Joe Biden’s Free Wieners On “The Colbert Report” Draws Vegetarian Criticism (Video)
Written by Vegetarian Star on September 14th, 2010 in Food & Drink, Not So Vegetarian, Nutrition-Health-Fitness, Politicians, Videos.
Like many politicians who fall down the slippery slope of indiscretion, vice president Joe Biden needs to keep his wiener (s) to himself.
PETA agrees, and after seeing Biden pass out hot dogs to returning troops during a taping of Stephen Colbert‘s popular Comedy Central show, The Colbert Report, the animal rights group wrote Biden a letter, suggesting next time he hand out veggie dogs, citing how many Americans are too out of shape to serve their country hat might benefit from a vegetarian diet. It’s a great idea, but Biden will never be as sexy as those models on Capitol Hill during National Veggie Dog Day.
“One in four Americans between the ages of 17 and 24 [is] too fat for military service, and research shows that vegans are far less likely to suffer from obesity as well as leading killer diseases such as heart disease, cancer and diabetes,” the letter begins.
“You can’t expect the troops to be lean, mean fighting machines if you’re stuffing them with fattening, artery-clogging meat, eggs and dairy products every day.”
“These men and women have seen enough violence, so the nicest thing that the vice president can do is to spare animals from the violence of factory farming and turn our servicemen and servicewomen onto the lifesaving benefits of delicious vegan food.”
Military meals aren’t void of vegetarian options, with selections such as veggie crumbles and veggie burgers in MREs. Would it be too much to ask these companies to include a canned veggie beanie weenie meal too?
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