PETA’s Advice to “Fit & Trim” Illegal Immigrants
[Guest post by DRJ]
The Houston Chronicle published an article yesterday that was covered at Hot Air so I initially decided not to post on it. However, now that I’ve slept on it, it’s still one of the funniest things I’ve read in a long time.
PETA wants to put billboards on the Southern border fence warning illegal immigrants not to come to the US because of the dangers of our high calorie, high-fat lifestyle. If immigrants decide to cross anyway, PETA wants them to know they should “Go Vegan”:
“While many view the contentious border fence as a government fiasco, an animal rights group sees a rare opportunity.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals plans today to announce an unusual marketing pitch to the U.S. government: Rent us space on the fence for billboards warning illegal border crossers there is more to fear than the Border Patrol.
The billboards, in English and Spanish, would offer the caution: “If the Border Patrol Doesn’t Get You, the Chicken and Burgers Will — Go Vegan.”
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PETA says its billboards would picture “fit and trim” Mexicans in their own country, where their diet is more in line with the group’s mission. Another image on the sign would portray obese American children and adults “gorging on meaty, fat- and cholesterol-packed American food.”
The government says the ads will be rejected because they could reduce visibility and hinder enforcement.
— DRJ
I say let them put up the billboards…
cheek to jowl, for all 1800 miles (whatever).
Let somebody else pay for the fence.
Another Drew (bfaaf5) — 8/12/2008 @ 12:54 pmHmmmm… this seems to be one of those “When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro” things.
Leviticus (eb0720) — 8/12/2008 @ 12:58 pmHeh. Weird it is.
DRJ (a5243f) — 8/12/2008 @ 12:59 pmSince when is a Mexican diet more vegan than an American one?
LYT (b67340) — 8/12/2008 @ 12:59 pmCan’t these nuts be institutionalized? They obviously can’t function in normal society.
PCD (5c49b0) — 8/12/2008 @ 1:01 pmWhich reminds me…
Another Drew (bfaaf5) — 8/12/2008 @ 1:13 pmAnyone actually watch the new PETA/Pam Anderson video????
Since when is a Mexican diet more vegan than an American one?
Comment by LYT — 8/12/2008 @ 12:59 pm
Yeah – isn’t there a lot of lard in all those refried beans etc? Not to mention the carne asada and all the rest.
Poor
Emaciated
Truck-Ridin’
(Illegal) Aliens.
What, JD isn’t here? Then I denounce myself.
no one you know (1f5ddb) — 8/12/2008 @ 1:14 pmBy far the most telling implication of this story is this: even PETA now acknowledges, via its proposal, that its “ethical” arguments against eating animals are getting them nowhere … so much so they now have to try a “what’s in it for you” approach instead.
ras (fc54bb) — 8/12/2008 @ 1:17 pmPETA says its billboards would picture “fit and trim” Mexicans in their own country, where their diet is more in line with the group’s mission. Another image on the sign would portray obese American children and adults “gorging on meaty, fat- and cholesterol-packed American food.”
Yeah, right. From the land of chorizo, carne asada, and manteca.
I wonder if they could use portly Milwaukee Brewers first baseman Prince Fielder as an example of an obese American…
…what? You’re kidding…Prince Fielder is a vegetarian?
L.N. Smithee (0931d2) — 8/12/2008 @ 1:29 pmWhich reminds me…
Anyone actually watch the new PETA/Pam Anderson video????
I’m guessing you’re not referring to the one in which she rescues a trouser snake.
L.N. Smithee (0931d2) — 8/12/2008 @ 1:32 pmAD – Pamela Anderson videos are always entertaining 😉
I eat a Super Burrito every day for lunch. No vegans that I know of south of the border.
JD (75f5c3) — 8/12/2008 @ 1:32 pmnoyk – It is a given. My denunciations are redundant.
JD (75f5c3) — 8/12/2008 @ 1:33 pmThe real motive:
It’s the illegals that work in the meat processing plants. This is an attempt to dry up their source of labor and drive up meat prices. This will cut down on consumption the same way gas prices have reduced driving.
Wait – that’s too sophisticated for these loons.
TakeFive (7c6fd5) — 8/12/2008 @ 1:37 pmMexican food is health food, at least the kind I run into in California and Nevada. I also watch the cooking shows on TV, and the yummy stuff there looks pretty good to this old dog. I’m doing my part, saving the planet, one taco at a time.
Perhaps if PETA quit killing dogs on the QT and tossing the cadavers in dumpsters, (it’s true, ask Dana) they could come up with a modest proposal for ending hunger among illegal alians. Those guys need beans and rice, along with the combo meal of choice, some chips and dip would also be nice. Sneaking into the US is hard work and the last thing those guys need is some stinking billboard.
Ropelight (4a83c9) — 8/12/2008 @ 1:37 pm…what? You’re kidding…Prince Fielder is a vegetarian?
Comment by L.N. Smithee — 8/12/2008 @ 1:29 pm
Very interesting – didn’t know that.
OTOH in the Book of Daniel it describes how the vegans were in much better health than the meat eaters. Does that stop me from eating my chicken wings and yummy stir fried beef? No it most certainly does not.
no one you know (1f5ddb) — 8/12/2008 @ 1:41 pmjust goes to show: you don’t have to know what you’re talking about to be a fanatic.
redc1c4 (ae7a64) — 8/12/2008 @ 2:00 pmThe murder rate in Mexico is 3 times that of the US; 4 times as many people are in poverty; 5 times as many people are un- or under-employed. A sign saying “If you come here you’ll have access to so much food you could get fat” might as well read “Come On Over”.
Icy Truth (95c92c) — 8/12/2008 @ 2:03 pmno one you know wrote: OTOH in the Book of Daniel it describes how the vegans were in much better health than the meat eaters. Does that stop me from eating my chicken wings and yummy stir fried beef? No it most certainly does not.
It wasn’t because of unhealthiness of the Babylonian diet that Daniel and Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah (aka Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego) rejected it, it was because it was unclean according to the Mosaic Law, which they held firm to despite the privileges they enjoyed from pagan King Nebuchadnezzar. The Law also had high hygienic standards that the Babylonians may not have observed; there are no details as to how the meat was prepared.
L.N. Smithee (b048eb) — 8/12/2008 @ 2:14 pmComment by L.N. Smithee — 8/12/2008 @ 2:14 pm
You are of course correctamundo; was just using the first example which popped into mind of someone who was a vegan who was very healthy. Perhaps this guy (a fave of mine) would be a better example, though I look up to him in all things musically hilarious, and am sure he is very healthy, I follow not the course of his diet 🙂 . Forgive my Tuesday-silly mood. 😛
no one you know (1f5ddb) — 8/12/2008 @ 2:22 pmExactly what different languages would PETA propose to use on these signs ?
Neo (cba5df) — 8/12/2008 @ 2:36 pmI mean, using just Spanish would lead these illegals to believe that PETA may be profiling.
You can’t get all the Amino Acids you absolutely require without eating something derived from animals. Point blank, there are no long term, 100% vegan living people.
It’s OK for us to eat meat because we need it. Just as it’s OK for a lion to eat a critter. This is part of life.
Sadly, I hate how cruel many animal processing plants are, and I know that PETA has made it nearly impossible to fix the real problem. They are almost the best friend of the ugliness in the industry, because by making stupid argument (such as don’t use insulin or artificial hearts or eat any meat at all), they taint the good arguments (don’t test stupid stuff like nail polish on rabbit eyes, don’t be brutal in slaughtering libestock, etc etc).
Juan (4cdfb7) — 8/12/2008 @ 2:44 pmIce, you’re onto something. In fact, it’s quite traditional in American history. When the first English colonists came here, they looked for fat indians as an indication of a plentiful food supply. Skinny savages didn’t attract dinner guests.
The hungry newcomers sailed around and looked over the locals to see who seemed to have a corner on the market.
The other major consideration was to conceal themselves from the Spannish who, like some of us today aren’t exactly keen on uninvited homesteaders. The two objectives proved to be at odds and kept the pioneers from selecting an appropriate spot to call home. Which caused no end of difficulties until the starving white-eyes left Jamestown and moved down the lower neck to live with the indians in the town we know as Hampton, Virginia.
Ropelight (4a83c9) — 8/12/2008 @ 2:46 pmIt’s a publicity stunt. PETA knows they won’t be allowed to put up signs, and they wouldn’t even if they could.
It’s all about the coverage of this proposal in the American press as a way of shaming Americans — “You’re all fat meat eaters!”
Evil Pundit (646727) — 8/12/2008 @ 3:06 pmno one you know, I was just listening to Weird Al’s Off The Deep End CD, my favorite of his thusfar. I have challenged everyone I know to listen to “When I Was Your Age” without laughing. No one’s gotten there yet. And even as someone who appreciates the 2nd Amendment can laugh at “Trigger Happy” (“I filled that kitty-cat so full of lead, we’ll have to use him as a pencil instead”).
L.N. Smithee (b048eb) — 8/12/2008 @ 3:13 pmLanguage correction to my above post. I mistakenly used the term “Oxygen Depletion.” I should have used the term Oxygen Deprivation.” The training started from way back and is called Hypoxic Training and has to do with the discovery that exercise in water increases the ability of the muscles to work better when oxygen levels are low. Been around for twenty or more years. Counter intuitive but it’s a fact.
howard432 (cc8b85) — 8/12/2008 @ 3:17 pmI wish I could stop eating meat. It’s just so damn tasty!
TLove (953364) — 8/12/2008 @ 3:17 pmAnd even as someone who appreciates the 2nd Amendment can laugh at “Trigger Happy” (”I filled that kitty-cat so full of lead, we’ll have to use him as a pencil instead”).
LOL Love all his work. re: “Trigger Happy” always crack up at the Beach Boys-ey rendition of the line “Well you can’t take my guns away I got a constitutional right – wop doo wop be bop bop doo wop”
“Taco Grande” is the best on that album. Cheech Marin does the waiter making Spanish-language fun of the narrator on it 🙂
no one you know (1f5ddb) — 8/12/2008 @ 3:20 pmIf God wanted us to be vegans, he/she would not have made dead critters taste so good, and he/she would not have invented grills.
JD (5f0e11) — 8/12/2008 @ 3:25 pmEvil Pundit,
You are, of course, correct. In response, we can tell PETA that it’s interesting that, empirically, they treat Americans as people who can be reached with ethical arguments, but that they concomitantly imply that Mexicans require selfish ones.
This is not my own experience, of course; I find that character varies with the individuals involved, regardless of race or nationality. But PETA, as indicated by their own actions, thinks otherwise.
So if there are any PETA members out there – hey guys, your little taunt backfired by exposing your own xenophobia, didn’t it? We got you dead to rights expressing “the soft bigotry of low expectations” specifically against Mexicans. PETA is now a demonstrably bigoted organization.
ras (fc54bb) — 8/12/2008 @ 3:30 pm#26 – TLove
I wish I could stop eating meat. It’s just so damn tasty!
— And you said that men are pigs! :]
Icy Truth (95c92c) — 8/12/2008 @ 3:50 pmTLove wrote: I wish I could stop eating meat. It’s just so damn tasty!
To substitute for meat, I’ve tried tofu, I’ve tried eggplant. Nothing quite does the trick.
If I could travel through time and meet the man who invented pepperoni, I’d hug him so tightly he might gasp for air.
L.N. Smithee (a0b21b) — 8/12/2008 @ 3:50 pmIcy Truth to TLove: – And you said that men are pigs! :]
We are. It took extraordinary willpower not to make a double-entendre out of her comment.
L.N. Smithee (a0b21b) — 8/12/2008 @ 3:52 pm#22 – Ropelight
— Exactly! It’s easy for native Mexicans to be skinny when they only eat the equivalent of one meal per day.
Icy Truth (95c92c) — 8/12/2008 @ 3:53 pmHave you guys seen Michelangelo’s David Returns To Italy? Hilarious but NSAFP (Not Safe Around Fat People).
nk (e69fdd) — 8/12/2008 @ 3:54 pmSmithee, are you calling me a pig for hinting at the double-entendre? (even though my emoticon failed) 😉
Icy Truth (95c92c) — 8/12/2008 @ 3:56 pmChickens are vegetables, so are shrimp. So are tomatoes, and that’s not just me licking my lips, SCOTUS says so.
BTW, how do you fix your PETA’s? I soak mine over night in salt water, dip ‘um in beer batter, then fry ‘um up in garlic butter and bacon fat. Serve over parsley red potatos, with crusty bread and purple wine.
So good, it’ll make you want to kick the dog and howl at the moon all by yourself.
Ropelight (4a83c9) — 8/12/2008 @ 3:57 pmChickens are vegetables
Lamb is vegetarian. Lambs eat grass.
— Courtesy of “My Big Fat Greek Wedding”
nk (e69fdd) — 8/12/2008 @ 4:04 pmI think we should all protest our local PETA offices. I suggest buying a Speedo, smearing refried bean all over you, pour some guacamole over your head, and toss beef and chicken burritos and fish tacos on the walls of their office, all while yelling “MEAT IS MURDER PETA IS SCARED OF BROWN PEOPLE” !!!!!!!!
JD (712926) — 8/12/2008 @ 4:09 pmJD, white folks use peanut butter, but as is clear, my education is incomplete.
Ropelight (4a83c9) — 8/12/2008 @ 4:28 pmGrowing up in a family of farmers, ranchers and loggers I learned that animals are pretty stupid (for the most part) and dangerous (especially larger ones). So while I’m not a particularly fluffy runnybabbit lover, I also don’t allow animal cruelty to happen in my presence. Therefore, its not a good idea to identify yourself as a PETA member around me: the only other group as crazy batshit insane as Ingrid Newkirk are the VHEMT cuckoos. I wish the VHEMT people all the luck in the world for their personal success, and I’ll be happy to help any deserving PETA members join them, should they so desire.
EW1(SG) (bca70b) — 8/12/2008 @ 5:19 pmComment by nk — 8/12/2008 @ 3:54 pm
Now THAT is pretty darn funny.
no one you know (1ebbb1) — 8/12/2008 @ 5:27 pmComment by ras — 8/12/2008 @ 3:30 pm
Always so richly, unutterably satisfying, isn’t it, to turn libs’ epithets against them and watch them sputter. LOL
no one you know (1ebbb1) — 8/12/2008 @ 5:30 pmI think not only is PETA racist and xenophobic, but they are also jingoistic and prolly a lot homophobic. YMMV.
JD (712926) — 8/12/2008 @ 5:51 pmI think not only is PETA racist and xenophobic, but they are also jingoistic and prolly a lot homophobic. YMMV.
Comment by JD — 8/12/2008 @ 5:51 pm
And – their most serious offense of all – unlike a certain famous funny vegan mentioned earlier in this thread, they have no sense of humor whatsoever.
no one you know (1ebbb1) — 8/12/2008 @ 6:14 pmNone. Zero. Zip. Nada. Sifr.
I actually think people like that have a negative sense of humor, noyk. They could take Wright or Hedberg and make it not-funny.
JD (712926) — 8/12/2008 @ 6:18 pmThere’s a great episode of the Penn and Teller show Bullshit on PETA. It’s a little long, but it’s a real hoot.
daleyrocks (d9ec17) — 8/12/2008 @ 6:47 pmComment by JD — 8/12/2008 @ 6:18 pm
Thx for the inadvertent tip – would you bleeve had never heard of Mitch Hedberg before tonight. Had to Google him. YouTube had a great amateur vid “top 10 MH jokes”
“Bush – search party of 3”
LOL
Steven Wright and Brian Regan are seven kinds of awesome. Added bonus: family friendly too.
no one you know (1ebbb1) — 8/12/2008 @ 6:55 pmdaleyrocks,
Thanks for the link. HotAir had something funny by them not too long ago – global warming I think.
no one you know (1ebbb1) — 8/12/2008 @ 6:57 pmMitch Hedberg
My 21 and 19 year old sons introduced me to him. I thought I would die – funniest dry delivery ever. Absolutely sent me into endless fits of laughter. (not for the young’uns though).
Dana (254946) — 8/12/2008 @ 7:00 pmno one you know, strangest combo: I saw Steve Wright open for Bob Dylan at the Pantages years ago. At first it seemed so incongruous but then I sort’ve got it…
Dana (254946) — 8/12/2008 @ 7:01 pmComment by Dana — 8/12/2008 @ 7:00 pm
Brian Regan does that for me.
Speaking of Regan, a family I know has five sons age 11-22. Every one of them (including both parents) knows many of his routines by heart and the entire family thinks he’s hilarious. That’s what I call a great comedian.
At first it seemed so incongruous but then I sort’ve got it…
Comment by Dana — 8/12/2008 @ 7:01 pm
*noyk’s grin slowly spreads as comprehension dawns* Yeah. 🙂
no one you know (1ebbb1) — 8/12/2008 @ 7:07 pmThe first time I heard Hedberg, I was driving home from Chicago. I laughed endlessly for 4 hours, and almsot had a few wrecks in the process.
JD (5f0e11) — 8/12/2008 @ 7:20 pmPhelps does it again. What a stud.
JD (5f0e11) — 8/12/2008 @ 7:26 pmMexico is the second fattest nation in the world! They’re fat before they get here, then they get even fatter. In fat…er, fact, one might venture to say they are coming here specifically because they want to be as fat as we are!
Patricia (f56a97) — 8/12/2008 @ 8:24 pmFat Mexico.
And Phelps does it again. Watching history happening live is pretty fun.
JD (5f0e11) — 8/12/2008 @ 8:44 pmHaw haw,
EdWood (8f6123) — 8/13/2008 @ 7:45 amMy experience of countries south of the border is that chicken and fish are NOT meat, only meat is meat ie. goats and cows… and people who don’t eat meat when they can get it only do that because they are sick…. which means they need chicken broth of course. I can just see the eye rolling and head shaking from people sneaking into the country who come across those signs. More evidence, (as if any more were needed) that gringos are completely nuts… but hey, they are (mostly) friendly and the money’s good right?
#42;
“Always so richly, unutterably satisfying, isn’t it, to turn libs’ epithets against them and watch them sputter.”
Yes indeed, and “How sweet it is” when they know you’ve landed a telling point and their self assured presumptions of superior itelligence and moral exemption won’t allow them to acknowledge the hurt, anger, and confusion, written all over their twisted faces. That’s when the mask slips a bit and the petty tyrant reveals his true self.
The current farce, Silky Pony and his Blond Babe and New Born Baby, offers examples to illustrate the notion. Since MSM so obviously either ignored or activly covered-up for ex-Senator John Edwards (D-NC) it’s only fair to ask Lefties, or “Progressives,” as they sometimes like to call themselves:
How many times must a man turn his head, and pretend he just doesn’t see?
Ropelight (4a83c9) — 8/13/2008 @ 9:14 am