McDonalds is not for ME!!!! A must read!!!

[Larry Anderson]

Subject: FWD: McDonalds is not for ME!!!! A must read!!!



I am sending this on because it gives us all something to think about. I know I have heard about this before.



Subject: McDonalds



THIS IS A GOOD DECENT MAN WHO TOOK THE TIME TO WRITE THIS AND: HE SIGNED THE
STATEMENT AND: INCLUDED HIS CONTACT INFO:

READ ON:

I'm sure those of you who aren't in the cattle business don't understand the
issues here. But to those of us whose living depends on the cattle market,
selling cattle, raising the best beef possible... This is frustrating.

This will keep us from ever stopping there again, even for a drink.The original
message is from the Texas Cattle Feeders AssociationAmerican cattle producers
are very passionate about this.

McDonald's claims that there is not enough beef in the USA to support their
restaurants. Well, we know that is not so. Our opinion is they are looking to
save money at our expense. The sad thing of it is that the people of the USA are
the ones who made McDonald's successful in the first place, but we are not good
enough to provide beef.

We personally are no longer eating at McDonald's, which I am sure does not make
an impact, but if we pass this around maybe there will be an impact felt.

Please pass it on. Just to add a note:

All Americans that sell cows at a livestock auction barn had to sign a paper
stating that we do NOT EVER feed our cows any part of another cow. South
Americans are not required to do this as of yet.

McDonald's has announced that they are going to start importing much of their
beef from South America. The problem is that South Americans aren't under the
same regulations as American beef producers, and the regulations they have are
loosely controlled.

They can spray numerous pesticides on their pastures that have been banned here
at home because of residues found in the beef. They can also use various
hormones and growth regulators that we can't. The American public needs to be
aware of this problem and that they may be putting themselves at risk from now
on by eating at good old McDonald's.

American ranchers raise the highest quality beef in the world and this is what
Americans deserve to eat. Not beef from countries where quality is loosely
controlled. Therefore, I am proposing a boycott of McDonald's until they see
the light.

I'm sorry but everything is not always about the bottom line, and when it comes
to jeopardizing my family's health, that is where I draw the line.

I am sending this note to about thirty people. If each of you send it to at
least ten more (30 x 10 = 300) ...

and those 300 send it to at least ten more (300 x 10 = 3,000) .. and so on, by
the time the message reaches the sixth generation of people, we will have
reached over THREE MILLION consumers!

I'll bet you didn't think you and I had that much potential, did you? Acting
together we can make a difference. If this makes sense to you, please pass this
message on.





David W. Forrest, Ph.D ., PAS, Dipl.

ACAP Department of Animal Science

Texas A&M University

Phone [phone]

Fax [phone]

2471 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-2471

[Karl F. Rose]

Hi Larry,

First let me say I do read your things. I know you had asked the whole network this. I enjoy you LOL and wierd facts posts. I simply don't comment on everything. With that said, THIS is one of those times I felt a NEED to comment. I just forwarded this post to my wife's email. She was born and raised on a farm and understands all this stuff. I am very upset to hear this, but I shouldn't be surprised at the Company's GREED and outright DECEPTION to the American people as to the quality of their food. We will make a POINT of NO LONGER eating there. She loves to forward things like this on. I know we are only 2 people but things like this MUST be made KNOWN to as many people as possible. THANKS for sharing.

[Garnet Nagy]

Just one of a few reasons not to eat at rotten ron's, I'm sure! Back in 2002 when we had the mad cow scare here in Canada, which was the result of corporate greed on a massive feedlot operation and only a couple infected cows were ever found, the US immediately shut the border to our cattle which basically shattered the market for cattle nation-wide. As you may guess, regulations got a whole helluva lot tighter, but also many of the fast-food restaurants began using Canadian beef exclusively, which you better believe was good for their business!

[Larry Anderson]

I used to love mickey D's but after this I haven't eaten there

[Karl F. Rose]

WAY to GO Canada!! I remember that fiasco and the IDIOTIC response by the USA towards Canada. We desreved a 'kick in the butt' for being so stupid. Our leaders do NOT understand international trade and even if international means being your next door neighbor. Being from Detroit, our family had a lot of friends from Toronto. So I can sympathize with Canadians. I might NOT like their hockey teams...LOL but that is a completly different subject. Think I've said enough...EH??(had to throw that in).

[Garnet Nagy]

Hi Karl, so, you wanna talk hockey, eh! LOL....of course you don't like our teams, it is OUR sport after all......

[Karl F. Rose]

But the CUP seems to remain on THIS side of the border and mainly by the Detroit Red Wings.....GO Wings!!

[Garnet Nagy]

LOL.....yeah, but how many Canadians are playing on American teams?

[Karl F. Rose]

no comment on that....LOL but I will admit the Red Wings have been known to have quite a few Russians on their championship teams MIXED with YES,,,Canadians and MAYBE 1 or 2 Americans...Oh well.