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Dan Mathews


Last Updated: 3/26/2009

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Gender: Male
Status: Swinger
Age: 44
Sign: Scorpio

City: Portsmouth
State: Virginia
Country: US
Signup Date: 10/22/2006

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Monday, July 06, 2009 
Note my mom's patriotic 2-fingered salute.

 

The conductor was sweating up a storm but his stool did not collapse.

 

Back home, I was moved to dig out a marching band album I found in a thrift shop.

 

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Tuesday, June 23, 2009 
Hey Everyone,
 
I wanted to drop a quick note about the Obama/fly story you may have heard about over the last few days. Despite misleading headlines prompted by a bizarre story on TMZ, PETA did not get “mad,” ”miffed,” or “angry,” or ever condemn Obama for swatting a fly. That is made-up. What we did when hounded by the press was simply say, “He’s human, not Buddha,” and then the story took on a life of its own.
 
On the plus side, PETA's web site has been visited by literally millions of people curious about this story, who have then been able to see what our real campaigns are about. Yesterday, a blogger on Politics Daily summed it up this way: "As ridiculous as much of it might sound, in a way it's brilliant from a public relations point of view. It might not inspire us to trash our fly swatter, run out and purchase a humane bug catcher, or change our driving habits, but it certainly created some conversation. I'm writing about it -- you're reading about it. Some people might have jumped online and researched the organization and the less laughable causes it stands for. Heck, some might have joined or made a donation. All of it over a fly."
 
Who knows what crazy thing will happen next...
Dan Mathews
 
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Monday, June 22, 2009 
I'd like to extend a special invitation to my UK friends (or anyone who happens to be in London this week) to join me for the launch of the British edition of my book, Committed. It's Wednesday evening at the edgy monthly literary bash Polari at the Freedom club on Wardour Street. The event is hosted by Time Out London editor Paul Burston, who asked me to headline this month's affair with a short reading from my oddball memoir—now out in over 20 countries! UK response to the book has been great; reporters asked about everything from the foul furry ways of Madonna and Kate Moss to grave robbery and my low-class gypsy lifestyle. The Independent even ran a lengthy excerpt! Hope to hoist a few drinks with ya Wednesday!   
 
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Friday, June 19, 2009 
Check out the pix and clips from Andy Dick's PETA protest in Chicago!

NBC Chicago

PETA Files


 


 


 

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Wednesday, June 17, 2009 
for what will no doubt be an over the edge protest at McDonald's...


HIDE THE KIDS! SHOCK COMIC ANDY DICK DONS RONALD MCDONALD COSTUME FOR LUNCHTIME PETA PROTEST

Scary Clown Tells How Chickens Are Scalded Alive for McNuggets

What:              Wielding a knife and dressed as a frightening Ronald McDonald, comedian Andy Dick will lead a protest against McDonald's suppliers' outdated method for slaughtering chickens at the Rock 'n' Roll McDonald's in downtown Chicago on Thursday. Other activists will screen slaughterhouse footage and hold signs that read, "McCruelty: i'm hatin' it."

Known to kids for the edgy characters that he has played on several TV series, Dick wants people to know that McDonald's is behind the times and allows its suppliers to use an outdated slaughter method that exposes birds to the risk of broken bones and abuse by workers. Chickens killed for McDonald's have their throats cut while they are still conscious, and many are scalded to death in defeathering tanks.

"If kids knew how chickens were mutilated for McNuggets, they'd burst into tears every time Ronald McDonald showed his face-and that may well happen when they see what this clown has to say about it," says Dick, who has a show scheduled for Thursday night at the Lakefront Theater.

Where:            McDonald's, 600 N. Clark St. (between W. Ohio and W. Ontario streets), Chicago

When:             Thursday, June 18, 1 p.m.

Broadcast-quality footage from inside a chicken slaughterhouse is available. For more information, please visit McCruelty.com.
 
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009 
Hey gang,
Just did Gay Pride in Kansas City; it was a blast, but they do need a proofreader for their signs, as the attached photos snapped by my pal Wes reveal. The cross-dressing Dorothy from Oz, who hosted the hoe-down, seems perplexed about it! They need to involve the Scarecrow next year – the Wizard gave him a brain!


 


 


 


 


 

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Friday, June 12, 2009 
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Wednesday, June 10, 2009 
New York Post Page Six:

CARLA COZIES UP TO PETA



June 10, 2009 --
FRANCE'S Carla Bruni- Sarkozy has captured the hearts of animal activists in a big way. In a letter to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, France's first lady writes: "I do not wear, buy or own fur or animal skin other than leather or skin of animals raised for feeding pur poses. I am not a vegetarian and I don't find it illogical to wear skins of animals whose meat is also eaten." She adds: "I would gladly consider giving away sable, fox and other fur coats -- if I owned any." PETA honcho Dan Mathews is impressed. "Carla's obviously for ward-thinking," he told us. "And when she gets the chic, nonleather shoes we're sending from Stella McCartney's Paris boutique, we're confident she'll see that no animals have to be fashion victims."
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009 
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Thursday, May 21, 2009 

Greetings, friends. I just got back from the Life Ball in Vienna, a huge annual AIDS benefit my bosom buddy Pam Anderson was appearing at alongside Bill Clinton, Katy Perry, Eva Longoria, and many others. AIDS awareness and animal rights have always been among Pam’s priorities. When we found out that the Austrian police had been trying to use a law aimed at the mafia to make it illegal for citizens to join animal rights groups targeting the country’s meat and fur trades, Pam wrote the Austrian Justice Minister demanding they lay off animal activists - 14 of whom were jailed without charges for 5 months! Pam’s appeal made front page news and resulted in a private meeting at the Justice Department, where Pam presented the Minister with police reports which had omitted any evidence pointing to the activists’ innocence, and the local media, which had not been good for the animal people, turned around significantly. A great aspect of this was that at the Life Ball news conference, which had every celeb at a long table, Pam was asked about her meeting and was so articulate it spawned questions to us from all the other stars there about animal rights. That night, to the trendy affair, I wore the new PETA t-shirt which shows a chicken flipping the bird targeting KFC (see photo), which spawned even more questions! There's a story on Radar today, and also video from an Austrian site which is mostly in English. And we even got some waltzing in!

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