Math

<blockquote>A 10-year-old dairy cow from Alberta has tested positive for bovine spongiform encephalopathy, as mad cow disease is formally known, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. The results confirmed preliminary tests released earlier this week.</blockquote><br />n<br />n<blockquote>Authorities said cow was born in Alberta in 1996, prior to the introduction of the 1997 feed ban. It is suspected that the animal became infected by contaminated feed before the ban.</blockquote><br />n<br />nThe newest <b>dairy cow</b> in <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/01/03/build/world/55-mad-cow.inc" target="_new">Canadian with <acronym title="Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy">BSE</acronym></a> was born in 1996 and caught during slaughter in 2004 and they say this cow is 10 years old. Somebody needs to go back to school and learn their math again. Looks a lot more like 8 years to me. <br />n<br />n<blockquote>The decision to allow Canadian cows into the United States in light of the latest scare brought sharp responses from several Democratic lawmakers. <br />n<br />nRep. Earl Pomeroy, D-N.D., called the decision "outrageous" and accused the Agriculture Department leadership of caring "more about the interests of mega feed lots and processors than the interests of farmers, ranchers and consumers."</blockquote><br />n<br />nWell, he says it all.<br />n<br />n<b>"Danger! What danger do you foresee?" Holmes shook his head gravely. "It would cease to be a danger if we could define it," said he. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle</b><br />n<br />nUPDATE: I see the story completly changed now but is still under the same headline and URL. The quotes I lifted were in the story this morning. I ain't making nothing up. There obviously fixing thier mistake without admiting it.