Let Them Eat Steak!

[mama2000_1]

 Steak. mmmm! My first thought of a steak on the grill is howmuch it screams summer! Grilled steak with veggies, a nice green salad, maybe some summer fruit for dessert. Healthy? Sure - in moderation just like anything else. In the winter we grill it inside. But the "genius" governor of Michigan - Ms. Jennifer Granholm - decided that Michigan must be fat enough to stop eating meat and declared yesterday as "Meat Out Day". She asked all Michiganders to not eat or purchase meat - beef, poultry, and pork - the entire day to promote a healthy diet and lifestyle. Um. Ok. And with Michigan in the worst economic state it has been in in decades, lets just stop buying meat from our local meat markets, farms, and grocery stores. Let's just NOT spend our money at these small businesses (whose sales on Saturday are as much or more than the entire rest of the week!) and NOT patronize these places just because our brilliant governor says so. Let's just forget how meat provides necessary nutrients and protein. Just like every other food in the world it requires a bit of self control and moderation. You can eat meat as part of your healthy and balanced diet. I have lost 50lbs so far and have yet to cut out meat - in fact it is a part of our every day life in some form or other. Let  me just say this comes from the same woman who brilliantly cuts education funding every time there is a budget issue instead of going for "big government" cuts. She throws a tantrum and threatens more education cuts every time she doesn't get her way with the budget. So sure, let's just listen to HER insightful musings!

So yesterday, just to show how much we "eh hem" LOVE our governor, we decided to do something so rebellious it might get us arrested. We drove to our local meat market and **shock** bought some New York strip steak!! And you know what else? We ATE it!! AND IT WAS GOOD!! Oh the joy of contraband!! To make it even better, our meat market (on the sly of course!) smuggled in a free package of hot dogs to customers who purchased $15 or more of meat!! I will refrain from using their name in this journal to avoid any reprocussions from our "great" leader. Let's just say thank God for term limits!!

So speak for yourself Governor Granholm. As for me and my family, we say LET THEM EAT STEAK!!!