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McCartney and Yoko push 'meat-free Mondays'
google.com/hostednews ^ | 6 15 09

Posted on 06/15/2009 12:09:17 PM PDT by dennisw

LONDON (AFP) — Beatles legend and famous vegetarian Paul McCartney was joined by John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono Monday to launch an appeal for "meat-free Mondays."

McCartney said going vegetarian, even for just one day a week, was good for the environment because of research suggesting it cuts greenhouse gas emissions from the world's livestock population.

"I thought this was a great idea. To just reduce your meat intake maybe by one day a week and this would seriously benefit the planet," he told reporters, alongside Ono and a bevy of other stars including Kelly Osbourne and Moby.

Lennon's widow -- famously blamed for splitting up the Beatles, but clearly reconciled and on good terms with McCartney now -- added: "Give up one day and then it will be two days maybe. It's a very, very intelligent idea."

In a video on his website, McCartney noted that the campaign had already been launched in the United States and Australia.

"It?s kind of easy to do. You?ve had too much over the weekend anyway and you?re all running down to the gym to try and work it off so just have a meat-free Monday," he said.

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1 posted on 06/15/2009 12:09:17 PM PDT by dennisw
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How about a “McCartney & Ono-free” decade?


2 posted on 06/15/2009 12:10:30 PM PDT by Dutchboy88
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To: dennisw

Screw you Yoko!!


3 posted on 06/15/2009 12:10:33 PM PDT by NMEwithin
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To: dennisw

‘cause all the catholics already claimed friday...


4 posted on 06/15/2009 12:10:36 PM PDT by xcamel (The urge to save humanity is always a false front for the urge to rule it. - H. L. Mencken)
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To: dennisw

Groovy, I’m down with it, pass me that Spam sandwich.


5 posted on 06/15/2009 12:11:01 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: dennisw

Paul McCartney convinced me to go vegetarian but then I saw Yoko was also behind this. So.... forget about it I grilling a steak tonite


6 posted on 06/15/2009 12:11:07 PM PDT by dennisw ("stealth tribal warfare" is what the Sotomayor nomination is about)
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To: dennisw

I swear....I saw: “Meat Free Monkeys.”


7 posted on 06/15/2009 12:11:18 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (Prepare. It's Coming.)
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To: dennisw

Lets have Vegan-free Tuesday through Sunday then!


8 posted on 06/15/2009 12:11:19 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (The beginning of the O'Bummer administration looks a lot like the end of the Nixon administration)
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To: dennisw

I think I’m dedicating tonight’s steak dinner to Moby.


9 posted on 06/15/2009 12:11:22 PM PDT by RabidBartender (Democracy fails when the majority starts voting themselves presents from the public treasury - unk.)
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To: dennisw

Now I’m going to have to eat meat!!!


10 posted on 06/15/2009 12:11:51 PM PDT by lonestar (Obama is turning Bush's "mess" into a catastrophe.)
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To: dennisw

Beef...it’s what’s for dinner!


11 posted on 06/15/2009 12:12:19 PM PDT by americanophile
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To: Dutchboy88

Imagine there’s no beetles, it’s easy if you try...


12 posted on 06/15/2009 12:12:28 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: dennisw

Damn, a tad late. ‘could have picked up & marinated two ribeyes at lunch had I known.


13 posted on 06/15/2009 12:12:33 PM PDT by PfromHoGro (Crude Oil - Mother Nature's B.M.)
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To: NMEwithin

I suspect Ms. Ono has been meat-free for some time now.


14 posted on 06/15/2009 12:12:51 PM PDT by andy58-in-nh (You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.)
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To: dennisw

If things keep going the way they are going, we’ll have “meat-free” months, and possibly years................


15 posted on 06/15/2009 12:12:51 PM PDT by Red Badger (Inquiring minds want to know, but American Idol minds could care less...)
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To: dennisw

I might go along with this as long as we can have “Side of Beef Saturdays”.


16 posted on 06/15/2009 12:13:11 PM PDT by Dr. Thorne (Buy Gold and Guns Now.)
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To: P from Sheb

...this is why I love FR.


17 posted on 06/15/2009 12:13:12 PM PDT by americanophile
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To: dennisw

Now I understand why they look so “pastey” and enemic.


18 posted on 06/15/2009 12:13:17 PM PDT by Jo Nuvark (Those who bless Israel will be blessed, those who curse Israel will be cursed. Gen 12:3)
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Paul McCartney Calls for Meat-Free Day to Cut Cow Gas

Bloomberg - ‎6 hours ago‎
By Alex Morales June 15 (Bloomberg) -- Paul McCartney, the former Beatle and vegetarian pop star, asked fans to go meatless on Mondays to help slow global ...

19 posted on 06/15/2009 12:13:19 PM PDT by dennisw ("stealth tribal warfare" is what the Sotomayor nomination is about)
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To: andy58-in-nh

Great one!


20 posted on 06/15/2009 12:13:44 PM PDT by Repealthe17thAmendment (Is this field required?)
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