Pam, the Colonel and Chicken Heads - Top That
There's almost too much in this story to know where to start:
NEW YORK (CNN) - Television star Pamela Anderson is leading a campaign to have the bust of Kentucky Fried Chicken founder Harland Sanders removed from the Kentucky state capitol.
In a letter to Gov. Ernie Fletcher, the former Baywatch star says suppliers for the fast food chain, now called KFC, engage in cruel and unusual treatment of chickens, including tearing the heads off of live birds, spitting tobacco into their eyes and spray-painting their faces.
Anderson wrote the letter with the help of People for the Ethical Treatment of animals.
Let's start here. Assuming these things are actually happening (I'm thinking the supervisor in the chicken plant would stress production vs. this whole spitting thing), why in the world would you want Pam Anderson front and center on the issue? They admit right up front that she needed help writing the letter. Draw your own conclusions.
Secondly, isn't Harlan Sanders long dead? I'm pretty sure he's not abusing any chickens.
But, still -
A spokeswoman for KFC told CNN that the letter is "just another misguided publicity stunt by PETA in their attempt to create a vegan society."
A vegan society? They make it sound like some sort of cross between the Soviet block and Romulan death creatures on Star Trek.
For the record, I'm an animal lover (see Dog Blogging below) and I have my moments of doubt about eating critters. I'm all for humane treatment of all creatures and if the chicken people are really tearing the heads off live chickens, I don't like it. They should stop.
I guess the only upside for this is that it allows Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher to focus on something other than Republican corruption scandal number 1422, which has consumed his administration. For those of you not keeping track, he had to fire nine of his top staff and then immediately pardon them.
All that in a story no more than about 150 words. Now that's writing.
NEW YORK (CNN) - Television star Pamela Anderson is leading a campaign to have the bust of Kentucky Fried Chicken founder Harland Sanders removed from the Kentucky state capitol.
In a letter to Gov. Ernie Fletcher, the former Baywatch star says suppliers for the fast food chain, now called KFC, engage in cruel and unusual treatment of chickens, including tearing the heads off of live birds, spitting tobacco into their eyes and spray-painting their faces.
Anderson wrote the letter with the help of People for the Ethical Treatment of animals.
Let's start here. Assuming these things are actually happening (I'm thinking the supervisor in the chicken plant would stress production vs. this whole spitting thing), why in the world would you want Pam Anderson front and center on the issue? They admit right up front that she needed help writing the letter. Draw your own conclusions.
Secondly, isn't Harlan Sanders long dead? I'm pretty sure he's not abusing any chickens.
But, still -
A spokeswoman for KFC told CNN that the letter is "just another misguided publicity stunt by PETA in their attempt to create a vegan society."
A vegan society? They make it sound like some sort of cross between the Soviet block and Romulan death creatures on Star Trek.
For the record, I'm an animal lover (see Dog Blogging below) and I have my moments of doubt about eating critters. I'm all for humane treatment of all creatures and if the chicken people are really tearing the heads off live chickens, I don't like it. They should stop.
I guess the only upside for this is that it allows Kentucky Gov. Ernie Fletcher to focus on something other than Republican corruption scandal number 1422, which has consumed his administration. For those of you not keeping track, he had to fire nine of his top staff and then immediately pardon them.
All that in a story no more than about 150 words. Now that's writing.
posted by John at 9:01 AM
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