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Entry tags:	animals, cute overload, not enough wtf in the world, pet wank, politics, stop sharing your thoughts, wank overload

Semper Fur
So, there's a country singer named Kelly Foxton who likes to dress up her pet squirrel in little outfits. Lots and lots of little outfits.

Now, Sugar Bush is no ordinary squirrel. She is a patriotic squirrel! Many of the pictures on the site are bizarrely militaristic, and frankly, just a liiiittle creepy. Here, for example, Sugar Bush inspects the gallows in preparation for Saddam Hussein's assassination.

The fun begins when the Sugar Bush Squirrel (TM!) page gets linked on Cute Overload.

There is plenty of the expected, "ZOMG, dressing up your squirrel is WRONG!" wank. However, the wank truly becomes golden when people begin hotly debating Sugar Bush's politics. Jamie kicks it off by remarking that the site is "Cute. But far too right wing." Several others chime in to agree with Jamie, but Squirrel lover is incensed:

Not to add into the commentroversy... but "too right wing"??? So, no one can have an opinion or outlook that may be different from yours? And people wonder why I don't respect so-called "liberals"

Loretta wants to know why Ms. Foxton is spending all of her time making squirrel outfits when she could be contributing to the betterment of the world!

pandasocks quotes a passage from Sugar Bush's website that is worth the price of admission all by itself:

"Sugar Bush has even attracted the attention of the enemy. 'I get e-mails from Arabs — I even sent one of them to the CIA,' Foxton says. 'I think for a while they've been intercepting my e-mails anyway.' According to Foxton, this particular correspondent claimed to know the whereabouts of Osama bin Laden, but the CIA wasn't interested in following up the tip.

"'They should check every lead — don't fluff us off,' Foxton says. 'This guy has information about Osama, and he's willing to tell Sugar Bush.'

turkey bear is offended by the image of the squirrel as a Catholic priest!

fifi sums up the whole bizarre situation best:

the thing about the politics is...
really, what political message is sent by dressing up your squirrel in military garb?

It borders on the parodic, or the surreal.
Too aesthetically bizarre to be deemed mere partisanship--regardless of the conscious intentions of the artist.

It's a rodent-folk-art version of Cindy Sherman!

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cinnabar
2008-06-06 07:45 am UTC (link)

On the one hand, that's kind've awesome. On the other, what the hell.
Emphasis mine:
Sugar Bush loves to dress up, and has over 2,000 outfits with matching hats and accessories. Sugar Bush Squirrel has her own, posh studio with an elaborate stage and thousands of stage props, and has posed for over 5,000 photos since her modeling career began.
The mind boggles.

Keep watching and you will find her on everything from glossy photos, greeting cards, calendars, children's books, paper dolls, a stuffed animal with an elaborate wardrobe, coffee table books, coloring books, MySpace, thousands of blogs, advertisements, billboards, buses, magazines, newspapers, webnews & TV shows to military photos for our troops!
I'm clinging to the hope this is all to make money, and not a desperate bid for attention.

I am impressed by her set ups, though. 1) That's a lot of props and 2) how does she get the squirrel to hold those positions? I hope the squirrel is happy.

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	cinnabar 2008-06-06 07:50 am UTC (link)
	Ok, on further reading: Foxton has big plans for Sugar Bush. "The possibilities are endless," she says. "I want her to be the new Mickey Mouse." If she wasn't a real squirrel, this would be hilarious. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	pipssister 2008-06-06 01:59 pm UTC (link)
	I think Mr. Winkle would probably beat her to that position, first. Given that Mr. Winkle has a calender deal and doesn't seem to be owned by a right-wing nutjob and all ... (Reply to this)(Parent)

	tangentialone 2008-06-06 08:23 am UTC (link)
	2) how does she get the squirrel to hold those positions? Oh, jeez. As soon as I read that it occurred to me that that aspect would be a lot easier if the squirrel were stuffed, not alive. :\| (Reply to this)(Parent)

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