so the socialist spanish parliament is about to grant "human rights" to all apes.

gorilla, originally uploaded by carbonator.

Read the story here.

This is a good thing for humanity. Before you begin laughing in derision quoting lines from Charleston Heston in the movie Planet of the Apes, think about these facts: there are presently 3,100 captive apes "living" in the U.S. and 1,280 of them used in biomedical research (statistics from www.greatapeproject.org).