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Meat’s not green and these bands are giving the shout out to let everyone know.
Rise Against, Sierra, Cisco and Swayze, Trivium, Evergreen Terrace, Sky Eats Airplane, TAT, Charlotte Sometimes, Pierce the Veil, Say Anything, Ludo, and Dr. Manhattan all want people to try not to eat meat (or as much of it) because so many resources are wasted getting the animal from the farm to the plate.
As we reported earlier, Carrie’s voice can be heard singing Motley Crue’s “Home Sweet Home” during each American Idol contestant’s elimination this year. Some of the profits from her version of “Home Sweet Home” available on iTunes will go towards the Humane Society of the United States.
And that just makes the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance want to poop (pun intended).
“Carrie Underwood has decided to use her talents to benefit an organization dedicated to destroying the rights of thousands of her fans,” said Rick Story, vice president of the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance, in a news release. “HSUS does not operate or oversee animal shelters; it is a radical organization that seeks to end hunting and other responsible uses of animals in America.”
The Alliance is urging hunters to contact Fox and demand they not play Carrie’s song.
Wow. Talk about “radical.”
Trying to censor an artist who wants to benefit an organization that works to protect so many animals by speaking out against puppy mills to protecting farm animals sounds more radical. Trying to censor an artist just because she donates to a charity that doesn’t work in favor of your interest is radical.
It’s highly unlikely Fox will drop their Idol alumnus. And it’s highly likely the added publicity will improves sales of “Home Sweet Home.”
NBC’s new reality TV chef competition, Chopping Block, has one contestant, Kelsey Henderson (right) who’s had her hand in some veg cooking before.
Although she herself isn’t vegetarian, she told the LA Times blog she enjoys “eating and cooking that kind of food.”
Does that mean we’ll see some veggie creations on her “Chopping Block” menu this season?
Henderson is also a former macrobiotic chef for Madonna.
The show involves teams of contestants bending over backwards for various scenarios that go into opening a new restaurant, from planning the menu to publicity to the most important-making the food! All this must be done while pleasing various food critics who are watching every move they make to determine which team should be sent home next.
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When a chicken slaughterhouse located in Farmersville, Louisiana, Pilgrim’s Pride, announced it was closing its doors due to the bad economy, Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal put together an emergency task force to try to prevent losing over a thousand jobs.
PETA is interested in putting its hand in Louisiana’s economic pocket and has offerred to buy the plant and turn it into a “chicken empathy museum.”
“The museum would also promote compassion for animals and educate people about the suffering endured by the 9 billion chickens who are killed for food every year,” writes PETA on its blog. “What better job is there for a former factory-farm worker than to educate others about how wonderful chickens really are?”
The idea is that the museum would not only provide jobs but also attract tourists. It would include a restaurant and give out free plush toys to children. Uh-oh. Stuffed animals and children. Parent wouldn’t stand a chance to protest against going.
But seriously, there’s a lot of talk about green jobs and how these will improve our economy. Vegetarian falls under “green” but the idea of a veg powered economy is not farfetched, with plant based products, such as biofuel, already in demand.
And the chicken plant isn’t the first animal agriculture business to fall prey to the recession. Dairy is losing its punch too.
What veg businesses do you think could thrive after being created?
Comedian Ron White welcomed vegetarians quite nicely at one of his comedy shows.
“If you’re here tonight, and you’re a vegetarian, do me a favor: Shut-up!”
The Comedy Central star is extremely misinformed about vegetarians, asking “have you ever seen a healthy vegetarian” and saying that “they’re all kind of yellow.”
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It’s Friday the 13th! Ooooh, are you scared? Are you superstitious?
Candice Bergen wrote up her fears on wowowow.com, where she revealed meat being really the only one.
However, we already know chicken doesn’t scare her, but at least she’s admitting to her “half-assed vegetarian” ways.
“Something I do have oddly strong feelings about, bordering on the superstitious, is eating any kind of four-legged animal. Also some two-legged, like duck. I will never eat duck. And I haven’t eaten pork or beef (especially veal) for 35 years. This started because I suddenly started to find people carving into these bloody haunches of meat so disturbing. And after walking through the former huge market square in Paris, with hundreds of carcasses hanging side by side, it just repulsed me and I decided to keep my own half-assed vegetarianism. I don’t mention it at dinners. I just eat around the meat. I’m not a pain in the ass, but I cannot eat meat now — even some that looks and smells delicious, like barbecued ribs or prosciutto — without feeling like I am betraying animals.”
“So it is almost a superstition. I guess it’s more a personal idiosyncrasy. A principle I won’t break.”
Maybe chickens should learn to go “quack, quack,” and Candy won’t eat them.
No, you heard correctly. Someone wants to make a George Clooney flavored tofu. Oh, come on, you know who.
PETA paparazzi somehow got ahold of a gym towel that was soaked in the actor’s sweat. Through magic vegetarian chants (well, actually it’s a combination of gas chromatography and mass spectrometry) chemists can isolate his odor characteristics, which can be extracted and blended into your tofu smoothie or stir fry.
“Some people don’t try tofu because they expect it to taste bland, but we know it can absorb any taste—so CloFu could make your taste buds and your heart melt. Of course, what’s even better is that after everyone gets a piece of George and realizes how delicious tofu truly is, diets will be revolutionized.”
The group wrote to Clooney personally, asking him what he thought of the idea:
“We have been offered some of your perspiration, apparently taken from a towel at a gym in Washington, D.C. We are big fans, and this prospect has given us an interesting idea that we hope will amuse you too.”
“The technology actually exists to take your perspiration and make it into George Clooney–flavored tofu (CloFu). We could do that and give the tofu away.”
Well, if it’s free…the economy is getting tough, you know.
