New Logo for TODAY's republican party!

[Philosoraptor]

WHO CAN MAKE ME AN AVATAR OF THIS!?!?11

[malaise]

1. You owe me a keyboard

:rofl: :rofl:

[youthere]

2. Oh that is too good! K & R!!

[Richard Steele]

3. I could resize that down to "avatar size" for ya...

...but I don't think anyone would be able to
tell what it was if it was that small.

[all.of.me]

32. needs to be a bumper sticker!

[woo me with science]

4. Actually,

I know quite a few Republicans who would agree with you there.

[Nitrogenica]

5. OMG it's Unlucky Mary

http://www.blueridgecountry.com/elephant/elephant.html

Yes, Unlucky Mary the elephant that was put on trial and hanged for her crimes.

[KittyWampus]

8. i am very impressed you could identify that pix. Off to read about it.

[Philosoraptor]

9. Also, the death of Jumbo

[Nitrogenica]

11. Oh No, Jumbo?!

Unlucky Mary is so sad. *sigh* There are too many sad animal stories.

[Raine]

15. Very sad

I hate seeing that kind of thing. The story says she may have turned violent cause she was in pain from her teeth. :-(

[tbyg52]

18. Or just in pain, period

I was listening to a report on the radio a few months ago about how circus elephants virtually all have terrible arthritis from inactivity and the jostling on the trains. I think all circuses should go the Cirque du Soleil route and completely eliminate the use of animals. It's terrible for them to suffer for our entertainment.

[LynneSin]

31. It was in one of the "Book of Lists" books that came out in the 70s

It was a list of like 10 animals given the death penalty

[wicket]

23. I'd never heard about that

Thanks for the info.

[Dirty Hippie]

6. For your avatar, check your PM n/t

[in_cog_ni_to]

7. LOL!

:rofl:

[roamer65]

10. If I were their mascot, I'd hang myself too.

Too funny...LOL. But, awww on Mary :( It's a sad story.

[Philosoraptor]

12. Turn out the lights, the grand old party is over.

[OhioChick]

13. LOL

Love it! :thumbsup:

[sofa king]

14. Will this work?

I think the size is supposed to be 48 x 48 pixels. This is more like 48 x36.



edit: this one has an "invisible" white border to make it 48 x 48.

[SoCalDem]

16. Can't tell what it is.. Avatars are too small n/t

[Junkdrawer]

24. The "Unlucky Mary" website above has this stylized version that might work...

[nicknameless]

17. That's awful.

Cartoons are okay, but not actual elephants, who suffer enough insult just being associated with that disgusting party.

From abuse at a circus to a makeshift gallows?

:cry:

[Clark2008]

20. I actually know the story behind this.

This as a circus elephant - back at the turn of the century. It is a wild animal, afterall, and went on a rampage in a smallish town in Tennessee. It rampaged through the streets and killed a few people before the men of the town finally rounded it up and hung it to it's death.

I can't remember any more of the particulars, but I remember seeing that photo in my childhood and hearing my great-grandparents tell its story.

[nicknameless]

22. Abuse of circus elephants has been far too common.

Here's an account of poor "Unlucky Mary's" murder

Circuses of a more modern sort arose in Europe in the second half of the 1700’s.Records of the 1st appearance by an elephant in these events vary. Jacob Crowninshield brought in the first elephant to America. The 2-year-old Asiatic female was brought to New York City on April 13th 1796 and exhibited on the corner of Broadway and Beaver Street.

A sad story of such a circus elephant is that of Unlucky Mary. Unlucky Mary was falsely accused of killing some 18 people and was hung in Erwin, Tennesssee – the town where she had been performing in 1916. She was visiting the town as part of the Sparks world famous shows. In reality she killed only her keeper, who had mistreated her. Trailed and found guilty she was hung from a railway derrick on September 13th 1916. When the chain used to hoist Mary into the air snapped the impact from the resulting fall stunned the elephant into a stuporous silence and she offered little resistance when she was hanged a second time.

http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:U3E7JprqDGUJ:www.mashatu.com/newsletters/TRUNKCALL%2520-%2520April%25202003.pdf+%22unlucky+mary%22&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=4

[DemExpat]

28. So sad.

:cry:

DemEx

[Hun Joro]

38. The National Geographic channel had a show recently

about how elephants, both captive and wild, have been becoming increasingly violent toward humans. Many of the captive elephants witnessed the massacre of their entire families as infants when they were kidnapped for human entertainment, and many wild elephants have grown up orphans due to ivory hunters or culling activities. It is now believed that these elephants suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, just as humans do. What we do to animals is heartbreaking.

[nicknameless]

41. I agree. Many elephants have died in captivity.

A number of zoos have had that problem because the elephants have to stand endlessly on concrete.
They get infections that they can't seem to recover from.
And then they die.

It is an outrageous and avoidable tragedy.

:(

[JNelson6563]

19. hahahahahaha!!!!!

How very accurate! :toast:

[EdwardM]

21. Poor Elephant.

It must suck being associated with republicans.

[ProfessorGAC]

25. Great Pic!

Nice find, Raptor.
The Professor

[HughBeaumont]

26. Maybe this should be . . .

[Junkdrawer]

27. Here ya go....(Cropped from the Unlucky Mary stylized ad)...

[DemExpat]

29. This looks great!

:thumbsup:

:D

DemEx

[Philosoraptor]

34. BEAUTIFUL! Thanks Junkdrawer!

[spanone]

30. I whizzed myself.

:hi:

[formerrepuke]

33. That picture is too tragic.....poor animal.

[Philosoraptor]

35. At least the elephant's head didn't pop off.

[femmedem]

36. If that's your new avatar, I hope you don't post too often.

It's really upsetting to me. I know this isn't your intent, but looking at poor Mary, my stomach is clenched and tears are streaming down my face.

[Hun Joro]

37. I agree. It's very hard to look at.

[Raine]

40. I agree

it's enough to give a person nightmares.

[Raine]

39. Sickening picture

of a REAL animal being tortured and killed. :-(