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2009-12-23 Science & Technology

Polluting pets: the devastating impact of man's best friend

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Posted by Fred 2009-12-23 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11136 views ] Top

#1 the Vales have a huge carbon footprint. I'd suggest a vote by each of them on which should get whacked...for the planet. Better yet, they could volunteer for suicide, if they're really dedicated

Posted by Frank G 2009-12-23 08:32|| 2009-12-23 08:32|| Front Page Top

#2 After we clean out the Animal Shelters, and the Livestock pens and the barns, we can visit the Day Care centers.

What's the name of the President's little dog? Bring a shovel. Tiffany and little Bruce, get in the car, we are going to the Lake.

The Orphanages are NEXT!

You didnt really mean it, you say? Then why say it, if you dont mean it? Getting rid of a problem means "getting rid" of a problem. Or did you just want someone "else" to do it?

You gonna gas 'em, or shoot 'em? Then there have to be bulldozers and Mass Graves. Will the people in Hollywood volunteer for a worthy cause?

Benji gets it! And Lassie too. A .38 in the ear.

Killing is not an abstraction. Its always PERSONAL. They dont go away by magic, y'know.

MOST of the pets at the Animal Shelter are put in a large Trash can full of water by a teenager who isnt too gentle about it.. and then they bolt the lid down and drown the animal inside by connecting a water hose to a screw in outlet in the lid and turning it on full.

I dont know how you are going to go around Suburbia picking up the pets. You want to use the National Guard? Do you suppose maybe a few families own guns and will "resist"? How much is it worth to you?

It's for the Planet, right? You are either serious or you arent. The SS started out by shooting people in Mass Graves, then they graduated to using Police Vans with a hose attached to the Exhaust pipe. Then they built the camps like Belsen and Dachau, Jews, Gypsies, the Mental Hospitals...and now its the turn of Poochie and the Cat.

Its for the good of the Planet, after all. We could take the world population levels back to 1930 by the year 2050....if... we... REALLY... tried.

Posted by Angleton9 2009-12-23 08:47|| 2009-12-23 08:47|| Front Page Top

#3 I have a cat - does this give me bragging rights or something?

Posted by Raj 2009-12-23 09:00|| 2009-12-23 09:00|| Front Page Top

#4 Cash for kitties???

Posted by Besoeker 2009-12-23 09:03|| 2009-12-23 09:03|| Front Page Top

#5 Being a "Jobs First" kind of guy I look at all the people I employ by having my dog. Farmers, pet store workers, vet techs, etc.

Posted by Penguin 2009-12-23 09:50|| 2009-12-23 09:50|| Front Page Top

#6 look at all the people I employ by having my dog

And every one of them leaving their sooty footprints all over our previously carbon-free landscape. It is a little known fact that before the 1900s when America began to industrialze, our atmosphere was *completely* free of CO2.

(And to those of you who learned about the Carbon Cycle in 5th grade science class, I say "Just SHUT UP!".)

Posted by SteveS 2009-12-23 12:56|| 2009-12-23 12:56|| Front Page Top

#7 That 164 kilos of meat and 95 kilos of cereal turns into 259 kilos of dog poop which is used by the grass and fire hydrants to grow and sequester carbon. ( OK not the fire hydrants )

So, Sod off Swampy

Posted by BrerRabbit 2009-12-23 13:13|| 2009-12-23 13:13|| Front Page Top

#8 I think all self-rightous enviro-tools should commit mass suicide - for the good of the planet.

Posted by Broadhead6 2009-12-23 13:22|| 2009-12-23 13:22|| Front Page Top

#9 I agree with Broadhead. Even as they're sitting there breathing, they're massacring thousands of poor, defenseless microorganisms. Bleedin' savages!

Posted by Dar 2009-12-23 13:28|| 2009-12-23 13:28|| Front Page Top

#10 Dar, all I ask for is a little leadership by example... :)

Posted by Broadhead6 2009-12-23 15:48|| 2009-12-23 15:48|| Front Page Top

#11 On the third hand, the Hmong on Laos were hunted out pretty well in the Plain of Jars, so I guess they've got a carbon surplus for their depleted numbers.

On the fourth hand, the North Vietnamese are ecological heros for destroying the Vietnamese economy, Cambodian economy and Laotian economy.

Think of how many carbon credits they've saved up!

Posted by Frozen Al 2009-12-23 16:26|| 2009-12-23 16:26|| Front Page Top

#12 They can have my dog when they pry my cold, dead hands offa her leash. (Assuming she doesn't bite them in the ass first.)

Posted by Cornsilk Blondie 2009-12-23 16:32|| 2009-12-23 16:32|| Front Page Top

#13 Sooo... dogs are unnatural? Wolves and coyotes are dogs too; same species. Shall we exterminate them as well.

Oh, silly me: the Europeans already have! They're so progressive.

Posted by Secret Master 2009-12-23 16:51|| 2009-12-23 16:51|| Front Page Top

#14 Oh BTW - by the same logic, 100% of the West's wild horses should be put down. Good luck drumming up green support for that.

Posted by Secret Master 2009-12-23 17:00|| 2009-12-23 17:00|| Front Page Top

#15 Cash for kitties?

I believe Tiger Woods already runs that program.

Posted by P2k on vacation 2009-12-23 18:19|| 2009-12-23 18:19|| Front Page Top

#16

So.... What is a carbon footprint? I have big feet. Is that what they are talking about???

Posted by BigEd 2009-12-23 19:32|| 2009-12-23 19:32|| Front Page Top

#17 How long can you feed a pet with a Greenie's carcass?

Posted by ed 2009-12-23 20:13|| 2009-12-23 20:13|| Front Page Top

#18 Directly related to their weight.

Posted by notascrename 2009-12-23 21:30|| 2009-12-23 21:30|| Front Page Top

#19 ya ever tried to clean one?

Posted by Frank G 2009-12-23 21:50|| 2009-12-23 21:50|| Front Page Top

#20 Given the choice,I would rather share the planet with the dogs I've raised than half the assh*ts that call themselves human.

I'm all in favour of a UN Zero CO2 Footprint Day. All of those who wish to hold their breath for the day, knock yourselves out.

Dogs and cats are just not that stupid.

Posted by Skunky Glins**** 2009-12-23 22:03|| 2009-12-23 22:03|| Front Page Top

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