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April 27, 2006
Don't Buy Meat on Monday A Way to Protest Companies that Support Illegal ImmigrationMonday is your chance to participate in a counter-boycott. Correction May 1: At the time this story was written we had heard from activists in Minnesota that Hormel planned on closing a plant there, but Hormel plants are open today. We regret the error. Meat-packing companies including Seaboard and Tyson are closing plants to allow illegal alien workers there the day off, so that they can participate in protests demanding amnesty. Reuters writes that, "Seaboard Corp. said it will close its Guymon, Oklahoma, pork plant on Monday to allow workers to attend rallies planned for that day in support of immigration reform, the company said." And Dow Jones newswire has more coverage of the meat plants shutdown. "Tyson Foods (TSN) will not operate at five of its nine U.S. beef plants and will have four of six pork plants closed Monday due to a potential shortage of workers and current market conditions, a Tyson spokesman said Thursday. Spokesman Gary Mickelson provided the company's updated slaughter plans to Dow Jones Newswires by email. Immigrant workers have declared May 1 as a day of protest against tough new immigration reform legislation being considered by Congress. The Tyson update puts the number of total U.S. beef plants to be closed Monday to at least 12 and pork plants to at least 14. Slaughter for both species is expected to be reduced to around 50% or less than normal Monday," says Dow Jones. Update: Dan was on CNBC Friday afternoon and discussed the May 1 protest along with the meat boycott. Watch the video clip (Windows Media). Comments
This is another example where immigration reform fits perfectly into things associated with left-wing politics, e.g., vegetarian diets and environmental preservation. I already eat a lot of organic foods from local farms and continue to eat less meat. On Monday, I'll eat no meat at all. Posted by: FCannon on April 27, 2006 06:00 PM I am on board with this one! But I need help now!
On Monday, May 1st, Pro-illegal and amnesty advocates will once again take to the streets demanding legalization and amnesty. They expect this country to accept their blatent disregard for our laws and their massive use of false documentation as a sign that they truly want to be Americans. Congress is leaning toward not only granting them amnesty but increasing the numbers of legal worker visas to more than 450,000...that's 450,000 jobs that Americans won't see! And it's not all fruit pickers and farm workers...it will include high tech, nursing and practically every other job description available! When will it all end? Only when the American citizens demand Congress secure our borders and enforce our laws! Remember, Congress has the power to protect America, its citizens and its future...we don't want to see more stories like this: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12512729/ You don't think it could possibly have anything to do with this?
The 1986 Amnesty didn't work because there was no enforcement and no border security and we only had to deal with 2-3 million illegals back then...estimates now are that we have more than 15 million living and working in this country. Tell Congress to stop this farce and protect our country! Please! www.congress.org/congressorg/home/ http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/sen... www.fairus.org www.numbersusa.com THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS AMERICA! Posted by: takn on April 27, 2006 06:10 PM Let it rot in the stores for a week. That’ll teach em which side their bread is buttered on. Posted by: Gail Roma on April 27, 2006 08:10 PM Bush is in bed with chickens. Posted by: Clinton on April 27, 2006 08:32 PM takn, thank you for the information here and for all of your postings. After moving from Philadelphia to rural Iowa a few years ago, I learned a lot about how farm animals are raised for companies like Hormel and Tyson. It is disgusting in every aspect, so my husband and I have been avoiding meat from such companies for several years. We're fortunate to have a couple of small farmers nearby who raise their beef, hogs, and chickens in the old-fashioned way, which is much more humane as well as healthier for the environment and the consumers. Illegal aliens are increasingly moving into small rural towns (where legal citizens have trouble finding work that pays a living wage). They come to work in meatpacking plants or in the "factory farms" where the poor hogs and chickens are raised. The animals are crammed into small spaces where they can barely move; they live on cement floors or wooden slats, so they can't satisfy their instinctual need to root or scratch the earth; they never breathe fresh air or feel sunshine (until they are trucked away to the meatpacking plants). The animals are given antibiotics to prevent diseases that would kill many of them living in those conditions. The animal waste goes into pits below the buildings and festers there for up to 6 months, at which time it is pumped out and spread onto crops throughout the countryside. According to a report by the University of Iowa, 25 to 75% of antibiotics given to factory farm animals passes unchanged into manure waste and may contaminate soil and water, and contributes to "increasing bacterial resistance, which is transmitted to humans typically, but not only, via contaminated food." Until the meatpacking companies busted the unions and hired illegal aliens in the early 1980s, they had a workforce of legal US citizens who were willing to work at those dangerous, difficult jobs for fair wages. Apparently, there were waiting lists of local citizens who wanted to work at packing plants. Now, the pay is much lower and work-related injuries are much higher. Hopefully, "Meatless Monday" can be expanded by a lot of us to a longer boycott of meat from the large companies. That includes meat from fast-food restaurants and national brands of frozen food. There are brands of beef and chicken at stores like "Whole Foods" that are good alternatives. They are more expensive, but it might be worth it to eat less meat in order to afford the healthier brands -- at least until the meatpacking companies stop hiring illegal aliens and start paying a living wage again. Posted by: Deb on April 27, 2006 10:27 PM I have a few diabolical thoughts when it comes to this emerging economic pissing contest. 1. Shift your shopping to Monday May 1st. I plan to get my car worked on, buy some new tires, fill my tank and get a haircut too. I won’t be buying any food. 2. Since Mexico is promoting May 1st as “Nothing Gringo Day”, where they will boycott all American goods and services, we should have May 5th as “Everything Gringo Day/Week?”, where we buy nothing BUT American goods and services. Let their produce rot. 3. The banking industry is up to their eyeballs in this conspiracy. Wait until Tuesday May 2nd and draw your bank accounts down to their minimum balance. Go back the next day and put it all back. This will send an economic pulse through their system that will rattle their walls. 4. Everybody flush all of their toilets on the hour, every hour on May 5th. The pulses in water pressure will be easily readable at the pumping stations. We could call it the Cess Poll…. Oh shut up Gail. Anyway, you get the idea. Anybody have any other suggestions? This is gonna be fun. Posted by: Gail Roma on April 27, 2006 10:30 PM Tyson, Hormel, Cargill. Easy to remember. Opps, I forgot Seaboard. These are big companies,and you know, meat isn't good for you anyway. People should really cut down. As far as these companies go I'm not just cutting down, I'm cutting them out. Posted by: Bobby on April 27, 2006 10:53 PM Cargill Meat Solutions credo: Seems like Cargill's support of illegal aliens is going against their credo. Let's help Cargill Meat Solutions everyday by avoiding their products: Angus Pride beef "At the end of the day, all of us at Cargill Meat Solutions ask ourselves the same question: Would I take this meat home to my family? The test is simple. The standard is strict. The answer is yes." I hope they have to take it ALL home to keep it from rotting. Posted by: thefrognation on April 27, 2006 10:56 PM I have a few thoughts on the savage beating of the Latino youth in Texas. He was kicked with steel toed boots and sodomized with a 2 inch thick piece of pipe. He was left unconscious for 10 hours. Right now his chances of survival are about 50/50. 1. It was an appalling crime and the perpetrators should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. There is no honor in this. 2. It was not unexpected. I have been saying for weeks that this was going to get out of control. The high schools are right on the front lines of the Reconquista. American students are mixed cheek by jowl with illegal alien gangs and competition for resources. With the walkouts and flag tension there is a lot of bad feeling. There will likely be retaliation. Bummer! 3. The general bad feeling against the illegal aliens will be directed towards the Hispanic community in general. The pendulum never stops in the middle. Bummer! I hope he makes it! Posted by: Gail Roma on April 27, 2006 11:33 PM I think it is time to take these companies who support the illegals to be taken to court for discriminations to Americans. Second our Goverment Agency ICE should start cracking down on them for harboring the illegals, and also their bank accounts, should be frozen to pay for the return (deportation )of the illegals to their home land, and every employer put in jail for conspiring to destroy the economy of our nation, and also to destroy the American Dream by bring these illegals to their companies.... AMERICANS JOBS, SHOULD BE FIRST FOR AMERICANS ..... Posted by: Americans. Citizens First on April 28, 2006 12:33 AM Only one day without meat? Our democrat and republican congressmen and women have had no meat for the last year. When they look down, what do they see? No meat, just a shamed, bought, politician. They approved a day for illegal aliens to protest our laws and sing the star spangled banner in Mexican? What would our founding fathers say? Why the hell did they even have to vote on it? It just shows the American people that we have no representation, that the illegals have already bought and paid for politicians that vote any way they tell them to. It is our own fault, to let people with money win political seats, instead of poor people with brains and morals. I'm suprised they are not all wearing Mexican flag lapel pins. Our next government will be one made up of the people that have to live and work next to illegals, of course there won't be any illegals at that time. In less than 5 years there will be a civil war. These companies that hire illegal labor will be run by the first one to take a gun to the top of the stairs and blow the CEO away. What makes these rich white boys think thousands of Mexicans will do what they say? Posted by: princess on April 28, 2006 04:29 AM Gail, No one should advocate violence against anyone and doing so will only strengthen their cause! Here are some lovely pictures and informational links to the "hard working" people's movement... http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/illegalsinusa/album?.di...
Posted by: takn on April 28, 2006 10:12 AM I AM AN AMERICAN MARRIED TO AN ILLEGAL ALIEN SO YOU CAN ALL KISS MY @SS ON THIS BOARD . THE ILLEGALS WILL GET THERE VISA WHEATHER YOU FOOLS LIKE IT OR NOT SO GO FIND A NEW HOBBY BECAUSE THIS ONE ISN'T GOING TO WORK OUT TO WELL FOR ANY OF YOU LOSER FOOLS. GET A LIFE WILL YA. Posted by: GENE on April 28, 2006 11:56 AM I already called both companies and told them I would be boycotting their products for now on. Of course I had to leave voice messages. I'm betting they are getting a lot of boycott calls. These companies are bigger than the pallet company that was busted for hiring illegal aliens. Why isn't ICE all over these companies? Posted by: Brian on April 28, 2006 12:21 PM Hey Gene, Posted by: Dave Andre on April 28, 2006 12:37 PM God! I can't believe these companies are actually closing their doors to give illegals a day off. Let an American worker ask for such things and see what happens. Posted by: Born American on April 28, 2006 12:40 PM Hey Dave we will see who is wrong when they all get there amnesty. You can't beat them if you only new how much money is involved in this you don't even have a clue. but I'm sure you are smart enough to know CASH will always be the king. If you give me your e-mail I'll send you a picture of my wife holding her VISA when we get it. Later loser Posted by: gene on April 28, 2006 02:15 PM CORPORATE GREED, MARXISM and SOCIAL SECURITY Have you noticed how they sell illegal amnesty using the Social Security card? After-all, look at all the illegal social security numbers drawing illegal money and employers paying it in to SSA. Imagine a country that is legal, paying it's employees at least 100% more money for the same job, thus PAYING 100% MORE INTO SSA than slave labor. Oh, I know, the illegal immigrant corporate powers tell you meat will go up in price if labor is legal. Ha Ha Ha!!! Bacon is $5 a pound at Safeway, Rib Steaks are $11.99 a pound lately, etc, etc, THESE CORPORATE PIGS apparently pocket the entire illegal worker profits and still pass huge price increases on to you, its that simple. Look at housing, the website above states 15% of the housing industry is built by illegal immigrants, when are we going to see a decrease in housing prices. Ha ha ha. Before I believe illegal immigrants lower my $2/lb apples, etc, PROVE IT IN WRITING CORPORATE POWERS. Otherwise its just MORE MARXIST HOGWASH from the south, that greedy corporate powers use against FAIR. I want to immigrate to indutrialized Europe now, where immigration is controlled and wages are higher than in the USA (Boeing pays approx $25/hr, Airbus pays approx $35/hr avg). Socialism without immigration works, but Marxism flooding into a Captilistic country means we'll all be paid $3000/yr soon. Posted by: Softwarengineer on April 28, 2006 02:27 PM Let us not forget all the fast-food restaurants who hire illegals. . . McDonald's, Wendy's, Arby's, etc. There are two local Mexican restaurants who are supporting the boycott by closing on Monday so their employees may support the boycott. I, along with others in this city, will no longer patronize these rastaurants nor any others that I truly believe, or know, hire illegals. Posted by: Sick 'n Tired on April 28, 2006 02:40 PM Hey Gene, perhaps you should get a life (a legal one) for your illegal honey. Posted by: Born American on April 28, 2006 03:06 PM Hey Gene Posted by: Dave on April 28, 2006 03:17 PM question, if people won't buy meat and sales are down, is that because pro-boycott people aren't buying anything or anti-boycott people aren't buying anything? this may be like 70% of the people being against bush's immi policy, people hate it because is either too liberal or too conservative. Posted by: dreamact2005 on April 28, 2006 03:31 PM Keep these companies in mind when you go shopping and do without their offerings if you want to help Americans. Look on the back of the packaging. It doesn't just have to be Monday or for a week? Just write them off as traitors and move on. I wrote to Tyson online and let them know what I thought of them and their illegal mexican workforce. I'm moving on now to the next in line and so on. Don't forget to put out an American flag on Monday or put one on your car antenna or wear a flag shirt to work, if you have one (I do). Let Mexico and their servants in Washington know what WE think of them. Also, call your traitorous Senators on Monday and ask them just how long they intend to be traitors to the will of the people who elected them? I called mine today and let them know that they are traitors. It feels great! Try it if you haven''t already! Posted by: cicerores on April 28, 2006 03:34 PM Even though Farmland/Smithfield Foods knowingly hires illegals,they are running their plants on May 1st to show the illegals/Mexicans that they CAN run without them. Posted by: Stephanie on April 28, 2006 03:55 PM American Born - thank you for your clear definition of what, in fact, is going on. For all the Natives and children of immigrants who have assimilated, I thank you. We have found a way to work together in peace, to blend together, and still maintain IN OUR HOMES, our ethnic heritage. Gene does not sound like a particularly law-abiding individual, and frankly, based on his spelling, I can see why he married an illegal. Illegal aliens have no right to claim this as their continent -- I have news for them -- We (Indians) were here first and we have assimilated and are willing to stand by all the LEGAL citizens of this country in this battle. Posted by: Cheyenne Woman on April 28, 2006 04:34 PM What about the white people who are on Atkins diets?!?!?! Whate are they to do?????? It'll be chaos!!!!!!!!!
:-) Posted by: Brown-white Guy on April 28, 2006 05:02 PM Hello, Mr. Chertoff. Hi. You stated that the government would be taking the hiring of illegal aliens by companies in vioation of the laws seriously beginning with the IFCO raids and the arrest of the employers of that company. Yes, we saw you on national television explaining the Bush administrations position and just want to thank you. We know you've been extremely busy cracking down since then, but it's come to the attention of the Stein report that several large companies, even bigger than IFCO ,are in violation of the law for hiring il....... hello?, hello? Mr. Chertoff? hello?----I think the line just went dead. It's weird, this has been happening every day since the IFCO raids. Posted by: Bobby on April 28, 2006 05:14 PM Just had a chance to watch the video clip. As usual, Dan makes us all proud! Thank you, Dan, for all you do! You are truly an excellent spokesman for our movement. Posted by: J on April 28, 2006 09:06 PM I INTEND TO PERMANENTLY BOYCOTT BOTH HORMEL AND TYSON. AND I INTEND TO LET THEM KNOW THIS. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. WHEN DO WE CITIZENS MATTER? Posted by: Donna on April 28, 2006 10:15 PM It's not only those south of the border who are dissing America while taking a bite out of her. It's the whole freakin world. This issue has given the criminal aliens the courage to look America in the face and tell us they are here and there's not a damn thing we can do about it. Irish illegals believe they have the right to break the law and recieve full citizenship. http://www.americanthinker.com/articles.php?article_id=5443&search=lalor It reminds me of a feeding frenzy among sharks with each criminal alien group taking a bite out of America. If they see nothing wrong with respecting the laws of this nation then what makes one think they would respect any other laws? Posted by: Rick Forman on April 29, 2006 12:08 AM This is simple for me... I will just boycott them altogether, those companies posted here. We need everyone calling INS or DHS or whoever is running the show these days to raid these companies. Just keep reporting them. Posted by: Greg on April 29, 2006 04:23 AM The most important thing people who have access to the net and computers can do is tell your parents,grandparents, friends, everyone who watches the MSM to not believe a single thing they say on the immigration issue, since they are working with the open borders lobby. Tell your grandparents that the country of laws they fought for, is being thrown away by cowards in the government, and tell them to become one issue voters, and you know what issue that is. It should'nt matter what party they belong to. Posted by: Bobby on April 29, 2006 05:11 PM Since each newly-legalised immigrant will eventually bring brothers, sisters, and parents, legalising 12-20 million immigrants will eventually result in the immigration of 36-60 million! Why has this point received little publicity???? Posted by: An Observer on April 29, 2006 08:48 PM You people are bunch of morons , get this through Posted by: whiteram on April 29, 2006 08:55 PM WE MUST ALL DO OUR PART AND BY GOD'S GOOD GRACE - WE WILL!! NO ONE NEED REMIND AN AMERICAN, ESPECIALLY A VETERAN - HOW TO MAKE SOY BURGERS WITH CHEESE CURDS. I LIVE IN PHOENIX, BUT I RARELY EAT MEXICAN. NOW INDIAN FRY BREAD - THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY. IF YOU ARE A VETEAN OR A FAMILY MEMBER OF A VETERAN - REMEMBER: DUTY. HONOR. COUNTRY!! WEAR THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE AND BLAST THE NATIONAL ANTHEM ON YOUR CAR STEREO. BY THE WAY. TO THE WITER WHO ACCUSED BUSH OF SLEEPING WITH CHICKENS - PERHAPS THAT'S HOW THEY GOT THE AVIAN FLU!! Posted by: Michael J. Bruning on April 30, 2006 01:53 AM Please pass these links! These are the people that are lawmakers are fighting for! http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/illegalsinusa/album?.dir=/23a3re2&.src=ph&.tok=ph1kuxEBEQGYOjVa ** CLICK THE SLIDESHOW BUTTON ** http://www.mexica-movement.org/timexihcah/KNOWLEDGELIBERATION.htm http://www.mexica-movement.org/granmarcha.htm Posted by: Lynn on April 30, 2006 02:19 AM dreamact2005, you are right about your point that it won’t be obvious who caused most of the damage to the meat industry. One side is pushing and the other side is pulling. It’s called whipsaw effect. It is a way to magnify power and the open borders movement walked right into it. One thing is for sure, it will magnify the hurt to the meat industry. Not only will they lose all of the production that they would have done, that day, with their illegals, they will sell less meat to people like us in the future. They get pushed from behind and pulled from the front. Whipsaw! They go down all the harder. And this is just the beginning. When the elections come, there will be millions of legal voters who will cross party lines to vote against anyone who supports amnesty. Since most of the races will be decided by 5% or less, if only a small percentage of the voters do this, we can whipsaw these traitors right out of office. Note how Mad King George is whipsawing himself and the Republican party. The very demonstrators that he supports are holding up signs for his impeachment. At least we agree on that! Posted by: Gail Roma on April 30, 2006 06:05 AM The people at ALIPAC http://alipac.us have been boycotting poultry throughout the month of April. No one noticed. Posted by: Dave on May 1, 2006 06:47 AM We Indians were indeed here first. Cherokee and Blackfoot mixed. My family spent their entire lifetimes hiding & denying their Indian blood. Having been married to and having divorced an illegal alien from Mexico, I can tell you that he is appalled by these illegal alien criminals. He thinks that what they are doing is wrong. He and I both have seen the welfare and food stamp fraud and crime by illegal alien criminals. And they all are CRIMINALS, because they willfully chose to defy our laws to cross our border illegally and these criminals have absolutely NO respect whatsoever for our laws. All these criminals need to be deported and permanently barred from our country and these criminals must be FORCIBLY kept out of our country by ANY means necessary, even if it results in their deaths. Also, Cheyenne Woman, my Cherokee great-grandmother died because a white doctor in Kentucky refused to treat her because she was an Indian and her baby died too. Our family has suffered because of this. My family was ashamed of being Indian. I will never accept nor allow amnesty for illegal alien criminals. Over my dead body!!! In any case, there will be NO amnesty whatsoever!!! The House of Representatives has already SAID that any amnesty bill coming out of the Senate is DOA. They said any Senate bill with amnesty will be killed as soon as it arrives and nothing will ever pass the House with amnesty in it. That is a certainty!!! So, forget amnesty, illegal-alien lovers. You will never get it. If the Congress and that traitor in the white house manages to shove a guestworker or amnesty program down the throats of 90%+ of the American people who staunchly OPPOSE it, then there will be Civil War II, because the American people will never accept it. You will see the illegal-alien criminals fleeing for their lives back across the border into Mexico and the criminals who refuse to leave will probably be killed. You will see a slaughter of illegal-alien criminals like you have never seen before. The American people will revolt and will go for the illegal-alien criminals and drive them out of this country, no doubt about it. They will not accept amnesty for criminals. As for Gene, he can get a visa for his wife if he follows legal channels. I don't even know why his wife's legality is an issue unless she has otherwise committed a crime like rape, murder, drug trafficking, bank robbery, or drunk driving, etc. Her getting her papers should not even be an issue, and should not even be a part of the debate about what to do about illegal-alien criminals. If he is rich as he claims to be, then he can live in a foreign country as it should be no problem for him. Also the anchor baby scam needs to be stopped. Citizenship at birth should only be granted to children of U.S. citizens and LEGAL residents. Posted by: FormerlyGarcia on May 1, 2006 08:55 AM Whiteram, you are sooooo right. After 40 years of being lied to and ripped off, payback IS coming. The pendulum never stops in the middle. See YOU on the field. ;) Posted by: Gail Roma on May 1, 2006 09:25 AM Congress needs to issue more visas, at least 450,000. You may not have noticed, but unemployment in the US is at 4.7%! H2A and H2B visas allow legal entry, the employers can't keep them off the books, they need to pay FICA taxes. Its a great idea. The demand for foreign labor is high during a tight labor market at home. Provide leagl ways in. Shut the border so no more illegal migration. Simple. What is the problem if they are legal? Mexicans fight and die in the US military, they come from a Christian/family oriented culture, they also work hard. They do have big families, which annoys the zero population growth people. But looking at the EU, and Japan, zero population growth doesn't look too great an idea. If they are legal, so what? Posted by: jonny on May 1, 2006 11:50 AM Boycotts for one day, isn't enough. We should boycott for good, even if its something we really enjoy. We should all be writing the companies, telling them we are boycotting everyday. If nothing else, they will see Americans know, and we aren't going to support their business. Long term, and deep pocket losses of revenue, is what will really send the message. Posted by: Laura on May 1, 2006 12:43 PM I believe this quote says it all: Important and Forgotten Words: "In the first place we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the man's becoming in very fact an American, and nothing but an American...There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn't an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag, and this excludes the red flag, which symbolizes all wars against liberty and civilization, just as much as it excludes any foreign flag of a nation to which we are hostile...We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language...and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people." Theodore Roosevelt 1907 Posted by: Maggie on May 2, 2006 01:03 AM Go ahead! Don't buy and consume anyhting immigrants work with: meat, chicken, turkey, fruits and vegetables. Do it for a year and the only thing you'll be able to eat is heavy-processed food that will land you in a hospital in which a FOREIGN nurse will be taking care of you!!! Posted by: Human Being on May 2, 2006 03:29 PM Being a vegetarian I of course feel that the meat boycott is a great idea always! Posted by: pamela on May 2, 2006 04:17 PM |
It's simple - don't buy or eat meat that day in protest of these companies, whose employees knowingly hire illegal aliens, collude with immigrant smugglers, break the law with impunity, and give these same illegal aliens the day off so they can demand amnesty as a reward. Are any companies giving American workers the day off Monday to protest amnesty? Call Seaboard at 1-800-262-7907, Cargil at 1-800-CARGILL (227-4455), and Tyson at (479) 290-4000 on Monday to let them you are boycotting them for supporting illegal immigration.