Movie looks interesting. Ironically I am just finishing up a burger from McDonald's. I'm thinking about going to get some awesome rib eye made from free-range cows. That's good right?
Just go around to watching it... It's pretty amazing how our food industry is being handled in this ******* country... I say we shoot all the corporate CEOs and take over the food industry in this country. F you McDonalds.... I'm going to go to McDonalds and take a beef patty with me... Ima throw it inside the drive thru window... and say "That's 100% beef, you bastards"
Yes! Bet yet, make some explosives for a suicide cow as you two freedom fighters take on our McOppressors of this ******* country. Ba-da-ba-ba-ba-BOOM!
Just saw it this morning. Very interesting movie. I think we all know the food that reaches our mouths goes through sketchy processes but this one makes you confront it. But I actually found it more fascinating as a case study on American industry. The cause and effects between multinationals, our government, employees, and consumers is well documented here. I don't want to get into D&D territory but I think it can be eye opening for some political debates playing out in the media right now. (Yes, I tried to stay as ambiguous as possible there.) On a lighter note, I'm going to try out Beer Wars next. The battle of microbreweries vs the handful of corporations that dominate. It leads off early with the joke 'drinking American beer is like having sex on a canoe - it's close to f***ing water.'
This is so true. I live in Australia and finished work late the other night. So I wanted to get something to eat on the way home (not right in the city, but actually the district right next to it which has all the restaraunts in Brisbane). Normally I'd just grab a kebab or something but I've been told by my doctor to keep an eye on what I eat because of my cholesterol. I walked around for about 20 minutes, realised there was NOTHING healthy I could eat...so I went home and went to bed without dinner. I could have cooked but then I would have been up till past midnight after washing up...etc.
I'm pretty sure the corn-whoring thing has more to do with the location of the congressmen than their ideology. Although I'm trying to find some stats on it.
Liberals want to tax you more for health concerns. They are the "compassionate" ones sooooo concerned about our health. I mean it will cost us more for government health care if the non-enlightened don't play along in the Obama/Socialist master plan. That's way we need food police laws to regulate what you eat, drink and smoke. The village > personal freedom. If you don't understand then it's my fault for not explaining it better, you moron. <object width="640" height="505"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rTI9r4pUYh4&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rTI9r4pUYh4&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="505"></embed></object> Corn Subsidies: How Congress is shortchanging our health Corn is so prevalent in American food that you’re likely to be eating it even if you don’t know it. Chug a Coke, chomp on a chicken nugget, bite into a burger, and most likely you’re ingesting processed corn. Why is corn everywhere? Part of the reason is a subsidy system that has helped glut the marketplace with corn and left the government to find ways to use it. Nowadays, ranchers feed corn to their cows and chickens, and food companies sweeten their foodstuffs with it. This not only affects the price of strawberries and broccoli at your local farmers market; thanks to recent government mandates for ethanol, corn affects what you pay at the pump. http://st4tic.wordpress.com/2008/04...-and-sweetening-things-for-the-food-industry/
OK, so a rant about government health care and an unwarranted personal attack that has nothing to do with the subject, followed by a youtube video and some information that I, and almost everyone in this thread, already knows. Yep, you're a real winner, kid. Anyway, my original point is that the corn lobby has traditionally owned congressmen from the respective states where corn is a big industry, regardless of ideology. I'm happy President Obama is looking to curtail farm subsidies, but I have more of a problem with the particulars of how it is distributed, rather than the subsidies themselves. Big ag doesn't need help, but the way the system is set up, its almost impossible to get out from under them. Less corn please.
In case you hadn't noticed Shovel Face....this IS NOT D&D. if you cant post without dragging partisan politics into this, then DONT POST.
This film has that kind of effect on people. Its amazing what a little exposure to the truth can accomplish.
