from March 1, 2008
A PUBLIC APOLOGY TO THE HOT DOG INDUSTRY
FROM THE EDITORIAL STAFF OF
MR. BLOG’S TEPID RIDE
We at Mr. Blog’s Tepid Ride (“Home of the Nearly OK Blog”) have always striven to give you, the consumer and avid reader, a high-quality and entertaining product.
Whether it is the musings of our foreign policy advisor “Mr. Know-It-All,” (Bruce E. Freedkin) or the helpful kitchen hints of Breakfast Betty, the editorial staff of Mr. Blog’s Tepid Ride has always been satisfied with the level of wholesome morality presented under our banner.
However, we feel that the recent posting by “Ace Rocker: DAMAGED SATELLITE” did not meet our rigorous journalistic standards. In fact, the latest blog concerning hot dog ingredients has generated a large volume of mail, all of it negative, and it reinforces our position that certain statements and inferences contained therein must be addressed.
Hot Dogs or Frankfurters are the lynchpin of the sausage/wiener industry and are strictly held to rigorous standards. While FDA regulations do allow a certain percentage of feces, inedible animal byproducts, and even harmful chemical or animal waste, we here at Mr. Blog’s Tepid Ride do not hold the belief that there is anything wrong with that. In fact, we feel that a well-grilled hot dog on a nicely toasted bun, topped with mustard, relish, and sauerkraut, is perhaps the quintessential American lunch. If “Ace Rocker” in any way gave the impression that ingredients are any less than healthy and wholesome it was clearly a mistake and unintentional.
The Editors, staff, and writers of Mr. Blog’s Tepid Ride all join in apologizing herewith, and publicly, to the entire hot dog industry in general, and Hebrew National in particular. We all enjoyed the case of free hot dogs sent to our offices and the cooks from Nathan’s who arrived to cater lunch. In the interest of full disclosure we at Mr. Blog’s Tepid Ride admit that we were in no way swayed or influenced by the delicious, scrumptious meal provided us this week, nor by the coupons for “buy one get one free” hot dogs at Gray’s Papaya.
In the future we hope that we can retain the public’s trust in out unbiased journalism.
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