Innocent Animals
Dog butcher sentenced to 3 months in prison
A golf course employee stole a golf player's 8 month old puppy, took it home and butchered it, however, it isn't clear from the news reports whether he ate it or not before the police came. Last week the dog killer/butcher was sentenced to 3 months in prison, fined $500, ordered to complete 400 hours of community service, and given three years of probation. He was convicted of felony animal cruelty.
Wienermobile Crashes Into Wisconsin Home
Some people really love their Oscar Mayer Wieners and according to the Wienermobile horn, which plays the Oscar Mayer jingle, some people (who obviously have no consciousness of what they are saying) actually want to be wieners, but I am not sure that too many people love wieners so much that they want the Wienermobile as part of their home as happened to a Wisconsin homeowner last Saturday, July 18, 2009. (These Wienermobiles are generating a lot of interest lately aren't they!)
Oscar G. Mayer dies at 95
July 8, 2009: Oscar G Mayer, retired chairman of the Wisconsin-based meat processing company that bears his name, has died at the age of 95. He was the third Oscar Mayer in the family that founded Oscar Mayer Foods, which was once the largest private employer in Madison. Mayer retired as chairman of the board in 1977 at age 62 soon after the company recorded its first $1 billion year. The company was later sold to General Foods and is now a business unit of Kraft.
Meat selling retailers win "Most Humane Grocery Store" award
Grocery stores selling "humane meat" won awards for being the most humane grocery stores. Now that is an oxymoron (according to Wikipedia an oxymoron is a figure of speech that combines two normally contradictory terms) if ever I heard one, "humane meat", there is no such thing, give me a break. (Warning graphic language concerning the reality of meat follows) meat is brutally murdered animal flesh, and no matter how you look at it, raising an animal simply to kill and eat it is not "humane".
Burger King removes ad, apologizes.... Now if only they would stop killing cows....
In a surprise move Burger King quickly responded to the complaint from the Hindu American Foundation concerning the use of a Hindu Goddess to promote their burgers, apologized, and stated it would cease the advertising campaign.
Meat smoothie anyone? Part 2
HappyinHawaii made a great comment to my post about meat smoothies. HappyinHawaii finds my discussions about the reality of the meat industry, the blood, brains, guts, type stuff a bit off putting (offensive and gross). I wrote a reply to her comment (I am assuming it is a "her" but I could be wrong about that) and thought it would be good to post it as a blog post as well so more people will likely read it. My response to HappyinHawaii goes as follows:
Meat smoothie anyone?
Trevtheveg made a great post to my story about the Wienermobile (the vehicle that when you press the horn plays a song saying “Oh, I'd love to be an Oscar Mayer wiener. That is what I'd truly like to be”). His post is about how hot dogs are really made and includes some great links to You Tube videos showing some pretty gross stuff, like how all the meat cuts (read cow flesh) is ground up and literally turned into something that looks like a meat smoothie (gross).
Trevtheveg says "This three minute video from National Geographic will keep or make you a vegetarian for life!
Peacock basher pleads not guilty
Enough of wienermobiles and hot dog eating contests, its back to the peacock basher, the Makaha woman who beat a peacock to death with a baseball bat, as gosh darn it, it was keeping her awake at night!
July Fourth Hot Dog Eating Contest
While we are talking about the Wienermobile, another event that glorifies hot dogs is the July Fourth Hot Dog Eating Contest, which is considered a "colorful tradition of Independence Day". Now this is a good one, let's hold a contest to see who can eat the most hot dogs in 10 minutes! Great idea! This year's winner ate 68 hot dogs in 10 minutes. Wow!!! What a tremendous accomplishment!!! Way to go Joey Chestnut (the photo is of Joey, the champion eater of brains, blood, fat, scraps and intestines).
The marketing, like the wienermobile, creates a kind of mirage or illusion
On the wienermobile blog site they invite you to "Submit an essay in 100 words or less that details your favorite hot dog memory and your or another family member’s favorite toppings". If you submit the best entry you get to win a "Labor Day Grill-Out" (this is not quite the same thing as getting to buy great vegetarian products at Down to Earth's 30% Guiltless Grilling Sale that we had last week).
A 100 word essay from a cow that is going to be turned into a wiener might go something like this: