Horse Meat in European Food Products

The article "Horse Meat Found in Ikea's Swedish Meatballs in 13 Countries, Authorities Say" by The Associated Press, is about how "The meatballs had gone out to Slovakia, Hungary, France, Britain, Portugal, the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Italy, Greece, Cyprus and Ireland, an Ikea spokeswoman said."

This pushed people to test other foods such as Ikea's hamburgers. Sure enough, horse meat was in that, too. Now, all over England there are people testing foods in supermarkets (and other places as well) searching for horse meat, and finding it, too. The author is trying to tell the reader to know what you are eating. Also, even if you think you know, you could be wrong.

The author wants us to feel very angry about what is happening. We should know what is being put into our foods, not lied to about it. "Consumers have every right to the greatest-possible transparency," a German minister insisted. The author also wants us to stand up to these people that are lying to us and to stop them from doing it. The author used a lot of statistics and factual information to help get his point across. He was very specific about which countries were involved.

Although I live in the United States and the US is not one the countries involved, I am still disturbed by the thought of people I  don't know putting whatever they want into my food. I feel like I should know exactly what is in it. I know food labels say it all, but sometimes it may not be the truth. There should be a law stopping people from doing it. 

You can find this article at: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/horse-meat-found-ikea-swedish-meatballs-article-1.1272594

The Testament

"The Testament" by John Grisham is about a old man named Troy Phelan who has made many mistakes and 1 success in his life. His mistakes were his marriages, which all ended in a divorce. But his success was owning the largest company in the world and having over 11 billion dollars. Troy was getting old and didn't know what to do with his money. Also, he was tired of life. So seconds before he jumps to his death, he signs a will giving all of his money to the only successful child he has. Her name is Rachel Lane. No one knew he had this daughter so the rest of the family fight for what they think is rightfully theirs: the money.

In the real world, no one is perfect. But they still have to try. In this book, Grisham introduces a family that is far in debt, spoiled, not so smart, know-it-all, and most of all, greedy. In the real world, there are people like this. But, if they try hard and do good deeds, they can redeem themselves. Personally, I don;t think there are lots of people like this. Most people are only like this a few times in their life. But they can try not to be.

The moral of this story is to not be greedy. Because if you are, you will get nothing. Good only comes to good people but bad goes to all. Unfortunately, this is the way it works. I wish that there was a way to change it. So try to be good, and when bad comes to you, don't change. Be good.