This weeks COTW is Chicago's own Bill Curtis. Not only is Bill a respected television journalist, producer, well-known former CBS News anchor and current host of A&E crime and news documentary shows, but he also LOVES TO EAT MEAT!

Bill has jumped on the grass-fed beef wagon and recently, with the help of other investors, started a cattle ranch called "Tallgrass Beef" that specializes in grass-fed beef. A while back Bill gathered some potential investors at one of Chicago’s premier steakhouses, Harry Caray’s. He brought out some samples of his beef and the rest is history!

He recently said, "I started Tallgrass Beef to raise cattle the way they were meant to be raised". You got to hand it to him. He loves meat so much, he's raising his own!

Check out more about Tallgrass Beef and why Bill started it here.

This weeks famous carivore is none other than
J. Wellington Wimpy.  Wimpy first appeared in Elzie Crisler Segar's classic Popeye comic strip "Thimble Theater" on May 3, 1931.  He was an unnamed referee in one of Popeye's prize fights. Eventually, Wimpy was given a name and became a famous character in his own rite, particularly for his insatiable lust for hamburgers.

Wimpy achieved incredible notoriety in the 1936 Max Fleischer cartoon "Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor," in which Wimpy spends almost the entire cartoon following a duck with a hand-crank meat-grinder.

His character inspired one of the first restaurant chains in the United States called "Wimpy Grill" and the famous U.K. restaurant chain "Wimpy."

His meat motto:

"I will gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today."

Other choice lines:
"Let's you and him fight!"
"Come over to my house for a duck dinner.  You bring the duck."

THAT'S RIGHT... JESUS! 

Jesus ate meat!  Unless you want to believe our delusional friends at
PETA.  They claim that Jesus was a vegetarian and they use this as a
basis for several of the beliefs.  Well it's obvious that the folks at
PETA have never heard of a little book called THE BIBLE! 

It is mentioned in the bible SEVERAL times that Jesus did in fact eat
meat.  The New Testament mentions that Jesus did eat the Passover
feast, which would include the eating of a roasted lamb (Luke
22:14-15).  In fact, before the last Passover meal, Jesus specifically
instructs his disciples to prepare the meal, including the lamb:

"Then came the first day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover
lamb had to be sacrificed. And Jesus sent Peter and John,saying,"Go
and prepare the Passover for us, so that we may eat it."(Luke 22:7-8)

There are also several places in the Bible that mention Jesus eating
fish.  Last time I checked, fish have faces and are considered
animals!  What do you have to say to that PETA? HMMMMMMMM...?

His meat motto:

"Every moving thing that is alive shall be food for you;
I give all to you, as I gave the green plant."(Genesis 9:3)

There is a very cool article that goes into much more detail regarding Jesus' support of all things meat at:

http://www.lavistachurchofchrist.org/LVarticles/DidJesusEatMeat.htm

Ron White - Fritch, Texas

Not only is Ron one of the funniest comics around, but he is an avid meat eater.  He also shares our dislike for all things "vegetarian".  In one of his recent stand-up routines he commented on a friend of his that had recently converted.  Ron said, "Have you ever seen a healthy looking vegetarian? They look like SHIT! They're all gaunt and yellow. After a while, their bodies become intolerant of other things. I'll give you an example. I was out to lunch with a comedian friend of mine, and later in the day he said and I quote, 'I feel nauseous and I have a headache. That soup I had must have had beef broth in it.'...Your system's kickin' back... broth? You're a manly man, aren't you?"

His meat motto:

"I didn't climb to the top of the fuckin' food chain
to eat carrots!"

You've probably seen Jessica Simpson on our site quite a few times.  The truth is, she has kind of become our honorary poster girl!  Not only is she awesome to look at and fun to listen to, but she loves MEAT too!  In her most recent appearance on our site she was asked by a paparazzi "what's your favorite kind of meat?"  Jessica promptly replied "sausage!"  She then told the reporter that she had just eaten bacon with her pancakes.  Jessica truly is a gift from the Meat Gods!

Her meat motto:

“'Jessica, you want some buffalo wings?' 'Sorry I don't eat buffalo.'”