Pamela Anderson with Henrik Winther

Pamela Anderson has a bone to pick with Kentucky Fried Chicken. She is a member of PETA. Although she has been criticized in the past for being a bit of a hypocrite when it comes to PETA, as far as what she has worn and eaten, I have to say that  this fight against Kentucky Fried Chicken is justified in my opinion.

Now I am not a big fan of corporate food chains to begin with. The most I ever venture into is a Crackle Barrel or Burger King if I am on the highway and the choices of meal stops are very limited. I haven’t been in a Kentucky Fried Chicken since the late 1970’s, and after watching the KFC chicken processing video, I never will.

I had the misfortune of suffering through the entire video of Kentucky Fried Chicken’s processing plant which you can view at  www.kentuckyfriedcruelty.com and I was totally horrified to say the least. Workers throwing chickens against the walls, stomping on them alive, clipping their beaks off on arrival, over crowding, boiling them alive and the tale of terror goes on.

Pamela Anderson has contacted Kentucky Fried Chicken and has asked them to be more humane in their processing plants and and even asked Kentucky’s governor to remove a bust of Col. Sanders from the State Capitol Building. Pam went as far as to contact Henrik Winther, president of Rostik, KFC’s Russian partners and asked them to watch the slaughter house video.

Pam has appeared in billboard adds in her “lettuce bikini top” and TV spots asking people to boycott Kentucky Fried Chicken until they change their evil ways.

Pamela is not alone in her fight against KFC. Many celebrities as well as musicians have joined her fight. From Paul McCartney, Phil Collins, Tommy Lee (natch), and Pink, to the Smashing Pumpkins and Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders. For the full list of  almost 60 celebs that support this boycott click here. And some of the celebs have provided short videos. These stars are asking people to “Kick the Bucket” and sign the petition.

Kentucky Fried Cruelty Activists explain their beef with KFC:

The roughly 1 billion chickens killed each year for KFC’s buckets are crammed by the tens of thousands into excrement-filled sheds that stink of ammonia fumes. The birds’ legs and wings often break because they’re bred to be too top-heavy and because workers carelessly shove them into transport crates and shackles.

Chickens’ throats are slit and the animals are dropped into tanks of scalding-hot water to remove their feathers, often while they are still conscious and able to feel pain.

KFC lets frustrated factory-farm and slaughterhouse workers handle live birds, so many of the animals end up being sadistically abused. At a KFC “Supplier of the Year” slaughterhouse in West Virginia, workers were documented tearing the heads off live birds, spitting tobacco into their eyes, spray-painting their faces, and violently stomping on them. This was discovered more than two years after KFC promised PETA that it was taking animal welfare seriously.

KFC hides behind its Animal Welfare Advisory Council, even though five members of the council have resigned in frustration. One of them, Adele Douglass, told the Chicago Tribune that KFC “never had any meetings. They never asked any advice, and then they touted to the press that they had this animal-welfare advisory committee. I felt like I was being used.”

And How KFC Can Clean Up Their Act:

PETA wants KFC to adopt the animal welfare programdeveloped by five members of its own animal welfare board. These advisors are the world’s top poultry experts; they advise the meat industry in North America and Europe and believe that KFC can—and should—adopt them. KFC has yet to do any of the following:

Adopt the “Animal Care Standards” program. This would lower the amount of ammonia in the air in factory farms, improve the living spaces and lighting in chicken sheds, prohibit the intentional starving of breeding birds, and ensure that birds are provided with mental and physical stimulation.

Switch to controlled-atmosphere killing (CAK). This would prevent live birds in slaughterhouses from being abused by workers, having their throats slit, or being scalded while they were still conscious. CAK would also improve conditions for workers and decrease contamination levels in chickens’ flesh.

Switch to mechanized chicken gathering. This would drastically reduce the number of broken bones and painful bruising that birds endure when factory-farm workers carelessly throw them into transport crates.

Breed for health rather than rapid growth, and stop feeding drugs to chickens. This would reduce the rate at which birds suffer painful, crippling diseases and injuries, such as broken legs, heart attacks, and lung failures.

Make all welfare standards transparent and verifiable. This would simply ensure that the animal welfare program is being adhered to through announced and unannounced independent audits (the results of which must be made available to the public through KFC’s Web site).
 

Seems like all reasonable requests to me. So if people have to pay a little more for their bucket of bird, then so be it. Besides, these places are only adding to the ever mounting and staggering problem of obesity in the US. Fast food chains play a huge part in the rising cost of health care due to all the health problems associated with being overweight.

Now I am not a fan of Pamela Anderson’s one iota. I can write an entire article on her that would rip her a new one as far as her and Tommy Lee’s shenanigans over the years, besides her overall phony fake parts appearance. And some will say she does all this for the publicity. Whatever. It’s still a good cause and KFC can certainly be less cruel. I know all slaughter houses are a nightmare, and I am certainly not dismissing all the other cruelties that go on in other places, but simple measures can be taken to make them less cruel. And I will admit that I am a bit of a hypocrite due to the fact that I am not a vegetarian myself, but I do try to limit my eating habits.

Many people think PETA goes way too far, but I agree with what they have asked of KFC, and I saw the horrific processing video. And since I HATE corporate fast food chains already… this campaign gets my vote. I am also in full agreement with PETA’s stance on any circus that uses elephants and big cats in their shows. Go to the Cirque baby! Animal free circuses all the way!

I digress….
So before you pull in to that next drive thru… stop and think of what you are supporting. If the chicken processing video you watched of your next lunch or dinner being prepped didn’t bother you, perhaps when you order that next KFC Chunky Chicken Pot Pie , Mmm mmm, that has 770 calories and 42 grams of fat,  and 2,160 mgs of sodium, will make you think twice.

For all the caloric, fat content and sodium levels of all KFC’s menu items, go here, and feel ill. Check out the stats on other fast food menu items too. I guarantee you won’t be making as many trips as you used to!

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You may remember my article on the divorce of rocker chick Pink and motocross champ Carey Hart.  Or maybe not, and that’s okay…my special kind of wit isn’t appreciated by everyone.  So I ran across this little interview that Carey gave, and by the time I finished reading it, I had to ask myself:  Why did they bother?

For the first time, freestyle motocross champion Carey Hart has lifted the veil of silence on the breakup of his marriage to pop-punk princess Pink. Our tattooed hometown hero admitted that they’re still the best of friends and he’s in no hurry to start dating again! [...]

Carey told me when we chatted at the opening of Robert DeNiro’s new Ago restaurant in the Hard Rock Hotel: “In fact, it’s too early to go off dating again. Anyway, I have no real interest in that. She is still the love of my life and we remain the best of friends and talk all the time.”

Now, if you remember, Pink and her STBX had what they call an “open marriage”…that’s where the two parties keep the bedroom door open so that anyone can wander in and out.  But while Pink was rethinking this approach (and wanting to add a couple of little Pinkies to the mixture), Carey was busy testing out the limitations of the open-door policy.  And even Pink decided to test the waters with a mystery female, plus she’s been spotted having a bit of fun of her own:

Sitting on the lap of a new man last night, Pink, 28, seemed to be really enjoying herself at Hollywood’s infamous Metal Skool at the Key Club. The duo got superclose and exchanged numbers at the end of the night, in between her performances with the band.

And they also have said that their careers got in the way:

The downfall of the marriage came as a result of careers getting in the way. P!nk has headed back to the studio to work on her music, while Carey is busy opening new nightclubs.

So lemme get this straight.

• Pink and Carey fell in love and got married.
• Pink and Carey decided that an “open” marriage would be best, since Pink was gone so much on tour and she didn’t want Carey to be lonely.
• Pink decided she wanted little Pinkies, Carey decided not so much.
• Pink is busy with her career.
• Carey is busy with his career.
• Pink and Carey decided they were just too busy to be married to each other.
• Pink and Carey decided to get a divorce.
• Pink and Carey are “best friends” and the love of each other’s lives and they talk “all the time”.

Um…HELLO?  If someone is the love of your life and you talk all the time and you’re already married…why bother getting a divorce?  Or if you’re going to not take the time to work at your marriage and blame it on “I’m just too busy,” why bother to get married in the first place?  And since when does “too busy” count as a reason to dissolve the marital bonds?

Marriage is like a tattoo.  Once you get it, even if you get it removed, even if you can’t see it, it’s always there.  Unless, of course, you just don’t bother to pay attention.  After all, what’s a few marriage scars between best friends?

And another one bites the dust.

Add rocker Pink and her motocross hubby Carey Hart to the list of Hollywood marriages doomed to fail because of that old chestnut, Two Careers.  Guess that whole “open marriage” thing (while the cat’s away, the mouse can play…or something like that) didn’t work out so well after all:

Sources close to Carey Hart tell TMZ that the motocrosser is telling people that he and his ex still love each other and “will remain best friends.” The downfall of the marriage came as a result of careers getting in the way. P!nk has headed back to the studio to work on her music, while Carey is busy opening new nightclubs.

TMZ has also learned that Hart is opening the first of his new brainchildren — a spot called “Wasted Space” — at the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas in May. The club will be a live music venue that will feature new rock bands — and music legends.

However, this might also have something to do with it:

Just days after Pink’s husband, Carey Hart, was spotted cavorting with a sexy VIP casino host during a debauched weekend in Las Vegas, the singer has announced that the couple are ending their two-year marriage. The split comes as no surprise, as there have been rumors for months that the celebrity couple was on the rocks. Although in August 2007, Carey dismissed the breakup rumors as “just a bunch of trash talk,” Pink’s publicist confirmed to PageSix.com that the couple is in fact divorcing. [...]

A source — who was at Tabu Ultra Lounge at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on February 11 with Carey — tells PageSix.com, “The sexy VIP host quickly became the focus of his attention when he arrived at the lounge and the duo were inseparable into the early hours of the morning. He couldn’t stop complimenting her and was intent on talking to her all night long.”

The “Stupid Girls” singer was also seen cavorting with a mystery female on February 7 at Macy Gray’s private showcase at Hotel Café in Los Angeles.

Apparently their occupations are cavorting (hey, both mentioned cavorting, at least they have that in common), focusing attention on people other than their spouse, complimenting, talking, heading to the studio, and opening nightclubs.  Wow, I can totally see how busy their lives are.  No wonder they couldn’t make a marriage work out…I can see, they definitely had no time for each other.

So you, middle America blue-collar worker, now you finally have a valid reason to get out of your marriage.  Both you and your spouse are working two jobs to try and make ends meet, you’re trying to take care of your children and make sure they have food to eat and clean clothes to wear, you’ve got to somehow fit in PTA meetings and kids’ doctor appointments (you don’t get any, no time for them) and grocery shopping and making sure the gas man is paid before he shows up to disconnect your only source of heat, you’re searching both you and your spouse’s work schedules so maybe you can snatch an hour or two together once every ten days or so, and you fall into bed exhausted every night (or morning), wondering just how you’re going to make it to the end of the week on the $7.42 left over out of your check and wishing your spouse was home for just a few minutes…now, you realize that it doesn’t matter that you’ve put twenty years of hard work into your marriage, it doesn’t matter that you’ve learned marriage is a series of compromises and values and commitment, and it definitely doesn’t matter that you can’t afford a divorce even if you wanted one (which you don’t, but everybody seems to be getting one, should you pick up an extra job to make sure you can afford it?).

Because, like a light at the end of the proverbial tunnel, you can see that “busy” suddenly qualifies as grounds for divorce.  Um…HELLO?  Don’t you feel like a fool for spending all those wasted hours “talking it out” and “not going to bed until the argument is settled” and “compromising” and “taking time out for each other”?

I know I do.  I’m just so golly gosh-darned busy!  What’s Trope and Trope’s number, again?

 

Hollywood and marriage go together like garlic and cotton candy.  Ewww.

I was just saying yesterday that these pampered fruitcakes treat marriage with as much respect as a Michael Vick treats his dogs, or DMX for that matter. 

The latest casualty in the war on marriage is singer Pink and her husband Carey Hart, a professional motocross biker.  Us Magazine has the inside track:

Although the singer’s hubby of 21 months, motocross star Carey Hart, 32, told the Las Vegas Review-Journal in August that “everything’s fine” between the two of them, Us has learned that the couple’s itching to ditch their union. “We’re just not getting along anymore. We each need our space. We need our distance. It’s not like it was when we first started,” Pink, 28, was heard telling a tableful of friends on September 14 at West Hollywood hot spot Eleven.

Additionally, a pal of her husband’s told Us, “Carey is tired of her always accusing him of cheating, and he’s fed up with the constant arguing. He says he cannot deal with her anymore. It’s his decision to put an end to this. They are 100 percent getting a divorce.”

(Pink’s rep calls the report “complete bulls–t.”)

You know what, I care more about what Britney Spears had for lunch yesterday — Mexican food if you must know — than I do about Pink and her husband.  Don’t get me wrong, I like Pink’s music and as far as motocrossers go, Carey is coolio, but these two aren’t high on my list of magical duos.  But I DO give a crap that yet another “high profile” couple is sending a message to the world-at-large that marriage is a disposable piece of crap not worth the certificate it’s written on.

If these people treated their mates like they treat their fame, all of Hollywood would be a damn Paul Newman/Joanne Woodward fairy tale romance.  It’s all about me, me, me f*cking me.

*Blech*

 

Pink’s been taking some heat lately for her “Dear Mr. President” ballad which is kind of lame, but heartfelt.  I’d really rather someone like Pink stick to, “Get The Party Started,” but hey, who am I to judge – she can sing whatever goofy songs she wants. 

She’s so into her politically-themed song, that while doing an appearance on the Jimmy Kimmel show, she outright thanked him for letting her talk about the song, which she claims is being censored on the radio.  It probably is.  Again, people want to hear songs about “parties getting started” and “backs being sexy” than about people getting killed in wars and our president being a doofus.  Don’t hate on the messenger, I’m just being real.

Anyway, in other Pink news, she recently discussed her newly adopted regime for staying healthy and looking good, which includes drinking a lot of wine and her decision to quite smoking:

“I run 60 minutes a day, I do an hour of yoga and then I drink a lot of wine – I think that helps, I honestly do.”

You know what this means don’t you, it’s time I take up smoking and stop drinking wine, because if looking like Pink is right, then I wanna be wrong, really, really wrong.