Johanns & mad cow witholding info

JOHANNS FAVORS WITHHOLDING MAD COW INFORMATION FROM THE PUBLIC: With Johanns in charge, you'll likely know a lot less about the safety of the food you eat. As governor, Johanns has expressed opposition to the Department of Agriculture's policy of informing the public when the nation's beef supply may be contaminated. Johanns asked the Department of Agriculture to reconsider their policy of announcing when initial tests of cattle show they may be infected with Mad Cow disease, also known as BSE. Johanns's position runs counter to the conclusions of the USDA inspector general, which found the agency isn't doing enough to protect the public from Mad Cow contamination.

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I'll give you a hint - they employ thousands of illegal immigrants. And people seriously think republicans want to control illegal immigration. Must be nice to live in a fantasy world and not let facts confuse you.

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norml (1000+ posts) Fri Jan-14-05 05:41 PM
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US Lifting of Ban on Canadian Beef Linked to Canada Imposing Ban on Meds


It was announced that the ban on shipments of Canadian cattle to the US would be lifted. A few days later, the Canadian government announced it's intentions to crack down on the reimportation of drugs to the US. Two new cases of mad cow disease have turned up in Canada just this last week. Lifting the ban on importation of Canadian cattle at this time makes no sense, except as part of this swap. There are many republican consumers who want to be able to buy their medications from other countries at a lower price. There are many republican consumers, and republican cattlemen, who don't want some incurable brain dissolving disease to be brought into the US by mad Canadian cows. Why is no one reporting on, or making an issue of this? If you can show that the republican party position on this one is wrong, maybe you can get some of the republican voters to consider how their party might be wrong on other issues. Get to it! Here are some useful links. http://www.rxsanity.org / http://www.mad-cow.org / http://www.journalstar.com/shared-content/search/index.php?search=go&o=0&l=&s=&r=&q=mad+cow


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