The Meat the Kids Eat

If you haven't seen this in the news, here is a link.

What is amusing is how this is portrayed as an isolated incident. A few "downer" cows that slipped into the food supply. "Whoops. Our Bad!" Total bullcrap. No pun intended.

Like the man says in the video, meat processors will use every animal. They don't have an incinerator for animals that don't pass the test. They ALL pass the test. The cattle costs money until slaughter, and the cattle makes money after slaughter. This is the meat that school kids have been eating for years... Only the company just got busted. And it is only a matter of time before they start again, because no one cares.

It also needs to be said that the government agencies responsible for feeding children at school are in bed with food industry lobbyists, notably representing the categories of Junk and Meat. Coke machines don't get in schools by accident, and because "the kids love soda", when it is one of the top causes of childhood obesity, which is an "epidemic" we are supposed to be fighting. This partnership is well-documented and information is ubiquitous.

You might notice that I do a number of blogs on meat and food. One mind-numbing reason that I care so much, is how are we supposed to bring about "change" in this country and make the world a better place, when we don't even give a crap about what we put in our bodies? People are inspired to tears by political candidates, these people that are supposed to lift up America, and everyone is told to vote, vote, vote...yet the thousands that pack the political rallies can't make the simple vote to not put garbage in their bodies. Voting with their wallet, and body.

Chemicals and synthetic hormones are routinely put into our food, and in your bodies, yet no one cares. Not to mention the pitiful, filty conditions that produce animal products. To make matters worse, people who choose organic (a.k.a. - NORMAL) food are demonized by the status quo. You know who you are. Why is it bad to eat food the way God, or evolution, intended? Why do you want to eat chemicals? So yeah, I am pessimistic and consider it a lost cause. I tend to think the current status quo cannot be defeated. It is too large, too routine, too easy, and too ingrained into people's subconscious. I can only hope that anyone reading this can see themselves as outside the box, or striving to be...

In regards to the article, I also find it amusing that this is soooo unacceptable. This is where America draws the line! Yet the other cows are abused for their entire lives, but make it to dinner tables because they can muster up the strength to walk with dignity(?) to their own slaughter. Let's not forget the old and used dairy cows that dry up and become useless, that is, until they are slaughtered on the cheap to be included in your favorite fast food burger. At least while they were alive they squeezed out some calves for veal.......Wait, let me check....Oh snap! I have a video for that, too!