MEAT THE PRESS

I'm not a vegetarian, but I have participated in PETA's anti-fur campagns. (I'm actually the only non-veg in my family and would love to give it up--but there is a long list of things for me to give up ahead meat!) A friend at PETA told me that meat production was responsible for global warming and sent me some info, which is on PETA's site if you are interested. The brilliant (vegetarian) Bill Maher grilled John Edwards on the subject. Of course, smarmy Edwards completely ducked the question.

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Maher Asks Edwards If He'll "Go After The Meat" To Combat Global Warming (Part of the Debat Mash-up)

In this video, Bill Maher asks, "Senator Edwards, you've suggested that Americans should give up their SUVs for the sake of the environment, but a recent UN study found that deforestation for the purpose of creating grazing land for cattle and methane emissions from cattle generated more greenhouse gas emissions than all the cars and planes in the world, so it's not just the SUVs, it's the C-O-W-S. Taking a shot at SUVs was gutsy. Do you want to take a shot at meat?"

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