Somebodies not checking their facts

I was reading the latest issue of Business Week and found an <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_10/b3923107_mz018.htm" target="_new">article (luckily available online) on <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym></a> that was interesting. It talks about the research into how it works and new techniques to fight it. There was one part that really set me off though.<br />n<br />n<blockquote>Those many uncertainties are in the spotlight right now as the Agriculture Dept. prepares to resume trading of some live cows and packaged beef with Canada on Mar. 7. Restrictions have been in place since May, 2003, when a mad cow was discovered in Canada. Three more have been found since, including one animal that was imported to the U.S. and slaughtered in December, 2003. The <acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym> is torn between its mission to protect public health, its commitments to meatpackers and ranchers who want access to Canadian cattle, and its desire to facilitate U.S. exports. The problems won't be resolved until scientists get a firmer grip on the pathology of the disease.</blockquote><br />n<br />nRANCHERS <u>WANT</u> ACCESS TO CANADIAN CATTLE? I DON'T THINK SO!!!! Anybody reading this knows that is not true and many cattle men through R-Calf are fighting this. I wrote a letter to the editor of Business Week politely pointing out the problem in the story. <a class="block_level" href="http://www.sarpysam.com/archives/796-Somebodies-not-checking-their-facts.html#extended">Continue reading "Somebodies not checking their facts"</a>