We seem to spend a lot of time in our lives getting them.
Having just passed the latest milestone on the birthday trail, I've self reflected myself the belief that finding the aforementioned bearings is, despite knee jerk tendencies to complicate things, a very simple task.
Put simply...
I know that all is right in my world on any given new morning if...
The right is blaming the left.
The left is blaming the right.
My next door neighbor continues to annoy the rest of us with his "raised in a barn/ nobuddy in de world but me" lower than the bowels of Hell frequency booming car radio speakers.
PETA is trying to save something.
So, let's see...another new morning...
Blaming? Check.
Blaming? Check.
Booming? Check.
PETA?
Check it out.
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Animal rights activists urged Philippine authorities on Saturday to return a captured giant crocodile back to the wild, but the mayor of the town where it was caught refused, saying it poses a threat to residents.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals said the 20-foot (6.1-meter) saltwater crocodile nicknamed Lolong should be returned to its natural habitat because if it remains in captivity it is likely to develop abnormal behavior and endanger its caretakers and visitors to a proposed park.
Mayor Edwin Cox Elorde of southern Agusan del Sur province's Bunawan township said about 1,300 residents who rely on fishing in the area could be attacked by the crocodile, believed to be the largest in captivity in the world.
Wildlife officer Ron Sumilier, who led the team that trapped the animal last week, said it may have attacked a fisherman who disappeared from the area about two months ago.
Ashley Fruno, senior campaigner for PETA Asia-Pacific, said natural conditions can never be replicated in zoos or animal shelters, resulting in physical and mental stress for captive animals.
"It's clear that the promoters of this park are thinking only of their bank balance, without so much as an afterthought for the animal's well-being," she said.
Elorde said he was hurt by suggestions the crocodile was captured for the financial benefit of local officials. He has announced that Lolong will be the main attraction at an eco park to attract tourists to the remote town.
"We did not capture Lolong for any commercial reasons," he told The Associated Press. "We captured him to save the residents in the area and to save Lolong" because villagers were planning to poison it.
Groups like PETA "are so quick in making demands without even visiting our area," he said.
Elorde said the one-ton crocodile hasn't eaten since being captured, possibly because of stress. Crocodiles can live for several months without eating.
It is being kept in a 8,610-square foot (800-square meter) pen with 4-foot (1.2-meter) -high concrete walls topped by welded wire.
No hypocrite I, here's the straight skinny...
I am an animal liker. Not an animal lover.
I think they are part of God's kingdom and should be treated with the same love and affection all living creatures deserve.
I don't, on the other hand, mistake them, at any time, for human beings deserving of gourmet meals, full wardrobes or the freedom to bark, yelp or meow all day or night long and/or sniff and/or scratch anyone, anywhere and everywhere they please.
Seriously. I promise I wouldn't let my grand-kids stick their noses in your crotch, so, gently but firmly, get your damn dog out of mine.
This brings us back to PETA.
That wacky, fun bunch that (how ironic is this?) is hair trigger ready to stick their noses where they often don't belong.
The "animal entitlement" debate is both facile and futile, so I'll not trip that trigger here.
Instead, let's just leave it at this.
If we are ever set upon by invaders from another world and those invaders turn out to be more animal than human, will PETA be instantly stepping up to protest if we choose to put a cap in their E.T. asses as opposed to laughingly shrugging off their death ray assaults on our humanity and/or crotches?
Gotta tell ya...I wouldn't bet good money either way.
Meanwhile, you carry on, you protectors of animal rights.
All I respectfully ask is that you be conscientious, crotch wise....
...and lovingly calm the barking.
The boom boom pow from the assholes next door is currently filling the neighborhood noise quota.
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