----- Original Message -----
From: "Rhonda Schatz" <rkschatz (at) westriv.com>
Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 7:51 PM
Subject: Not McDonalds


> > >Guys-We as 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.
> > > > > > 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 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 = 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! 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.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Gale Kittell
> > > > > >
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