Happy 67th Birthday, Bill Clinton (from a bird)!

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A Little Bird Helps Bill Clinton Celebrate His Birthday



by Alisa Mullins at PETA: http://www.peta.org/b/thepetafiles/archive/2013/08/19/help-bill-clinton-celebrate-his-birthday.aspx


Former President Bill Clinton is marking his 67th birthday today, and PETA is helping him celebrate by adopting a chicken in his honor. Ellen was rescued from an egg factory farm and now lives at Kindred Spirits Sanctuary in Florida. We've sent Clinton a framed certificate with a "glamour shot" of her as a birthday gift.

Clinton has saved countless hens like Ellen since becoming an outspoken proponent of vegan eating in 2010, after he underwent emergency surgery to insert a pair of stents, a complication of his quadruple bypass surgery in 2004.

After Clinton's bypass surgery, PETA sent him a vegan care package. Then in 2007, PETA Vice President Dan Mathews as seated next to him at a dinner party and the two spoke at length about the health benefits and ethics of vegan eating. Mathews followed up by sending Clinton Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn's book Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease. After consulting with Dr. Esselstyn as well as Dr. Dean Ornish, Clinton decided to "pick the diet that I thought would maximize my chances of long-term survival."

Not only has Clinton saved animals directly by not eating them, he has also saved them through his example—everyone from the Rev. Al Sharpton to Michelle Pfeiffer cite him as an inspiration for going vegan. He's also encouraging young people to eat better through his Alliance for a Healthier Generation, a project that promotes good nutrition and exercise among children and teens.

So happy birthday, Mr. President, and may you and the animals you save celebrate many more!


read: http://www.peta.org/b/thepetafiles/archive/2013/08/19/help-bill-clinton-celebrate-his-birthday.aspx




Mark Knoller ‏@markknoller 32m
The @WJCLibrary notes its Bill Clinton's 67th birthday. Posts photo at http://ourpresidents.tumblr.com/post/58694369749/this-dapper-young-gentleman-turns-67-today-born …

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1. this dapper young gentleman turns 67 today.

Born William Jefferson Blythe, III on August 19, 1946 in Hope, Arkansas


http://ourpresidents.tumblr.com/post/58694369749/this-dapper-young-gentleman-turns-67-today-born

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2. now I feel old...

WJC was in his 40s when he got in the White House and I was in high school then so that makes me....

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5. the White House

tweeted by, The White House ‏@whitehouse 1m
Happy birthday, President @BillClinton! pic.twitter.com/jGOZAIfd9W

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10. it makes you

at least 13 years younger than me.

But still knocking on 40's door.

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3. Nice post but...

That's not exactly a little bird.

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4. I changed it

. . . and it made the title a bit cheeky.

Lol!

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7. Yeah, I like that!

Thanks for reminding me that it is WJC's B-day!

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6. He's the same age as my parents. That just trips me out. n/t

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8. freaky

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9. I am happy to give Clinton

another bird.

I believe it has now been ten years though since I donated $57 to the DNC, for which I got the supposed privilege of sending Clinton an email wishing him a happy birthday.

I wonder how many emails he got, and how many he read?

Would have been nice if Clinton had donated something to my Congressional campaign in 2010.

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11. how nice

. . . sour grapes.



Inspiring.

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