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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

> In case anyone didn't read it that cared to when I posted it the last time,
> this is an informative  article from The Hightower Lowdown re mad cow:
> http://www.hightowerlowdown.org/node/297

And in case anyone wonders, I believe that Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease 
or mad cow disease or any other name for the same thing, a 
brain-wasting disease that humans incur from eating meat from 
diseased animals, is a natural condition that has existed in nature 
for a long time, can be found in squirrels, deer and elk as well as 
domestic animals. It exists worldwide, and the USA is in the world. 
It may be that it takes many years from ingestion to cause death.

My posting was to illustrate the entertainment that experts of all 
stripes provide. Adversarial positions sell. I expect homesteaders to 
think more clearly than the general public. Nonetheless, it is 
necessary to regularly note that one must believe nothing that one 
reads or hears via the media. If a subject is of importance, it must 
be widely researched and ideally personally verified. Be careful to 
factor in your personal biases.

The TIME magazine article I quoted was worthwhile as a reality check. 
Here we have gone on at length about mad cow disease as if it were a 
substantial factor of life to be carefully considered. We have spent 
very little time on driving safety or smoking. If the article is 
correct, about 44,000 of our fellows die in auto wrecks each year and 
smoking causes about 1,200 American deaths--per day.