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PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) has made an offer to Anheuser-Busch to buy Sea World in San Diego. From CBS8.

Officials with the animal rights group say they have an anonymous donor willing to shell out big money to purchase at least one of SeaWorld’s three parks, The San Diego Union-Tribune reported.

Beer company Anheuser-Busch, which is in the process of being purchased by Belgium firm InBev, operates SeaWorld parks in San Diego, Orlando and San Antonio. Experts believe InBev will divest itself of Anheuser-Busch’s parks, according to the Union-Tribune.

PETA sent InBev a letter Friday offering to buy one park, with plans to replace existing animal exhibits with virtual reality exhibits, the newspaper reported.

So, Anheuser-Busch is getting rid of non beer assets and PETA has some dough. PETA plans to put the animals in sanctuaries with “hopes” of someday returning them to their natural habitats.

If the deal goes through, the park will cease to exist as a revenue stream because people won’t go to see virtual fish. And, I’m thinking that the animals are pretty acclimated to people bringing them food and such so, you have to wonder if returning them to the wild is a fantasy.

But, if PETA is against Sea World, this is the best way to go about shutting it down; buy it. It’s a lot better plan than throwing fake blood at some chick wearing a fur to dinner.

Good going PETA, you continue to gain my respect. First you guys harassed Michael Vick incessantly, which was fun, and now this.

From Breitbart/AP…

Animals rights advocates are squawking at a measure that would make fried chicken Kentucky’s official picnic food.

State Rep. Charles Siler is sponsoring legislation to assign the designation to KFC’s “finger lickin’ good” chicken, first served by Colonel Harland Sanders in 1940.

The late colonel’s fried chicken deserves the title because of the worldwide attention and economic benefit it has brought to the state, Siler said. KFC, a subsidiary of Louisville-based Yum Brands Inc., has 11,000 restaurants in more than 80 countries.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals bristles at the idea. The animal rights group claims that the chickens KFC serves are abused, even tortured.

“If the state legislature moves forward with this one, then they should change Kentucky’s state bird from the cardinal to the debeaked, crippled, scalded, diseased, dead chicken,” said Bruce Friedrich, PETA vice president.

I think that PETA isn’t really honked off at the state of Kentucky. I think that’s a side issue. Let’s get real here, PETA is really taking a stand against KFC (restaurant chain formerly known as Kentucky Fried Chicken). And, when you are against KFC, then you are against Colonel Harlan Sanders.

The battle is on. No holds barred, cage match, loser leaves town.

Who do you like in this one?

Off the bat, I got to admit that I like the chicken. That being said, I do have a few issues with KFC. For starters, I don’t like the name change. I want FRIED chicken. These corporate attempts to be politically correct and hide their identity are tiresome. The chicken was better when the Colonel was alive, I’ll tell you that.

On the other hand we have PETA, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. The core problem with PETA is this; they want us all to abide by their particular definition of “ethical”. In that respect, they are no different from Evangelical Christians, radical Muslim extremists or, an increasing number of Atheists. In that one respect; they want us to abide by their interpretation of something. Although, I did have a good time watching PETA making Michael Vick’s life miserable a few months ago. So, they moved up a notch in my book.

So how do we decide a winner here? Well, I could go around and research PETA’s official stance on this; charges, evidence etc. And, I’m sure that KFC has an equal amount of material that I could locate that say’s that they treat their debeaked, crippled, scalded, diseased, dead chickens with the utmost attention to ethics.

No, we’re not going to spend the time on research today. I got to get ready for a gig (Harlow’s-Springfield, MO-9:00).

Besides, I have a better idea. We are going to solve this dispute the only way that makes sense. We are going to pick a winner based solely on cute pictures, that I found with very minimal research, that are readily available on the internet.

First we have Colonel Sanders.

Well, the old Colonel sets the bar pretty high doesn’t he? Why, he’s lovable even, yes, delightful. An American icon who built his fortune starting from nothing.

Now we have the upstart opponent-in this corner…PETA

Well, I must say that they make a pretty good case. If these ladies were standing outside my local KFC, I would probably head straight over to the health food store and get some organically grown vegetables instead. By doing so, I would avoid be further irked by the fact that KFC got my order wrong again.

So, whose side are you on here The lovable Colonel Sanders or the comely women of PETA.

Let me know your decision America-Vote with your comments.

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