Re: The truth about Greece

In tpa they call him Dickie the Sissie.
At home they tagged him Richie The Prissy.

Others offered Richard the Chrissy-
When he dies, no one will miss-ee.





Richard wrote:
> This Regina is a weird chick
>
> Mhitsos**48 wrote:
> > Regina Schmid wrote:
> >
> > > www.wagny.org/greece
> > >
> > > Regina
> > > --
> > > www.archenoah-kreta.com
> > > The world is a dangerous place, not just because of those who do evil,
> > > but because of those who look on and do nothing. (Albert Einstein)
> > >
> >
> > I see no pictures of cows or chickens.
> > Are you biased against cows and chickens?
> >
> > Saddam and six co-defendants are accused of killing 182,000 Kurds during
> > the campaign, when government troops swept through Kurdistan in 1988,
> > burning and bombing thousands of villages.
> >
http://www.institutkurde.org/en/afp/archives/?src=news/061128151346.rqgf98fn.xml
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> > Terrible Treatment of Animals that are Slaughtered
> > Over 100,000 cattle are killed each day in the US. They are killed by
> > being hung by their feet and having their throats cut, killed with a
> > stun-gun, or shocked by electric prods. While being slaughtered, they
> > are often beaten and kicked.
> >
> > Factory hens are forced to live through totally outrageous living
> > conditions. Chickens are kept crammed with four to eight chickens in a
> > small cage. Each hen is kept confined in about 48 to 86 square inches of
> > space. When egg production of chickens are reduced to almost nothing,
> > they can be induced to resume egg production by forced molt, which is
> > done by water deprivation and starvation for up to two weeks. Most hens
> > are molted at least once in their lives. This practice is so bad that
> > even McDonald's won't purchase eggs from suppliers that engage in this
> > procedure.
> >
> > There is no sell-by date for chickens, so it is unknown how long a dead
> > chicken has been sitting around in a processing plant, trucks, storage,
> > on the road, or a meat case before being sold.
> >
> > In the production of veal, male calves are put in cramped cages and
> > chained by their necks to keep them from turning around. They are fed a
> > diet without roughage and iron to cause the meat of an almost
> > fully-grown animal to be whitest and tender, like a newborn calf. They
> > are injected with hormones and antibiotics to make them grow and to stay
> > alive.
> >
> > Drugs in Animals
> > Over 20,000 different drugs are used on animals, such as antibiotics,
> > sterols and growth hormones. These drugs in animals are consumed when
> > meat products are eaten. This could lead to a problem with secondary
> > consumption of antibiotics.
> >
> > How Meat Eating Destroys the Environment
> > At the present time, 70% of the grains in the US and 40% of the grains
> > in the world are fed to livestock. It takes up to 16 pounds of soybeans
> > and grains to produce one pound of beef and three to six pounds to
> > produce one pound of turkey or eggs. The World Health Organization says
> > that 1.2 billion people in the world do not get enough to eat. If less
> > grains were fed to livestock, this would highly reduce that number.
> >
> > A disproportionate amount of the resources of the earth are used to
> > produce meat products. About half the water used by the US is used for
> > cattle production. It takes 3 to 15 times as much water to produce
> > animal protein as it does plant protein. A cow needs to eat 7 pounds of
> > protein derived from soybeans or grains to make a pound of beef.
> >
> > Around 390 gallons of water are used to produce a pound of beef and just
> > 25 gallons of water to produce one pound of wheat.
> >
> > Many trees are being cut down throughout the world so more cattle can be
> > grazed. Much of this deforestation takes place in the tropical rain
> > forests in Central and South America. Cattle production is the main
> > reason for the destruction of the rain forests in Central and South
> > America. More than 25% of the forests in Central America have been
> > destroyed because of cattle production. For every quarter pound of
> > hamburger exported from the region, there is a loss of 55 square feet of
> > rain forest.
> >
> > When livestock grazes on land this tends to cause erosion of the topsoil
> > and the land to dry out. The US has lost about one-third of its topsoil.
> > Good topsoil helps to keep land more cultivable.
> >
> > Cattle production causes soil depletion. Around 685 million acres, 85
> > percent of the US western rangeland, is being degraded because of
> > overgrazing.
> > Tens of millions of tons of methane are released into the atmosphere by
> > the 1.3 billion cattle. Hundreds of millions of tons of CO2 go into the
> > atmosphere by burning forests to make pastures for cattle, which causes
> > global warning.
> >
> > It takes 78 calories of fossil fuel to produce 1 calorie of beef
> > protein; 35 calories for 1 calorie of pork; 22 calories for 1 of
> > poultry; but just 1 calorie of fossil fuel for 1 calorie of soybeans.
> >
> > Livestock Organic Waste Helps Destroy the Environment
> > Cattle production produces a billion tons of organic waste each year.
> > The waste from animals, fertilizers and pesticides is the main source of
> > water pollution in the US. According to the EPA, field agricultural
> > runoff is the main source of 60% of river and stream pollution.
> >
> > A 1997 Senate report documents that livestock produces 10,000 pounds of
> > solid manure for every person in the US. The waste from livestock is 130
> > times that produced by humans. When it rains, phosphorous and nitrogen
> > from the manure seep into rivers and streams, which causes algae blooms
> > (red tides). It also causes the increase of dinoflagellates, which are a
> > one-celled entity that has killed millions of fish. If a human comes in
> > contact with them, they experience sores on their skin and may
> > experience memory loss.
> >
> > Free-Range Chickens
> > Defining a chicken as "free-range," as sold in natural food store,
> > insinuates that free range chickens are better treated and therefore
> > morally alright to eat them. The government's definition of
"free-range"
> > just means that the poultry from which this meat is derived have had
> > access to the outdoors. This could mean just a small area outside for
> > thousands of birds.
> >
> > This does not mean that all the other tortuous techniques being
> > inflicted on factory-farmed birds are not inflicted on free range
> > chickens also.
> > According to Consumer Report (March 1998), it found that free-range
> > poultry was more contaminated by salmonella and campylobacter than non
> > free-range poultry. 63% of the tested chickens had salmonella, 16% had
> > campylobacter and 8% had both.
> >
> > Dangers of Meat & Fishing Industry
> > The meat industry is often found guilty of health, environmental and
> > labor violations. Each year over 20,000 men are killed worldwide in the
> > fishing industry according to the Agriculture Organization of the UN.
> > This makes it the most dangerous profession. A fisherman in the US is
> > sixteen times more likely to be killed on the job than a policeman or
> > fireman.
> >
> > Potentially Dangerous Chemicals and Natural Products
> > Many of the over 25,000 chemicals used in cosmetic and personal care
> > products have not been tested properly for danger to humans. Many of
> > these products are toxins or contain toxic products.
> >
> > Some things that can be dangerous in cosmetic and personal care products
> > are alcohol (isopropyl), DEA, DMDM hydantoin, FD & C color, fluoride,
> > fragrance, MEA, mineral oil, parabens, polyethylene glycol (PEG),
> > propylene glycol (PG), sodium laureth sulfate (SLES), sodium lauryl
> > sulfate (SLS), triclosan and urea hydantoin. Many of these products can
> > be serious carcinogens and hormone-disrupting chemicals.
> >
> > Because there are no regulations in regard to what is considered to be a
> > "Natural Product," this term is often abused. Often the so-called
> > natural products contain the same dangerous chemicals that they propound
> > that they are replacing.
> >
> > Dangerous Chemicals in Meat
> > Many potentially hazardous chemicals are often present in meat products.
> > In the book Poisons in Your Body, by Gary and Steven Null, state some of
> > the things happening in animal factories. "The animals are kept alive
> > and fattened by the continuous administration of tranquilizers,
> > hormones, antibiotics, and 2,700 other drugs. The process starts even
> > before birth and continues long after death. Although these drugs will
> > still be present in the meat when you eat it, the law does not require
> > that they be listed on the package."
> >
> > Arsenic is often used as a growth stimulant. The Department of
> > Agriculture (USDA) found that arsenic exceeded the legal limit in 15% of
> > the poultry in the US.
> >
> > Sodium nitrite and sodium nitrate are chemicals used as preservatives to
> > slow down putrefaction in cured meat, giving meat its bright-red color
> > by reacting with pigments in the blood and muscles. If they are not
> > used, then the meat will have its natural gray-brown color, which
> > wouldn't be good for sales. These chemicals when taken in excess can
> > poison humans, and many people have been poisoned by these chemicals.
> > These chemicals can be especially dangerous to babies and young
> > children. The United Nations' joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee of Food
> > Additives warned, "Nitrate should on no account be added to baby
food."
> > AJ Lehman of the FDA pointed out that "only a small margin of safety
> > exists between the amount of nitrate that is safe and that which may be
> > dangerous."
> >
> > Because of the horrible conditions that the animals to be slaughtered
> > are put through, often they are given vast amounts of antibiotics, which
> > can often create antibiotic-resistant bacteria that can be passed to
> > persons who eat the meat. The FDA estimates that penicillin and
> > tetracycline save the meat industry $1.9 billion a year.
> > http://www.vegetarian-restaurants.net/OtherInfo/GeneralVeg.htm#terrible
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