Quote:WASHINGTON (AP) - After years of mad cow scares in Europe, Americans who eat beef are faced with the threat for the first time at their own dinner table.
U.S. Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman announced Tuesday federal scientists suspect a cow in Washington state had mad cow disease, an infectious brain-wasting illness. She and legislators from agricultural states immediately issued statements to reassure consumers the beef they eat is safe.
To be effective, those reassurances will have to overcome the fear mad cow disease, which can lead to a similar incurable disease in humans, has reached the United States for the first time. Food safety advocates warn consumers will be nervous because of the discovery and may avoid eating beef altogether.
"I think it will be harmful to the industry," said Carol Tucker Foreman, head of the Consumer Federation of America's Food Policy Institute.
"I hope it is not going to be a major problem for human health. But it is alarming that there is finally an animal, an animal that was discovered to have BSE."
That is bovine spongiform encephalopathy, the scientific name for mad cow disease.
A lone case of mad cow disease was discovered in Canada in May, which prompted countries worldwide immediately to block imports of Canadian beef. The result was devastating. Canadian officials estimate the country lost $1 million a day after the bans went into effect.
The Canadians' loss was a boon for U.S. cattle farmers. Sales of U.S. beef skyrocketed as countries that had relied on Canada for beef turned to the United States for their supply.
Demand is high at home, too, and the supply is small, because droughts in the U.S. West forced some ranchers to reduce their herds to survive the tough conditions.
Together, the factors have driven retail prices to record high levels. USDA Choice sirloin steak now sells for more than $6 US a pound, far more than last year's price of about $4 a pound. Ground beef sells for $2.04 a pound, compared with $1.84 last year.
Shoppers haven't been frightened away by the prices. Over the last decade, the average American has eaten at least 60 pounds of beef every year, the U.S. Agriculture Department said.
Beef sales remain strong partly because of the popularity of high-protein, low-carbohydrate diets for losing weight such as the Atkins diet.
U.S. ranchers want to hold the good times but they fear this incident could devastate their industry. They want to be sure consumers don't stop eating beef, especially since they are certain no contaminated meat went into the food supply.
Terry Stokes, chief executive of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, repeatedly stressed the food supply is safe when speaking during a conference call Tuesday.
"There is no risk to consumers based upon the product that came from this animal," he said.
"We expect that our consumers understand the U.S. government and beef industry have implemented the necessary steps to ensure the safety of the U.S. food supply and cattle system."
One thing is for sure, I will continue to NOT eat U.S.A. beef. It just doesnt' have the same...flare you could say as Alberta beef. :D
Every once in a great while i'll make a thread and this is one of those times.
I have just graduated Film School and am about to start the long journey of carreer. With a wife who makes me better than I am and a future that is confusing and infinite.
As some of you know I jump from idea to idea, sometimes a film script, sometimes a video game, well I've decided to go after both and that means absolutely no life what so ever. :)
I am taking this small break after school to reflect and gather.
How that, just a few years ago, I was locked in a room, depressed and without meaning. And during that time of some 10 years I made a prolific discovery. All of you, some I have known for the past 5 years or more have made an impact on me. I used you all many times to test dialogue and transition in conversation, to discover the phonetic reasoning behind certain phrases and words and often to test my ability to tell stories. All of you, some which are gone now helped me by guiding me and giving me an optimistic attitude towards my abilities, even giving me an ego - something I was severely lacking in my child hood. I just wanted to take this time to thank all of you. I used to be here everyday, spending hours at a time, but I just cant do that anymore.
This isn't goodbye, I will be back. And when I am, I hope to see all of you here in our little corner of the internet.
Thank you, Tendo City.
PS. I almost forgot to mention that I DRINK GRAPE JUICE RIGHT FROM THE BOTTLE!!11 Not that Dark Jaguar is a woman or anything I just cant BLOWJOB!!!!! HAHAHAHA!!! WHEN BUNNY GIRL AND MAPEL GIRL RUB THEIR SHINING BUTTS TOGETHER I BEGIN TO THINK OF MOMMIES MILK LIKE NATURE INTENDED Like a young boy's bottom, smooth and suple, like balloons only less sticky. GO! LET HIM FIND HIS DESTINY! *talks from behind an ape mask* OMG wear is DA MAN?///? WARE IS DR. LOVE???// I AM SO THE HORNIEST :( :( :( :( Lavos, the destroyer of civilizations and GGGWWWWWAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGHHHHHHHHHHIIIIIIHHJJJJ!111 That I should bestow upon you the greatest treasure, the Golden Ass of Power if you can bring me pictures of horses WHAT?? THERE IS NO EMERALD NIPS OF SANITY! ONLY THE GOLDEN TITS OF GLORY! Yunno what Stanely Kubrick would say? :) Last night I weeped in to a half filled glass wondering where the ring went, a strange luminescent ring it often brought me hope when I killed for business or pleasure but stranger still what sleep is here? what mortal shuffling rithes in the snakes umptuos coiling? Weapon in my hand, my hand... the arcing deathblow to the end of all things. The horror. The horror... I embrace it. DOLPHIN FUCK?????/!!?!?!/1/ MONKEY SHIT PICKLE SPERM!!!! LET'S VAGINA COCK FUCK! ***I'M A DWARF**** PERFECT DARK MAKES MY PENIS HARD WITH IT'S PERFECT DARK GOODNESS AND I FOUND THE NUDE CODE *strips nude* HAHAHA??? SCREW FRANCE! SCREW FRANCE AND CANADA OH JESUS SHIT I *HATE* PRIME MINISTERS! IF THERE'S ONE THING i CANT STAND IT'S PRIME MINISTERS! AND WATERY CANADIAN BEER! AND THE TOAST ARMIES! TOAST AND SCONES AND WATERY BEER! ITS NOT EVEN JU! Ju la.... rounge dela ju ju poo poo ahha! oui oui! And now cooking with Swedish Chef: Indur flingder bonder furd, firsten putin dur olives and dur extra virgin olive oil, also called "Nickdaddyg" in many parts of the world, expecially ASSTRAILIA, IF YOU'RE FROM ASSTRAILIA AND YOU GO TAKE A WALK YOU SHOULD LOOK BEHIND YOU BECAUSE I BET YOU'VE GOT AN ASSTRAILIN'YA! OH MY FUCKING GOD I AM A GENIUS ON CRACK *measures penis* ITS LIKE A GOD DAMN SPEAR, I LOVE YOU! I LOVE YOU LIKE A SON THAT I FUCK! What are you Irish!?
Luigi: *throws a mushroom*
Mushroom: ....
Mario: What do I do with this??
Mushroom: ....eat me
Mario: What!?
The PS2's thick black hull gleems silently in the darkened night.
PS2: No one cares about you anymore! They want realism! They want to see BLOOD! No one gives a shit about a boy who rides a horse or a 40 year old imp from a make-believe land! They want GRIT and GUNS
Luigi: Thisa looks like a the end, a Mario...
Suddenly off the horizon a shine of bright light blinds the people below in the crowd. The PS2 redies it's SHIT FLOOD cannons.
Samus Aran: Not if I can help it! *has the lesbian entercourse with Link*
Link: ... .. ........... .. .....!!!1
Ultra Mario Man: *Elvis Bomb!*
A glass of fruit juice: Well bless my soul what's a wrong with me, i'm itchin like a bear on a fuzzy tree
Warlock from Hell: *rubs Ecco the Dolphin on his crotch* DANCING QUEEN!!!!! ONLY 17!!!!!!! FUCK, I need a girlfriend
N-Man: oui oui
Nickdaddyg: Why get a girlfriend when you live with your mom? I lift weights!
Weltall: Trust me, you dont want one. Only bad things happen. Very, very bad things.
50 gallon tub of horse cum: tee hee
OB1: You're an idiot! fuck you, all you ever do is say penis! You're an idiot! I want friends. :(
MY ROBE SMELLS OF EJACULATION
"Well maybe if you actually TRIED listening to the people on this board you would realize how much we do love it and we would like to say whatever we want without mods going in and cleaning it up.
Ice-9: I built this place, and I can destroy it.
Countdown: E3 2000!
Countdown: Perfect Dark!
Countdown: Things you hate!
Countdown: Shoshinkai (sp?)
Post your picture!
Favorite car?
Twin towers attacked
"I went over to the Nintendorks board and all they ever did was talk about sex. Like they know what sex is."
Get on ICQ! Get on MSN! Get AIM! Get on MIRC! NINTENDO ANNOUNCES METROID PRIME Square is leaving Nintendo for good..... Did you see the new Zelda??? I cant believe it! It's not Zelda!!! Rare is leaving Nintendo! Hahaha... Microsoft is making a game console, like that will ever work. No seriousely, it will probably never function correctly. Square is making games for Nintendo systems! SPIDERMAN HAS MADE YOU GAY COLIN FERRAL! WITH THE POWER OF BLEACH! THE FINITE REACHES OF SPACE MAKE YOU GO NUTSY LICK ME! NUMBLY WITMIRE PUDDING SHAMP! "Ryan, I met this girl on the internet..." MY DOG TOOK A BIG KRAP! MY DOG TOOK A BIG KRAP! It's gtood to have friends like you guys, so at 4 in the morning we can BLOWJOB!!!!1 HAHAHAHAHA!!!!1 KEEP FIRING ASSHOLES!
