A Major Case of The Pot + The Kettle: PETA KILLS Animals!

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Permalink Reply by Devyn AKA Dominique Devereaux on August 15, 2009 at 2:30pm

These mofos had the nerve to release a statement about Mike Vick signing with the Eagles where they continued to harp on what he did...

I hope REAL animal lovers come for their asses...HYPOCRITES!

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Permalink Reply by Madison on August 15, 2009 at 3:06pm

I am a PETA supporter and mike vick..whatevever for him it's not like they won't let Stallworth back in 2 years from now and he killed somebody ..vick he did his time go on with your balling
but this is a FAKE watchdog group


The Center for Consumer Freedom is a nonprofit corporation run by lobbyist Richard Berman through his Washington, D.C.-based for-profit public relations company, Berman & Co. The Center for Consumer Freedom, formerly known as the Guest Choice Network, was set up by Berman with a $600,000 “donation” from tobacco company Philip Morris.
Berman arranges for large sums of corporate money to find its way into nonprofit societies of which he is the executive director. He then hires his own company as a consultant to these nonprofit groups. Of the millions of dollars “donated” by Philip Morris between the years 1995 and 1998, 49 percent to 79 percent went directly to Berman or Berman & Co.
Richard Berman is an influence peddler. He has worked out a scheme to funnel charitable donations from wealthy corporations into his own pocket. In exchange, he provides a flurry of disinformation, flawed studies, op-ed pieces, letters to the editor, and trade-industry articles, as well as access to his high-level government contacts, who are servants of the industries he represents.

Berman’s name might sound familiar. In 1995, Berman and Norm Brinker, his former boss at Steak and Ale Restaurants, were identified as the special-interest lobbyists who donated the $25,000 that disgraced then-House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who was hauled before the House Ethics Committee for influence-peddling over the money. Berman and Brinker were lobbying against raising the minimum wage.

Richard Berman is a spin doctor. For example, he has argued against a Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) initiative to lower the blood alcohol content (BAC) limit for drivers by claiming that the stricter limits would punish responsible social drinkers. He has claimed that U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warnings about salmonella-related food poisoning are just “whipping up fear over food.”

Here’s how an internal Philip Morris memo described Berman’s spin: “His proposed solution would broaden the focus of the ‘smoking issue,’ and expand into the bigger picture of over-regulation.” Smoking won’t kill you; over-regulation will.

Berman is “a one-man wrecking crew on important issues.” His approach has been described as “misleading” and “despicable.” Berman has been called “a tobacco company whore,” but he’s branched out since then.

Using “freedom of choice” as his battle cry, Berman has now taken on PETA and a number of other groups and organizations whose points of view could have an impact on the profits of his clients by waking consumers up. Berman’s Guest Choice Network has an “advisory panel” whose members in 1998 included officials representing companies ranging from Cargill Processed Meat Products and Outback Steakhouse to Minnesota Licensed Beverage Association and Sutter Home Winery. Berman’s clients are companies with vested interests in low employee wages; cheap, unhealthy restaurant-chain food, particularly meat; and tobacco, soft drink, and alcohol consumption—companies like Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse, Armour Swift, and Philip Morris, whose product line includes Kraft Foods and everything from Marlboro cigarettes to Oscar Meyer wieners and which is a major shareholder in its former subsidiary Miller Brewing, now known as SABMiller.
PETA’s recent successes in gaining fast-food industry concessions for more humane conditions for farm animals have sent ripples of fear through the food and beverage service industry. About the same time that McDonald’s buckled to PETA’s demands, Richard Berman changed his front group’s name and stepped up his attacks.The key to Berman’s aggressive strategy is, in his own words, “to shoot the messenger ... we’ve got to attack their credibility as spokespersons,”—an interesting remark from someone whose background and funding so severely challenge his own credibility.

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Permalink Reply by OfficialGroupie on August 15, 2009 at 3:17pm

i read that shit earlier. i was like....HYPOCRITES!!!...as well. i can't stand these motherfuckers. i bet you they eat meat and all sorts of shit. also, i cant stand it when someone commits a crime and other folks don't want them to work. what the fuck are they suppose to do!?!? they paid their crime by doing time. let folks move on. i mean, what if they did time for a dui, should they be fired from their job and not work anywhere else again??? gtfoh!!!

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Permalink Reply by Starr on August 15, 2009 at 3:54pm

Well well well...

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Permalink Reply by The real vixxen on August 15, 2009 at 4:55pm

Wow!! I really do Think these PETA ppl are really over the top w their protests and wut not.. As for MiKe Vick i do thin what he did was wrong But as someone eles stated Sallworth Kild a human someones father brother ect and I think he got a slap on the wrist where as vick who killed animals is getting over the top bad treatmeant..Im just saying I think thats just a lil ass backwards

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Permalink Reply by Ashley Banks on August 15, 2009 at 5:55pm

One of the big problems with PETA and their pet placment programs is that they make adopting an animal expensive and difficult. I was trying to adopt a cat through one of their approved cat rescue programs in North Texas, and I was supposed to complete an 8 page application. They wanted too much of my personal information. I can understand you want to know if I can afford to take care of the pet, some city shelters do want proof of income and pet deposit. These idiots wanted four references from my job, five personal references, a tour of my home, and to see if my car was safe to transport an animal in. I immediately threw that app in the trash. I was to pay an application fee, a donation to the program, and I had to pay to turn thr animal back in if I'd changed my mind. I'd have to pay a $300 rehoming fee if I did.

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Permalink Reply by Damnstraight on August 15, 2009 at 5:59pm

What?! Oh hell no...

Ashley Banks said:

One of the big problems with PETA and their pet placment programs is that they make adopting an animal expensive and difficult. I was trying to adopt a cat through one of their approved cat rescue programs in North Texas, and I was supposed to complete an 8 page application. They wanted too much of my personal information. I can understand you want to know if I can afford to take care of the pet, some city shelters do want proof of income and pet deposit. These idiots wanted four references from my job, five personal references, a tour of my home, and to see if my car was safe to transport an animal in. I immediately threw that app in the trash. I was to pay an application fee, a donation to the program, and I had to pay to turn thr animal back in if I'd changed my mind. I'd have to pay a $300 rehoming fee if I did.

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Permalink Reply by Madison on August 15, 2009 at 6:10pm

Ashley I am really sad and angry to hear this. PETA does alot of good too. I believe Vick deserves his chance and I know he is working with another animal org. But please know this lobbying group that's putting this information out is horrible. Lobbying groups are dreadful. This one is funded by dirty scums. They are striking while the iron is hot. There will always be hunting , farm factories and animal abusers ..animal rapists..etc..

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Permalink Reply by Devyn AKA Dominique Devereaux on August 15, 2009 at 6:38pm

Madison, I hear what you're saying but this organization's claim to fame is protecting animals and they're rights as living creatures. For them to attackMike Vick the way they did and criticize the Eagles for giving this man a second chance and then turn around and have all the bones fly out of their closet like THIS -- SMDH!

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Permalink Reply by Ashley Banks on August 15, 2009 at 8:32pm

Madison, I believe there are many donors and people affiliated with PETA that do great things. They also support efforts to teach children animal safety and responsible pet ownwership. The higher up/more famous someone is within PETA, the more outlandish they can be. The pet app wouldn't have been such a big deal had the lady in charge not called and left me some looney messages about how iif I adopt from a local shelter I might as well kill one of their cats. Unfortunately, that lady is from a wealthy family and her cat rescue is her crusade to "save" the world. She's also really good friends with PETA's founder (Ingrid?)...

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Permalink Reply by Cougar $pice on August 15, 2009 at 9:01pm

WTH?!!! They're free at the humane society. This is just a group for people who have too much time on their hands. 8 page application, you're not buying a house or trying to get a mortgage!!!! All smoke and mirrors for special interest groups.

Ashley Banks said:

One of the big problems with PETA and their pet placment programs is that they make adopting an animal expensive and difficult. I was trying to adopt a cat through one of their approved cat rescue programs in North Texas, and I was supposed to complete an 8 page application. They wanted too much of my personal information. I can understand you want to know if I can afford to take care of the pet, some city shelters do want proof of income and pet deposit. These idiots wanted four references from my job, five personal references, a tour of my home, and to see if my car was safe to transport an animal in. I immediately threw that app in the trash. I was to pay an application fee, a donation to the program, and I had to pay to turn thr animal back in if I'd changed my mind. I'd have to pay a $300 rehoming fee if I did.

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Permalink Reply by Cookie Pie on August 16, 2009 at 10:21am

PETA is just a distraction from all the shit they are really doing ....

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