I think somebody really needs to tell the <acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym> the story of <a href="http://www.storyarts.org/library/aesops/stories/boy.html">The Boy Who Cried Wolf</a>.<br />n<br />n<a href="http://www.cattlenetwork.com/content.asp?contentid=22601"><acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym> Alert: Possible U.S. Case Of Mad Cow Being Investigated</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>The Agriculture Department is investigating a possible case of mad cow disease, the agency's chief veterinarian said Saturday.<br />n<br />nA routine test indicated the possible presence of mad cow disease, said John Clifford, the <acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym> official. They agency would not say where the animal was from.<br />n<br />nThe department is conducting more detailed tests at its laboratory in Ames, Iowa, and should have results in four to seven days.<br />n<br />n"This inconclusive result does not mean we have found a new case of <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym>," Clifford said, giving the abbreviation for the disease's formal name, bovine spongiform encephalopathy.<br />n<br />n"Inconclusive results are a normal component of most screening tests, which are designed to be extremely sensitive," he added in a statement.<br />n<br />nThe cow did not enter the human or animal food chain, Clifford said.</blockquote> <br />n <br />nAfter you cry wolf too often nobody listens. Is this the idea the <acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym> has to downplay the scare in peoples mind or are they just being unintentionally stupid to hurt farmers and ranchers. Knowing how the <acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym> feels about farmers and ranchers, they are just being unintentionally stupid. <br />n<br />n<b>The worst possible turn can not be programmed. It is caused by coincidence. Friedrich Durrenmatt</b><br />n<br />