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Lily Tomlin | 04/06/2009 11:00 pm

Lily Tomlin's Ernestine Takes on Sarah Palin and Michael Vick in Animal Rights Message (Video)

‘Piper, put your mother on the phone!’ says Lily Tomlin in her latest animal-rights video.
By Ernestine

Always ready to lend a helping hand, I dropped by at the Hollywood office of The Humane Society of the United States to shoot a video to be shown at the 23rd Genesis Awards Saturday, March 28. True to form, I did not hold back on letting my true feelings be known about my concerns for animals and the miserable treatment they so often receive at the hands of humans. Don’t get me started. Click here to find out how everyone from Sarah Palin and Mayor Villaraigosa to Michael Vick and Neal Cavuto gets the rough end of my tongue.

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230 Reader Comments (so far…) Sign In or Register to comment

Amanda C
*chuckle* dont give me bad ideas, Mugsy ;)
By Amanda C on 04/14/2009 7:06 pm
Mel Berg
Animals adapt on their own more that you think. Wolves will have fewer pups if hunting is scarce, ignorant humans are a real threat to any animal and even their own kind.
By Mel Berg on 04/11/2009 7:40 pm
Kryssi K

I have posted this quote before, I will post it again, and I will beat the everliving hell out of it into the ground…until the day my soul is no longer associated with this F’ed up world:

"The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were created for whites, or women for men." —ALICE WALKER

By Kryssi K on 04/11/2009 3:33 am
Mugsy Peabody
Of all of the failings we have as human beings, I think the worst is when we fail at compassion for those in positions holding less power than we have.  Whether it’s animals run down on the freeways or defenseless people with fire rained down upon them by our weapons of mass destruction or women beaten and degraded by the men they loved and trusted, or the fish of the seas trying to survive in a habitat poisoned by our waste and carelessness, to have no heart for such as these seems a sign that the person so lacking has lost their soul in the most pitiable way.
By Mugsy Peabody on 04/11/2009 3:40 am
Kryssi K
Dear WOW - please nominate Mugsy’s above post for next week’s Comments of the Week!!!
By Kryssi K on 04/11/2009 5:15 pm
Mel Berg
Mugsy, that is the most touching post I have read in a long time and the most truthful one.
By Mel Berg on 04/11/2009 7:42 pm
Tee Zee
I’ll second that!
By Tee Zee on 04/12/2009 10:48 am
macwoof woof
nicely put Mugsy.
By macwoof woof on 04/12/2009 12:53 pm
Mary Toolin

"Of all of the failings we have as human beings, I think the worst is when we fail at compassion for those in positions holding less power than we have.  Whether it’s animals run down on the freeways or defenseless people with fire rained down upon them by our weapons of mass destruction or women beaten and degraded by the men they loved and trusted, or the fish of the seas trying to survive in a habitat poisoned by our waste and carelessness, to have no heart for such as these seems a sign that the person so lacking has lost their soul in the most pitiable way"

And to that quote from you Mugsy Peabody, let me add the unborn child.  Whoever has a heart for that defenseless child, has a heart indeed.

By Mary Toolin on 04/12/2009 4:17 pm
Mugsy Peabody
Mary, please don’t take it upon yourself to amend my statement.  I did not mean to add your political views on abortion to my statement, and I do not agree with them.  MP
By Mugsy Peabody on 04/12/2009 6:50 pm
Dice the Nice
Dear Ms. Mugsy - I agree with everything you said about compassion.  There are too many heartless people in the world but they could learn from you and others who are dedicated to helping erase cruelty.  I commend you for your wisdom.  DtN
By Dice the Nice on 04/13/2009 6:33 pm
Mugsy Peabody
Dice, as I’ve said elsewhere, "A dog is a dog, a bird is a bird, but a cat is a person!"  Much love, MP
By Mugsy Peabody on 04/15/2009 12:53 am
Dice the Nice
Ms. Mugsy:  That is SO TRUE - I often feel like a person and I  like to have you confirm it as you did.  Purrs from DtN
By Dice the Nice on 04/15/2009 12:58 pm
Lizzie R.
 Mugsy, I loved what you said, It touches my heart. Thank you for that.
By Lizzie R. on 04/12/2009 2:23 am
Elizabeth Bennett

Oh no, now some idiot is shooting the California Condor!  http://www.insidebayarea.com/oaklandtribune/localnews/ci_12117184

I mentioned a week or two ago that I had seen some of them while driving through Atascadero.   I hope they catch the evildoer soon.  They are astonishing birds and very rare.

By Elizabeth Bennett on 04/12/2009 2:31 am
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