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Posted on: Food Oddities and Eye Exercises
January 5, 2009 at 3:49 PM

Pete,

Don't worry, I know its your job to keep things under control! 

Its funny though "sunshine" is not nearly as offensive... but it would depend on how it was said of course.

Posted on: Food Oddities and Eye Exercises
January 5, 2009 at 10:09 AM

Pete,

I'm sorry, I just dont like being condescendingly called sweetheart by someone so out of touch...

(I didn't mean for that to come out sounding uncivil, I was just irritated)

Posted on: Food Oddities and Eye Exercises
January 5, 2009 at 5:44 AM

mukden,

Do not try to argue with me on this one. Sorry, your just dead wrong. 

The amount of water needed to produce 1 pound of wheat is 25 gallons.The Amount of water needed to produce 1 pound of beef is 2,500 gallons. -Dr. Georg Borgstrom

Really sweetheart, I've done my research. 

Eating meat is more harmful to the planet than driving a Hummer. 

The meat industry loves promoting false info.

The reason I don't eat meat has nothing to do with saving the poor little animals (people have been eating animals for a very long time,) its because of this:

http://www.earthsave.org/environment/water.htm

http://michaelbluejay.com/veg/environment.html

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_is_it_cheaper_for_a_farmer_to_produce_a_pound_of_grain_than_a_pound_of_meat

http://www.vegsource.com/articles/pimentel_water.htm

OK, that's my rant, I'll stop myself now.

Posted on: Food Oddities and Eye Exercises
January 5, 2009 at 4:05 AM

cleaver,

I meant my comment as a vegetarian, I don't think eating any animal is "humane", but I really don't care if other people do. I just choose not to that's all.

And I am from the U.S. and believe me the Chinese use more of the animal. My friends father was a cattle farmer and there is a lot of waste...

Pete,

I totally agree! but more than that even is the much larger amount of water it takes to produce meat as opposed to greens.

Posted on: Early January News
January 4, 2009 at 4:32 PM

Wow, that's great news Matt!

Very nice tongue-twister, that's amazing!

Posted on: Food Oddities and Eye Exercises
January 4, 2009 at 3:17 PM

Oh I actually like stinky tofu! But I really think it smells like chicken droppings... Its that gross smell on some of the streets and restaurants in China, I really cant bring myself to eat when a restaurant smells like that...

JP and Amber that video was hilarious!!

freerider1,

I think the "west" has very odd ideas about whats "eatable" and whats not. Actually the Chinese use a lot more of the animal and I think its a lot less wasteful.

I don't think a line should be drawn when eating an animal as to whats "humane" to eat and whats not...

Posted on: Insurance Insanity
January 1, 2009 at 4:39 AM

I love the expression of the guys face on the cover of this lesson, it says it all!

Posted on: The Powerless Phones
December 31, 2008 at 11:36 AM

I heard China has cell phone towers even in the Gobi desert... and some story about a guy that was saved because of that.

I cant wait to hear the lesson! still DL...

Posted on: Late December News
December 28, 2008 at 3:16 PM

RJ,

I actually had the same feeling I did not want anotherthing to check but I finally got one after a number of people demanded it... 

Posted on: Late December News
December 28, 2008 at 6:05 AM

I just added chinesepod on twitter!