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My main course conundrum by Clyde 7:58 AM I have never tried to hide the fact that I eat meat. I consider my steak well done when it is walked through a warm room. The way I see it, if it has a face, can sit on a spit and goes well with gravy, it is my job as a carnivore to help thin the herd a bit. Even the meat-like substance used in a Big Mac is not safe from my consumption. However, the latest ruling by the FDA has this gastronomic gladiator somewhat at a loss. The FDA has now approved cloned meat products into the nation's food supply because no adverse effects have been found. I'm sorry but this makes about as much sense as putting Ronald Reagan in charge of Alzheimer's research. How in the fuck would they know? The first cloned sheep "Dolly" was created in 1997 so the technology is only slightly over ten years old. If one is to believe the claim that red meat can sit in the colon for seven years, then cloning is only slightly older than the millennial prime rib special I squeezed out during this morning's trip to the thunder dome. Somehow I find that just a wee bit too short of a time period to come to a conclusion of a products safety. Even if it is true that the meat industry is not altering bovine DNA but merely replicating it, when have you ever seen a carbon copy that is as good as the original? Not to mention what it does to those animals that are created naturally. Think about it, here are critters whose only purpose in life is to be part of the food chain and excitement is not a staple they get to dine upon very often. And now we want to take away euphoric effects of a really good session of makin bacon from them! Talk about being a bunch of selfish fucks! While most American farmers and rancher are hardworking Americans, there are some whom, shall we say, come from the shallow end of the gene pool. And do we really trust these Gomers to get it right when it comes to cloning. Admittedly, with the threat of global warming on top of expanding populations, feeding people is going to be a challenge in the future. I am all for finding better ways of producing food but can we afford to take a chance on something like this? Everyone thought it was just peachy for livestock to feed on bone meal from the same species right up until mad cow disease cropped up. For all I know, cloned animals might be just fine for consumption but it will take more than ten short years of research for me to believe it. Permalink :: 1 comments :: Post a Comment



	Clyde, You must not be keeping up with the news, the FDAs been 'privatized'. That's right dude, some company using NAFTA regulations sold it to a Mexican chemical company that operates along the Rio Grande and they swear it's all OK. Have you no trust at all? The theory goes like this; since so many three year olds are going through puberty from the hormones in meat and chicken they figure that they'll raise one cow straight up, clone it and cut down on all the problems of making bras and jock straps small enough to fit infants. It's a capitalism thing, the problem costs money and so what if you die from it? All those three year olds are going to repopulate the world if adult meat eaters croak, and since most of them are still eating formula, they'll survive. Build a better mouse trap in the 21st century is a bit more complicated than it used to be. And you've been a "test subject" for so msny other chemical experiments, why start bitching now that you're almost old enough to completly ignore? Me and Tipper only eat beef from our Patagonia holdings, so don't worry, if you don't make it, I'll write a book and send a buck to your family. posted by Anonymous at 2:47 AM