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pipoman

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2. link?

Reply to onecent (Original post)

Mon May 6, 2013, 09:24 AM

May 2013

nevermind..

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/06/chris-christie-spider_n_3222115.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

Who doesn't kill spiders in their home or work? We live on a farm and always kill spiders in the house and occupied areas and go out of our way not to harm those in seldom occupied areas of the farm...except for brown recluse (very common here) which we kill anyplace we see them..

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Chris Christie killed a spider and PETA is pissed. [View all] onecent May 2013 OP

A spider? Buzz Clik May 2013 #1

link? pipoman May 2013 #2

sorry for not putting link....I rarely post, and keep forgetting... thanks for posting the link onecent May 2013 #5

If I find a spider in the house... Spider Jerusalem May 2013 #13

Well over half the spiders we find pipoman May 2013 #15

I leave pretty much every spider alone. Saving Hawaii May 2013 #22

I saw that earlier on HappyMe May 2013 #3

I try to keep an eye for the tiny animals on the sidewalk. nt ZombieHorde May 2013 #6

I'm sorry, I don't. HappyMe May 2013 #8

Just another form of extremism. MAD Dave May 2013 #4

What makes the life of one type of animal more valuable than another? nt ZombieHorde May 2013 #7

Well, if you really want to follow that logic!!!!!! Yo_Mama May 2013 #11

What makes the life of one type of animal worth more than another type of animal? nt ZombieHorde May 2013 #12

Head lice, cockroaches, mice, rats, fleas and even most protozoans Yo_Mama May 2013 #14

My hierarchy of animal life is completely arbitrary. ZombieHorde May 2013 #19

PETA is just... *facepalm* sakabatou May 2013 #9

That spider, had it lived, might have gone on to kill innocent flies. Nye Bevan May 2013 #10

Christie couldn't buy advertising this good. Thanks, PETA. nt geek tragedy May 2013 #16

The actual comment from Peta seemed pretty mild Marrah_G May 2013 #17

And one other thing... Marrah_G May 2013 #18

Misleading headlines from haters whatchamacallit May 2013 #20

Christie's an amateur. rug May 2013 #21

That fly's been there since 2004. Saving Hawaii May 2013 #24

PETA are such hypocrits. Sheepshank May 2013 #23

Spiders are dead if I see one in my bedroom quinnox May 2013 #25

As much as I hate them, I actually drummed up the courage to pet a tarantula woodsprite May 2013 #26