PETA Wishes Obama Hadn't Swatted That Fly

WASHINGTON — 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.

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This was mentioned a day or two ago and a poster made a joke that PETA would get involved.

Turns out that PETA is getting involved over this incident.

President Obama has many, many flaws, but is killing a fly really something for them to get involved with?

Kind of a trivial thing for them to get aggitated about. I wonder if the trap they send him will have a spring loader on it that will sling red paint on him when he opens the box.

I wonder how many animal habits are demolished each year to get the resources to make that catcher. Nice work peta!

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What a bunch of idiots. I wish they could come watch me gun down a few wasps and bees with a can of bug spray in each hand while I stomp ants with my feet at the same time. I bet that would give them a real hissy fit.

If I were Obama I would have them release flies at every interview I did from now on just so I could kill them on TV.

Maybe they should change their name to PETAB.. B for Bugs.



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Ah, yes. PETA. I wonder if some of the PETA female members will participate in another nude protest? Maybe nude with large fly wings on their backs and antenna hair bands and big googley-eyed sunglasses.

I figured the best way to get flies out of the house. They like windows.

Pull up your blinds, take out the vaccume hose , and just suck em up from the window. Works wonderful! Wish I would have thought of it years ago.

Really, its a fly. Come on Pita. Now they are protecting maggots rites.

Shakes head, bangs it, ......ya know, just fits rite in with all the other crazy crap these days.

a couple of years ago PETA, protesting inhumane treatment of cattle, marched a cow to the top of a bell tower at U British Columbia. Upon reaching the top the cow was too afraid to come down and had to be put down.

last year, shortly after a horrific killing involving a beheading on a bus in the prairie provinces of Canada, PETA released an advertisement comparing the treatment of animals to the beheading on a bus in rural Canada.

I'm all for the humane treatment of animals however:

PETA maple syrup ban?

7 things you should know about PETA

PETA bus advertisement

UGH! these people are idiots.

It is beyond a joke.. there something very wrong with the PETA people
the just keep losing more and more credability

that is if they every had any!

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you know, as a supporter of animal rights and a lover of animals, especially my cat ... PETA, shut the hell up!

When I saw President Obama swat the fly, the first thing I thought about was PETA or someone like that complaining about it. It is ludicrous if you ask me.

Originally posted by Blueracer
When I saw President Obama swat the fly, the first thing I thought about was PETA or someone like that complaining about it. It is ludicrous if you ask me.

It makes me so angry that they would put down thousands of pet dogs and cats given to them!

Lord of the Flies
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Forensic flies
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LOL!
A whole group of Islanders and tourists were watching this at the bar (not a bar like you see in the states, whole families are in this bar and it serves ice cream and coffee, beer etc)...

Anyway, a hush fell over the once noisy room as everyone was held spellbound waiting for him to swat the fly.
You could have heard a pin drop in the *hold your breath* anticipation as we waited to see if he really got the fly.
A cheer rose up from every corner of the bar when they zoomed in on little Mr. Squished Fly.

A magic moment, lol!

I bust a gut when a tourist from the States (quite drunk) popped out with “Ya know what I could a made selling that thing for on E-Bay”!


hehehe

Oh poo!

I so wanted to post a video of a cut from *Super Fly* here but sorry to say it contained a racists slam (the *N* word).
Though back then was just another word, now I'm afraid would be found off taste for ATS.

Oh - and PETA - ya nubs - get a grip.

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Lord of the Flies - Summary
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Lord, I am a bit of an animal rights person and ceratinly a liberal but even I have my limts. These people are embarassing! Morons.

Random PETA fact for the day, they killed 95% of adoptable pets in their care in 2008.

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PETA are geniuses when it comes to advertising and marketing, but actually suck at animal welfare.