Comments on: Sick Cows Hit Food Supply, Beef Chief Says

Slaughterhouse President Backs Off Original Claim In Front Of House Panel

[lil_willie61]

I used to work in the beef industry, and I have two things to say:

If you really believe that this is the first time that downer cattle have entered the food supply, you are sadly mistaken. (BTW, almost all of the downers are down because they got hurt in the trailer en route to the processing plant. The sick ones rarely get loaded to begin with.)

Secondly, there is a significant minority of people who work in the industry who are just plain mean and cruel. It does not matter who sits in the White House. Those people will be mean and cruel whether the Reps or the Dems win in November. If you believe otherwise, you are sadly mis... no, you''re just freaking nuts, and know very little about human nature.

[tryhonesty]

"Alphaa10" is right on the mark! I would like to add, that prison time is needed for all that knew about this nonsense and carried out these criminal acts in this slaughterhouse. It is not enough that a business is ruined, punishment needs to be swift and HARD like a sledgehammer! I feel so safe and protect by shrub''s administration, NOT.

[alphaa10-2009]

"easeup" is typical of the GOP-inspired bozos who vote along with Bush-- but then claim they are "independents" when the fires start.

Where was "easeup" when the USDA announced it was cutting back on meat plant inspections about two years ago?

That USDA cutback-- brazen indifference to public safety and health-- was made by a Bush-appointed political hack (a GOP-leaning attorney) named Ann Veneman, who claimed to manage the USDA. Amazingly enough, her lax policy appeared just after a scandal about BSE cows entering the national food supply from Canada.

The "reasoning" behind the USDA cutback on inspections? It goes something like this-- if only an occasional BSE cow enters the national food supply, think how good Americans will feel when NO such contamination reports are made, because there are no inspectors to make them?!

[ceethomas]

PetefromNZ said: "Sorry Ceethomas, but those of us who live elsewhere don''''t want your mental defectives and moral pygmies a.k.a. "true conservatives". We don''''t want all that hypocrisy, creation science nonsense, gun violence, lax food standards, disregard for the environment, etc, etc.

We sympathise with your plight, but please, KEEP THEM!"
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Sorry about that PetefromNZ. I fully understand. To be honest, I''m not sure these goofballs would feel comfortable in a country as strong and beautiful as yours. Maybe the arab states will take them in. Those neocons love the oil sheiks. After all, they have a lot in common, i.e. the worhip of $$. To hell with the people. To hell with safety.

Anyway, thanks PetefromNZ for your sympathy and understanding. And to the neocons, when you leave our country, stay out of NZ. Kiwis don''t want you and who could blame them.

[randynason]

I don''t even know why people eat meat. It''s not natural to eat other living and feeling creatures, if you''re an evolved species. Of course, that begs the question of whether or not we are at all... evolved, that is.

[caliengineer]

This is a minor concern compared to the laws passed after the "mad cow" breakout. Those laws only protect industry, not consumers.

There are rumors that CJD (Crutchfield-Jakobs Disease) is the result and many cases are misdiagnosed as alzheimer''s and most cjd does not manifest until after 10-30 years.

[petefromnz]

Ceethomas: "Sorry, but you and your lot are all mental and need to go live somewhere else."

Sorry Ceethomas, but those of us who live elsewhere don''t want your mental defectives and moral pygmies a.k.a. "true conservatives". We don''t want all that hypocrisy, creation science nonsense, gun violence, lax food standards, disregard for the environment, etc, etc.

We sympathise with your plight, but please, KEEP THEM!

[ceethomas]

easup said:
"Look at all these myopic tools blaming Bush for this....
How childish."

The only myopic tool is you. Here''s a clue pal: If you look "deep" into the problems we''ve been experiencing in consumer safety, you will find your "tool" administration hired agency heads (their buddies) who cut their staff to dangerous levels and this ultimately led to a lack of oversight. Is Nancy Nord a bushie buddy? Quick now, answer that and then dare try and justify her actions. And how about that homeland security???? Imagine, deferring safe food and children''s safety in order to raid and attack another country for oil and power, whooops, I mean WMDs. Sorry, but you and your lot are all mental and need to go live somewhere else. Real Americans will stay and repair the U.S. We don''t want the likes of you around. You''ve caused enough embarrassment for several lifetimes.

[petefromnz]

Sorry, that should read, "Easup should read Chapter 8 of Molly Ivins'''' "Bushwhacked: Life in George W. Bush''''s America".

[petefromnz]

*** does Bush have to do with this, moonbat?
Posted by easeup

Further to Nolalou''s free civics lesson, Moonbat should read Chapter 8 of Molly Ivins'' "Bushwhacked: Life in George W. Bush''s America". This chapter, entitled "Ready to Eat?" details how the progress made under President Clinton on food safety inspection was reversed under Bush. The Bush Administration began by putting the Listeria regulations that were ready to be promulgated on hold. And went on from there. Instructive reading.