Some Real News

I try make a point of not posting stories that aren't really "news", unless I have some point I want to prove. For example, in yesterday's post about Kofi Annan, I didn't make a big deal out of the following line:

Mr Annan was speaking at the end of a conference in Brussels that issued a declaration of support for Iraq.

I've mentioned at certain times that things like this "declaration of support" are empty gestures, enacted almost solely to make the people feel good. A great example of this phenomenon is pretty much anything that the United Nations ever does. If Ayatollah Abdullah Ahmed of Kerplakistan launches fifteen ballistic missiles carrying warheads full of nerve gas at his peaceful neighbors in the kingdom of Durkadurkastan, the United Nations would issue the same token "condemnation" that they issue every time the Israeli Defense Force retaliates at "Palestinian" terrorists who blow up a bus full of school children.

It's not news, because it happens all the time; so unless I want to make a point, I tend to leave it alone.

This, my friends, is news!

NORFOLK, Va. — Two North Carolina counties have stopped turning over shelter animals to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (search), saying they were surprised the group euthanized cats and dogs instead of trying to find them homes.

The Norfolk-based animal-rights group said it tried to have some of the animals adopted, but the condition of some strays and the availability of homes made it impossible.

The Bertie County Board of Commissioners (search) voted unanimously Monday to cut all ties to PETA, despite a written apology from its president. County Manager Zee Lamb said he believed euthanasia would be only a last resort for cats and dogs that were not adoptable.

Northampton County health director Sue Gay said she assumed the same. The counties learned that most animals instead had been euthanized after two PETA workers were arrested and charged with dumping dead animals in a shopping center's garbage bins.

So, let's recap. In the last couple of months, the goons at PETA have done everything in their power to convince the world that eating fish is evil, because fish are supposedly "intelligent and sensitive animals". It's obviously not working on Lee, who said in the linked post:

I don’t care if fish could sing and dance and speak English, I’d still eat them. Them little critters taste gooder’n shit.

... and I'd have to agree. So, anyway, we've gone from "intelligent and sensitive" to describe fish, to dumping the euthenized remains of unadoptable dogs and cats in the garbage bins at a local shopping center.

Maybe these particular PETA goons are the equivalent of Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson to mainstream Christians. Somehow, I doubt it; I think it's much more likely that most PETA, ELF, and ALF devotees are just intellectually dishonest hypocrites.