[Marvin]

I recieved this email from a friend, and thought I would pass it on.

Birdman, maybe you could verify this?


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 Texas Cattle Feeders Association

American cattle producers are very passionate about this.

McDonald's claims that there is not enough beef in the USA 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 is that the people
of the USA 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 Americans that sell cows at a livestock auction barn had to sign a
paper stating that we do NOT EVER feed our cows any part of another cow.
This is how mad cow disease is transmitted. South Americans are not
required to do this as 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 American 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 American
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.

American ranchers raise the highest quality beef in the world and this
is what Americans 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.

David W. Forrest, Ph.D ., PAS, Dipl.

ACAP Department of Animal Science
Texas A&M University
Phone (979) 845-3560
2471 TAMU College Station , TX 77843-2471

[D Winkler]

I've been on that boycott for 3.5 years now. McDonalds sucks

Just go rent "supersize me" and I promise this won't be a problem for you