5-31-07 What're They Fighting For???
I find it beyond my ability to rationalize why, just why, this news story isn't the lead story in the mainstream media this week.
Creekstone Farms Premium Beef wants to test 100% of their source livestock for Mad Cow disease. You'd think that this would be just fine, but because some big company(s) see this as "unfair competition" they've managed to get the US Agriculture Department to force Creekstone into court, and prevent them from doing this.
Outrageous? You betcha! And they've even got the President of the United States on the side of "Big Beef", saying that "it will fight to keep meatpackers from testing all their animals for mad cow disease," according the above linked article.
This goes WAY beyond mere fascism, as far as I'm concerned, when the US government prevents a business from doing the utmost to safeguard its customers from getting sick from consuming their product. When the course of the government's assets are turned against the safety of the public in favor of the possibility that some large businesses may have to ante up the money to do the same, ...well, let's just call a corrupt administration what it is.
What is the Bush administration fighting for here? It definitely isn't the safety of the American public, that's for sure!
Creekstone Farms Premium Beef wants to test 100% of their source livestock for Mad Cow disease. You'd think that this would be just fine, but because some big company(s) see this as "unfair competition" they've managed to get the US Agriculture Department to force Creekstone into court, and prevent them from doing this.
Outrageous? You betcha! And they've even got the President of the United States on the side of "Big Beef", saying that "it will fight to keep meatpackers from testing all their animals for mad cow disease," according the above linked article.
This goes WAY beyond mere fascism, as far as I'm concerned, when the US government prevents a business from doing the utmost to safeguard its customers from getting sick from consuming their product. When the course of the government's assets are turned against the safety of the public in favor of the possibility that some large businesses may have to ante up the money to do the same, ...well, let's just call a corrupt administration what it is.
What is the Bush administration fighting for here? It definitely isn't the safety of the American public, that's for sure!
posted by Jeff Barnard at 10:15 AM
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