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Books about Politics and Current Events in The Radical Academy Bookstore Click Here for New & Used College Textbooks at Discount Prices Click Here for College Education Information & Study Resources Shop Amazon Stores in the Radical Academy Bookstore Magazine Outlet Music Store Classical Music Store Video Store DVD Store Computer Store Camera & Photo Store Computer/Video Games Software Store Musical Instruments Outlet Store Cellular Phones Toys & Games Tools & Hardware Automotive Store Outdoor Living Consumer Electronics Home & Garden Kitchen & Housewares Baby Superstore Apparel & Accessories Gourmet Food Grocery Store Sporting Goods Jewelry & Watches Health & Personal Care Beauty Store		December 10, 2007   Fifty Ways To Reave Your Rover by Mike S. Adams, Ph.D.   TO: PETA FR: Mike S. Adams CC: Rainbow/Push Coalition I write to you today with a heavy heart -- not over the murder of dogs that were killed then put in dumpsters by N.C. PETA employees -- but over another animal cruelty case, which can be blamed solely on your soulless and hypocritical organization. I hope you will give this case more attention than you have until now. The case began as a rather simple one. A neighbor of mine had a Siberian husky mix that was getting aggressive with some of our neighbors. A brief overview of the incidents of aggression follows: The husky charged me (barking) when I tried to interfere with its efforts to poop on my lawn. The husky charged a little girl across the street when she tried to pet it. The husky stormed my next door neighbor's property and charged at him when he tried to run the dog off. The husky charged my neighbor and her dog when they were walking around the block. The husky stormed my property and charged (while growling) a friend who was making a cell phone call on my front porch. The husky charged a septuagenarian walker who tried to call it over and pet it. Finally, the husky chased a long-haired teenaged hippy as he was walking past the owner's house. (Actually I thought this was kind of funny because, generally, I like dogs more than hippies as the latter bath less and usually smell worse). Unfortunately, when I tried to talk to the owner about the dog's aggression with other dogs and neighbors she replied flippantly saying: "That just doesn't sound like my dog." Of course, this dismissive reply is the fault of PETA and its view than dogs are inherently just as valuable as human beings. My neighbor believes that her dog has a right to roam the neighborhood without a leash. As a result, people are afraid to walk in the neighborhood without being charged by her dog. This failure to place the dog on a lower level than the human is not as offensive as comparing the slaughter of chickens to the Nazi Holocaust but the intelligent reader certainly understands the connection. Unfortunately, my PETA-philic neighbor has the same view of her tiny Shih Tzu. And, unfortunately, it likes to take a Shih Tzu on my lawn every morning around six a.m. Finally, after a couple of years of scooping the little Shih Tzu's daily Shih Tzus I spoke to the owner. She suggested that I had been using "a foot and a half" of "her lawn" for two years so I had no right to complain about her Shih Tzu's Shih Tzus. At first I did not understand the remark. Upon further research, I realized that my neighbors had accidentally placed their fence about a foot and a half on their side of the property line. This means that for a few years I've been cutting a portion of their lawn. And since I've enjoyed the privilege of cutting a portion of their lawn, I ought to be delighted that their Shih Tzu is taking a Shih Tzu on my lawn. In fact, in their view, I should handle the piles of Shih Tzu with a smile on my face. You know where this irrational thinking comes from, don't you? It comes from PETA. Clearly, the elevation of dogs to master status in the neighborhood (above the humans) is a result of the teachings of PETA. Now, the little Shih Tzu poops on my lawn and barks at me when I try to discourage it. And it roams the neighborhood freely without a leash just as PETA (and Manson and Hitler) would have it. But I'm afraid the elevation of dogs to the level of humans is really only a part of the problem with these PETA-philic neighbors. It seems that their desire to treat dogs like humans does not extend to all dogs. Let me explain. In June, my neighbors made a decision to put a hound dog in a pen behind their house. They kept the dog there for the rest of the summer (until early September). The dog was given food and water but it was not let out (to my knowledge) for even occasional walks. As a result it howled in the early evening, early morning, and even in the middle of the night. The dog was clearly neglected and miserable and the neighbors were unable to sleep as a result. So why did the people treat two of their dogs like royalty and one like a death row inmate? The answer is simple: It was racism. Until now, I have not told the reader that the Siberian husky has a very light coat in additional to Aryan blue eyes. The Shih Tzu also has a predominantly light coat. But, unfortunately, the hound is a "black and tan" hunting dog with a significantly darker coat. Hence, it is treated more like an animal than a human and (just like blacks in the American legal system) it is confined to imprisonment without due process and without adequate care, supervision, and prison rehabilitative programs. And, worst of all, the neighbors have named the dog "Cassie" -- a name given to many black slaves by slave owners in the Deep South in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries. Despite the obvious racial component of the disparate treatment of these animals, PETA does not care. I notified them about the situation over the summer and they did not, in my constitutionally protected opinion, take adequate measures to secure the innocent dark-coated animal's release. Shortly after I turned to the local Animal Control agency to complain about her constant crying, Cassie's owners took the simply cruel measure of giving her Benedryl in order to help her sleep through the hot August night. After they drugged the innocent and wrongly incarcerated animal, they eventually built another cell for her in Brunswick County. I am concerned that she is still locked up and similarly deprived of exercise, not to mention interaction with her human equals. Cassie has had no trial, she's been given no definite sentence, and she has no prospect of freedom. All because -- unlike her owner's other dogs -- she happens to be black (and tan). As a result of this injustice, I am writing today to ask the public to stop supporting People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Until they get a handle on their racially motivated indifference to animal suffering, I am asking supporters to instead make their donations to PETA Kills Animals. I am also hoping that Reverend Jesse Jackson will add his voice to this often neglected topic. Moreover, I envision a day when light skinned doggies and dark skinned doggies play together in the streets without a leash or even a fence in sight. And I envision a day when all doggies are judged by the content of the character, and not the color of their coats. Adams Archive   ©2007 by Mike S. Adams and reprinted with permission of the author. Because The Radical Academy publishes essays and articles on its website does not imply acceptance or approval of the comments or opinions expressed by the author of the material. Nor is the Academy responsible for any misrepresentation of the facts included. It is your job to be a critical reader. Order Dr. Adams' Book An irreverent, disturbing look at higher education through the eyes of a former Leftist radical whose disillusionment with the politics of diversity and political correctness turned him into a "token" campus Conservative. Portrayed by the university administration and mainstream media as a "flame-thrower," Professor Adams lampoons sacred cows such as affirmative action, Gay Pride, cultural sensitivity training, multi-culturalism, censorship and other "sins" committed in the name of academic freedom. Dr. Mike S. Adams, a professor of Criminal Justice at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, is a regular contributor to conservative web and print publications. He recently defended himself against a charge of libel in a high-profile free-speech controversy that landed him on numerous top-ranked national TV and radio shows, including Rush Limbaugh, CNN and Hannity & Colmes. Welcome to the Ivory Tower of Babel: Confessions of a Conservative College Professor, by Mike S. Adams Mike S. Adams was born in Columbus, Mississippi on October 30, 1964. While a student at Clear Lake High School in Houston, TX, his team won the state 5A soccer championship. He graduated from C.L.H.S. in 1983 with a 1.8 GPA. He was ranked 734 among a class of 740, largely as a result of flunking English all four years of high school. After obtaining an Associate's degree in psychology from San Jacinto College, he moved on to Mississippi State University where he joined the Sigma Chi Fraternity. While living in the fraternity house, his GPA rose to 3.4, allowing him to finish his B.A., and then to pursue a Master's in Psychology. In 1990, he turned down a chance to pursue a PhD in psychology from the University of Georgia, opting instead to remain at Mississippi State to study Sociology/Criminology. This decision was made entirely on the basis of his reluctance to quit his night job as member of a musical duo. Playing music in bars and at fraternity parties and weddings financed his education. He also played for free beer. Upon getting his doctorate in 1993, Adams, then an atheist and a Democrat, was hired by UNC-Wilmington to teach in the criminal justice program. A few years later, Adams abandoned his atheism and also became a Republican. He also nearly abandoned teaching when he took a one-year leave of absence to study law at UNC-Chapel Hill in 1998. After returning to teach at UNC-Wilmington, Adams won the Faculty Member of the Year award (issued by the Office of the Dean of Students) for the second time in 2000. After his involvement in a well publicized free speech controversy in the wake of the 911 terror attacks, Adams became a vocal critic of the diversity movement in academia. After making appearances on shows like Hannity and Colmes, the O'Reilly Factor, and Scarborough Country, Adams was asked to write a column for the Heritage Foundation's Townhall.com. Today he enjoys the privilege of expressing himself both as a teacher and a writer. In his spare time, he loves spending time with his wife, Krysten. He is also an avid hunter and reader of classic literature. Visit his website at http://www.DrAdams.org. E-mail: adams_mike@hotmail.com Academy Showcase Specials Politics Resource Center Main Page
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