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Friday, March 9, 2012

Can we trust a U.S. DOE that approves of feeding our children Pink Slime?

Something is wrong with a DOE
who approves of feeding our children Pink slime!
How much money are you willing to bet that no one's children at the United States Department of Education will be eating any Public School Pink Slime burgers, or tacos?
Something is telling me that Arne Duncan's children won't be eating that ammonia-treated meat.  Something is very wrong with buying meat by products that were rejected by McDonald's, Taco Bell, and Burger King, and approving it for public school school lunches. The U. S. Department of Agriculture is purchasing 7 MILLION TONS for school lunches
Where is the outcry from Secretary of Education Duncan? 
Where is the outrage from a First Lady who wants to help end childhood obesity?
Where is the outrage from the American Medical Association? 
Something is very wrong in a Washington DC that feeds our children this stuff. 
Just what is this pink slime they are going to feed America's school children anyway? It is officially known as "Lean Beef Trimmings," a product made from ground-up combination of beef scraps, cow connective tissues and other beef trimmings that are treated with ammonium hydroxide to kill pathogens like salmonella and E. coli. 
It gets all blended into regular meat products like ground beef and hamburger patties.


This is the problem when we turn children into test scores. We dehumanized them. Our schools are for sale, and so are our children. The United States Department of Education under Race To The Top is working with private venture partners to capitalize on the 58 million children that go to public schools in America. There is a for sale sign on our public schools, our children, our parents, and our teachers. 
It is time to occupy the DOE in DC.  Please call the First Lady this surely can't be part of the plan to fight childhood obesity? Secretary Status quo Duncan the Walking Man is coming to occupy the DOE house of shame in DC this March 30, 31, and April 1 & 2. 

Silence and apathy are not acceptable when it comes to our children.
Ready to Occupy,

If you are wondering what the Walking Man is listening to on his walk this morning it Makana We Are The Many 

Here are the lyrics for those of you coming to DC to start practicing for DC people
We Are The Many
Lyrics & Music by MakanaMakana Music LLC © 2011
Ye come here, gather ’round the stage
The time has come for us to voice our rage Against the ones who’ve trapped us in a cage To steal from us the value of our wage
From underneath the vestiture of law
The lobbyists at Washington do gnaw At liberty, the bureaucrats guffaw And until they are purged, we won’t withdraw
We’ll occupy the streets
We’ll occupy the courts We’ll occupy the offices of you Till you do The bidding of the many, not the few
Our nation was built upon the right
Of every person to improve their plight But laws of this Republic they rewrite And now a few own everything in sight
They own it free of liability
They own, but they are not like you and me Their influence dictates legality And until they are stopped we are not free
We’ll occupy the streets
We’ll occupy the courts We’ll occupy the offices of you Till you do The bidding of the many, not the few
You enforce your monopolies with guns
While sacrificing our daughters and sons But certain things belong to everyone Your thievery has left the people none
So take heed of our notice to redress
We have little to lose, we must confess Your empty words do leave us unimpressed A growing number join us in protest
We occupy the streets
We occupy the courts We occupy the offices of you Till you do The bidding of the many, not the few
You can’t divide us into sides
And from our gaze, you cannot hide Denial serves to amplify And our allegiance you can’t buy
Our government is not for sale
The banks do not deserve a bail We will not reward those who fail We will not move till we prevail
We’ll occupy the streets
We’ll occupy the courts We’ll occupy the offices of you Till you do The bidding of the many, not the few
We’ll occupy the streets
We’ll occupy the courts We’ll occupy the offices of you Till you do The bidding of the many, not the few
We are the many
You are the few


5 comments:

  1. The real slime is running the United States Department of Education.
    Thanks Walking Man

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  2. I just listened to Makana, We Are The Many. Great stuff! An anthem of our day. The torch of writing and performing socially conscious songs has been passed to a new generation! The struggles of our fore bearers are our struggle today. Thank you, Walking Man.

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  3. Makana sang it at a reception in Hawaii for the president. He kep singing for about 45 minutes with his occupy tee shirt to a room of 1 percenters.
    Thank you commenting Dave.

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  4. It appears that Pink Slime was for sale at SafeWay as well, but SafeWay will stop buying it. The DOE is now also saying no more Pink Slime after next year! However, not until our children finished the 7 tons just purchased.
    These people must think we are stupid
    http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blogs/safeway-stop-selling-pink-slime-textured-beef-103644102--abc-news.html

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