Must Read About McDonalds

> MUST READ ABOUT MCDONALDS
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> THIS IS A GOOD DECENT MAN WHO TOOK THE TIME TO WRITE THIS AND: HE SIGNED THE
> STATEMENT AND: INCLUDED HIS CONTACT INFO:
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> PLEASE READ ON
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> 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 Association American cattle
> producers are very passionate about this.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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 g ood old McDonald's..
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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 l east 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!
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> 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..
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> David W. Forrest, Ph.D ., PAS, Dipl.
> ACAP Department of Animal Science
> Texas A&M University
> Phone (979) 845-3560
> Fax (979) 862-3399
> 2471 TAMU College Station , TX 77843-2471