Tasteless Super Bowl moments … moooving on
By Gina Spadafori
February 4, 2008
The Janet Jackson “wardrobe malfunction” of a couple Super Bowls ago may have been the most talked-about gaffe of this massive media spectacular posing as a football game, but yesterday, another had me shaking my head.
What were California dairy folks thinking? Just days after the national media picked up horrifying footage of illegal actions and outright cruelty at a California slaughterhouse — with those familiar black-and-white dairy cows in misery — for the Happy Cows/Happy Cheese ads to be aired seems poor judgment, at the very least.
Or utter cluelessness.
More on the real California cows in a previous post. For me, the ads had me shaking my head, because they brought everything up again. Thank heavens for my regional organic dairies, with their commitment to humane treatment and sustainable farming practices. (And in the case of the Straus Family Creamery, the real glass bottles, which you return instead of toss. What a concept!)
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I read the news today, oh boy: With no laws overseeing them, pet cemeteries aren’t as permanent as they might appear. They can close for development (as happened in my area) or any other reason a business can close. And that can leave pet-lovers heartbroken, and feeling conned. … Got snow? Skijoring is great exercise for you and your dog. (Too cold for me, but enjoy!) … Baltimore Sun “Mutts” bloggers John Woestendiek compares presidential candidates to dog types. Hillary Clinton as a Labradoodle? Whatever, just make her peeps quit calling me. I already voted, by mail. You, too, Mitt. Knock it off. … and speaking of “hybrid” fad dogs, meet the kind of person who breeds them. Vote with your conscience, whether it’s food, candidates or pets …
I just don’t understand how add that far from reality meet ‘truth in advertising’ standards? They directly claim their cows live in that fantasy environment.
Comment by emily — February 4, 2008 @ 9:05 am
nope- I see Hillary as a terrier myself and Obama as a Pointer. Danes are too laid back, and doodles can be nutty and not so clever. I see her more as a standard poodle than a doodle.
Comment by Nancy Freedman-Smith — February 4, 2008 @ 9:12 am
Oooh, that’s quite a compliment to Ms. Hillary to say she is a standard Poodle. I’m not sure I agree. Well, comparing any political “personality” to a dog is a stretch at best, because dogs are ALWAYS honest.
Comment by angie — February 4, 2008 @ 3:57 pm
lol angie!
Comment by Nancy Freedman-Smith — February 4, 2008 @ 7:26 pm
I see neither of them as a sighthound!!!! As a sighthound lover and a Democrat, this makes things a bit problematic. First woman, first black? 6 of one, a half dozen of another. Given the realities of Washington, I don’t expect miracles as to how things are run or any significant changes in spite of the rhetoric. I would like to see an increase in both the FDA and USDA in regards to food safety, perhaps even the creation of a new governmental agency overseeing food imports, but if said agency turns out to be the abomination of FEMA or Homeland Security, forget it.
So I don’t hold out for miracles. just don’t vote for Mitt. Anyone who puts their dog in a crate on top of their station wagon for a drive from MA to Ontario ( 12 hrs) in which the dog has stress diarrhea, and hoses down the dog, the crate, the car and keeps driving is not someone I think is qualified to deal with emergencies.
Doubt me? http://tinyurl.com/2dco5b
Comment by deb — February 4, 2008 @ 7:47 pm
I cannot believe that about Pet Cemeteries. I had a funeral for my other poodle who lived 17 years and did on 9/15/2001. It cost me around 800.00 for the plot and the casket at Seabreeze Cemetery in Huntington Beach, California. I will checking in to this because I think that is awful to do to our pets that have crossed over!
Barron
Comment by Barron's House — February 5, 2008 @ 1:25 am
That guy in Florida is sick, but the law that Animal Control is trying to pass is even more disgusting. They want breeders to give up the names and addresses of their clients?
BIG BROTHER. Gestapo tactics at their best. The government has no business demanding such information and it’s clear from the story that if Animal Control doesn’t have enough tools already at their disposal to put that guy out of business, a big brother law isn’t going to help them, it’s jut an excuse to try and get BS legislation passed under the guise of some sounds-good cause (think Patriot Act) but which does nothing to solve the actual problem at hand.
Out of my back yard, Uncle Sam, out of my back yard.
Comment by Christopher — February 5, 2008 @ 11:18 pm