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Bush getting shoes thrown at him
You may have heard about the incident this weekend in which an Iraqi reporter took aim at President Bush … by throwing both his shoes at him. The footwear was flung during a news conference in Baghdad, where Bush and Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki were just about to sign a security pact. Bush called it "a way to gain attention," which is why we've got an attention-grabbing idea of our own (without the projectiles, of course).

PETA has decided to gain some attention for an important issue by collecting more footwear to send to President Bush to decry his recent gutting of important regulations in order to benefit factory farms. Yes, that's in addition to his recent attack on wildlife protection regulations. Bush's changes would let factory farms continue polluting the earth with the waste that the animals create while they are stuck in those vile, feces-filled, cramped sheds. The bill allows factory farms to burn the waste instead of sending it off to an incineration firm. The waste disposal can be better regulated in the hands of incineration firms instead of being left to the notoriously dirty factory farms. Burning factory farm waste creates yet more air and water pollution, which affects the habitats of any living beings near the farms.

PETA has a better idea: Reduce the number of animals who create the waste in the first place! If you recall our recent undercover investigation of an Iowa pig farm, you'll know that pigs and other animals raised for food live in awful conditions, often spending their entire lives in cramped cages where they are abused before being led to the slaughterhouse. If farmers would simply stop breeding more animals, all these things could be avoided.

Posted by Lianne Turner


Comments

Where do I sign up to send him my shoes?

Posted by: Haley | December 15, 2008 04:41 PM

I hate violence of ANY kind..but for all the evil, destructive things that man has passed in his term as president, I wish ONE of the damn things hit him in the face.

Posted by: Courtney | December 15, 2008 08:05 PM

I'll send my shoes in. so long as I don't have to give up my sexy strappy vegan heels!

Posted by: erin | December 15, 2008 08:28 PM

I think he ought to be hit with one shoe for each one of the innocent men, women, children, and animals that his unjust war of aggression in Iraq has killed.

Posted by: David | December 17, 2008 12:53 AM

I gladly give bush both of my shoes! but then again i kinda feel sorry for him,i mean i coulnt be mean and ugly at the same time.

Posted by: aearly | December 17, 2008 01:13 PM

Is PETA in Iraq? Our sworn enemies the KURDS SPIT might try and shut it down...

Posted by: HeirofMesopatamia | October 28, 2009 04:58 PM

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