Wednesday, March 07, 2007

GET ON THE SALAD, AL



BREAKING NEWS FROM DRUDGE (all emphasis mine)

"PETA TO AL GORE: YOU CAN’T BE A MEAT-EATING ENVIRONMENTALIST
Tue Mar 06 2007 17:08:05 ET

The Most ‘Inconvenient Truth’: According to U.N., Animals Raised for Food Generate More Greenhouse Gases Than All Cars and Trucks Combined

Norfolk, Va. — This morning, PETA sent a letter to former vice president Al Gore explaining to him that the best way to fight global warming is to go vegetarian and offering to cook him faux “fried chicken” as an introduction to meat-free meals. In its letter, PETA points out that Gore’s film, An Inconvenient Truth—which starkly outlines the potentially catastrophic effects of global warming and just won the Academy Award for “Best Documentary”—has failed to address the fact that the meat industry is the largest contributor to greenhouse-gas emissions.

In the letter, PETA points out the following:

· The effect that our meat addiction is having on the climate is truly staggering. In fact, in its recent report “Livestock’s Long Shadow—Environmental Issues and Options,” the United Nations determined that raising animals for food generates more greenhouse gases than all the cars and trucks in the world combined.

· Researchers at the University of Chicago have determined that switching to a vegan diet is more effective in countering global warming than switching from a standard American car to a Toyota Prius.

PETA also reminds Gore that his critics love to question whether he practices what he preaches and suggests that by going vegetarian, he could cut down on his contribution to global warming and silence his critics at the same time.

“The single best thing that any of us can do to for our health, for animals, and for the environment is to go vegetarian,” says PETA President Ingrid E. Newkirk. “The best and easiest way for Mr. Gore to show his critics that he’s truly committed to fighting global warming is to kick his meat habit immediately.”"

i'm not so sure this isn't a very good time to have a bee-ell-tee.

tell me why else we should raise animals? with the exception of our pets? these freaky, tofu-fluffin' fairies have got a point - they're going after al! what could be better than this? well, except last week when they were going after the trappist monks in south carolina...

al, come on - PUT DOWN THE FORK!

13 comments:

nanc said...

p.s. they're having to cancel the next global warming summit due to inclimate weather...BWAAAAAAAAAHAHAHA!

Anonymous said...

Livestock are responsible for 18 percent of greenhouse-gas emissions as measured in carbon dioxide equivalent, reports the FAO. This includes 9 percent of all CO2 emissions, 37 percent of methane, and 65 percent of nitrous oxide.

...and if 9% is more than what all the cars and truck on earth are pumping into the atmosphere... what the hell is everyone complaining about?

Besides, if cow flatulence is gonna kill us, at least we'll die laughing.

btw - I only support free-range politicians. Gore's obviously been pumped full of hormones & force fed.

nanc said...

could i get someone to pull my finger - it's been a little chilly here in no-ark?

nanc said...

that's an impressive load of blogs you have there, count chacala - your mind must hurt with all that activity?

as for me, i'll stick with the laws of thermodynamics - everything falls and everything dies. not just some things - everything. it's just our time. whether it be from warming, icing or an asteroid.

man can do little to turn it around. we should all be responsible for our own and not have it hoisted upon us by a bunch of treehugging lunarticks!

Anonymous said...

I don't know nanc, that 1st link was pretty informative!

Anonymous said...

I guess this is what they call "niche marketting"...

nanc said...

why not combine them?

it's too busy - perhaps he could take some F.I.G. burning lessons?

nanc said...

oh! you're talking about his links and i was talking about his string of blogs!

no, i am not blond...

Anonymous said...

I guess I missed your comment's meaning too. I think he might be a spammer...so it looks like the more ad space that he can push you into, the more he makes... or something like that.

nanc said...

now there's a novel idea - a treehuggin' spammer!

In Russet Shadows said...

I love watching the left tear itself apart. PETA inadvertantly has shown how small of a problem noxious emissions really are and how little anyone else should care about it all. Go PETA, go!

Anonymous said...

P = people

E = eating

T = t-bones

A = allover!

nancicus

Brooke said...

PETA:

People for the Eating of Tasty Animals.

:D Mmmm.