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http://www.hightowerlowdown.org/articles/Apr04_v6_n4/Apr04_v6_n4_1.cfm
APRIL 2004 VOLUME #6 NUMBER #4
Edited by Jim Hightower and Phillip Frazer

BushCo's mad, mad, mad, mad Mad Cow Policy

When the first undeniable American case of Mad Cow Disease broke into 
the news last December, a host of Bush officials trotted out to shout 
reassurances at us: "Just an isolated case!" "America's beef supply is 
the safest in the world!" "Trust us, we're experts!" Even George W. told 
the media that he'd eaten a big serving of beef for Christmas 
dinner—see, no problem, all clean, don't think about it any more.

Yes, admitted the Ag Department's top animal scientist, the mad cow in 
question was part of a herd of 80 cattle that could also be infected, 
but, by gollies, our animal tracking system is excellent, so "we feel 
confident that we are going to be able to determine the where-abouts of 
most, if not all, of these animals within the next several days." Trust us.

Seven weeks later, the Ag Department scientist had to admit that only 
one-third of the suspect cattle could be found. "We never expected to be 
able to find all of them," he lied in classic Bushite fashion, 
apparently hoping that we wouldn't recall his earlier promise. The other 
two-thirds couldn't be tracked and presumably had ended up in our 
lunches and dinners. Declaring the investigation over, he said, "It's 
time to move on."

Move on? To where? To a Mad Cow burger? To the intensive care unit? So 
much for our "experts."

When real experts do speak, the Bushites cover their ears. Ag Secretary 
Ann Veneman had attempted to calm public concern last December by 
convening a panel of international experts on Mad Cow Disease, expecting 
the members to do little more than a cursory review of the beef 
industry's production system and then rubber-stamp the industry's mantra 
that America has no Mad Cow problem, that the government's safety rules 
are more than adequate to protect consumers.

But—Holy Big Mac!—the panel bolted. In remarkably direct language, Ann's 
rebellious experts found that Mad Cow Disease is common in our cattle 
herds, that the USDA's voluntary tracking system is grossly inadequate, 
and that the meat industry's method of feeding rendered parts of hogs, 
chickens, goats, road kill (yes, road kill), and other animals to cattle 
(which, by nature, are not carnivores at all, but grass- grazing 
vegetarians—vegans, even) is inherently unsafe.

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