Denny’s Promotes Vegan Morrissey’s Concert with Free Hamburgers

Talk about tone-deaf, ham-fisted marketing: somehow, Denny’s thought it would be a good idea to promote the very vegan Morrissey’s West Coast concert with free hamburgers. Cue Morrissey’s head spinning like the Exorcist in 3…2…1…

From Ecorazzi:

On recent ticket orders for Morrissey’s upcoming west coast gig,Ticketmaster has allowed Denny’s to run a cross promotion offering a free hamburger. Why isn’t this okay? Only because Morrissey is one of the most outspoken vegetarian celebs ever!

Earlier this year, Morrissey banned all food that “used to have a face” from his concert hall and even walked off stage once because he was annoyed with the meaty smell from the crowd.

No word yet on if Morrissey knows about this promotion, but we’re pretty sure he’s going to FLIP when he does.

Hellooooo, Denny’s/Ticketmaster: this is the man who wrote the song Meat is Murder!

Apparently the company is promoting something it calls a ‘Better Burger’, which is suppossedly higher quality than the meat that it usually offers, and one of the choices is a Boca Burger. So, why not target that marketing a little better and push the Boca Burger? Vegetarians have drunken late-night cravings too.

Lame advertising + missed opportunity = FAIL.

Link [Ecorazzi]

Current Regulations Allow Cattle to be Transported for 52 Hours Without Food or Water

In today’s world of modern conveniences, it’s easy for many people to overlook the journey that the goods they consume must take before arriving at their homes, restaurants or retail stores.  In fact, most people don’t want to know or don’t care about whether the people who made their clothing were paid a fair wage, or whether the wood furniture they purchase originated from a rainforest.  This is especially true with food.  So many people have adopted an ‘ignorance is bliss’ attitude.

There are so many good reasons to eat local, grass-fed, humanely raised meat (if you’re not a vegetarian, that is).  Now, you can add this one to the list: current regulations allow cattle to be transported for up to 52 hours without food and water.  As if it wasn’t bad enough already that they’re so often kept in cramped stalls, fed pesticide-laden grain, pumped with antibiotics, deprived of the little things that make life worth living for any creature and worst of all, treated as if they aren’t even live beings.

I know that most meat eaters don’t want to know what goes on at slaughterhouses or on livestock farms, for the sake of their own peace of mind.  I’ve heard it a million times – “It just tastes too damn good”. But, can you really be okay with the idea that your food was tortured before you consumed it? At least buy the good stuff from responsible farmers and/or cut back on the amount of meat you eat.  Just think of the poor, sad cow that suffered through a four-day journey without food and water in order for you to enjoy that juicy, delicious hamburger.  Mmmm, tortured flesh.

Link [Treehugger]

Vegetarian Matthew Scully Wrote Sarah Palin’s Convention Speech

There are a lot of reasons to fear Sarah Palin.  As Ecorazzi so accurately put it, “she’s like a buffet of really bad ideas”.  Aside from the fact that she’s a global warming denier, anti-environment, homophobic, pro-abstinence education, creationist, and a master at the craft of abusing power, she’s also the antithesis of an animal rights activist.  She shoots wolves from planes, for god’s sake.  Her house reportedly has a giant pile of caribou antlers outside it, her favorite meal is moose stew and her office is decorated with a dead bear.  And ironically, her speech at the Republican National Convention was written by none other than a passionate, dedicated vegetarian.

From Ecorazzi:

In an ironic course of action, Palin’s speech was penned by none other than former Bush speechwriter Matthew Scully. Scully is well known for his vegetarian lifestyle and rather strict views on animal rights. Besides his dietary choice, Scully is also the author of Dominion: The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy — an acclaimed book written on the subject of animal welfare. Obviously Matthew is quite critical of the hunting community and has even spoken out against some of the more brutal forms of the practice, including aerial hunting — an activity Palin considers “fun.”

So we have to wonder – what happened, Michael Scully? How could you stomach writing such a speech, to be delivered by such a person? What’s it like to have to totally sidestep your own convictions – not to mention truth and reality – when crafting the fountain of lies and bullshit that came out of this woman’s mouth in St. Paul?

Link [Ecorazzi]
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