OT: BSE (aka Mad Cow Disease) in the US

[DavidG]

Originally posted by Renegade 13:

Personally, I think the US will have no choice but to open their borders to Canadian beef. They're going to say that their beef is perfectly safe, that the consumer has nothing to fear; it was only one isolated case after all. However, that's the exact same as it was in Canada, many months ago. So if the US keeps the border closed while saying that their own beef is still safe, it will show a double standard, and the consumer will not be pleased. They'll say "Well if our beef is safe when we had one case, why isn't Canada's?" And that could start something no beef industry in the US or Canada wants.

Renegade

Yea it is interesting how all of a sudden they are saying beef is safe in spite of one case of BSE. The intersting thing is that the case is not the same as Canada's at all. It's worse. I think in the US case the beef actually entered the food chain.
Also I the animal in question was dead before it went to be processed. I could be wrong but I think this practice is Banned in Canada. Edit: Actually I'm sure it is Banned. I'm surprised I forgot but there was a big stink in Ontario when a processing plant was accused of using deadstock.

Of course the real reason that the US should imediataly reopen the border to Canadian beef is that the only reason they claim it was still closed was because of the Japanese threats. Since Japan has now Banned US imports there would seem to be little reason to continue the Canadian ban.

[ December 26, 2003, 12:46: Message edited by: DavidG ]

[Renegade 13]

Originally posted by DavidG:
Of course the real reason that the US should imediataly reopen the border to Canadian beef is that the only reason they claim it was still closed was because of the Japanese threats. Since Japan has now Banned US imports there would seem to be little reason to continue the Canadian ban.

But it won't. That whole Japanese thing was just an excuse so for a protectionist policy. This year their cattle producers got unprecedented high prices for their cattle, so why would their gov't open the border when it's being closed benefited their people?

However, some cattle organizations down there were requesting the border be reopened precisely because they could foresee a case of BSE being found in the US. They wanted Canada to treat them nice if they got a case. Unfortunately, that group was not listened to, and some other more extreme Groups WERE listened to.

I don't know if the American border to Canadian cattle will be reopened anytime soon, but I sure hope it will for the sake of Canadian cattle producers everywhere.

Renegade 13

[ December 26, 2003, 15:56: Message edited by: Renegade 13 ]

[Wardad]

I think our beef is safe.
hmm, I think we will head down to MickyDs for some MAD MACs.

[Renegade 13]

Originally posted by Wardad:
I think our beef is safe.
hmm, I think we will head down to MickyDs for some MAD MACs.

LOL! I like your attitude

[Wardad]

That mad cow origionally came from Canada.
Get the South Park gang together, strike up the band and...

BLAME CANADA

[Renegade 13]

Ha! Thats what the evidence has been rigged to say. That's my opinion. First the cow was 4.5 years old, then when it had to be 6.5 to be from Canada, it magically became 6.5 years old. A little bit handy that?? Not to mention many other examples of situations where the evidence has "changed" when it had to to suit the storyt the American gov't had fed the American people.

Just my opinion.

Renegade 13

[narf poit chez BOOM]

i say we invade america. raid and retreat. when the yanks come, they'll die in the snow. if they can find Canada.

of course, that'll put Mexico at risk. since any good Canadian knows that the US-Mexico war started when the general in charge of the US army said 'let's go invade Canada' and headed off east.

[ January 02, 2004, 21:20: Message edited by: narf poit chez BOOM ]

[Renegade 13]

Invade America! Invade America!............uh oh........

We better be careful Narf. They might call us terrorists and send us to Libya.

[narf poit chez BOOM]

well, hey, we can always conquer Libya, to. Empire Of Canada...has a nice ring to it, doesn't it?

[Renegade 13]

No no no, not Libya. Supply lines would be too long. Not to mention those pesky suicide bombers and explosions and all that stuff.

We need to invade Greenland. Think about it. Its close, low population, no bombers.... and, better than all that, it will fit in with the rest of Canada!! Icy, snowy, etc.

Then we need to "convince" the Scandinavian countries to "join" us. Sound good??