The Invisible Monkey--Good Idea or Bad Idea?

I'm not even online very long when I see this interesting article pop up on Yahoo! about PETA attacking Dodge for using a monkey in one of their commercials. The famous animal rights group attacked Dodge for the monkey in the commercial due to "the well-documented abuse that young chimpanzees and orangutans suffer in the entertainment industry." Now I can agree with this fact (especially if you've ever been to a circus or seen the undercover videos on PETA) but on the other hand, the entertainment industry, particularly the movie industry has come a long way in making sure that animals are treated properly and many dogs and cats that are used in films are even rescued from homeless shelters so I applaud them.

Dodge commercial - without the monkey @ Yahoo! Video

However, I can see their point with the monkey and how did Dodge respond? By making an additional commercial with an "invisible monkey." From a public relations standpoint, do you think this was a good idea or will this give more ammunition for PETA to strike back at Dodge? It's a good spin on Dodge's end to take a negative comment and turn it into something humorous and people will more than likely respond to the funny video than to PETA's comments.

Back From The Dead!

So I am making my official blogging comeback in hopes of using this blog as a platform to help my career and maybe more good things will come of it as a result (more than just getting my voice out of course and hopefully getting more followers to my blog than just myself--which I did on accident but at least it shows that I support myself right?)

So I am making a pledge here and now for the entire world-wide-web to read (hopefully) that I will blog at least once a week and I will blog about things that have meaning and not just fluff that will fill the world-wide-web and add to the bloggers out there who just vent about life! I hope to contribute more.

Happy Blogging!