Maybe Just What the Middle East Needs

This summer, Hooters will open its first restaurant in Israel. Known for their delicious wings* and good clean family fun, Hooters is hoping to find a niche market in the city of Tel Aviv. Israeli franchise owner, Ofer Ahiraz, believes that Hooters may be just what the citizens of Tel Aviv have been looking for. While the location of the new restaurant has yet to be decided, Ahiraz has stated that he will not situate the restaurant near any large religious populations.

I think that bringing Hooters to the Middle East might be just what the doctor ordered. It is like that old saying "Give the people wholesome food and scantily clad women and peace will follow." Off the top of my head, I don't remember who said that, but I'm sure it was somebody who won a Nobel prize or something.

*And by delicious wings I mean slutty uniforms.

Hooters Offends Some More People with its Wholesome Family Fun

According to the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Department of Animal Services is takin’ some heat these days after agreeing to allow funds from a bikini contest sponsored by the delicious restaurant Hooters to be donated to its “Big Fix” Spay and Neuter Program. Apparently, nobody cleared the creation of a naughty flier for the event, which Hooters is calling “Hooters for Neuters”, and the Los Angeles City Council is hootin’ mad. They feel that the event is degrading to women and shouldn’t be associated with a city funded department. I would tend to disagree. I think that if this event degrades anyone, it is the innocent dogs and cats of LA County. In effect, it tells these poor homeless creatures, “We don’t care enough about you, or your reproductive organs, or your welfare to just donate some cash. If you want us to show you the Benjamins so you can stop havin’ babies that get into our trash, and carry rabies, and run around all unloved and uncared for, you had better pony up some bikini clad ladies and some tasty wings.” That’s what I call cruelty to animals.

Either way, the Department of Animal Services has announced on their website that they will not accept funds from the Hooters event. This is sad because I’m sure they, and the animals they serve, could use the money. In a rather odd twist, the main complaint about the event and its degradation of women came from LA City Controller Laura Chick. Insert joke about how a woman who calls herself Chick can complain about Hooters degrading women HERE.