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	<title>Comments on: Carlin calls for big changes in factory farming</title>
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		<title>By: factory farming</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/carlin-calls-for-big-changes-in-factory-farming/#comment-352703</link>
		<dc:creator>factory farming</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 05:50:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] strongly critical of factory farming practices. The two-year study by the Pew Commission on &#8230;http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/carlin-calls-for-big-changes-in-factory-farming/Bali: Ubud Part 2 &#8211; Kintamani &#38;amp Tanah LotThe next day was a whole day of sightseeing. It&#8217;s good [...]</p>
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		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/carlin-calls-for-big-changes-in-factory-farming/#comment-349883</link>
		<dc:creator>adipex cheapest price</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 05:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>adipex&#8230;</strong></p>
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		<title>By: youtube breasts</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/carlin-calls-for-big-changes-in-factory-farming/#comment-348537</link>
		<dc:creator>youtube breasts</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 08:24:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Jed</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/carlin-calls-for-big-changes-in-factory-farming/#comment-343056</link>
		<dc:creator>Jed</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 07:41:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Monkeyhawk,
I&#039;ve always liked Bucky Fuller&#039;s view that a cow is a machine for making grass edible to humans.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Monkeyhawk,<br />
I&#8217;ve always liked Bucky Fuller&#8217;s view that a cow is a machine for making grass edible to humans.</p>
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		<title>By: ksagnostic</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/carlin-calls-for-big-changes-in-factory-farming/#comment-342421</link>
		<dc:creator>ksagnostic</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 12:14:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I second what Hank said. 

I have made an intentional effort to avoid factory farmed meat (at least in the home). It is more humane and it is better for the environment. And yes, the meat is less bland.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I second what Hank said. </p>
<p>I have made an intentional effort to avoid factory farmed meat (at least in the home). It is more humane and it is better for the environment. And yes, the meat is less bland.</p>
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		<title>By: StevenEDavis</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/carlin-calls-for-big-changes-in-factory-farming/#comment-342331</link>
		<dc:creator>StevenEDavis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 07:42:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>MonkeyHawk,

I quit cigarettes a little over seven years ago.  The first day I was a little uncomfortable, but mostly, I have thought, why did I wait so long?  It was much easier than I expected.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>MonkeyHawk,</p>
<p>I quit cigarettes a little over seven years ago.  The first day I was a little uncomfortable, but mostly, I have thought, why did I wait so long?  It was much easier than I expected.</p>
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		<title>By: beber</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/carlin-calls-for-big-changes-in-factory-farming/#comment-342183</link>
		<dc:creator>beber</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 02:08:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;The price and taxes and Bushonomics caught up with me and I’m jonesin’ every day.&quot; -- Monkeyhawk

Roll your own; there&#039;s always a way.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;The price and taxes and Bushonomics caught up with me and I’m jonesin’ every day.&#8221; &#8212; Monkeyhawk</p>
<p>Roll your own; there&#8217;s always a way.</p>
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		<title>By: Mary_Caruso</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/carlin-calls-for-big-changes-in-factory-farming/#comment-342153</link>
		<dc:creator>Mary_Caruso</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 00:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>One of the reasons why Americans are so fat is our lifestyle and the availability of fast food...everyone eats on the run nowadays. Try going into a Quik Trip and finding something healthy to eat...it&#039;s nothing but a junk food store. Everytime I go in there to get my cup of morning tea..there is some poor kid buying a coke and a candy bar for breakfast.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One of the reasons why Americans are so fat is our lifestyle and the availability of fast food&#8230;everyone eats on the run nowadays. Try going into a Quik Trip and finding something healthy to eat&#8230;it&#8217;s nothing but a junk food store. Everytime I go in there to get my cup of morning tea..there is some poor kid buying a coke and a candy bar for breakfast.</p>
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		<title>By: Monkeyhawk</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/carlin-calls-for-big-changes-in-factory-farming/#comment-342129</link>
		<dc:creator>Monkeyhawk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 23:54:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;KansasNative&quot; alleged --

&lt;i&gt;&quot;...when you get the nicotine, alcohol, or animal flesh out of your body, the smell and taste of it is repulsive.&quot;&lt;/i&gt;

For some people maybe.

I quit smoking and there&#039;s never been a moment I haven&#039;t been tempted to smoke again.  Second-hand smoke is ambrosia to me.  Somebody at a stop light&#039;s puffing a Camel?  I&#039;m getting off on the contact high.  

A few years ago I promised myself I wasn&#039;t gonna pay more than two-bucks a pack for cigarettes.  The price and taxes and Bushonomics caught up with me and I&#039;m jonesin&#039; every day.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;KansasNative&#8221; alleged &#8211;</p>
<p><i>&#8220;&#8230;when you get the nicotine, alcohol, or animal flesh out of your body, the smell and taste of it is repulsive.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>For some people maybe.</p>
<p>I quit smoking and there&#8217;s never been a moment I haven&#8217;t been tempted to smoke again.  Second-hand smoke is ambrosia to me.  Somebody at a stop light&#8217;s puffing a Camel?  I&#8217;m getting off on the contact high.  </p>
<p>A few years ago I promised myself I wasn&#8217;t gonna pay more than two-bucks a pack for cigarettes.  The price and taxes and Bushonomics caught up with me and I&#8217;m jonesin&#8217; every day.</p>
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		<title>By: darkanonm</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/carlin-calls-for-big-changes-in-factory-farming/#comment-342125</link>
		<dc:creator>darkanonm</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 23:12:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think obesity is because of the amount of sugars in foods. 
My problem with Carlin was he changed wives every time he got elected. Must be a Democrat thing.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think obesity is because of the amount of sugars in foods.<br />
My problem with Carlin was he changed wives every time he got elected. Must be a Democrat thing.</p>
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		<title>By: DavidB</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/carlin-calls-for-big-changes-in-factory-farming/#comment-342124</link>
		<dc:creator>DavidB</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 23:01:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>LOL! I never said a great steak ain&#039;t deeeelicious! I have steak several times a year.

But the huge, unhealthy and enormous amounts of meat we eat...  perhaps unprecedented in human history... yuck... just look at all the morbidly obese people all around us...

I don&#039;t blame the people.. I blame the food industry and the governmental policies that fosters and encourages these unhealthy diet habits.

Why cannot fresh fruit and vegetables be subsidized? 

I suggest you view some of the essays found at: www.michaelpollan.com

specifically www.michaelpollan.com/article.php?id=88  YOU ARE WHAT YOU GROW

and
www.michaelpollan.com/article.php?id=87  UNHAPPY MEALS</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>LOL! I never said a great steak ain&#8217;t deeeelicious! I have steak several times a year.</p>
<p>But the huge, unhealthy and enormous amounts of meat we eat&#8230;  perhaps unprecedented in human history&#8230; yuck&#8230; just look at all the morbidly obese people all around us&#8230;</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t blame the people.. I blame the food industry and the governmental policies that fosters and encourages these unhealthy diet habits.</p>
<p>Why cannot fresh fruit and vegetables be subsidized? </p>
<p>I suggest you view some of the essays found at: <a href="http://www.michaelpollan.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.michaelpollan.com</a></p>
<p>specifically <a href="http://www.michaelpollan.com/article.php?id=88" rel="nofollow">http://www.michaelpollan.com/article.php?id=88</a>  YOU ARE WHAT YOU GROW</p>
<p>and<br />
<a href="http://www.michaelpollan.com/article.php?id=87" rel="nofollow">http://www.michaelpollan.com/article.php?id=87</a>  UNHAPPY MEALS</p>
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		<title>By: JWink</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/carlin-calls-for-big-changes-in-factory-farming/#comment-342110</link>
		<dc:creator>JWink</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 22:06:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Could it be that ex-governor John Carlin is throwing his hat in the air for a possible political race.  Don&#039;t think he could run for Kansas Governor again but he might run for U.S. Senator or Congressman.  

Of course, as I recall, he spent the past ten years or so in Washington involved with the historic records department ... what is that department called?  

Ksfarmgrrl:  I will have to agree to disagree with you that Carlin was a &quot;real&quot; governor.  Been a while ago so off the top of my head, I don&#039;t remember his problems as governor.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Could it be that ex-governor John Carlin is throwing his hat in the air for a possible political race.  Don&#8217;t think he could run for Kansas Governor again but he might run for U.S. Senator or Congressman.  </p>
<p>Of course, as I recall, he spent the past ten years or so in Washington involved with the historic records department &#8230; what is that department called?  </p>
<p>Ksfarmgrrl:  I will have to agree to disagree with you that Carlin was a &#8220;real&#8221; governor.  Been a while ago so off the top of my head, I don&#8217;t remember his problems as governor.</p>
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		<title>By: KansasNative</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/carlin-calls-for-big-changes-in-factory-farming/#comment-342020</link>
		<dc:creator>KansasNative</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 18:09:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Its like smoking or drinking...when you get the nicotine, alcohol, or animal flesh out of your body, the smell and taste of it is repulsive.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Its like smoking or drinking&#8230;when you get the nicotine, alcohol, or animal flesh out of your body, the smell and taste of it is repulsive.</p>
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		<title>By: HLP</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/carlin-calls-for-big-changes-in-factory-farming/#comment-341989</link>
		<dc:creator>HLP</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 16:55:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>We&#039;ve been getting a side of beef every now and then from the Turkey Foot Ranch.

http://www.localharvest.org/farms/M3804

A little pricey for a side of beef, but still cheaper and a lot better than &#039;store bought&#039;!

I highly recommend it!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We&#8217;ve been getting a side of beef every now and then from the Turkey Foot Ranch.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.localharvest.org/farms/M3804" rel="nofollow">http://www.localharvest.org/farms/M3804</a></p>
<p>A little pricey for a side of beef, but still cheaper and a lot better than &#8217;store bought&#8217;!</p>
<p>I highly recommend it!</p>
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		<title>By: Mary_Caruso</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/carlin-calls-for-big-changes-in-factory-farming/#comment-341983</link>
		<dc:creator>Mary_Caruso</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 16:48:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I agree Monkey...I LOVE a good steak grilled outside. Nothing tastes better. My kids say after one gets used to not eating it, it becomes pretty nauseating though. I don&#039;t care...at my age a few bad habits are OK.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree Monkey&#8230;I LOVE a good steak grilled outside. Nothing tastes better. My kids say after one gets used to not eating it, it becomes pretty nauseating though. I don&#8217;t care&#8230;at my age a few bad habits are OK.</p>
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		<title>By: Regular</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/carlin-calls-for-big-changes-in-factory-farming/#comment-341976</link>
		<dc:creator>Regular</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 16:39:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I just waiting for the day I can get my meat out of a test tube.

Can&#039;t wait for some fine test tube barbequed brisket fresh from Meat Labs, inc.

Or perhaps some succulent chicken breasts right off the test bench of Poultry Research Institute.

Perhaps some spiral cut ham right off the laser beam factory floor of Hormel Artificial Lifeforms Plant.

Yummy, my mouth is watering...
(cough,gag)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I just waiting for the day I can get my meat out of a test tube.</p>
<p>Can&#8217;t wait for some fine test tube barbequed brisket fresh from Meat Labs, inc.</p>
<p>Or perhaps some succulent chicken breasts right off the test bench of Poultry Research Institute.</p>
<p>Perhaps some spiral cut ham right off the laser beam factory floor of Hormel Artificial Lifeforms Plant.</p>
<p>Yummy, my mouth is watering&#8230;<br />
(cough,gag)</p>
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		<title>By: Maggotpunk</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/carlin-calls-for-big-changes-in-factory-farming/#comment-341975</link>
		<dc:creator>Maggotpunk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 16:39:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I walk into high schools and the teens tower over me.  I&#039;ve always wondered if it&#039;s because of all the BGH kids are ingesting these days.  I went beef free a few years back and it really wasn&#039;t difficult at all.  Giving up on bland, tasteless flab for organic venison.  Like there&#039;s a choice between the two.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I walk into high schools and the teens tower over me.  I&#8217;ve always wondered if it&#8217;s because of all the BGH kids are ingesting these days.  I went beef free a few years back and it really wasn&#8217;t difficult at all.  Giving up on bland, tasteless flab for organic venison.  Like there&#8217;s a choice between the two.</p>
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		<title>By: Monkeyhawk</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/carlin-calls-for-big-changes-in-factory-farming/#comment-341966</link>
		<dc:creator>Monkeyhawk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 16:26:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;DavidB&quot; shares --

&lt;i&gt;&quot;The people eat the cows because it’s cheap.&quot;&lt;/i&gt;

No.

People eat cows because they taste good.

Mumbly-mumbly years ago, the local cow stopped giveing milk and cheese and died and someone put the carcass on a fire to get rid of it and happend to notice that it was pretty good eatin&#039;.

Is it good for us?  Is it the most efficient way to provide protein and vitamins and minerals to the human diet?  Maybe not.  But it sure tastes good.

All those animal sacrifices of all ancient cultures...  Think they didn&#039;t know they were letting a leg o&#039; lamb go to waste?  (Mmmmm.  garlic gravy... mint jelly....)  It damned well &lt;i&gt;was&lt;/i&gt; a sacrifice, I tell ya!

A cow (or goat or pig, whatever) is simply a storage system of energy.  They eat energy in the summer and their meat gives it back during the winter when the veggies aren&#039;t growing and they&#039;re more or less frozen an preserved.  

That&#039;s how it worked for millions of years in the food chain.

Today we can manipulate the environment so we can eat meat all year &#039;round.  &#039;Cuz it tastes good.

Factory farms are one approach to address an industry-created demand for year-round meat.  A century or so ago, people ate from the garden in the summer and ate hams and sausage and preserved meat in the winter.  We&#039;re now in a a market where we can get summer vegetables in the dead of winter, thanks to technology.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;DavidB&#8221; shares &#8211;</p>
<p><i>&#8220;The people eat the cows because it’s cheap.&#8221;</i></p>
<p>No.</p>
<p>People eat cows because they taste good.</p>
<p>Mumbly-mumbly years ago, the local cow stopped giveing milk and cheese and died and someone put the carcass on a fire to get rid of it and happend to notice that it was pretty good eatin&#8217;.</p>
<p>Is it good for us?  Is it the most efficient way to provide protein and vitamins and minerals to the human diet?  Maybe not.  But it sure tastes good.</p>
<p>All those animal sacrifices of all ancient cultures&#8230;  Think they didn&#8217;t know they were letting a leg o&#8217; lamb go to waste?  (Mmmmm.  garlic gravy&#8230; mint jelly&#8230;.)  It damned well <i>was</i> a sacrifice, I tell ya!</p>
<p>A cow (or goat or pig, whatever) is simply a storage system of energy.  They eat energy in the summer and their meat gives it back during the winter when the veggies aren&#8217;t growing and they&#8217;re more or less frozen an preserved.  </p>
<p>That&#8217;s how it worked for millions of years in the food chain.</p>
<p>Today we can manipulate the environment so we can eat meat all year &#8217;round.  &#8216;Cuz it tastes good.</p>
<p>Factory farms are one approach to address an industry-created demand for year-round meat.  A century or so ago, people ate from the garden in the summer and ate hams and sausage and preserved meat in the winter.  We&#8217;re now in a a market where we can get summer vegetables in the dead of winter, thanks to technology.</p>
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		<title>By: KansasNative</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/carlin-calls-for-big-changes-in-factory-farming/#comment-341957</link>
		<dc:creator>KansasNative</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 15:59:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Amen!</description>
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		<title>By: darkanonm</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/carlin-calls-for-big-changes-in-factory-farming/#comment-341956</link>
		<dc:creator>darkanonm</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 15:54:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Smells like $$$$</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Smells like $$$$</p>
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		<title>By: DavidB</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/carlin-calls-for-big-changes-in-factory-farming/#comment-341934</link>
		<dc:creator>DavidB</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 15:04:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The entire industry floats atop an ocean of oil and fossil fuels. Cows are fed the corn which is so cheap because it is overly fertilized with fossil fuel derived products.

The cows must be given antibiotics or they&#039;d explode from gasses produced by bacteria living in their gut.. a digestive system developed to eat grasses and not corn.

The people eat the cows because it&#039;s cheap.

The people get obese and sick from too much meat in their diets. And humans are wired to want fats in their diets. Ancient skinny ancestors died off during times of famine, selecting those who got a lot of fat to survive and reproduce.

This industry maximizes profits for the food industry and hurts the American people and the nation as a whole.

At least that&#039;s the way I see it. And have you ever been in a town with a corporate pig factory nearby when the wind is just right.....? OMFG!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The entire industry floats atop an ocean of oil and fossil fuels. Cows are fed the corn which is so cheap because it is overly fertilized with fossil fuel derived products.</p>
<p>The cows must be given antibiotics or they&#8217;d explode from gasses produced by bacteria living in their gut.. a digestive system developed to eat grasses and not corn.</p>
<p>The people eat the cows because it&#8217;s cheap.</p>
<p>The people get obese and sick from too much meat in their diets. And humans are wired to want fats in their diets. Ancient skinny ancestors died off during times of famine, selecting those who got a lot of fat to survive and reproduce.</p>
<p>This industry maximizes profits for the food industry and hurts the American people and the nation as a whole.</p>
<p>At least that&#8217;s the way I see it. And have you ever been in a town with a corporate pig factory nearby when the wind is just right&#8230;..? OMFG!</p>
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		<title>By: Mary_Caruso</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/carlin-calls-for-big-changes-in-factory-farming/#comment-341921</link>
		<dc:creator>Mary_Caruso</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 14:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I wish I had the discipline to become vegetarian...it&#039;s good for the body and the environment. My kids have been vegetarians for over a decade, they are really healthy and have hardly any fat on their bodies.
They quit eating meat after a trip we took out to Colorado and they had a chance to see and smell the cattle pens in Western Kansas.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I wish I had the discipline to become vegetarian&#8230;it&#8217;s good for the body and the environment. My kids have been vegetarians for over a decade, they are really healthy and have hardly any fat on their bodies.<br />
They quit eating meat after a trip we took out to Colorado and they had a chance to see and smell the cattle pens in Western Kansas.</p>
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		<title>By: Mary_Caruso</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/carlin-calls-for-big-changes-in-factory-farming/#comment-341920</link>
		<dc:creator>Mary_Caruso</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 14:34:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Politicians not liking the smell of cattle pens...isn&#039;t that an oxymoron?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Politicians not liking the smell of cattle pens&#8230;isn&#8217;t that an oxymoron?</p>
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		<title>By: george</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/carlin-calls-for-big-changes-in-factory-farming/#comment-341903</link>
		<dc:creator>george</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 13:58:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Must not like the smell. Politicians leave it alone.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Must not like the smell. Politicians leave it alone.</p>
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		<title>By: ksfarmgrrl</title>
		<link>http://blogs.kansas.com/weblog/2008/05/carlin-calls-for-big-changes-in-factory-farming/#comment-341889</link>
		<dc:creator>ksfarmgrrl</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 13:44:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m tellin&#039; ya, John Carlin was the last REAL governor of Kansas!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m tellin&#8217; ya, John Carlin was the last REAL governor of Kansas!</p>
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