(21) Why Do You Think It Is?
It's been 100 days since Congressman Ron Paul
introduced his Interstate Transportation of Raw
Milk Act (H.R. 4077), and every other fellow
member of congress has been scared away from
co-sponsoring the bill?
(20) Why Do You Think It Is?
That people will give milk in their refrigerator
the freshness test for bacteria by smelling it,
and if they're not entirely sure it's gone bad
will then taste it?
(19) Why Do You Think It Is?
That supermarkets often sell two brands of pineapple,
with the expensive pineapples being marketed as:
"Fresh, Picked ripe, Air direct" while the cheaper
versions do not say: "Stale, ripened in a warehouse
with ethylene gas, shipped by slow-boat."
(18) Why Do You Think It Is?
That commercial soymilk costs as much or more per
quart as cow's milk, with the cost of soybeans used
to manufacture soymilk being less than one penny
per quart, while the wholesale cost of cow's milk
is about 30 cents per quart? Ditto for soy yogurt
and soy ice cream.
(17) Why Do You Think It Is?
That consumers will peel apples to remove
unseen pesticides, and not peel strawberries,
which receive many more doses of pesticides
than do apples?
Why Do You Think It Is?
(16) That organic produce grown in America contain labels
that say: "Pesticide-free" , while non-organic produce
grown outside of the United States does not reveal that
DDT has been used?
Why Do You Think It Is?
(15) That the first things to disappear from my
refrigerator are the carrots and celery that I
cut up into bite-sized "sticks," causing me to
restock these tidbits two or more times each day?
Why Do You Think It Is?
(14) That people will ignore cancer warnings on packages
of cigarettes or salmonella warnings on egg containers?
Why Do You Think It Is?
13) That fur is "hot," despite the fact that every fur
wearer must now know how trapped animals suffer, and
how some "farmed" fur animals are anally electrocuted?
Why Do You Think It Is?
(12) That scientists continue to use rats as experimental
models in food and digestion studies, despite the fact
that rats have different enzymes than humans, and lack
gall bladders?
Why Do You Think It Is?
(11) That people cheer for cute cartoon animals in
Disney movies, then eat them for post movie snacks
at Burger King and MacDonalds? Why is it that
animal rights issues have been getting enormous
publicity, and despite that, people are eating more
chicken and red meat?
Why Do You Think It Is?
(10) That fresh fruit will rot on the kitchen counter
when left in a decorative fruit bowl, but if I peel
that fruit and cut it into bite-sized pieces, my
children will eat five or more portions per day?
Why Do You Think It Is?
(9) That store-bought pasteurized orange juice is
more expensive than freshly squeezed juice from
oranges?
Why Do You Think It Is?
(8) That pasteurized orange juice in a container will
sit inside of my fridge for a month, unopened, while
freshly made juice will be consumed within hours of
being made?
Why Do You Think It Is?
(7) That shoppers will pay more money for broccoli
florets in the supermarket than they will if they
had simply bought the entire head of broccoli which
contains additional florets?
Why Do You Think It Is?
(6) That people will eat overcooked limp tasteless
string beans in a can, when there are always fresh
string beans sold in supermarket produce sections?
Why Do You Think It Is?
(5) That juice from store-bought carrots (containing
green tops) is sweet and delicious, while juice
from organic carrots (in cellophane bags-with no
tops) is tasteless?
Why Do You Think It Is?
(4) That George Bush's middle name is Monsanto:
http://notmilk. com/pelican. html
Why Do You Think It Is?
(3) That President Richard Nixon took a $3 million
cash bribe from dairymen, raised the price of milk
the next day by $300 million (when there was a surplus),
then told America that he was "not a crook?"
http://notmilk. com/trickydick. html
Why Do You Think It Is?
(2) That Flo-Jo lived and died by her milkstache ad
according to her official autopsy?
http://notmilk. com/deb/flojoms. html
Why Do You Think It Is?
(1) That you are wise beyond your years by reading
the Notmilk letter while your friends & family
remain clueless?
Robert Cohen
http://www.notmilk. com
