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CatWoman

(79,293 posts)
Fri Jul 31, 2015, 10:24 AM Jul 2015

Betty White Wants To Seriously F**k Up The Guy Who Killed Cecil The Lion

We all know Betty White as a beloved Hollywood icon, but she’s also a staunch animal lover—she even convinced the producers of Golden Girls to feature pets on several episodes.

So, the veteran actress is even more pissed off than we are at Walter Palmer, the Minnesota dentist who heartlessly slaughtered Cecil the Lion near Zimbabwe’s Hwange National Park

“You don’t want to hear some of the things I want to do to that man,” White, who sits on the Board of Trustees of the Los Angeles Zoo, told the AP. “It’s such a heartbreaker. You can’t even talk about it, and to see this king of the jungle and personifying it in every way, this gorgeous creature. How can somebody do that?”

Wow, we almost feel sorry for Walker. (Almost.) You do not want to cross Betty White.

http://www.newnownext.com/betty-white-wants-to-seriously-fk-up-the-guy-who-killed-cecil-the-lion/07/2015/

I'm with Betty

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Betty White Wants To Seriously F**k Up The Guy Who Killed Cecil The Lion (Original Post) CatWoman Jul 2015 OP
I'll stand with Betty! leftofcool Jul 2015 #1
She is so cool. Go Betty! n/t leftyladyfrommo Jul 2015 #2
Message auto-removed Name removed Jul 2015 #3
I feel sorry for Walker november3rd Jul 2015 #4
Escape this hell on earth with a self-applied cross-bow? erronis Jul 2015 #8
Betty White is a trip! Enthusiast Jul 2015 #5
Betty White is a national treasure. nt stevenleser Jul 2015 #6
Kick and R BeanMusical Jul 2015 #7
Hey Walter Aerows Jul 2015 #9
Yes! BlancheSplanchnik Jul 2015 #31
That is hifiguy Jul 2015 #40
Thread over! Initech Jul 2015 #44
It fit too perfectly :D Aerows Jul 2015 #46
Yeah drop the mic on that one. Initech Jul 2015 #54
*Boom* Aerows Jul 2015 #55
LOVE LOVE LOVE blondie58 Jul 2015 #10
She doesn't have to say anything to make me laugh! Duval Jul 2015 #11
If Betty White asked me to mow my lawn with a Razor, I'd ask if she wants hers cut also. BlueJazz Jul 2015 #12
Betty doesn't ask. She commands!!! rainbobryte Jul 2015 #36
I wish this entirely correct outrage over the killing of Cecil could be directed toward banning all Flaxbee Jul 2015 #13
there is a petition to Mugabe asking that he stop selling licenses to kill magical thyme Jul 2015 #28
Unfortunately Mugabe is probably the most corrupt person on Earth, hifiguy Jul 2015 #45
Signed. n/t BlancheSplanchnik Jul 2015 #48
+1 valerief Jul 2015 #30
Trophy hunters Unknown Beatle Jul 2015 #37
+1. Nt JudyM Jul 2015 #39
I would not want Betty White mad at me Gothmog Jul 2015 #14
Nor would I. hifiguy Jul 2015 #23
Nor would I. calimary Jul 2015 #38
It makes me angry and too sick to look at the "after" photo of Cecil and the two proud asses who ... marble falls Jul 2015 #15
that picture is not Cecil MrsMatt Jul 2015 #47
I accidentally came across a pic BlancheSplanchnik Jul 2015 #49
That's a different lion. WorseBeforeBetter Aug 2015 #59
.... BlancheSplanchnik Aug 2015 #60
I know. I'm even agreeing with Newt Gingrich -- NEWT GINGRICH -- over this. WorseBeforeBetter Aug 2015 #61
I can't stand it. I'm so heartbroken...as is everyone.... BlancheSplanchnik Aug 2015 #63
I'm with Betty madokie Jul 2015 #16
I stand with betty. niyad Jul 2015 #17
K&R CharlotteVale Jul 2015 #18
She is correct............ turbinetree Jul 2015 #19
Only 4 Northern White Rhinos TexasBushwhacker Jul 2015 #35
You go, Golden Girl! Fritz Walter Jul 2015 #20
"You do not want to cross Betty White" Ruby the Liberal Jul 2015 #21
Wow, Now it's possible for the "average" person jomin41 Jul 2015 #22
True enough. It is especially easy to draw ire in certain cases, like poaching endangered animals. nomorenomore08 Jul 2015 #51
good for her. walker is an incredibly ugly pos. samsingh Jul 2015 #24
Right on, Betty! Charles de Gaudless Jul 2015 #25
Betty is da bomb DebbieCDC Jul 2015 #26
Hey, Betty! MelungeonWoman Jul 2015 #27
I'm a big, healthy male who has worked outside with heavy industry most of my life. bvar22 Jul 2015 #29
did the asshole bring his hopemountain Jul 2015 #32
I think I read that they were confiscated in Zimbabwe. nm rhett o rick Jul 2015 #33
thanks. nt hopemountain Jul 2015 #34
I've got Betty's 6! n/t raven mad Jul 2015 #41
Better watch it Betty kwolf68 Jul 2015 #42
No sportsbook would touch this one. Thor_MN Jul 2015 #43
Golden girl indeed. Jack-o-Lantern Jul 2015 #50
You are not alone Betty White CountAllVotes Jul 2015 #52
She is a national treasure! Dustlawyer Jul 2015 #53
I'd like to see... ReRe Jul 2015 #56
dear mr palmer.... spanone Aug 2015 #57
My money is on Betty. Lifelong Protester Aug 2015 #58
Betty White absolutely rocks LondonReign2 Aug 2015 #62
Betty is one of the best. tabasco Aug 2015 #64

Response to CatWoman (Original post)

erronis

(15,161 posts)
8. Escape this hell on earth with a self-applied cross-bow?
Fri Jul 31, 2015, 11:27 AM
Jul 2015

Messy. Not sure he'll escape the others waiting.

BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)
31. Yes!
Fri Jul 31, 2015, 05:40 PM
Jul 2015

Seriously, I hope she get something in motion...some real consequences for him AND the professional poaching business that facilitates him and other mega rich scumbags.

 

Aerows

(39,961 posts)
46. It fit too perfectly :D
Fri Jul 31, 2015, 08:48 PM
Jul 2015

I remember dying laughing when I first saw it. The second I saw this thread, I thought "*THIS* is the moment I've been waiting for."

 

Duval

(4,280 posts)
11. She doesn't have to say anything to make me laugh!
Fri Jul 31, 2015, 11:43 AM
Jul 2015

She is so real, and so funny, I just start smiling as soon as I see her! I'm with her, too.

ARGH

Flaxbee

(13,661 posts)
13. I wish this entirely correct outrage over the killing of Cecil could be directed toward banning all
Fri Jul 31, 2015, 12:02 PM
Jul 2015

trophy hunting.

It just makes me so sad and heartsick that this man, and other humans, actually think that trophy hunting is acceptable and "fun". In the dentist's statements, he states over and over that this is something he "loves" to do.
It is a barbaric practice and must be stopped. The desire to trophy hunt is proof of a demented and mentally ill mind, and the people who practice it should receive mandatory mental health care.

If Cecil's death is to have any meaning, it should be toward eradicating trophy hunting for the crime it is, or toward some other effective animal preservation and conservation efforts.

 

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)
45. Unfortunately Mugabe is probably the most corrupt person on Earth,
Fri Jul 31, 2015, 08:17 PM
Jul 2015

including our politicians and money grubbers.

It must be sheer rottenness that keeps that old fraud alive and going

marble falls

(56,956 posts)
15. It makes me angry and too sick to look at the "after" photo of Cecil and the two proud asses who ...
Fri Jul 31, 2015, 12:20 PM
Jul 2015

sniped the trusting research animal.

MrsMatt

(1,660 posts)
47. that picture is not Cecil
Fri Jul 31, 2015, 08:50 PM
Jul 2015

but rather another lion he killed earlier (forget which year). Cecil had a black mane.

Grotesque, in any case.

WorseBeforeBetter

(11,441 posts)
59. That's a different lion.
Sat Aug 1, 2015, 01:37 AM
Aug 2015

If it were Cecil, you'd really be sick. Headless and skinned, with his carcass left to rot. The killing is bad enough, but what these trophy fuckers do afterwards -- to Cecil or any animal -- is nauseating.

WorseBeforeBetter

(11,441 posts)
61. I know. I'm even agreeing with Newt Gingrich -- NEWT GINGRICH -- over this.
Sat Aug 1, 2015, 12:46 PM
Aug 2015
The entire team that killed the lion cecil should go to jail including the Minneapolis dentist


I generally don't put too much stock in celebrity opinions, but there were some really poignant tweets over this. Ricky Gervais, in particular. And MC Hammer nailed it:

can't believe this man counted it as valor to lure #CecilTheLion out of his protective home and kill him. #Cowardice


And Judd Apatow:

There are so many ways to be a fucking idiot in the modern world.


indeed.

turbinetree

(24,683 posts)
19. She is correct............
Fri Jul 31, 2015, 12:47 PM
Jul 2015

a POACHER is still a POACHER.
There are only four white rhinos left on this planet---------four-----------that's it
Lions somewhere over 60,000 to 75,000--------and then there gone
Four elephants were murdered last week just to get 419 lbs. of ivory
Salmon by the thousands are dying off because the Columbia river is to hot-------climate change---------

Tuna---------------is being sold in Japan at thousands of dollars
Sharks -------------------gotta have that shark fin soup----------no thank you

And this species called the human race has wiped out the passenger pigeon, and may other species

A POACHER is a POACHER


And when I heard the remarks on the proverbial MSNBC Cycle yesterday on this Lion issue it almost made me throw-----up


Betty you ROCK:

yourock:

TexasBushwhacker

(20,119 posts)
35. Only 4 Northern White Rhinos
Fri Jul 31, 2015, 05:57 PM
Jul 2015

They are a subspecies. There are still 15 to 20K Southern White Rhinos. They're actually the rhino species that's not endangered.

But I don't approve of any trophy hunting, endangered or not.

jomin41

(559 posts)
22. Wow, Now it's possible for the "average" person
Fri Jul 31, 2015, 01:11 PM
Jul 2015

to be shunned by the ENTIRE, EFFING WORLD! Why doesn't it seem to work on some other people? Why isn't Cheney "on the run" instead of on TV?

nomorenomore08

(13,324 posts)
51. True enough. It is especially easy to draw ire in certain cases, like poaching endangered animals.
Fri Jul 31, 2015, 10:14 PM
Jul 2015

Whereas other worthy targets seem to slip through, one way or another.

 
25. Right on, Betty!
Fri Jul 31, 2015, 04:00 PM
Jul 2015

I hope some Minnesota hunter--i.e., a real hunter, as opposed to a fucking coward--applies Sharron Angle's "Second Amendment Solution" to this piece of shit! (Can't believe I'm citing a Teabagger!)

DebbieCDC

(2,543 posts)
26. Betty is da bomb
Fri Jul 31, 2015, 04:29 PM
Jul 2015


Another reason to love her. This little bit of hers with Jason Momoa makes me LOL every time.


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bvar22

(39,909 posts)
29. I'm a big, healthy male who has worked outside with heavy industry most of my life.
Fri Jul 31, 2015, 05:09 PM
Jul 2015

I've been in more bar fights than I can remember.
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I would RUN if I ever saw Betty White coming for me.

hopemountain

(3,919 posts)
32. did the asshole bring his
Fri Jul 31, 2015, 05:43 PM
Jul 2015

"trophies" back to the states? they need to be confiscated along with all originals of his trophy photos. then, of course, extradite him to a prison in africa so the rest of the lions and wildlife can smell his fear.

kwolf68

(7,365 posts)
42. Better watch it Betty
Fri Jul 31, 2015, 07:52 PM
Jul 2015

People will roll at you that we have more "important" things to worry about. And it's only possible to be engaged with 1 issue at a time.
 

Thor_MN

(11,843 posts)
43. No sportsbook would touch this one.
Fri Jul 31, 2015, 08:13 PM
Jul 2015

Who would bet ON Palmer against Betty? I don't care what odds you give, Palmer would get his ass kicked.

CountAllVotes

(20,863 posts)
52. You are not alone Betty White
Fri Jul 31, 2015, 10:17 PM
Jul 2015

I for one stand by your side in support of your words and efforts with respect to this tragic and horrifying event!

WE WILL NEVER FORGET CECIL THE LION!!

& recommend.

ReRe

(10,597 posts)
56. I'd like to see...
Fri Jul 31, 2015, 11:34 PM
Jul 2015

... Betty White extradite his worthless sorry ass back to Zimbabwe. I hope that POS-SOB had a good time, because he has no professional practice left in this country. He'll have to have his name changed, a face-lift, and move to another country if he ever wants to be a dentist again. Gawd... the sociopath's among us.

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