From Conservative Punk. Prepare for your skin to crawl:
In this most recent monument to the vapidness of the Hollywood superstar, Ashley Judd takes aim at Sarah Palin for the aerial hunting of wolves in Alaska:
Judd’s framing of Alaska’s hunting of wolves as some form of sadistic pleasure trip on the part of Palin is beyond dishonest. In Alaska, they hunt wolves in order to keep the population under control. This is commonly referred to as “culling”, and exists in some form or another in almost every state. Because vast expanses of snow covered planes make conventional hunting difficult, Alaskans have turned to doing so from planes.Another example would be if I thought there were too many dumb-ass actors, I’d call for a culling of Screen Actors Guild members, but rather than firing high powered rifles from a single engine plane, we’d spike their soy lattes with strychnine. That would thin out the herd nicely.
Animal rights protests of this nature are a purely bourgeois activity. I’m not talking about, for example, humane killing of animals in slaughterhouses, but rather an attack on day to day hunting essential to rural Americans. Why should Judd concern herself with details like wolf attacks, or dangerous rabies outbreaks, when those kinds of things are non-existent in her world?
I did notice that that website Judd is pushing is called EyeOnPalin.org, not SaveTheAlaskanWolves.org, or even DumbHollywoodTartWontShutTheF*uckUp.org. I think it’s pretty obvious that this is a political witch hunt; a lame attempt to keep negative heat on Palin for the next four years in order to scuttle any chance she might have to run for President in 2012.
There’s something I’d like to ask Ms. Judd in all of her holier than thou talk about the evils of animal culling; how do you travel? Unless you crisscross the country on a Greyhoud bus 365 days a year, you’re a giant hypocrite. They cull geese and other birds at airports so your pretty head doesn’t end up smoldering at the edge of a runway.
I think the most relevant piece of info from this is noting the fact that this video and issue are not honestly concerned with the killing of wolves, rather the criticizing of Sarah Palin.
on Feb 4th, 2009 at 11:46 am
Wolves are like bears, they are godless killing machines. I’m glad Palin has the balls to do something about it! Plus, a reward for incentive? She’s not just putting people to work in Alaska, she’s putting money straight into their frosty little hands! Now that’s good Governing!
on Feb 6th, 2009 at 8:28 am
That is almost too outrageous to be true.
on Feb 6th, 2009 at 6:04 pm
Ashley Judd needs to stick to acting. I am sick to death of Hollywood blabber mouths talking about things they know nothing about.