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["Linda" <intuit AT teleport.com>]

Does anyone know anything about a Hardship Case?  I have a close reality who 
can't take care of herself anylonger.  When I move, I will buy land to build 
a small home for myself. My relative wants to be with me on my property- but 
agrees not in the same house!  Does anyone know anything about a hardship 
case, and how small, or large the home must be?  Rumor has it that it must be 
a park-model mobile- on wheels, nothing permanent, and no longer than 40ft 
and 8ft wide.  This seems so tiny?
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On 7/21/06, Lynda <lurine AT softcom.net> wrote:
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> > USDA announces reduced mad cow testing
> >
> > The U.S.  Department of Agriculture announced Thursday it will > soon
> reduce  its testing for bovine spongiform encephalopathy -- > mad
> cow  disease. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said his
> > department  will transition to an ongoing BSE surveillance > program
> that  reflects the extremely low prevalence of the > disease in the  United
> States. "It's time that our surveillance > efforts reflect  what we now know
> is a very, very low level of > BSE in the United  States," said Johanns.


>From the Hightower Lowdown, April 2004
http://www.hightowerlowdown.org/node/297
The USDA's denial of problems with our beef supply is just plain 
crazy!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."

To read the rest of this very interesting article:
http://www.hightowerlowdown.org/node/297