Harland v. Pam

Please don't tell anyone this. I kinda like Pamela Anderson. I don't know why. But I do. While I don't care for certain things about her (her choice in men and plastic surgery being obvious matters) there is something about her that endears her to me. However, this here Kentucky Native is with Gov. Ernie on this one. Sadly, I do fear that some of the cruel actions mentioned in this article probably do occur and I hope that KFC is looking into this matter and will put a stop to any unnecessary cruelty (you know...beyond killing the chickens). I do love me some KFC mashed potatoes and gravy.

Pam can't pluck the Colonel
Frankfort, Kentucky January 25, 2006

Kentucky's governor has rejected TV star Pamela Anderson's appeal to pluck a bust of KFC founder Colonel Harland Sanders from the state Capitol because she considered it "a monument to cruelty" to chickens.

In a letter to Anderson, who stars in the Fox TV comedy Stacked, Governor Ernie Fletcher said he has no intention of removing the Sanders bust from the statehouse. "We have no plans to remove or change anything about the display," Fletcher said in the letter sent Friday.

"Colonel Sanders remains a Kentucky icon. His success story has been an inspiration to many. The industry he began has employed hundreds of thousands of workers over the years. His business and his legacy have been good for Kentucky." Anderson responded in a letter on Tuesday, saying Sanders' chief legacy is a company "that mutilates God's creatures".

The 38-year-old Anderson has been involved in a public relations campaign on behalf of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) to raise awareness of what she calls abuse of chickens in processing plants that supply poultry to the Louisville-based fast-food chicken restaurant chain.

She had previously said the bust of Sanders "stands as a monument to cruelty and has no place in the Kentucky state Capitol" in a statement distributed by the animal rights group.