Daily Dose of Common Sense

PETA has had an interesting past couple of days. Not long after getting upset at the Pike Place Fish Market employees for “callously” throwing fish, the animal-rights group is taking President Obama to task.

The White House apparently has a fly problem. During an interview, President Obama had a fly land on him, so he did what 99.9% of us would do: he swatted and killed it. (Check out the video. Great technique by the President. He’s like Mr. Miyagi from The Karate Kid.)

PETA doesn’t approve and wants the President to use a humane fly catcher instead. This device catches the unwanted flying creatures and allows them to be re-released into the wild. (Someone really makes something like this?)

Twitter has been abuzz (ahem) today with reaction. Most think PETA has lost its marbles. The best tweet I saw said this sort of hooey is why PETA loses its credibility on the larger issues. They bring attention to their cause with big publicity like this, but it’s the wrong kind of attention. Do we really need to be concerned about depletion of the fly population? Judging from my summer bar-b-que experience, there is no shortage of flies.

So, here’s some zen-like advice, folks: Focus on the stuff that matters, and don’t sweat the rest. Wax on, wax off.

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