Ok for those of you too young to remember, take a step back with me and we’ll take look at the politics of food for a minute.

Back when I was a younger there was a very huge decrease in pork consumption. This was in fact due to the smear campaign that pork had received at the hands of Doctors and Insurance establishments a few years before.

The Pork barrel futures were at a standstill. Here was a market that had dominated most of western culture as the prime example of Grade A meat, and now its sales were plummeting. This was because those Doctors and Insurance establishments appealed to mom, the true champion of the American family.

As Mom was stuck at home, watching soaps, and commercials, and as the afternoon wore on and she needed a break from those horrid chores, Donahue and others were there to help them understand this kooky old world we live in.

In those television shows of old, Moms all over America learned about heart disease and they also learned about prevention. After all those shows needed to fill space, and the Doctors and insurance companies were more than happy to fill that space with valuable information tilted in their favor.

Before too long we all were eating turkey bacon at breakfast with our factory made eggs and a glass of tang with a whole wheat tortilla.

That big Pig decided enough was enough, and so went and bought themselves a new life through the next best advertising spot. During episodes of Tom and Jerry, in betwixt Popeye and G-force we were told that pork is the other white meat. Powered by the strength of inquisitive children, the pork barrel futures survived, and thrived.

Another good case in point would be a commercial that I just witnessed. I’ve seen it once before already, and all I can say is if it’s good for the little piggies then it ought to be good for the cornfields.

I am of course referring to the new commercial brought to you by the corn growers of America. Letting you know that a little consumption of high fructose corn syrup isn’t really that bad for you. Go ahead and indulge. One Popsicle isn’t going to kill you. All things in moderation, after all.
The game now continues for our Corn future conglomerates. In the end both sides of these big business will win, and we will learn that we have yet one more thing we shouldn’t overuse. There might even be therapy centers to help people with specific corn and pork addiction needs, creating more business for doctors, insurance companies, and those that create the taboo for years and years to come.

Well played, I needed a good laugh.