Food, Inc.

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1. Can't wait to see the leftist lining up to wring chicken necks, dunk them in the boiling water to singe the feathers, pluck them, gut them, and learn where the joints are to cut them up and package for freezing!

   Or, stun the steer w/.22 slug, mallet, stun gun, slit the throat bleeding them out, hang them by the hind legs, open them up and gut them, skin them, and saw them up and package for freezing!

   Should be a real education to see them grow enough vegtables and blanch them, can them with the P.C.correct preservatives like salt, alum, vinegar etc. and find enough place to store them cooly for the winter! Start diggin those root cellars now!

   Posted by BigPasture at 06/22/2009 @ 6:50pm

2. as per usual, instead of engaging the film's thesis, or peter's thesis, or the bigger picture of poisonous food pervading the aisles of our mega-super-duper markets, bigpasture instead ridicules every thinking person with irrelevant nonsense.

   snowball666, all the produce we need is right below your feet.

   if anyone would like help finding local, fresh, seasonal and FREE produce, just ask me.....

   i'm a forager, gleaner, grower, herbalist, and healer, and these sorts of topics are my bread and butter.

   thanks for posting, peter!

   i'm def gonna see this pic

   Posted by darladoon at 06/22/2009 @ 7:27pm

3. You'll be eating your blanched veggies too BIG when McD's starts adding them to its menu under popular pressure.

   Thanks DARLA!

   Posted by Peter Rothberg at 06/22/2009 @ 8:21pm

4. You'll be eating your blanched veggies too BIG when McD's starts adding them to its menu under popular pressure.Posted by Peter Rothberg at 06/22/2009 @ 8:21pm | ignore this person | warn this person

   This is a record breaking year Peter! Think I've eaten out twice, so far, and had one pizza and two subways ordered in! All of 2009 it was 3 times we ate other than at home.

   Posted by BigPasture at 06/22/2009 @ 10:30pm

5. Wonderful dinner tonite

   Black Bean veggie burgers with red onion, Feta Cheese, and Mango Mustard;

   Assorted veggies stir-fried with whole wheat spaghetti, sauce of extra virgin olive oil, herbs, parmesan cheese, and a little bit of Ceasar Dressing.

   And a bottle of Vigne Las Collas 2004 EY Grenache.

   Posted by antisocialist at 06/22/2009 @ 11:07pm

6. Sounds delicious ANTI. I thought only socialists ate so well!

   And I'm sure your food is good too BIG. Just don't like your suggestion that leftists can't tell the difference between a tractor and a cow!

   Posted by Peter Rothberg at 06/23/2009 @ 07:49am

7. Posted by Peter Rothberg at 06/23/2009 @ 07:49am

   Of course those of us know that leftists can tell the difference between the tractor and the cow....

   the trouble is the leftists want to kill off everything to do with the tractor and save the cow.....:)

   I have be eating organic for the most partand have had a garden for years....refined sugar is the real danger.

   a good taste test is to compare garden grown broccoli with "store bought, even the color is different'...or try the comaprision test with raspberries...you will never go back.

   Posted by YourJomamma at 06/23/2009 @ 08:10am

8. Notice the right-winger responses and very odd....Larry/anti is supportive, but RIO/Big and MAASCH/JOMAM are ALSO supportive, just need to get in their snarky digs.

   So PETER, apparently, you've hit on a bipartisan issue that EVERYBODY can get behind...????

   Posted by Mask at 06/23/2009 @ 09:48am

9. Protein filled, low carb breakfast bars, fruits, brocolli for lunch with (diet) soda if you must, chicken and more veg's for dinner. Strike a nice balance between whats good for you someone like Darla's regimen.

   And then, Gentlemen, (and Ladies) every so often go get yourself a steak: A big steak, from a once healthy cow. And enjoy every bite of it, without guilt. And when your finished, dedicate your meal to a health food nut.

   It'll do you some good.

   Posted by CHIP THORNTON at 06/23/2009 @ 09:50am

10. And remember the Bovine who died so you could live better. Honor him. :)

    Posted by CHIP THORNTON at 06/23/2009 @ 09:51am

11. "the trouble is the leftists want to kill off everything to do with the tractor and save the cow.....:)"

    does anyone understand this?

    Posted by darladoon at 06/23/2009 @ 09:53am

12. i think the *most* important thing is having food which:

    a) is close to you (geographically-speaking); and

    b) which is seasonal.

    obviously, if you can grow your own food, it'll be organic. but if you can't grow your own food, and buying organic isn't an option, then try the farmer's markets for non-organic.

    and least it will be local/seasonal, and fresh.

    Posted by darladoon at 06/23/2009 @ 10:04am

13. Sounds delicious ANTI. I thought only socialists ate so well!

    And I'm sure your food is good too BIG. Just don't like your suggestion that leftists can't tell the difference between a tractor and a cow!

    Posted by Peter Rothberg at 06/23/2009 @ 07:49am

    Life-long health nut. Grow my own as much as possible.

    Even the Bible notes the good food that G-d gives mankind. Psalm 104:14,15

    <He causes the grass to grow for the cattle,

    And vegetation for the service of man,

    That he may bring forth food from the earth,

    15 And wine that makes glad the heart of man,

    Oil to make his face shine,

    And bread which strengthens man's heart.>

    If you have wine, bread, and good olive oil, and the veggies, it's a winning combination.

    Posted by antisocialist at 06/23/2009 @ 10:45am

14. My wife and I gardens that produce more veggies than the family can eat. I bring in the balance of veggies to work and give it to my fellow employees. I figure, I'm sticking it to the man, helping my fellow workers out, and eating better all at the same time!

    Posted by Wolfgang1 at 06/23/2009 @ 10:47am

15. Well, right now, I'm having....

    a Double Combo with a large fry from Wendy's....heheh Sorry, my granddaddy lived to be 90, eating greasy Southern food, smoking a pipe, and being a solid 30 lbs overweight since the Korean War....and as Hank Jr. said, I'm not about to break "a family tradition!!!".

    BTW, Larry, whatever happened to Christian conservative support of temperance and opposition to alcohol? My grandma (the other guy's wife) was evangelical CoC and wouldn't allow even light beer in her house.

    Posted by Mask at 06/23/2009 @ 10:57am

16. Michael Pollan's book "In Defense of Food" encourages us to "Eat food, not too much, mainly plants." There's no liberal-eco-politically-correct agenda in this. It's common sense. There is nothing unhealthy about questioning the fundamentally flawed food systems in the U.S. today. After all, we have become an obese, unhealthy nation in the last generation, in large part, because of the manufactured/industrialized food industry. One can hardly step into a grocery store without facing the tasteless, over-produced-out-of-season vegetables, the grain fed meats and chemically saturated processed foods. This isn't a debate about liberals and conservatives. It's a discussion about the sustainability and viability of our food. It's also about the aesthetics of being a thinking human being who appreciates the things he/she eats rather than existing as a "profit center" for large corporate interests.

    Posted by mrfreeze at 06/23/2009 @ 11:37am

17. mask,

    keep eating that crap and pretty soon you'll crush that fence you work so hard to straddle.

    now i know why you were so irritated by my corn-crusade....

    Posted by frosty zoom at 06/23/2009 @ 12:08pm

18. BTW, Larry, whatever happened to Christian conservative support of temperance and opposition to alcohol? My grandma (the other guy's wife) was evangelical CoC and wouldn't allow even light beer in her house.

    Posted by Mask at 06/23/2009 @ 10:57am

    That is a result of the Puritans and not really biblical.

    What the Bible says is that Christians should not get drunk and Paul writes that one of the qualifications for a Pastor is that they not be "addicted" to alcohol. It never said do not drink. that would make Jesus a hypocrite.

    Some temperance supporters try the "Jesus drank grape juice" route, but it doesn't line up. He was accused of hanging with drunkards at one point. The wedding of Cana, He turned the water into a vintage wine.

    But I also caution Christians that our liberty is not a license to do as we please or to cause others to stumble. I would not drink in front of another who had struggled with alcohol if it might cause them to stumble again. but in another instance, we have friends where he was someone who really had a drinking problem, but isn't tempted by his wife having wine at home or with us or others.

    If G-d says He gave us wine, it is good. But like any good thing it can be abused.

    Posted by antisocialist at 06/23/2009 @ 12:50pm

19. Posted by frosty zoom at 06/23/2009 @ 12:08pm

    FROSTY, James Fixx the king of joggers, died of a heart attack in his early 50s. Something's gonna get us eventually.

    YOU're more likely to stroke out over the fact your Utopian dreams never come true, than a big fattie like me (really, not more than 20-25 over) who takes things a bit less seriously.

    Posted by Mask at 06/23/2009 @ 12:57pm

20. Posted by antisocialist at 06/23/2009 @ 12:50pm

    That "grape juice" thing was my grandma's church too....apparently the Lord and Welch's were on a first name basis...heheh

    Just curious, for all the reasons you cited, how a temperance movement could find justification in the Bible for their support for Prohibition, when the exact opposite seems indicated.

    Hmmm...wonder if maybe that could be applied to OTHER things????

    Posted by Mask at 06/23/2009 @ 12:59pm

21. That "grape juice" thing was my grandma's church too....apparently the Lord and Welch's were on a first name basis...heheh

    Just curious, for all the reasons you cited, how a temperance movement could find justification in the Bible for their support for Prohibition, when the exact opposite seems indicated.

    Hmmm...wonder if maybe that could be applied to OTHER things????

    Posted by Mask at 06/23/2009 @ 12:59pm

    There have been many things done in the name of Christianity that could not be supported by what the Bible says. That is always the case when power and the corruption of the human mind transcends the truths contained in the Bible.

    Slavery, the Inquisition, and the Temperance Movement are good examples of that.

    I think you have seen ample evidence by now that I don't subscribe to many of the bad teachings that I see in parts of the Evangelical movement. My stand on Christians and govt, marijuana, alcohol, mega churches, abortion and govt, to name a few are definitely not like what is normally seen in the media. Yet my views are very much inline with the Bible and where the focus of Christian is to be and what our liberties and limits should be.

    Posted by antisocialist at 06/23/2009 @ 1:07pm

22. "Slavery, the Inquisition, and the Temperance Movement are good examples of that"

    the bible justfied the slavery of women (by men, through marriage).

    Posted by darladoon at 06/23/2009 @ 1:37pm

23. That's bullshit Darla. If you don't want to get married find some other way to dis the institution by than by using today's values to misinterpret and judge people and their ways of 2500 years ago.

    Posted by CHIP THORNTON at 06/23/2009 @ 2:06pm

24. the bible justfied the slavery of women (by men, through marriage).

    Posted by darladoon at 06/23/2009 @ 1:37pm

    What complete nonsense. The bible tells men to be a servant to their wives.

    Again you have provided an example where people have done something in the name of Christianity that the bible does not say.

    Ephesians 5:25

    <Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her>

    Posted by antisocialist at 06/23/2009 @ 2:19pm

25. The ubiquity of corn in US food & drink is particularly striking when you live abroad, as I do mainly, and return on visits. Even a drink in a bar tastes of corn thanks to corn syrup in most mixers.

    Americans get screwed in so many ways, it's quite amazing to observe the belief in No.1 when there's so little to bolster that belief & hasn't been for at least 30 years.

    Posted by sloper at 06/23/2009 @ 2:20pm

26. "There have been many things done in the name of Christianity that could not be supported by what the Bible says. That is always the case when power and the corruption of the human mind transcends the truths contained in the Bible."----Posted by antisocialist at 06/23/2009 @ 1:07pm

    Uh, Larry...as a courtesy, I MUST say...

    You DO realize I'm going to use that comment against you in the future, right?

    heheh

    Posted by Mask at 06/23/2009 @ 2:48pm

27. This is a record breaking year Peter! Think I've eaten out twice, so far, and had one pizza and two subways ordered in! Posted by BigPustule at 06/22/2009 @ 10:30pm

    We are all waiting for you to tell us how to make a salad using your collection of Chia Pets.

    I would say that 'those on the left' are probably more likely to be organic and eat organic than 'those on the right'. Monsanto and genetically modified foods have long been a point of argumentation between the factions, as well. I'm glad that some right wingers like to eat well, but as far as 'leftists' being less likely to garden or to eat right is just a weird and unsubstantiated 'wish list' vilification.

    And the bible does NOT say that Jesus created a 'vintage wine'. Larry, of course, has a special translation.

    Posted by ficheye at 06/23/2009 @ 3:10pm

28. "There have been many things done in the name of Christianity that could not be supported by what the Bible says. That is always the case when power and the corruption of the human mind transcends the truths contained in the Bible."----Posted by antisocialist at 06/23/2009 @ 1:07pm

    Uh, Larry...as a courtesy, I MUST say...

    You DO realize I'm going to use that comment against you in the future, right?

    heheh

    Posted by Mask at 06/23/2009 @ 2:48pm

    of course, but I stand by my statement that I also criticize the body of Christ when it goes against scripture.

    Posted by antisocialist at 06/23/2009 @ 3:26pm

29. "Slavery, the Inquisition, and the Temperance Movement are good examples of that"

    the bible justfied the slavery of women (by men, through marriage).

    Posted by darladoon at 06/23/2009 @ 1:37pm

    There we go, good evidence again to illustrate that liberal advocacy for gay marriage isn't really about marriage at all, it is just an effort to diminish the importance of marriage and the family unit to society, thus weakening society. This clears the path for state centric collectivism.

    You see, Darla has obvious contempt for marriage (the slavery of women by men). Why would she then support gay marriage as a civil right?

    Haha, never mind. Who cares?

    Posted by freiheit1 at 06/23/2009 @ 3:40pm

30. Posted by antisocialist at 06/23/2009 @ 3:26pm

    Oh, wait a minute...think I see your "out"...

    you'll just claim what YOU say about the Bible, even things that "sound like" " power and the corruption of the human mind transcending the truths of the Bible"....

    are really not, because you are a "prophet of God"?

    (as declared by the Pakistani Businessman's Assembly or whatever, right?)

    Posted by Mask at 06/23/2009 @ 3:48pm

31. My grandma (the other guy's wife) was evangelical CoC and wouldn't allow even light beer in her house.

    Posted by Mask at 06/23/2009 @ 10:57am

    Sounds like my grandma...on my dad's side. Now my mom's mom was good for a case of beer a day and that lady could play cards. That latter was more fun to be around.

    Posted by Wolfgang1 at 06/23/2009 @ 3:57pm

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    'As world population expands, the demand for arable land should soar. At least that's what George Soros, Lord Rothschild, and other investors believe.

    By Brian O'Keefe, senior editor Last Updated: June 16, 2009: 11:17 AM ET'

    Great article on the new land investors - not for condos but for arable agricultural land. I am all for consumer power, but this article is somewhat disturbing regarding our ability to influence corporations and sovereign fund investment entities looking forward.

    CNN Money

    http://money.cnn.com/2009/06/08/retirement/betting_the_farm.fortune/

    Posted by OneVote at 06/23/2009 @ 6:20pm

33. There we go, good evidence again to illustrate that liberal advocacy for gay marriage isn't really about marriage at all, it is just an effort to diminish the importance of marriage and the family unit to society, thus weakening society. This clears the path for state centric collectivism.

    Posted by freiheit1 at 06/23/2009 @ 3:40pm

    that's nuts.

    Posted by frosty zoom at 06/23/2009 @ 10:28pm

34. Posted by frosty zoom at 06/23/2009 @ 10:28pm

    Yeah, FREI kinda losing it....but, hey!

    He's still right there with you on the Federal Reserve!!!!

    heheh

    Posted by Mask at 06/24/2009 @ 09:35am