For the animal lovers out there who don't mind an alternative to Google. I came across this new search engine ekoru.org . They've partnered with World Animal Protection and every search raises money for animals.

Cool...

[QUOTE="MrGeezer]No, that's not all you said. You said that their burgers aren't made out of beef, which was a complete and utter lie. Then you claimed that it's made out of every part of the cow, and that article that you posted says no such thing. Now you're pretending like you didn't just say stuff which was completely and utterly untrue.

If fast food is really that bad, I don't see why you have to lie about it in order to make it look bad.

I'll highlight my point for you:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/1482140.stm

MRM is meat residue which is left on the carcass after all the prime cuts have been removed.

It is pressure-blasted off the bones by machinery and forms a reddish slurry which resembles mince.

Some companies then use it to bulk up their meat products.

Experts say it is likely that bits of spinal cord - the part of a cow most likely to be contaminated with BSE - could be found in mechanically recovered meat.

So ok sorry I was wrong in a very literal sense. To make you happy, "It's partially made up of left overs from the carcass of the cow. Any remaining part of the entire cow carcass".

That's still not my definition of beef. And again I reiterate - eat as much of it as you like.

Their burgers are made out of every part of the cow?

Do you have any evidence that you can proide to support such an assertion?

MrGeezer

Will Mad Cows Kill The Big Mac?

http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/2001/03/26/mcdonalds/index1.html

"How do you know what's in a hamburger?" she asks. "There's something called 'mechanically recovered meat' and that's a serious, serious problem. It can have spinal cord in it, and that's the infectious part with regard to mad cow disease. People are going to look a little more suspiciously at hamburger, at least in Europe. I don't think most Americans have any idea about recovered meat," she says.

Relax mate. You can keep eating there. I really don't care. All I said is that I don't trust their food. If I need a burger fix, I'll either have one made at home, or I'll go to a nice place and get a proper gourmet burger. Fast food is cheap for a reason. I don't like poor quality products - especially not my food.

Companies should be able to sell the worst food imaginable, as long as they don't lie to the public about it. Indviduals in a free society should be able to eat whatever they want.Rhazakna

I agree totally with that. There is something wrong with selling unhealthy food as healthy. That's why I liked what I read about the Carls Jr philosophy in the article. They won't hide the fact that it is unhelathy. Up to you to eat whatever you want.

Personally I won't eat Mcdonalds or BK, it's a crap fest of artificial products. I'll happily eat a REAL burger with REAL beef and cheddar/swiss eating out for dinner once in a while. They should stop calling them beef burgers at the major chains, because they're not.

I came across this article about Carls Jr, and how they were upping the ante in the food stakes. it seems they have a take no prisoners policy when it comes to creating food products that their customers want. But then again whose responsibility is it to ensure healthy eating of customers? It was also quite telling when the Carls CEO stated, "They think they want a salad, but they order a fries anyway".

Anyway article is here, it's really quite a good read.

FAT PROFIT - You want Onion Rings with that? They're already in the burger - along with bacon, cheese, BBQ sauce, and a corporate philosophy that says to hell with the health police. How a fast food chain is pushing gluttony to new extremes and changing America's attitude towards eating.

http://www.fracknaps.com/read/?p=SFFYTBAO

no, just no.
hazbazz

Umm yeah.... Good on you. Nice post.

No it's not about Rock Band or Guitar Hero...

Found this really great article over at Fracknaps, "Wii Will Rock You: How the Wii won all over the world - and beat the pants off Sony and Microsoft"

What really amazed me was how cheap the Wii-mote is to manufacture. Estimated cost, just over $10. And the motion chip is only $2.50! No wonder they're making a profit on every Wii sold.

My fav quote from the article:

"We are not battling Sony or Microsoft. We are battling the indifference of people who have no interest in video games - Satoru Iwata"

"We were losing to the TV remote. So we thought, 'What kind of controller can we create that won't make people afraid to touch it?' - Shigeru Miyamoto"

Article here:

http://www.fracknaps.com/read/?p=UL0YIP97

Damn good read for any Doom fans out there:

http://www.fracknaps.com/read/?p=DQMTZ1W7