Bacon: Weapon of Mass Destruction?

Bacon: Weapon of Mass Destruction?

By Tim Graham (Bio | Archive)
August 8, 2009 - 07:40 ET

Here's breakfast reading for you: "Bacon as a Weapon of Mass Destruction"? Left-wing journalist Arun Gupta unspooled that theory on the taxpayer-subsidized Pacifica Radio network. McDonald's is apparently making us bacon addicts:

McDonald’s pumps this with all sorts of umami. This is something I’ve been looking at. A lot of our foods are pumped with all sorts of umami, everything from savory foods to ice cream, because it elicits an actual neurochemical, physiological response.

Naturally, abortion apostle Bonnie Erbe at U.S. News also jumped on the anti-bacon bandwagon:

Humans won't listen. But I have a saying: Animals bite back. You eat them, they kill you. The more we learn about nutrition and factory farming, the truer this becomes.

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If

August 8, 2009 - 07:48 ET by FeynmanFan

If God didn't want humans to eat animals, He wouldn't have made them out of meat.

P.E.T.A.

August 8, 2009 - 08:05 ET by Blonde

People Eating Tasty Animals.

And I can cook some tasty animals.

I hope he fails, too.

HHAHAHAHAhahahahaha....

August 8, 2009 - 08:22 ET by beauxdog

HHAHAHAHAhahahahaha....

so what do liberals put in

August 8, 2009 - 15:03 ET by TruthMonger

so what do liberals put in our schools, entertainment and "news" that make people vote communist i wonder...?

Palin/Prejean 2012

... and opposable digits

August 9, 2009 - 11:18 ET by Dr_Liberty

If God didn't want humans to eat animals, He wouldn't have made them out of meat.

And he would have given them opposable digits. My son laid down his Marlin .22 against a downed log a few weeks ago. We were setting up beer and soda cans. Lo and behold, a brown rabbit was sniffing around it. (We feed the rabbits on our property so they are pretty tame.) By the looks of it,there was no doubt that the rabbit wanted to use the rifle to take vengance on the humans who were making his climate unsustainable with all their global warming. Fortunately, that cute-little fluffy rodent didn't have opposable digits to release the safety, load a round and pull the trigger. Plus, the fact that his eyes are located on the side of his head would have made aiming rather hard.

... but if nature did have opposable digits, there is no doubt they would trying to make us food.

This is why I try to cut down as many trees as possible, because as soon as redwoods figure out how to use a Stihl, we are in deep doo-doo.

Sorry girls... veggies

August 8, 2009 - 07:59 ET by rimsky

Sorry girls... veggies give me gas. Trust me on this, you DON'T want to take away my animal derived proteins.

Mmmmm....

August 8, 2009 - 08:00 ET by supercon

Bacon.

" if Republicans are able to stop Barack Obama on health care, 'it will be his Waterloo, it will break him...." -Sen. Jim DeMint

Double Mmmmmm

August 8, 2009 - 08:07 ET by Blonde

I've never seen a cook on Food Network say bacon detracts from anything....it's always "bacon enhances the flavor of every dish".

I hope he fails, too.

Hey, B...in one "Chopped"

August 8, 2009 - 08:23 ET by motherbelt

Hey, B...in one "Chopped" episode, one of the chefs actually made....are you ready for this?....

Chocolate-covered bacon!!

Does it get any better??? LOL

Seriously, these guys are getting a bit ridiculous....they talk about a "toxic food environment" and want to turn Ronald McDonald and the Burger King into Joe Camel: an evil entity out to destroy our children with brainwashing! (As opposed to government brainwashing, which is OK)

You have to know where they want to go from there.

LOL, MB

August 8, 2009 - 08:27 ET by Blonde

Chocolate covered bacon! (Bacon ice cream too on Iron Chef).

They want us all to eat organic veggies and legumes. No meat, no butter, no bacon, no fish.

Blech!

And thanks for the lovely duct tape yesterday, I have recovered somewhat, and am suitably back in one piece to head out to the beach to work on the old tan....which shall also be outlawed under Obamacare.

I hope he fails, too.

Even better than Chocolate Bacon

August 9, 2009 - 11:10 ET by Dr_Liberty

Is chicken fried bacon.

http://www.youtube.c...

This is just one of many

August 8, 2009 - 08:07 ET by jdhawk

This is just one of many many liberal crap ideas that states that it is "they" that are doing whatever to you. In this case, it is "factory" farming and the food industry that are causing you to overeat by actually making food taste good.

You, you know who you are, are off the hook entirely. It is not your fault that you sit around not exercising and eat everything in sight. No, it is "their" fault.

Yes, you are the victim in so many many ways. And, there are liberals to help you count the ways. Don't feel sorry for yourself. Get angry, get even! It is "they" that are at fault. Now, let's get them . . .

Don't you love it? None

August 8, 2009 - 08:24 ET by motherbelt

Don't you love it?

None of us are responsible for our own actions. Each of us is, however, somehow responsible for someone else's actions...

This is an anti-America rant if you read the story..

August 8, 2009 - 08:09 ET by JTP

If you have 30 minutes to read it. It appears more as another long winded America sucks rant that you normally get from the Democracy Now snoozer cable channel. And has less to do with caring about bacon. Also it looks to me Mr Gupa has had a few extra bacon strips to create 1 of his 2 chins.

Here:

http://www.indypende...

Or here:

http://www.alternet....

"Live for yourself...there's no one else more worth living for.
Begging hands and bleeding hearts will only cry out for more"- Rush--Anthem

mmmmmmmmm

August 9, 2009 - 01:46 ET by kono

Thanks for the links. All this reading about meat has made me hungry. "You're just preoccupied with meat because you're addicted to it," veg-heads will say.

I explain that it's okay to be preoccupied, because there are five main food groups, and it's best to balance our daily intake from all five. There's the beef group, the poultry group, the pork group, the seafood group, and the wild game group.... (And tacos are the great unifier: every one of the groups works well in tacos... Yum.)

Vegetables are merely to freshen the palate between helpings of meat (sort of like the saltine crackers at a wine-tasting event).

Predators have eyes forward

August 9, 2009 - 11:13 ET by Dr_Liberty

One of the great things about the animal kingdom is that you can tell the difference between predatory, meat-eating animals and "food." Predators have their eyes pointed forward so that they can zero in on food and catch it. "Food" has eyes on the side of the head so that they can avoid predators.

Last time I checked, my eyes were pointed forward.

Bacon

August 8, 2009 - 08:12 ET by Birch Barlow

Bonnie writes, "There's also the tremendous cruelty involved in mass pig production."

So she's concerned about tremendous pig cruelty, but not the tremendous cruelty of an abortion? Sounds typical.

She has no kids

August 9, 2009 - 09:00 ET by seven

She would be a cruel mom

could waterboarding be far behind?

August 9, 2009 - 14:05 ET by kono

For starters, there'd be no hamburgers or hot dogs at summer barbecues, no bacon and eggs, and no sausage or pepperoni pizza. That's already kid-cruel enough...

Intolerance Cloaked as Righteousness

August 8, 2009 - 08:19 ET by allanf

At the turn of the last century Carrie Nation smashed jugs of liquor with an axe. Prohibition followed. A dismal failure.

Today's Carrie Nations cloak their bitter intolerance in left wing righteousness. Christianity is out of fashion with these self appointed moralists.

They are still insufferable nags and busy bodies. It's nothing new. The wrapping has changed, but the wrapping is as noxious as ever.

Obamacare Home

August 8, 2009 - 08:22 ET by ThisnThat

Obamacare Home Consultant

To patient #1: You eat bacon? Own a gun? Ever voted Republican? Ever worked in private industry? Was ever a member of that terrorist organization -- Veterans? Own a car big enough to carry your family? Ever gave birth rather than have an abortion? Any "yes" answer instantly disqualifies you.

To patient #2: Do you have aids? Are you confused about your gender identity? Are you illegally in this country? Have you been on welfare your entire life? Do you call 911 whenever MacDonalds runs out of Nuggets? Have you ever belonged to Acorn? Do you worship Obama? Any "yes" answer instantly qualifies you for freebees for life. You get a card that instantly gets you to the front of the line.

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"Tax the rich" is a basically unstable way of governing - The NYT

Missed it by THAT much!

August 8, 2009 - 08:32 ET by beauxdog

I guess I am weird.

My first thought when I saw the headline "Bacon: Weapon of Mass Destruction?" was "Great! A politically incorrect way to kill Islamic terrorists".

Oh well...

Beauxdog

→ Bacon

August 8, 2009 - 08:34 ET by Cool Arrow

I think Kevin Bacon was responsible for some of Bernie Madoff's weight gain.

LYDSEXICS UNTIE!

Fine. I propose all

August 8, 2009 - 09:14 ET by moderncommentaries83

Fine. I propose all liberals who whine about what we eat go on a strict diet of the most bland, unflavored, unseasoned gruel (nutritionally complete, but not compelling) for a year. They can only drink water and suppliment with a vitamin pill.

BUT NOTHING ELSE.

THEN come back and tell us umami (Japanese for "tasty", roughly) is bad.

I'm sorry, but I can't help but see liberalism as some weird, mutated, sick bastard cousin of the religions liberals so often deried. I don't know how to articulate it really, but I'll try:

Liberals see religion as oppressive because it says A, B, C behaviors are not good for the person and should not be engaged in. They absolutely lose their minds and never once consider that people who do follow religious practices derive satisfaction, self-discipline, and peace from doing so. We're all just backward, unintelligent redneck Bible-thumpers.

But then they turn around and demand sacrifices - be it financial (taxes), personal (in giving government run of our health care and our bodies), socially (environmental extremism) or otherwise - like this. It seems as if there's this quasi-religious component to blasting good food, that eating tasteless gruel is almost spiritual.

Aut viam inveniam aut faciam

Try this:

August 8, 2009 - 09:28 ET by FeynmanFan

Liberals have no moral foundation and no objective sense of right and wrong. And they are careful not to clutter their minds with facts.

Canadian Bacon

August 8, 2009 - 09:34 ET by P.J. Gladnick

This story has caught my eye because right now I am stocking up on Canadian bacon. Every few weeks Albertsons supermarket has a sale on Canadian bacon ($1.88 per package) so I stock up on it to last me through to the next sale a few weeks later. I ran out early a couple of weeks ago and have been in Canadian bacon withdrawal pain since then. Hopefully won't run out until the next sale.

EVERYTHING tastes better with bacon, and my fave is Canadian bacon.

→ PJ

August 8, 2009 - 10:06 ET by Cool Arrow

I don't know why we would want to change over to the Canadian Bacon system either.

Oh, the horror stories I've heard about long waits and even lotteries before you can even get in to see a Canadian Bacon butcher.

LYDSEXICS UNTIE!

Here's an answer to the

August 8, 2009 - 10:47 ET by TheBigB

Here's an answer to the veggie folks that I am fortunate enough to use being from the Midwest: I have often encountered folks that tell me that they won't eat anything that has a face or parents. I respond by telling them that I won't eat anything that I haven't seen alive first or killed myself. That usually ends a discussion pretty quick.

Who will lead the Republicans to victory in 2010 and 2012? Why, Barack Obama, of course!

Is that Barack Umami!

August 8, 2009 - 11:47 ET by Norto

Yummy!

Ban Cigs, Booze & Tattoos

August 8, 2009 - 11:49 ET by Norto

for everyone on the dole!

I'd be a vegetarian -- if bacon grew on trees ...

August 8, 2009 - 11:50 ET by wnaegele

Sigh!

I'll give up bacon when they pry it from my cold, dead fingers

August 8, 2009 - 12:58 ET by R D Helm

And I know how to make my own, too.

All you need is a pork belly, kosher salt, a charcoal grill (22.5" Webers are perfect for this), charcoal, hickory wood and a little patience.

-Dave

If it's CommieCare you want, then move to Cuba.

Monosodium Glutamate is the

August 8, 2009 - 12:55 ET by MilfordHaven

Monosodium Glutamate is the real culprit here and not the animal. These flavor enhancers are intentionally added to foods in large quantities by the food industry and is not inherent in the animal. Stupid Bonnie Erbe. Check out the link if you have some patience.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2384105525501310962

August 8, 2009 - 14:17 ET by jessieH

That's going too far! Don't mess with my bacon! Angry Mobster

Here's what real chefs think

August 8, 2009 - 16:09 ET by nolotrippen

Vegetarians, and their Hezbollah-like splinter-faction, the vegans, are a persistent irritant to any chef worth a damn…life without veal stock, pork fat, sausage, organ meat, demi-glace, or even stinky cheese is a life not worth living. Vegetarians are the enemy of everything good and decent in the human spirit.” (Anthony Bourdain, Kitchen Confidential)

WWHS?

August 8, 2009 - 16:15 ET by katainkent

What would Homer say?

“(Lisa) “I’m going to become a vegetarian” (Homer) “Does that mean you’re not going to eat any pork?” “Yes” “Bacon?” “Yes Dad” Ham?” “Dad all those meats come from the same animal” “Right Lisa, some wonderful, magical animal!”"
“Porkchops and bacon, my two favorite animals.”
“When you’re in my house you shall do as I do and believe who I believe in. So Bart butter your bacon.”
“Is it Bacon Day?”
“Mmmm. Move over, eggs. Bacon just got a new best friend - fudge.”
“Not again! First you took away my Philly Fudgesteak. And then my Bacon Balls. Then my Whatchamachicken. You monster!”
Homer: I’ll have the smiley face breakfast special. Uhh, but could you add a bacon nose? Plus bacon hair, bacon mustache, five o’clock shadow made of bacon bits and a bacon body.
Waitress: How about I just shove a pig down your throat?
(Homer looks excited)
Waitress: I was kidding.
Homer: Fine, but the bacon man lives in a bacon house!
Waitress: No he doesn’t!
“[strained] You know that feeling you get when a thousand knives of fire are stabbing you in the heart? I’m having that right now…[normal] Ooh, bacon!”

care of the RoyalBaconSociety.com

mmmm bacon :)

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"The tax imposed under this section shall not be treated as tax" - HR 3200 (Health Care Bill) Pg. 203. Ln 14 & 15

thanks for that

August 9, 2009 - 01:57 ET by kono

So many memories, so little time.

And so many quotable quotes, like little strips of bacon, all lined-up for the happy reader's consumption..... And so many links, too. (Links? Mmmmmm, pork sausage!!)

(Sorry to get so excited here. Living in NorCal, surrounded by Liberals, vegans, flakes, fruits, and nuts, it's hard to remember what it's like being around people who actually LIKE meat.)