Jerry Schneble. He is the Michigan director of the Great American Meatout — you didn’t know there was such a position? In shilling for vegetarian interests (and his own political views), Schnebel talked Michigan governor Jennifer Granholm into having an “official” Michigan Meatout Day. This is a state proclamation for a meatless day. Here’s Schneble:
“I would point out that two-thirds of all Americans are either overweight or obese, and I can guarantee you they did not get that way by overeating fruits and vegetables,” he said.
“Meat has no fiber, no phytochemicals, or antioxidants — all critical for good health.”
What about all of the healthy attributes that meat does have, Jerry? Yeah, not important. Anyways, Granholm went along and last Saturday was the big day. To show my lack of support for politicized governmental decrees on food, I went over the the local meat packing plant and stocked up on Buffalo and Elk, along with Venison jerky. So what happened when the idiot Granholm made her declaration?
Her seemingly benign proclamation inspired a debate Wednesday on the state Senate floor, a Michigan Meat Eaters Day Facebook page, caustic press releases from Republican gubernatorial candidates, hastily scheduled Saturday sportsmen’s protest barbecues, national media coverage and a flood of e-mails to the Michigan Farm Bureau and other agricultural groups.
“We have never seen any issue generate as much response from our members on our Twitter and Facebook accounts,” said Jill Corrin, spokeswoman for the Farm Bureau. “Most of the comments start with ‘this is ridiculous.’”
Since the northern two-thirds of Michigan is all rural and mostly farms, ummm, not a good idea. In fact, the Michigan Farm Bureau has declared today a Meat Eaters’ Day. I celebrated (unknowingly) by making up the last of the ground Buffalo for breakfast post-workout: a cilantro Buffalo patty with pepper jack cheese, buried in onions sauteed in ghee, with a side of mixed greens and kale, along with some Trader Joe’s organic ketchup, sans the high-fructose corn syrup and assorted chemicals.
