Texas Gov. Rick Perry: Please eat the 'pink slime' - You first, Rick

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Governors urge consumers to rethink 'pink slime'

By JOSH FUNK, AP Business Writer – 1 hour ago

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The main producer of "pink slime" and the politicians defending the company will have a hard time persuading consumers and grocery stores to accept the product, even if the processed beef trimmings are as safe as the industry insists.

Three governors and two lieutenant governors plan to tour Beef Products Inc.'s plant in South Sioux City, Neb., Thursday afternoon to show their support for the company and the several thousand jobs it creates in Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, South Dakota and Texas.

Beef Products, the main producer of the cheap lean beef made from fatty bits of meat left over from other cuts, has drawn extra scrutiny because of concerns about the ammonium hydroxide it treats meat with to slightly change the acidity of the beef and kill bacteria. The company suspended operations at plants in Texas, Kansas and Iowa this week, affecting 650 jobs, but it defends its product as safe. snip

The politicians who plan to tour the plant — including Texas Gov. Rick Perry, Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad, Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback, Nebraska Lt. Gov. Rick Sheehy and South Dakota Lt. Gov. Matt Michels — all agree with the industry view that pink slime has been unfairly maligned and mislabeled.

[democrat_patriot]

1. 3-2-1 "Texas legislators looking for a constitutional amendment to save pink slime"

It would not surprise me.

[Javaman]

3. Okay little cement head ricky, you first. nt

[StopTheNeoCons]

4. Do opposite whatever perry and brownback say to do

They are criminal enablers of other criminals, all they do is to enable crimes against humanity.

[TwilightGardener]

5. Meh, they'll keep feeding it to schoolkids, nursing home patients and prisoners, I'm sure.

Those who can't choose otherwise will continue to be their market.

[hatrack]

6. Gosh, it's almost as if when consumers make their own choices in the Free Market (TM) . . .

It's a Bad Thing.

I wonder why that is, Gov. Cement-head.

[pinboy3niner]

7. The slime defending the slime

Birds of a feather...