mcdonald's

as anyone who knows me knows, i fucking hate mcdonald's.  today i overheard one mother trying to placate her screeching child by offering up mcdonald's as a silencer.

good god.

i just got this email from a friend.  passed on, as they always all are, in order to inform the consumer.

for years i have suspected that mcdonald's has been a shady company bowing only to the allmighty dollar while overlooking quality and health.  i hate them for preying on kids and mcdonaldizing society.  i see their company as a disease like ebola.

the question i have is if people actually REALLY eat there anymore? 

the email:


This IS A GOOD DECENT MAN WHO TOOK THE TIME TO WRITE THIS AND HE SIGNED THE STATEMENT AND INCLUDED HIS CONTACT INFO:



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 Alberta Cattle Feeders Association

Canadian cattle producers are very passionate about this.

McDonald's claims that there is not enough beef in Canada 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 Canada are the ones who made McDonald's successful in the first place, but we are not good enough to provide beef.

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.

Please pass it on. Just to add a note:

All Canadians that sell cattle at a livestock auction barn have to sign a paper stating that we do NOT EVER feed our cattle any part of another animal. South Americans are not required to do this as of yet.  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 Canadian 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 Canadian 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 McDonald's.

Canadian ranchers raise the highest quality beef in the world and this is what Canadians 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.

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.