I’m skeptical of any organization that uses the words ‘Freedom’ or ‘Facts’ in its name, as it’s pretty much a guarantee of neither. (OK, Peter points out that Drug War Facts is legit.)

So yesterday I was poking around to see who’s putting those ‘PETA Kills Animals’ ads in the newspapers (not because I’m a huge PETA fan, but because it’s interesting they’re comparing PETA to whathisname Vick, who I think people are freaking out about way too much).

And I discover the extra-creepy Center for Consumer Freedom. First, it’s a .com, and not a .org, and then you can see the super-conservative, l-heart-mega-corporations interpretation of the food debate. Our food supply, is just fine, thanks, Americans are not grossly obese (this is hard to argue with, but they do), and mad-cow disease is no big deal (I actually didn’t read this because I was getting too depressed, but I’m guessing that’s their stance).

The positive spin: grassroots change in food is becoming such a force that corporations (via some consulting firm run by a senator, if I read the PETA conspiracy page correctly) are feeling like they have to push back. The negative: they have all the money in the world, and a lot of people don’t care either way, so they will surely win.

I hate my ‘freedom.’