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The Meat We Eat

The Hot Pocket tainted meat recall is just the latest that we have heard about tainted and diseased meat being sold to consumers.   I guarantee you though it will not be the last. Although I was not so surprised when it happened, many wonder how it could have happened. What has been not been made extremely public is the fact that carcasses from around 28,000 diseased animals are sold to caterers and food processors every year. From that, the meat finds its way into schools, prisons, hospitals and the military, or is used in products such as pies and pastries. For example, meat from slaughtered cattle is sold with no warning to processors or consumers that it comes from a TB-infected herd. In other words, once it passes as being “fit for human consumption” it does not need to be marked, and can therefore be sold with all other meats without additional labeling. Just a week ago Rancho Feeding Corp. of Petaluma, CA recalled close to 9 million pounds of meat, because the me

From the Mother of a Young Black Son

Until now, I have been silent because I have not been able to get my emotions in check since the Jordan Davis verdict.  Another young black child, with a promising future has been slaughtered at the hands of a white man, who claims he “felt” that his life was in danger of being harmed by a young black male.  All under the “Stand your ground” law which says that you can provoke an encounter and still use lethal means to defend yourself.  This is basically justified murder, which in some cases encourages an open season against the young black male. This law has a stark resemblance to the “Casual Killing Act of 1669, which states that a slave can be killed by his master, and that the slave’s death shall not be accompanied by a felony. Jordan and Trayvon are not the only children that have died in such “Stand Your Ground” cases.  In Florida alone at least 26 children or teens have fallen victim as result of this abominable law. We are seeing this same scenario repeatedly, giving mothe