Whar's the beef ??

American Beef
> >
> >
> > > Read this if you want to know what is happening to the American Farmer
> and
> > > Rancher.
> > >
> > > **** We as cattle producers are very passionate about this. Mc
Donald's
> > > claims that there is not enough beef in the USA to support their
> > > restaurants. Well, we know that is not so. My 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 McDonalds successful in the first place, but
> we
> > > are not good enough to purchase beef from. We personally are no
longer
> > > eating at McDonalds, which I am sure does not make an impact, but if
we
> > pass
> > > this around maybe there will be an impact felt. Please pass on your
> > > opinion.
> > > **** This has Me just fighting mad. 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.
> > > **** McDonalds 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
> > > McDonalds. 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
> > > McDonalds 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 =3D 300) ... and those 300 send it to at least
> ten
> > > more (300 x 10 =3D 3,000) ... and so on, by the time the message
reaches
> > the
> > > sixth generation of people, we will have reached over THREE MILLION
> > > consumers! If those three million get excited and pass this on to ten
> > > friends each, then 30 million people will have been contacted! If it
> goes
> > > one level further, you guessed it..... THREE HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE!!!
> > >
> > > Again, all you have to do is send this to 10 people. That's all. 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.
>
>
>
> --- James Dutton
> --- jamesdutton55@earthlink.net

 

This was from an email.
I'm not sure if there was a petition.
You might e-mail the person listed at the bottom of the post to see what you can find out.

 

Thanks George you can have my share of the McMad Burgers.