On Principle

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It happened to us when we lived in the Dayton, OH area, several years ago.

This was before the french fries / beef lard / sugar debacle McDonald's

later brought upon itself.

 

It was also using lard in cooking foods in places like India, where strict

religious dietary laws didn't seem to match up with deceptive company

policy.

 

Now that we live in Nebraska, we see how the corporate farms treat cattle

and it's heart-breaking and enragingly cruel. They stand for days in pens

of mud, nothing to eat, no water, crowded often to the point of blistering,

and are then led to slaghter bleating and crying in terror. Anyone but

the most callous who sees this would stop eating beef on principle, no

kidding.

 

 

On Thursday, May 1, 2003, at 11:06 AM,

wrote:

 

> Does anyone know where the veggie burger replacement has been documented,

> or is it just a rumor?

" I am perfectly well aware there is a case to be made for taking out

Saddam Hussein -- you can make it on humanitarian grounds alone. The

question is whether it's riskier to leave him alone or take him out. The

oldest of all Texas dicta is, " Leave the rattlesnake alone. " Those of us

who spend time outdoors here not infrequently encounter snakes and

sometimes have to kill them. But the rule is: You don't bother the snake,

snake won't bother you. Saddam Hussein is 68 years old and slipping. "

--Molly Ivins, columnist