The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is an organization that spends most of its time making animal rights activists look like out of touch nutter butters and waging wacky wars for dubious reasons.

So, how ridiculous does PETA get around these parts?

A Roadside Memorial for Dead Chickens Last month an 18-wheeler overturned in Bryan, Texas, killing many of the thousands of chickens in their travel cages. Is that sad? Well sure, but PETA has petitioned the Texas Department of Transportation to erect a 10 ft. roadside memorial to our fallen delicious feathered friends. This, according to PETA, will serve as a reminder to Texas drivers that eating meat means that accidents like this will continue to happen. This is actually a pretty common tactic by PETA, who successfully erected a roadside memorial in Madison, Wisconsin to dead cows.

The Death Penalty Ad Also last month PETA put up more vegan-pushing propaganda in the form of a billboard showing a pig behind bars. The caption reads, "Not everyone on death row has committed a crime." Their aim was to showcase the often cruel conditions animals suffer in the meat industry.

Again, worthy cause. We should look into that. However, considering that Texas has the third largest number of exonerated prisoners from death row in the country, you can understand why the campaign wasn't met with the greatest amount of joy. I feel bad for the bacon, but I feel worse for the guy doing time for a crime he didn't commit but was convicted for.

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