What's the real issue here - That PETA, love them or hate them, stuck to their convictions when confronted with a challenge to their core beliefs?

Or that NBC News devoted almost 2 full minutes of their nationwide news broadcast to a story/video of nothing more than the President of the United States swatting a fly?

What did anyone expect would come of this? The words "must have been a slow news day" don't even come close to justifying the overwhelming stupidity of this whole thing. . .

Wow. Seems a significant number of readers think they already know much about everything. Maybe like some, they should have just stopped reading. Having been to most of the continents (and most of the U.S.) at one time or another I don't consider myself culturally ignorant. Having said that, this piece was one of the more interesting ones I've read here. No offense taken and none perceived. Maybe Joel tried too hard to adapt his writing to Neatorama. Don't know. I do think this was an honest piece with no intent to offend and I enjoyed it. If I wanted editorializing and political correctness, I could go to any newspaper. But I would never read stuff like this in a newspaper. And once the newspapers are gone, I don't expect blogs like this to take their place.

Be sure to drink your Ovaltine.

You blew it on this one. I can understand wanting to see how any animal reacts in weightlessness, and just like watching humans, the results can be funny. But they threw the cat against the wall - twice. Not funny at all. . .

Nice find. It was always past my bedtime, but I remember the disappointment that there was nothing else on. Click CRRSSSSSS. . . Click CRRSSSSSS. . . Click BEEEEEEEEE. . . Click CRRRSSSSSS. . . That's it - out of options, might as well go to bed. . .

Oh God! I hope that's not Lambchops!