Vegetarian Star

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We really hate this part of our job. But we gotta do what we gotta do. Rapper Common has become the latest former veg celebrity to become meatlisted. An interview with Blackbookmag.com:

I read that you are a practicing vegan?
No, I used to be a vegan. I eat fish now.

How long were you a vegan?
Two years.

Sigh. It was good while it lasted.

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Spam is never appealing, whether it’s creamed pork shoulder or 100 emails a day offering you “enhancement” drugs.

That’s why when PETA found out Philadelphia Phillies Outfielder Shane Victorino has a favorite dish consisting of Spam, rice blocks, and nori, they decided to “spam” him with one of their famous letters beseeching meat loving celebrities to change their ways.

Spam Musubi is a Hawaiian (Victorino’s home state) favorite, and is your equivalent of Spam sushi. Gross! An excerpt from the letter:

As you might know, PETA has named Citizens Bank Ballpark the Most Vegetarian Friendly Ballpark two years in a row for its astounding variety of protein-packed, delicious animal-friendly fare, including mock-chicken sandwiches, “crab-free crab cakes,” Philly faux-steak sandwiches, veggie dogs, and flame-grilled Gardenburgers! We urge you to abandon the Spam, take advantage of the park’s delicious veggie options, and consider joining other compassionate athletes–including John Salley, Ricky Williams, and Tony Gonzalez–in healthy and humane vegetarian eating.

PETA also discusses the results of their investigation of a factory farm that breeds pigs for Hormel, the company that produces Spam. Some details of the undercover stint include a worker shoving a stick in a sow’s vagina, beating pigs with metal rods, poking at their eyes with clothespins, and beating one female pig saying, “You gotta beat on the bitch. Make her cry.”

Okaaaaaay. While we don’t see the connection as to how making the b*#ch cry produces better Spam (or why we need to even produce Spam, for that matter), we do agree with what PETA assistant director Dan Shannon said in a press release:

“If Shane likes Spam a lot, he should buy tickets to the Broadway play but leave it off his dinner plate.”

Or, to put it in the words of a pig factory farm worker, “Leave that b*#ch alone!”

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So let’s play a little game. How many animals go into a 4 ounce hamburger? Four, eight, 10, 12? Sorry, game over. It’s more like 200-1,000! Yes, we know this makes you want to vomit, but there’s nothing like hearing the truth from someone who’s walked the line.

Howard Lyman is an animal rights advocate who grew up farming, became a factory farmer himself, then did a complete 180 and became vegetarian.  He’s also the author of the book “Mad Cowboy: Plain Truth from the Cattle Rancher Who Won’t Eat Meat.” You may remember his name being dropped in 1996 when he appeared on the Oprah Winfrey show. He and O said some pretty bad stuff about meat. They both were sued by The National Cattleman’s Beef Association and both (obviously) got off the hook.

After finishing college, he turned his small family owned organic farm into a factory one with over 30 employees and 7,000 cattle (which, according to the stats above, all 7,000 of those cows could easily be mixed in with only a measly seven Happy Meals. McYuck!)

It took an illness, paralysis, and lying in a hospital bed for him to fully think about the implications of what he was doing. He thinks the world needs to get more into organic farming, and everyone, regardless of what’s on their plate, must realize the impact of how diet, farming, and the treatment of animals effects the earth.

“We don’t all have to agree on the diet we choose, but we have to agree that this planet is the only one we have. We need to think about where we’re going and we need to do it in this generation.”

via The Orion
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