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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-15-05 08:25 PM
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Cat Food is not just for cats anymore
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-15-05 08:26 PM
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1. They should put that in the AARP Magazine!!!!!!!!!
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-15-05 08:29 PM
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2. Post that in the PENN Forum!!!! I think they deserve to see that.
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-15-05 08:39 PM
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3. Santorum will tell you that cat food is good for old people.
The dry food, expecially, keeps their dentures clean.
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thecrow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-15-05 09:18 PM
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4. I found this on google...
WARNING!!!
NOT for the faint of heart...

http://www.messybeast.com/eat-cats.htm

The article is about how cats replace rabbit in times of extreme hardship.
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-15-05 09:22 PM
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5. So does this mean that poor old people might have to eat cats
instead of cat food?
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-16-05 02:34 AM
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7. Geez. I hope not
:(
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SheWhoMustBeObeyed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Mar-15-05 09:49 PM
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6. In the mid-80s I was told by a major petfood marketer
that "silent" cat food sales - purchases made for human consumption - constituted 6-15% of total sales volume. ("Silent" because nobody ever talks about it.) Maybe he was pulling my leg, but I don't think so. After all, people buy "potted meat product" and I would never eat that stuff. (As another marketer told me, "It's a five-T product: tits, twats, toes, tails and tongues. They use everything but the squeal." Ewww.)

At least nowadays there are lots of "holistic" petfood brands that contain human-grade ingredients. But will Grandma be able to afford the good stuff? Or will Thanksgiving dinner turn into Fancy Feast?

Love your graphic, SoCalDem. I totally agree with Paul Krugman that the Dems should be screaming "cat food" at every opportunity.
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ultraist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-16-05 02:41 AM
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8. I believe that
I've seen homeless people buying cat food in the stores. I HIGHLY doubt they were buying it for pets or stray cats. It's not like they have money to spare.

So sad.
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Stephanie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-16-05 02:46 AM
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10. please write that up
that is a harrowing story
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bobbieinok Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-16-05 02:43 AM
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9. wasn't the story that seniors were eating pet food a big story during
Reagan's administration?????
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-16-05 02:47 AM
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11. yes it was..
of course the media pooh-poohed that idea, yet ran with the "Welfare Queen with cadillacs & furs"
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