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Old 06-18-2009, 04:02 AM   #1 (permalink)
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WASHINGTON (AP) — 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."

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.
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Wow, i'm a vegetarian, and usually all for PETA, but this is just too much...
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Old 06-18-2009, 04:06 AM   #3 (permalink)
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OMG I need that device. I want to vomit every time I'd swat a fly with a fly swatter.
Srsly if it would just get out of the house I wouldn't hafta.
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Animals taste yummy.
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Animals taste yummy.
I agree.

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If we arnt supposed to eat meat, why does it tast good? and why is fire? fire is only really used for cooking meat no?
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If we arnt supposed to eat meat, why does it tast good? and why is fire? fire is only really used for cooking meat no?
Yes. Early humans didn't need light or heat. They just slaughtered animals, did their tribal dance and swam in the blood for warmth.

Animals are on the earth to be slaughtered and consumed. This is why cannibalism shouldn't be counted as murder because it's less wasteful.
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If we arnt supposed to eat meat, why does it tast good? and why is fire? fire is only really used for cooking meat no?
Also for heating during the cold months, scaring away large predators, as well as impressing cave-chicks with fire magic. We also use it to forge weapons and power our cave-cars and dispose of incriminating evidence.
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Also for heating during the cold months, scaring away large predators, as well as impressing cave-chicks with fire magic. We also use it to forge weapons and power our cave-cars and dispose of incriminating evidence.
You forgot that we also set our rivals on fire and then dance around their charred remains.
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meh, insects are creepy-crawly and should all be crushed.
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