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Michelle Obama Reads Christmas Stories With Dog Bo (Video)

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, December 26th, 2012 in Animal Issues, Children, Politicians, Videos.

Michelle Obama spent the Christmas holiday performing a tradition that’s been in place since the 1950s when President Truman’s wife Bess was First Lady.

Michelle read Twas the Night Before Christmas to children at the Children’s National Medical Center in D.C. with a little help with the First Four-Legged family member Bo.

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Bill Clinton Good Publicity For Vegetarian Food Says Quorn

Written by Vegetarian Star on Tuesday, December 11th, 2012 in Business, Food & Drink, Politicians.

Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton has the potential to bring lots of positive attention to the vegetarian and vegan diet and lifestyle, according to a leading producer of meatless products.

Quorn, launched in the U.S. in 2002, has written a statement on the former president’s diet he adopted to combat heart issues he was facing.

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Bill Clinton Had Vegan On Menu For Current Affairs Speech

Written by Vegetarian Star on Monday, December 10th, 2012 in Food & Drink, Politicians.

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Bill Clinton recently visited the Sacramento Auditorium to give a speech on current affairs.

Clinton, who adopted a vegan diet after a series of heart scares, enjoyed food created by chef Adam Pechal, executive chef and owner of Tuli Bistro and Restaurant THIR13EN.

“Cooking vegan is not my forte, but I love a challenge,” said Pechal. “This was a once in a lifetime thing.”

View the menu, sourced from organic ingredients from Feeding Crane Farms, below.

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Cory Booker NJ Vegetarian Mayor Lives On Food Stamps

Written by Vegetarian Star on Tuesday, December 4th, 2012 in Food & Drink, Politicians.

Cory Booker

Cory Booker, mayor of New Jersey, has decided to embark on a challenge to learn how many Americans who are struggling to get by manage to feed themselves every month.

Like several other politicians have done, Booker is living on the amount a single individual in the state would normally receive with food stamps benefits.

He’s also doing it meatless.

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Obama Turkey Pardon Discussed By PETA

Written by Vegetarian Star on Wednesday, November 21st, 2012 in Animal Issues, Food & Drink, Politicians.

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People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is asking President Obama to do more than just pardon Cobbler and Gobbler–the two turkeys he is set to spare from the dinner table as every U.S. president does annually in tradition.

They’d like him to remove turkeys from America’s dinner plate entirely.

‘It makes light of the mass slaughter of some 46 million gentle, intelligent birds and portrays the United States’ president as being in some sort of business partnership with the turkey-killing industry,” said Ingrid Newkirk, president of PETA, in a statement to the Obama.

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Hank The Cat Loses Virginia Senate, Wins Animal Charity Dollars

Written by Vegetarian Star on Friday, November 9th, 2012 in Animal Issues, Politicians.

Hank the Cat

The results are in for Virginia’s U.S. Senate seat and unfortunately, Hank the Cat lost to his Democratic opponent Tim Kaine.

Hank did however manage to garnish 6,ooo write-in votes, plus lots of money for animal rescue charities.

Hank accepted defeat and sent a message to his Facebook fans saying, “Our campaign … is a perfect example of making your community better for everyone, even if you’re just a 13lb cat.”

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Mitt Romney Receives Vegan Treats As Consolation Prize

Written by Vegetarian Star on Friday, November 9th, 2012 in Food & Drink, Politicians.

Mitt Romney

Mitt Romney will receive something much better than the free McDonald’s hamburgers for life deal his father got.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sent the Republican presidential candidate a basket full of vegan treats as a consolation gift for losing he 2012 election.

Wow. If vegan treats is what you get for losing, what should Obama be receiving any minute now?

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Presidential First Pets In White House History

Written by Vegetarian Star on Tuesday, November 6th, 2012 in Animal Issues, Politicians.

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Regardless of who you’re voting for today, you can’t disagree that it hasn’t been an interesting four years in the White House on Pennsylvania Street.

Especially for the First Dog.

Initially, some were opposed to Bo Obama‘s presence in the Oval Office because he is indeed a breed.

But as months and years went by and many cute photographs were shot (thankfully, for blogs and other websites–public domain photographs like this one), even the staunchest shelter mutt-only proponent softened his heart, knowing Bo made Sasha, Malia, Barack and Michelle happier humans, not to mention a country that enjoyed being updated on his life amid stories of a bad economy, health care worries and other woes.

Almost every President has kept pets at the White House, some more exotic and interesting than shelter or breed dogs. Just take a look at a few of the First Animals that have occupied some of the highest positions a pet can hold.

Clinton: Sox the Cat was commonly referred to as “Executive Cat.” Sox has issues with the First Dog Buddy, but it’s unknown if he exercised any veto powers on him.

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