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Now, look, I could say that Rudy Giuliani’s rant about ferrets and the people who love them said something about his possible presidential temperament, and maybe it does - but its more like it’s just a funny audio clip of a major political figure - the mayor of New York, later a Republican candidate for the presidency - arguing about ferrets. This, is America.
MP3 of Rudy Giuliani’s ferret rant.
(via, and originally from This American Life)
Where exactly is Giuliani ranting about ferrets? What I hear is the former Mayor rightfully telling some guy he needs mental help because of his obsession over ferrets.
And I’ll tell you what OW. For the Republican you said least concerned you, you seem to be spending an awful lot of time taking jabs at Rudy.
I’m honestly not taking a jab here, I actually prolly agree with him more than not in this instance. But the mayor of NY talking about ferrets on radio is funny. Lighten up. (And I’m just writing about Rudy because he’s been providing the most material)
No problem. Hard to tell where your left wing craziness ends and your humorous side begins.
Random Fact
Rudy Giuliani hates ferrets, and ferret-owners too. (Click for a link to the amazing audio clip.)…
If loving ferrets is wrong, then I don’t want to be right.
The whole, “I am just calling you a crazy jack-ass to help you get over your problem of being a crazy jack-ass,” schtick is a thin veil for assholery commonly used by crazy jack-asses. Seriously Rudy, maybe you need some help.
Ahh, the Classic Right Winger counterattack of “if you don’t agree with me you must have psychological problems”.
1989? Rudy predates Michael Savage in this practice!
Ah, you have to love the whole Stalinist “if you disagree with my idiotic dictatorship, you *must* be insane” schtick.
Rudy’s definitely a Republican Party candidate, no question about it.
Making this issue even more silly is the fact that no one has ever even raised a good reason why ferrets should be banned. There isn’t a single case of a ferret transmitting rabies, for instance, where there are tons for dogs. It’s just another area of legal hysteria that Rudy for some reason defended, as far as I can tell, ONLY because he didn’t like citizens asking him to change a law.
The bottom line, as even supporters know, is that personally, the man is a real dick. I’m sure the wife he slept around on and cheated on in public can attest to that.
I think Rudy is the worst of all the GOP candidates this time around. A sadist, a bully, and an authoritarian. Potentially even worse than Bush.
That said, this clip is kind of funny.
First off, let me get it out there that I’m a ferret owner. There… I’ve admitted it.
Also, I’m a democrat so I don’t like Rudy so I don’t like what he said.
But… Think how cool it would have been if every caller after that just wanted to talk about ferrets. I honestly think that Rudy would have had a heart attack.
I think what’s going on here is Rudy is confusing love of ferrets (i.e. pet ownership) with gerbil-love (ala Richard Gere rumors).
what a weasel!
If this is the best the Reps can come up with as far as a Presidential candidate the next election should be a shoo in for the Dems..unless their candidate has some kind of irrational hatred of bunnies.
I cannot bear Rudy’s self-righteousness, especially in the light of his less than honorable conduct politically and personally (pre and post 9/11). There is enough ‘material’ from the present to draw upon! Although this recording from 1999, which aired on a local NYC station, is emblematic of how he twists things and denigrates people that do not share his views, as well as being entertaining, it diverts attention from the important issues and the positions that Rudy has articulated.
Rudy Loves Bush
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_N95H6ov-o
I’m no fan of Rudy but it’s quite a reach to use this to demonstrate an irrational temperament. I think his reaction to that caller was quite rational given the subject matter. I do however dislike the bullying tactics he employs to make his point to the caller and the typical Repug name calling.
Of course, as everyone remembers, ferrets were responsible for 9/11…
Please refer to Rudy as Rudy “Terror Profiteer” Giuliani
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Rudy “Terror Profiteer” Giuliani
Rudy “Terror Profiteer” Giuliani
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Rudy “Terror Profiteer” Giuliani
Well, now we know where rudy will end up when he loses the nomination! Talk show host at some nutty right wing show! Man, he sounds just like the rest of the(overbearing) talking heads. I can’t stand the man?woman?philanderer? - I’m so glad he’s not a democrat!
If the presidential race doesn’t work out for Rudy, there’s always an O’Reilly-type call-in show possibly in his future. He is as good at name-calling and hanging-up on persons with whom he disagreees as Bill O is.
Stand aside, Dr. Laura.
Wait….ferrets?
There’s a very good reason why ferrets should be banned: if they get out of their cages and start breeding in the wild, they can be an ecosystem disaster. They’re very prodigious breeders, and they’ll tend to displace a lot of other critters. They’re also good hunters, and they’ll compete with raptors, among plenty of other species, for the same food supply. In general, introducing exotic and highly competitive species into an ecosystem is a pretty terrible idea.
Now, of course, the same reasoning applies to cats - and dogs, to a lesser extent, but cats are worse because they’re also hunters. And nobody’s talking about banning cats, but of course it wouldn’t do any good at this point. And anyway, the ferret ban is pretty much ignored; there’s a whole ferret-supplies section in my local pet emporium, for example, and ferrets are illegal in my state. But that’s the rationale, since someone asked.
His fear of ferrets brings up issues of Freudian terror of the father.
Giuliani is a psycho.
God help America if he ever becomes president.
Isn’t Giuliani the one who needs help?
How can Guliani be against ferrets when he supports this filthy Rat Bastard president?
I dislike Rudy G. as much as anyone, but I thought the ferret guy was over the top and that Rudy was on the money. Second of all, I don’t think he lost it at all. But the caller definitely did. He does need help.
Saying a ferret is going to get out of it’s cage and breed in the wild and be a disaster to the ecosystem is just ignorant. All ferrets sold in pet stores come spayed or neutered (for medical reasons). You have to buy from a breeder to get an unaltered ferret. Also, the majority of domesticated ferrets are quite dependent on their owners, and have no idea how to hunt on their own, and would never survive. Ferrets imprint on their food source at an early age, so unless they are introduced to live prey, they most likely will not eat it later in life. Of course there are always exceptions. Feral cats pose more of a threat than ferrets. I agree that there are bigger tradegies in the world than ferrets being illegal (and perhaps the caller did over react, but I would too if someone called me psycho because something mattered to me that does not matter to others), but that being the case, why is Rudy getting so angry about it? Maybe he should focus his anger on something more productive. I am a ferret owner though, so what do I know…I have psychological problems.
Quite weird. What’s his obsession with getting people to seek therapy? Rudy sounds like Dr. Laura Schlessinger. Not a good idea to have such a judgemental President. Aren’t those that judge really judging others to avoid dealing with their own issues. We all know what Rudy is trying to hide…he likes to dress up in an evening gown with a ferret stole This is true. This is a fact.
Why do you think he is so upset. This guy is trying to protect what Rudy likes to wear. Rudy is angry and obsessed purely for selfish reasons. Ask any therapist. There is a name for this type of behaviour Narcissistic Personality Disorder.
Note: Not that there is anything wrong with dressing up in gowns. Judging others is.
To Spiny Norman:
You have no idea what you are talking about. All ferrets are sold already neutered. If they are not, then the female will die if she does not give birth due to loss of blood. They have been domesticated for so long, that they could not survive in the wild for more than 2-3 days because they don’t know what to eat or how to get food. They could also get dehydrated very quickly and die. They do not know how to get back home so a lost ferret is a dead one. I don’t understand why you think they are such a danger to the ecosystem. If anything, people should not be allowed to have big cats,(TX),pitt bulls, or exotic snakes but they do.
GOD…I’m so glad I’m a Democrat!
I have been HOPING someone would bring this up. On the one hand, I hate those little weasels too.
But that Big G in his role as the mayor, a politician, the people’s servant, could not either give a good reason for the law or politely defer that he would “look into it” and move on, and instead attacks the guy and spends so much time on it. His need to attack the guy for a small disagreement bodes ill if he ever had the power of President. I’m not knocking G for his dislike of ferrets, but it is a great insight into what he thinks about dissenters.
In this case, I probably have to agree with Rudy. This guy has a pet issue (no pun intended) that he is pushing, which is important to only him and a very few others who share his unusual interest. Having said that, it is very naive of Rudy to treat this guy like a turd on his shoe. That’s not how politics works. You’re supposed to say something like “I understand you have a very intense interest in this issue, and I promise you that I will look into all the facts and make a decision on this,” then forget about the guy immediately after hanging up the phone. Duh. That’s what politicians do. And maybe that’s what they should do. Clinton made a pretty damn good career out of that approach. As a human being, Rudy was spot on. As a politician, his instincts were way off.
Does anybody have the URL to his show where one could find the call in number?
I think TlalocW’s idea was hilarious:
“Think how cool it would have been if every caller after that just wanted to talk about ferrets.”
Yes, just imagine a flood of progressives swamping the phone lines for a couple days and talking about nothing but ferrets. That would probably make the news.
Then again, I guess this might be old looking at some of the dates on the comments
ok, via my email, i am a bit biases. first of all, GO JAY! if loving ferrets is wrong, etc. second, there are NO feral domestic ferret colonies ANYPLACE in the united states. black footed ferrets are another story; they are wild. domestic ferrets are DOMESTIC; they are often raised on cat food for crying out loud.
and, finally, well, i think the GOP (and rudy) are pretty much assholes so his reaction to the caller doesn’t surprise me.
I wonder how Ann Coulter feels about ferrets.
I’ve owned ferrets and they’re one of the most interesting animals I’ve ever encountered.
They’re very playful, and I’ve never heard of anyone ever being attacked or mauled by one…and when they do get “out”…they don’t immediately kill all of the other animals in the neighborhood. (Versus those wonderful Pit Bulls we read about every day.)
Between Spiny and Giuliani I don’t which one knows less about what they’re saying.
There’s a very good reason why Neo-Cons should be banned: if they get out of their cages and start breeding in the wild, they can be a national disaster. They’re not very prodigious breeders, but when do they tend to displace a lot of decent folks. They’re predatory capitalists, and they’ll compete with other crooks of their species, for the same money supply. In general, introducing highly corrosive and delusional people into a decent society is a pretty terrible idea. Ferrets aren’t nearly as bad.
Now, of course, the same reasoning applies to Fundies - and Bigots, to a lesser extent, but Fundies are worse because they’re also pedophile perverts. And nobody’s talking about banning Fundies, but of course it wouldn’t do any good at this point. And anyway, Fundies are pretty much ignored by sane people; there’s a whole Fundie supplies section in my local bookstore, for example, and Theocracy is illegal in this state. But that’s the rationale, since someone asked, I have a born-again ferret.
If Rudy wins I’m moving to another country. What a joke, he is so Oreilly’ish it’s uncanny. I think the bigger picture in the audio was that the guy likes ferrets, but he was calling Rudy out for violating state law. So is this what we can expect when we want to confront Rudy on him violating law and the constitution (which he probably would)? His rebuttle would be we are sick and need professional help because we value leaders following law and the will of the people?
Although it is about ferrets, I think the mindset of this man is all too telling in the conversion.
I cannot vote for a man who has dressed as a woman. i dont care what the reason is. The guys is an idiot for this lapse in judgment. Doesnt he know, this picture will be shown a million times to our adversaries on the internet if he is elected. Huge mistake not to mention it make you wonder a little.
doesn’t really sound like a “freak out” to me… rudy clearly states this is his opinion… and the guy called HIS show.
Finally, Giuliani says something I can agree with
When I lived in NYC, I never voted for him, nor would I ever vote for him for any office… but… in this case he was absolutely correct. Laws to limit the ownership of certain pets for city dwellers make total sense and it was great to here him lay into some loser who equates owning weasels with civil rights. You go you kooky Rudy Mussolini!!!
Say NO to ferret-man love!!
Seriously, I wish that clip went on longer…
I like how the narrator interupts the audio explain a few things and sarcastically critisizes Giuliani for getting the homeless off the streets. Too funny. How dare he get them off the streets?!?!
Rudy “Terror Profiteer” Giuliani’s dark side comes out. His voice makes me sick, along with everything else about him. Like father like son I guess. You gotta give it up to Ira though, otherwise we’d probably have missed this.
I hardly think this constitutes a rant. I think what Giuliani was trying to say here was in the scheme of things, with all the very big problems there are to deal with, Ferret advocacy is too low on the list of priorities to address. From Giuliani’s point of view, with the scope and severity of other problems before us there is something ‘perverse’ about focusing on ferrets, when for example, human beings are walking around homeless and starving in NY, women are being raped, and people are being murdered.
I don’t think he stated it very well, but I think that is what Giuliani was trying to say.
I’d say the title is a little off. He gets heated but it’s not like he was entirely unprovoked. He spoke to the guy before so he knew the guy so maybe he had other reasons to say this ferret guy was insane. And of course the elephant in the room is that this guy wanted to talk about ferrets. The issue of ferrett rights seems pretty unimportant next to the hundreds of other issues in this country. I could understand Rudy getting irritated about it. Presidential material? Maybe not, but this is not “Rudy going apeshit.”
if you can own a dog than you should be able to have a ferret they are both filthy disgusting animals
Rudy took a cheap shot with that ad hominem attack. What a douche bag.
lol@ some of the previous comments. Its funny how alot of americans think just adding “I don’t mean to be insulting” when they clearly are to try and be off topic. My guess is someone had a pet ferret from childhood and wasn’t allowed to keep it due to special new york laws which run contra to the states allowing the critters. I mean come on who here wouldn’t fight for the family pet? A ferret is not a wierd pet to some and Rudi is out of line shouting him down because he had a point. May the yankee fundamentalists god help us if he follows bush into the white house, who knows who else Rudi treats with little more importance than a weasel
Oh goodness! Rudy is an idiot and an asshole - what a surprise!
Rudy is just a bozo…who should be Ganzo (like in gone) with the Gonzo
Speaking as an impartial person from another country who clicked the wrong link, I have to say it seems like you’re making something of this audio which isn’t there.
Bye then, be lucky.
Hey SpinyNorman,
> There’s a very good reason why ferrets should be banned: if they get out of their cages and start breeding in the wild, they can be an ecosystem disaster.
Sorry but Ferrets are native to North America. Them reproducing in the wild would be a good thing
http://www.blackfootedferret.org/facts-history.html
I am forced to comment on this whole ferret matter with Rudy G. vs. the Ferret Man, aka David G. For all practical matters, David is my brother and is slightly overly obsessive about ferrets. CNN has taken the time to actually interview him today, again, after first interviewing him 8 years ago. This may not be considered the most pressing news in the world, be evidently, it does make for a back story that shows exactly where Rudy Guiliani actually stands on the issues that effect everyday people. Yes, I would consider my brother an everyday person, since he relates to the base level of most people.
Rudy G. is not an everyday person. He has an agenda which neither fits into the framework of either the Republicans nor the Democrats. Rudy’s agenda deals with law and order and how he visualizes what a criminal looks like. You are a criminal if you are black, gay, female, hispanic, progressive, homeless, unemployed, a college professor, a sanitation worker, a policeman, a fireman, etc. In fact, if you are anything or anyone other than Rudy Guiliani.
Look at the facts and decide for yourself. And remember, he was a Federal District Attorney in New York, who didn’t even spare his own fellow Italians.
Laters,
Larry G.
This is fromt 1999. 1999!!!! Are you kidding?!?! This isn’t even relevant!!!! Stop clogging this site with crap, loser!
This guy should be put in a real radio show, who said he was yelling? He’s yelling as much as anyone else in New York might, and the fact someone’s protesting ferret rights is absurd. I may have not always agree with Rudy’s sometimes ass-backwards lawmaking decisions, but, he’s doing what anyone else would/should in this case. Ferrets? C’mon.
I guess this means my boa is out of the question - or in?
how is 1999 not relevant? 8 years ago has an interesting ring to it, in my opinion…
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Um.. guys, SpineyNorman was being sarcastic i believe.. unless ferrets really are going to be competing with raptors for the same food supply. I honestly havent seen a raptor anywhere in NY for like a year, i think they might be extinct now.. So i think he was being sarcastic. I am by the way a ferret owner, in NY, luckily on the West side of the state.
That’s no rant. That’s just common sense. The ferret advocate needs to get a life.
If anything, Rudy’s guilty of acting like the PC police, by suggesting someone go to therapy.
Uzik.. I saw that interview and he did seem normal.. maybe a bit eccentric (with the ferret car) but a person with a cause. Yes, there are bigger fish to fry than ferret rights, but how hard is it to sign a bill to make them legal? If they have to spend 2 weeks debating it then they’ve got issues. There is no good reason for ferrets to be illegal. And Giuliani sounds like a 2 year old calling him names because he doesn’t focus on “His” same issues!
What are weasel’s someone ask. Well they are not even a Ferret what so ever.
“Weasels are mammals in the genus Mustela of the Mustelidae family. Originally, the name “weasel” was applied to one species of the genus, the European form of the Least Weasel (Mustela nivalis). Early literary references to weasels, for example their common appearances in fables, refer to this species rather than to the genus as a whole, reflecting what is still the common usage in Britain. In technical discourse, however, as in American usage, the term “weasel” can refer to any member of the genus, or to the genus as a whole. Of the 16 extant species currently classified in the genus Mustela, 10 have “weasel” in their common name.”
Ferret:
” A ferret is a domestic ferret (Mustela putorius furo). Several other small, elongated carnivorous mammals belonging to the family Mustelidae also have the word “ferret” in their common names, including the endangered black-footed ferret.”
Now, for some information for others (like this radio person). If you buy a ferret from a pet store, they have already had surgery, so they can not breed and have babies. All males and females has the surgery. From the first day, they are feed milk from mommy, and then are feed ferret food. Unless the person that buys this ferret, start feeding it raw meats, or live animals, the ferret won’t eat the raw meets even later down the road. If a ferret is set loose in the wild, city, country, or what ever type of world around us, that ferret will not live more then a week. They were never taught to fight for food, or taught how to catch their food. Also they need water very often during the day. It is even worst for some ferrets that are diabetics. (yes, ferrets can be a diabetic. I have one) they won’t live more then a day with out food.
For the smell of the ferret’s, if they are taken care of they don’t smell much. Clean the cage once a week, empty the litter box once or twice a week, and give them a bath once a month, they won’t smell much.
Ferret are wonderful animals for people that has health problems, depression, and other problems. They are very loving animals. They love to play, play hide and seek, so much more.
We have 4 ferrets. 3 lives here at the house, and one stays with our daughter. She brings the one home ever weekend, so it can play with it’s sisters and brothers.
>She has her trained to sit around her neck, it plays in her hair and gives her kiss on the check. It helps her so much, since she lives alone, and has physical and mental problems. If she is so depress, she gets out the ferret and gets in the floor with it and they can play for hours.
So for this RADIO person. Just because he don’t like a certain animals, there is no reason what so ever to put them down, to make the people that do love them feel bad.
Keep it to yourself, and go home and play with that Wolf, Tiger, wild horse, wild pig and so on. Because see, where do you think the dog comes from, they are wolfs that are domestic
(dog /dɔg, dɒg/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[dawg, dog] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation noun, verb, dogged, dog·ging. –noun)
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2. any carnivore of the dogfamily Canidae, having prominent canine teeth and, in the wild state, a long and slender muzzle, a deep-chested muscular body, a bushy tail, and large, erect ears. Compare canid –noun any animal of the dog family Canidae, including the wolves, jackals, hyenas, coyotes, foxes, and domestic dogs.
, and for the cats they are miniature tigers that are made domestic
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2. any of several carnivores of the family Felidae, as the lion, tiger, leopard or jaguar, etc.
, oh yea what about horses, they were wild until made domestic. So many animals were wild animals, until caught, breed and made domestic.
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I don’t think the ferret guy was over reacting. He was barely given a chance to air his case. Rudy kept interrupting him in some childish game of “who can make who shut up”. Some alpha-male dominance thing. Rudy “won” by silencing the caller. I would have liked to hear the guy out. I would also like to mention that the tactic of calling one’s opponent crazy or “in need of help” is one of the lowest and desparate things anyone can do (in my opinion). This wasn’t a radio show about anybody’s need for psychiatric help. Completely off topic and ugly.
I don’t think it is the radio host’s job to interrupt guests whenever he wants to, just because he can. Or at least, i wouldn’t listen to a show in which the host constantly did that. I do understand that the host should cut off a guest if time is about to run out, or if the guest has been talking too long, possibly repeating his or herself. I feel this guest hadn’t been given enough chance to talk. Then he was removed to give Rudy a chance to badmouth him without restraint.
lol I love how Rudy has a lisp and sounds so stupid.
One….To the IDIOT’S who don’t know what a ferret is or that they are not able to “reproduce” in captivity, seeing that when they are “legal” they have to be fixed and descented. So in conclusion mr. dumb*** should have done his homework on the “WEASELS”. That’s a classic REPUBLICAN trying to tell another person what and how they should live thier lives. I own 5 ferrets, and if someone told me I had a mental disorder because I spend alot of time with my “WEASELS” I’d tell that person to kiss my A**.Get the point. Another #1 thing a republican loves to do is run thier mouth like they know everything and they are always right. How can anyone vote for an individual who is so self-minded to be that disrepectful to another person. He should actually consider getting MENTAL help for his obsession with saying outrageous and stupid things! Talk about stupidity….oh yeah that’s not in the repulican vocabulary now is it! To the gentleman who called, you have every right to fight for the legalization of ferrets. They are no different then having a dog or a cat. Why should good pet owners be punished because of the bad? It’s not the animals who are stupid it’s some of the owners. Another thing is if people think ferrets are soooo bad, then why were they allowed to be domesticated and sold as pets? This is an animals that more than half of them are neglected and abused because stupid people don’t know how to properly care for them. Let’s think of them for once.I don’t give a crap if it is only an animal.It is still a being that depends on people to take care of them. Well maybe I should get off here and go get my head checked!
guliani’s campaign of intollerance against verminous weasles certainly is stalinist. taken literally, he basicly made the democrat party illegal.
but even a campaign against pet weasles is a bridge too far. what’s next? limiting people to four cats or less? then you’ve violated the rights of 40% of progressive women over the age of 28. who will they talk to when they’re wine-drunk by 4:00 in the aftenoon?
but seriously, how fucking disgustingly obese is ollie anyway? can you imagine the smell which must rise from the crevaces when he shifts in his tortured chair?
when oliver ties his tie, he leaves less than an inch of the narrow end out, and yet there’s still six buttons of of shirt material showing between the tip of the wide part of his tie and his belt.
can you imagine the awkwardness a woman has to put up with when he forgets how he looks and tries to come on to her?
What’s the back story? Was this ferret guy stalking the mayor and calling in all the time or something?
Rudy: like kryptonite to ferrets.
Rudy’s racist against ferrets!
This is typical rat behavior. They dont really care about ferrets as much as they do bashing people who dont share their poltical ideology. Miserable human beings, if yo ucan call them that.
Ha ha! I know what he’s going to be reincarnated as! Ferrets are not my pet of choice but I think it’s a matter of personal taste. I lot people I know can’t stand cats but they don’t think I’m crazy for having them. Wow did he overreact. Someone who wants to be leader of our great nation needs to have bit more self control.
Er, what’s the problem with Guliani’s “rant” again?
The gets called a SECOND time by the laughably-self-important “ferret right activitst” and vocalizes what most normal folks are thinking–You, Mr. Ferret Man, have a problem. You, Mr. Ferret Man, need to find out what has gone so wrong in your life that you think devoting it to allowing ferrets in NYC is important.
Hello fellow american
Giuliani is out of control.
All we hear from him is 9/11, but do you remember Rudy before then?
WE sure do.
Check out what our fellow ferrets are saying about him:
http://www.youtube.com/nyferrets
Yours truly,
mike
leader of the ny ferrets
member of ferrets for freedom
http://myspace.com/nyferrets
As a ferret-obsessed New Yorker who lived through 8 yrs of Guiliani, I can tell you why ferrets were made illegal and why Guiliani hates them:
1. His head of Board of Health was getting bad PR after an animal advocate exposed deplorable conditions in city animal shelters. The advocate happened to be a ferret lover. Ferrets were made an example of what will happen if you say anything that reflects badly on “America’s Mayor.”
2. He’s a control freak and ferrets are free spirits.
3. He’d rather put a dress on and play with his gerbils–they’re much more controllable and can fit in smaller places.
I think we should keep him talking about ferrets just to see how knowledgeable and level-headed he’d be as president. And while we’re at it, let’s get his position on gerbils.
I end with a quote from my cable guy: “Those guys [ferrets] are illegal? They should make the rats illegal!”
Seriously… there are more important topics than ferrets .. that caller DOES need a life. If only he put all that effort into something useful. If people didn’t break the law in the first place with ferrets, they wouldn’t get so close to them.
To Spinnynorman:
Humans are more of a danger to the ecosystem then ferrrets.
Something about wild attack ferrets is hilarious by the way. Thats about as likely as rabid turtles.
Nice technique to discredit someone who is questioning the law by calling them crazy. Caligula/Guiliana - cross dresser is the crazy one. Future president? Scary
If Guiliani were president …
Washington, Feb. 1, 2009―President Rudolph Guiliani’s first order of business is a declaration of war on the country’s number one threat: ferrets. “We must root out these evil creatures before they destroy our American way of life. These ferrorists are not only capable of wiring aircraft and buildings, but creating confusion and chaos everywhere. We must round them up immediately and lock them in cages because they hate freedom. Any human found harboring these ferrorists will be taken to Staten Island and given repeated electroshock treatments until they give up their obsession with ferrets and ‘get a life’.” Though the administration has alluded to a connection between the ferrorist group Ferrets Against Guiliani (FAG) and the 9/11 attacks, anonymous sources have revealed the reason behind the persecution of the species is related to the subversive New York chapter of FAG circulating pictures of the former New York City major dressed in drag and fondling gerbils. New York ferrets have been sited putting up posters of the Guiliani’s gerbil parties in major cities across the country, while dooking and dancing in the streets. “They think they can hide behind those silly masks,” Guiliani said, “but we know who they are. They are illegal aliens from France who came into our country through Canada. The only way to keep them out is to build a 5,526 mile solid concrete wall closing off our border with Canada, starting with Quebec.” First it was the squeegee men, then the ferrets … Who will be next in Guiliani’s campaign to control the world?
Hello fellow american
Ferrets For Freedom have been Banned from Youtube!!!
First they banned the Ferrets, now they banned the movie!!!
Where is our freedom of speech!
Ferrets of our Nation
Speak out!
http://myspace.com/nyferrets
Yours truly,
mike
leader of the ny ferrets
member of ferrets for freedom
http://myspace.com/nyferrets
Bruce: “Hi, my name’s Bruce.”
Furophobics Anonymous meeting attendees: “Hi Bruce!”
Bruce: “Today I resisted the urge to bully ferrets and their owners for political sport.”
Attendees: “Good for you Bruce! Remember Ferrets are friends not food!”
alright, I went here because Tucker Carlson made a comment on his am show on MSNBC. Not everyone has to like you to be an effective leader, this was funny. Kind of reminded me of Dwight Eisenhower and how he could shut a press writer down in. Probably why Tucker is anti-Rudy. Peace, I’m out.
Rudy is an ass — plain and simple.
Rudy is NOT a Republican. He’s a jack-ass (literally) in elephant’s skin. His anti-second amendment stance, myopic outlook, and his hatred of any creature more intelligent than he is, are clear signs that he is a democrat. Get with the times, long live the weasels, death to the ferret-haters! Aferrethu ackbar!
While I don’t believe the ferret activist was totally in the right, It’s really disconcerting to see Rudy going way overboard on his remarks.
As both AJ and Brian Miller said in previous comments, this man really thinks that if you disagree with him you really must have some sort of mental issue. Thats not a good trait to see in the presidetial canidate…If he can’t handle someone questioning his attority about ferrets, just what is he going to be like if Gods forbid, he makes it to the white house. Just because he doesn’t agree with the man, there is no reason to declare him metally unstable. Dipomacy wasn’t even in sight here. Yes, it is his show but there really isn’t a point to a talk show like that if he only wants to hear from happy content people. I thought the point was to give people a stage to talk about issues. While ferrets might not be the most important issue in the world, who’s going to argue what is. Everyone has something important to them, and for this guy, its ferrets. Rudy really should have shown him more respect than he did.
As to the person who think ferrets will multiply if left in the wild…who gave you that information?? I swear, I really don’t understand people who base their opinions on no facts whatsoever…Seriously, you need to do some reading on ferrets before you rant. Almost all ferrets are bred in farms like Marshall and are spayed and nutered before they even get to the pet store. They are fed on ferret chow/kitten chow and that is what is imprinted in them as what “food” is. They really don’t have the skills to hunt, and unless they find some kibble under a bush, they’re likly to die if left to their own devises for more than a few days. The only known wild ferrets in the USA are the blackfooted ferrets which are accually endangered, not thriving on their own. They accually have people watching them and trying to get their numbers up. Anyway, just wanted to put in my two cents.
While I don’t believe the ferret activist was totally in the right, It’s really disconcerting to see Rudy going way overboard on his remarks.
As both AJ and Brian Miller said in previous comments, this man really thinks that if you disagree with him you really must have some sort of mental issue. Thats not a good trait to see in the presidetial canidate…If he can’t handle someone questioning his attority about ferrets, just what is he going to be like if Gods forbid, he makes it to the white house. Just because he doesn’t agree with the man, there is no reason to declare him metally unstable. Dipomacy wasn’t even in sight here. Yes, it is his show but there really isn’t a point to a talk show like that if he only wants to hear from happy content people. I thought the point was to give people a stage to talk about issues. While ferrets might not be the most important issue in the world, who’s going to argue what is. Everyone has something important to them, and for this guy, its ferrets. Rudy really should have shown him more respect than he did.
As to the person who think ferrets will multiply if left in the wild…who gave you that information?? I swear, I really don’t understand people who base their opinions on no facts whatsoever…Seriously, you need to do some reading on ferrets before you rant. Almost all ferrets are bred in farms like Marshall and are spayed and nutered before they even get to the pet store. They are fed on ferret chow/kitten chow and that is what is imprinted in them as what “food” is. They really don’t have the skills to hunt, and unless they find some kibble under a bush, they’re likly to die if left to their own devises for more than a few days. The only known wild ferrets in the USA are the blackfooted ferrets which are accually endangered, not thriving on their own. They accually have people watching them and trying to get their numbers up. Anyway, just wanted to put in my two cents.
I think the important thing is that he didn’t even touch on the logic or the legality of the rule. He simply insults and denigrates the caller. It’s a power play, which is the story of this man’s life.
The reason for the radio show (which I assume is taxpayer funded) should be for the Mayor to explain and discuss city policies, not insult people who disagree with him.
This man is absolutely unqualified to be President of a free republic, based on the consent of the governed. He would do well leading a political system where his word is law and nobody could question him, namely a monarchy or dictatorship.
I think former mayor rudy guiliani should pick his battles.
Ferrets are cute and smart what ecosystem in NYC is he worried about.
For years the city dumped sewage and garbage in the hudson. If i was mayor and outlawed the new york yankees people would be calling me pissed off too. I hate baseball but I don’t think people who enjoy it should have a law made taking it away from them.
To say that the caller ‘needs a life’ for his ferret advocating is silly. It’s no different than advocating for women’s rights, gay rights, peace on earth or whatever. He’s trying to educate the uneducated. Unfortunately for many people in NY City, one of those uneducated people was Mayor and had the power to ban an entire species of animal that has been domesticated for over 2000 years. They pose no threat to the ecosystem — ferrets can not survive in the wild. They have no natural hunting instincts, and will dehydrate quickly. They have a quick digestive system and need water and food available at all times, which they do not have outside a home. They are completely dependant on their human owners. On top of that there are no known cases of ferrets transmitting rabies. Ferrets cannot maul children like dogs, and don’t run around in the streets like cats.
Thank-god I live in Canada and there are no right-wing weirdo’s that can tell me what domesticated animals I’m allowed to own.
Haha. Lock me up! I’m a psycho!…. well, I must be, because I own six of the little devils. Thank god they aren’t illegal in mo