Japan Unsure

<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/06/AR2006030600142.html">Japan says unclear if U.S. beef actions would work</a><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Japan's vice farm minister said on Monday it is unclear if actions proposed by Washington would help prevent shipments of banned U.S. beef to Japan.</blockquote><br />n<br />nMore stonewalling from Japan on the beef issue. Not surprising but it would be nice to get this issue resolved. I will note this story comes out after U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said on Saturday that U.S. beef exports to Japan would resume "very, very quickly." Somebodies living in a different universe from the rest of us who know Japan is being difficult about this. The beef industry will just have to march on and see what happens.<br />n<br />nI note nowhere in Japan's opposition to US beef is the statement that is has to be source identified like the backers of the National Animal Identification System (<acronym title="National Animal Identification System">NAIS</acronym>) tell us Japan wants and will bring us enormous profits. Japan's just concerned the <acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym>, the agency foisting <acronym title="National Animal Identification System">NAIS</acronym> on us and the agency to administer the program, is not doing their job on watching the big meat packers and how they prepare meat. So is the <acronym title="United States Department of Agriculture, Bought and Paid for by The Big Meat Packers">USDA</acronym> foisting their problems off on producers instead of living up to their problems? Yes and their answer is more government intrusion. Typical big government solution.<br />n<br />n<b>Injustice, cruelty, restraint of conscience, oppression, falsity, dishonour, deceit, violation of law and equity?