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USDA newsletter encourages employees not to eat meat, GOP senator calls foul
Daily Caller ^
| July 26, 2012
| Caroline May
Posted on 07/26/2012 7:19:41 AM PDT by C19fan
On Wednesday, Kansas Republican Sen. Jerry Moran called on Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to explain why the agencys employee newsletter encouraged them to not eat meat and participate in the Meatless Monday initiative for the environment.
One simple way to reduce your environmental impact while dining at our cafeterias is to participate in the Meatless Monday initiative http://www.meatlessmonday.com/, The U.S. Department of Agricultures (USDA) July 23, 2012 Greening Headquarters Update read. This international effort, as the name implies, encourages people not to eat meat on Mondays. Meatless Monday is an initiative of The Monday Campaign Inc. in association with the John Hopkins School of Public Health.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: envoronment; meat
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What further proof does one need Environmentalism is a secular religion.
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posted on
07/26/2012 7:19:48 AM PDT
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
Ah, another Department of the Brainless that needs to be beaten back into nothingness.
However, we do need govt jobs for those who could do nothing more in college than major in (fill in the blank) studies.
What to do, what to do?
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posted on
07/26/2012 7:22:36 AM PDT
by
Da Coyote
To: C19fan
We need veggie environment nuts in the USDA like we need a hole in the head.
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posted on
07/26/2012 7:23:19 AM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(let me ABOs run loose, lew (or is that lou?))
To: C19fan
Never in my life would I have expected USDA to be opposed to farmers and ranchers, Moran said in a statement. American farmers and ranchers deserve a USDA that will pursue supportive policies rather than seek their further harm.
With extreme drought conditions plaguing much of the United States, the USDA should be more concerned about helping drought-stricken producers rather than demonizing an industry reeling from the lack of rain, he added. I have requested that Secretary Vilsack let me know if it is now USDAs official policy to discourage the consumption of American grown meat. It is my hope that the USDA has not abandoned farmers and ranchers in pursuit of policies best left to the Environmental Protection Agency.
The EPA shouldn’t even be pursuing these ridiculous policies.
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posted on
07/26/2012 7:27:17 AM PDT
by
KansasGirl
("If you have a business, you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen."--B. Hussein Obama)
To: C19fan
Meatless Monday - U.S. Department of Agricultures (USDA)
Double up Sunday - U.S. Farmer/Rancher
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posted on
07/26/2012 7:28:05 AM PDT
by
triSranch
( Home of J.C. Calhoun and the Birthplace and Deathbed of the Confederacy)
To: Elsie
12 Yea, flesh also of beasts and of the fowls of the air, I, the Lord, have ordained for the use of man with thanksgiving; nevertheless they are to be used sparingly;
13 And it is pleasing unto me that they should not be used, only in times of winter, or of cold, or famine.
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posted on
07/26/2012 7:29:08 AM PDT
by
Utah Binger
(Southern Utah where the world comes to see America)
To: C19fan
USDA has crossed the line by creating a new governmental religion:.
USDAtholic
but 600 years too late.
Catholics already had meatless Fridays in 1400`s.
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posted on
07/26/2012 7:29:50 AM PDT
by
bunkerhill7
(???? . what??? Who knew? .)
To: C19fan
Yeah the Dems are proven right once again. There is just no federal spending we can cut.
The only solution we have is to raise taxes and have bigger govt.
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posted on
07/26/2012 7:37:26 AM PDT
by
HereInTheHeartland
(Encourage all of your Democrat friends to get out and vote on November 7th, the stakes are high.)
To: Utah Binger
This out of the Book of Mormon? Sure doesn’t look like anything the Bible says to me.
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posted on
07/26/2012 8:09:41 AM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(let me ABOs run loose, lew (or is that lou?))
To: bunkerhill7
Does the USDA cover fish farming too?
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posted on
07/26/2012 8:10:32 AM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(let me ABOs run loose, lew (or is that lou?))
To: C19fan
Michelle and the Bamster should lead by example.
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posted on
07/26/2012 8:15:49 AM PDT
by
Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: HiTech RedNeck
I suspect that Vilsack is a Seven Day Adventist! Did a contract at a large Adventist Medical Center and there is NO MEAT in their cafeteria at all. Spent 9 months working there but ate lunch a nearby eatery, along with a lot of the staff and Doctors.
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posted on
07/26/2012 8:32:03 AM PDT
by
supermop
(Cleaning up the mess Obama will leave)
To: supermop
That’s the Adventists’ choice and if they believe it helps them worship God better then more power to them, but normally you’d think a head of some Federal agency wouldn’t be able to push any kind of religious agenda on the agency.
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posted on
07/26/2012 8:54:00 AM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(let me ABOs run loose, lew (or is that lou?))
To: supermop
Oh, and the Adventists have come up with some pretty awesome tasting veggie-pro (imitation scallops, imitation ground beef, etc.) but boy does it create an intestinal gas problem.
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posted on
07/26/2012 8:55:32 AM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(let me ABOs run loose, lew (or is that lou?))
To: HiTech RedNeck
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posted on
07/26/2012 8:58:53 AM PDT
by
the_daug
To: HiTech RedNeck
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posted on
07/26/2012 8:59:42 AM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
(Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
To: Izzy Dunne
Curious if Bishop Romney is also only an occasional meat eater on account of this advice.
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posted on
07/26/2012 9:04:29 AM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(let me ABOs run loose, lew (or is that lou?))
To: HiTech RedNeck
Doctrine and Covenants Section 89
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posted on
07/26/2012 9:11:18 AM PDT
by
Utah Binger
(Southern Utah where the world comes to see America)
To: C19fan
USDA newsletter encourages employees not to eat meat, GOP senator calls foulMONDAYS???
When Mitt is in it'll be all SUMMER!!!!!
THE
DOCTRINE AND COVENANTS
OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS
SECTION 89
Revelation given through Joseph Smith the Prophet, at Kirtland, Ohio, February 27, 1833. HC 1: 327329. As a consequence of the early brethren using tobacco in their meetings, the Prophet was led to ponder upon the matter; consequently he inquired of the Lord concerning it. This revelation, known as the Word of Wisdom, was the result. The first three verses were originally written as an inspired introduction and description by the Prophet.
19, Use of wine, strong drinks, tobacco, and hot drinks proscribed; 1017, Herbs, fruits, flesh, and grain are ordained for the use of man and of animals; 1821, Obedience to gospel law, including the Word of Wisdom, brings temporal and spiritual blessings.
1
A aWord OF Wisdom, for the benefit of the council of high priests, assembled in Kirtland, and the church, and also the saints in Zion
2 To be sent greeting; not by commandment or constraint, but by revelation and the
aword of wisdom, showing forth the order and
bwill of God in the temporal salvation of all saints in the last days
3 Given for a principle with
apromise, adapted to the capacity of the
bweak and the weakest of all
csaints, who are or can be called saints.
4 Behold, verily, thus saith the Lord unto you: In consequence of
aevils and designs which do and will exist in the hearts of
bconspiring men in the last days, I have
cwarned you, and forewarn you, by giving unto you this
word of wisdom by revelation
5 That inasmuch as
any man adrinketh bwine or strong drink among you, behold it is not good, neither meet in the sight of your Father, only in assembling yourselves together to offer up your sacraments before him.
6 And, behold, this should be wine, yea,
apure wine of the grape of the vine, of your own make.
7 And, again,
astrong drinks are not for the belly,
but for the washing of your bodies.
8 And again, tobacco is not for the
abody, neither for the belly, and is not good for man, but is an herb for bruises and all sick cattle, to be used with judgment and skill.
9 And again, hot drinks are not for the body or belly.
10 And again, verily I say unto you, all wholesome
aherbs God hath ordained for the constitution, nature, and use of man
11 Every herb in the season thereof, and every fruit in the season thereof; all these to be used with
aprudence and
bthanksgiving.
12 Yea,
aflesh also of
bbeasts and of the fowls of the air, I, the Lord, have ordained for the use of man with thanksgiving; nevertheless they are to be used
csparingly;
13 And it is pleasing unto me that they should not be
aused, only in times of winter, or of cold, or
bfamine.
14 All
agrain is ordained for the use of man and of beasts, to be the staff of life, not only for man but for the beasts of the field, and the fowls of heaven, and all wild animals that run or creep on the earth;
15 And
athese hath God made for the use of man only in times of famine and excess of hunger.
16 All grain is good for the
afood of man; as also the
bfruit of the vine; that which yieldeth fruit, whether in the ground or above the ground
17 Nevertheless, wheat for man, and corn for the ox, and oats for the horse, and rye for the fowls and for swine, and for all beasts of the field, and barley for all useful animals, and for mild drinks, as also other grain.
18 And all saints who remember to keep and do these sayings, walking in obedience to the commandments,
ashall receive
bhealth in their navel and marrow to their bones;
20 And shall
arun and not be
bweary, and shall walk and not faint.
21 And I, the Lord, give unto them a promise, that the
adestroying angel shall
bpass by them, as the children of Israel, and not slay them. Amen.
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posted on
07/26/2012 9:21:36 AM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going)
To: HiTech RedNeck
This out of the Book of Mormon?It is from MORMONism.
The BoM contains hardly ANYTHING that MORMONs practice.
One must look elsewhere for the Rules and Regulations one must follow to be considered a Worthy MORMON.
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posted on
07/26/2012 9:23:36 AM PDT
by
Elsie
(Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going)
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