Mad Republican Disease

2 stories ripped from the headlines:

Alabama cow tests positive for (mad cow) disease

Mon., Mar. 13, 2006

WASHINGTON - A cow in Alabama has tested positive for mad cow disease, the Agriculture Department confirmed Monday.

A routine test last week had indicated the presence of the disease. Results were confirmed by more detailed testing at a government laboratory in Ames, Iowa, said the department's chief veterinarian, John Clifford.

U.S. investigators have found two previous cases of mad cow disease. The first was in December 2003 in a Canadian-born cow in Washington state. The second was last June in a cow that was born and raised in Texas.

So what has the Bush administration planned to do about Mad Cow Disease?

Government to Scale Back Mad Cow Testing

Tues., Mar. 14, 2006

WASHINGTON - Despite the confirmation of a third case of mad cow disease, the government intends to scale back testing for the brain-wasting disorder blamed for the deaths of more than 150 people in Europe.

The Agriculture Department boosted its surveillance after finding the first case of mad cow disease in the United States in 2003. About 1,000 tests are run daily, up from about 55 daily in 2003.

The testing program detected an infected cow in Alabama last week, and further analysis confirmed Monday that the animal had mad cow disease.

Still, a reduction in testing has been in the works for months. The department's chief veterinarian, John Clifford, mentioned it when he announced the new case of mad cow disease.

The Bush administration, instead of moving swiftly to protect you from Mad Cow Disease, decided months ago to scale back testing? Like that would solve the problem?

Enjoy your beef, America, while you're still (hopefully) Mad Cow Disease free.

Or start eating more chicken.

Bird Flu fears?

Eat more fish.

Mercury levels in fish too high for you?

I hear that many people have stopped worrying about beef, chicken, and fish-- and have learned how to love tofu.

Alas, I am not one of them. Yet.

I want my government to stop running away from problems and face them head on, damn it!

Don't you?

So you think you know Delilah?
Judges 16:19-- And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head.