image makeover. And who could possibly want to put a hook through a sea kitten?

I found my daughter playing a game on the computer that put her in the ocean helping the poor cuddly sea kittens.

She didn't understand that sea kittens were supposed to mean fish, but once I pointed it out to her, she laughed because it was so stupid (she's 10 and makes me proud).

What I did find a bit disturbing was that PeTA had embedded a letter writing campaign to USFWS to request they stop promoting fishing. Not that I expect it to be effective, I hate that PeTA has targeted my child and is underhandedly roping her into their campaign.

PeTA says: Dogs are too good for the handicapped

I was amazed when I read this post over at the Pet Connection blog. Christie Keith summarizes what happened when she found the blog of Karen Porreca, an editor and editorial staff manager for PETA. Ms. Porreca basically states that dogs bred for work should not be subject to having to work for the handicapped. It is amazing to know that there is a widely followed organization out there that is so out of touch with how the real world works.

check out the whole post here:

http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/01/10/guide-dogs-for-the-blind-peta-staffer-says-forget-it/