This is where your argument starts its downard spiral. You talk about things of which you don’t provide any evidence. What feel good news stations have you been watching? Because I know where I live, I have yet to see such an occurence of this. But then again, I rarely watch TV. Can you provide some specific examples of this?? I get the feeling that this is more myth than reality.
I see this as a common complaint that citizens of other countries bitch about on messageboards: American media lies or distorts news in order to present a pro-American slant. BUT…there is no “Cite” so to speak from these people other than the usual “All of FOX news!!”
So, would you care to break the stereotype of raving anti-American lunatic you have presented to us and give us some actual, tangible examples of your claims? Burden of proof is on you.
Hey, Cheesy… As one Canadian to another… SHUT THE FUCK UP! What are you, fourteen years old?
I’m HAPPY that you don’t visit the US except to change planes… I don’t want any Americans thinking you’re in any way typical of Canada…
I may not always agree with things that happen in the US, but I’ve got enough brains to realize that the US is a democratic nation with more than one viewpoint…
Here’s a primer… the US is a big country… and you know how Albertans and Quebecers see things differently? Americans aren’t all the same either…
I watch American TV too… and read American newspapers… and have American friends… and I was even in Washington state last week, and not once did I feel “blamed”… The farmers in the US are too busy worrying about their FUTURE to care where the cow came from…
I sure hope you aren’t a federalist… If you’re in any way as fucked up about Quebec politics as you are about this, we might as well kiss Quebec goodbye…
Survivor, I’d like you to know that when I was in Canada last July, all of the Canadians that I met were absolutely wonderful and nice people who wished me a happy Independence Day (I was there for July 4th) and I was glad to wish them a happy Canada Day.
I’ll bet we were talking about the weather. There’s someone always talking about the weather. Cows and their roots just rarely come up in conversation.
In this country, commas do not imply a sequential order. Maybe it is true in Canada, but not here. I’ll step down to your level to explain my sentences because you don’t seem to have a good grasp of the English language (by the way what language do you speak in Canada anyway? I am quite curious). I meant that you acted utterly stupid, capitalized RANDOMLY, and name-CALLED all at the same time (yes, you are amazing, aren’t you?) THEN (this word does imply sequential order in English) you attempted a half-assed rational argument.
Secondly (another sequence word if you are taking notes), I suggest you do start giving a flying fuck to what is customary in this country because we possess an asset that no other country has, the world’s smartest person. And he rules this board, at least his cronies (I mean that in the nicest of ways I just like the word) do.
Lastly, have gotten the Florida joke yet. Lorne Michaels must have robbed your county of anyone with a sense of humor.
Now the DNA test has confirmed what shipping documents, herd records and other information indicated all along. The cow came from Canada.
The only case of finger-pointing I’ve seen connected with this incident is CheekyMonkey613’s.
“It’s not a minor issue to Canadian farmers who have been implicated WAY too prematurely. <snip>It’s about time you guys SUCK IT UP when you take a foul instead of manipulating the news to keep up the facade that America is SO great.”
Ok, Cheeky, if you must have finger-pointing, it was YOUR foul. Happy now?
FWIW, American beef is moving at a normal rate through the supermarkets and hamburger places. There is no impending economic disaster that anyone can detect. Nobody’s panicked, and nobody’s blaming Canada.
It appears the deal is under control.
The only memorys I have of Canada are fond. A short trip up there one summer, and a very nice nurse from Alberta that I met and spent a weekend with in Washington, DC once upon a time. The words to: “Oh, Canada” were among the several things she taught me.
This question has come up quite a bit, and seems to be the chief reason why some Canadians are angry at the investigation. The answer to it is simple, however.
There are ethical guidlines in any investigation. One of the most important principles is transparency. The investigation must give complete disclosure to the press, except when doing so would harm the investigation itself (such as may happen in a criminal investigation). This is done to prevent corruption. When the press wanted to know how the investigation was coming along, the investigators were bound by their own ethics to give complete disclosure.
They had to say that they were looking at the Alberta connection. If they didn’t, it wouldn’t be a transparent investigation. Government agencies have to tell the press everything they are looking into, so the press can act as a watchdog. This is how the fourth estate functions.
The press reports all the time that such and such person or such and such company is being investigated, even though the final results of the investigation aren’t in. The press reported that Worldcom, Martha Stewart, and Kobe Bryant were being investigated before any of them were even charged.
Sure, the BSE thing isn’t a criminal investigation, but since their are some high money interest concerned, TRANSPARENCY MUST BE MAINTAINED.
This meant reporting the preliminary Alberta connection.
Now the question is: HOW did that cow get the disease?
Though I always realized how many people and companies would be affected by this, I was surprised to hear that we are in the beginnings of a pet food shortage here in Canada because of the latest Mad Cow episode.
On yesterday’s local news, CFCF12, they reported that many people were stocking up and emptying shelves. Sales are doing extremely well now, but it’s not like those sales wouldn’t have occured anyway. So there is no EXTRA money being made by these pet food suppliers. When those supplies dry up, people will eventually turn to the Canadian pet food companies.
In a sick and ironic way, American pet food suppliers are not able to ship their products to Canada. I guess when it was posted that only 10% of American beef was set for export and it wouldn’t affect you dearly, you weren’t taking into consideration the domino effect.
Okay, so this cow was purchased from Alberta, independent tests conducted by the US and Canada confirm the cow was born in Alberta, there was a known case of BSE in Alberta last year…
…yet it’s still premature to investigate that link further?
It’s possible that the Lord Jesus Christ halted time and came down to Washington a couple months ago and infected the cow, then went off laughing about what a great joke he played. Or it’s possible that the cow was infected in Washington sometime in the past few years after the feed ban, and there’s a new way the disease is transmitted. Or it’s possible that the cow was infected in Alberta in the same manner as last year’s cow.
I’m just guessing here, but I think investigating the most likely of those options is the proper course of action, and then eliminating them as they go.
And if it comes down to the fact that the Savior and Son of Man has punk’d us, then holy shit, I’m getting my ass to the confessional.
In watching this whole thing unfold, am I the only person who thought to themselves, “Ya know, If they can find and track one cow out of the millions that are raised and moved around, and track down what it ate** 6 fucking years ago, **well then, I guess the system works pretty damn well?” Me? I can’t remember what I had for breakfast.
One more thing. BSE is not contagious from cow to cow (at least I don’t think so). The issue was to find out how and where it got infected in the first place, (i.e. eating contaminated feed). You see, if this particular cow ate contaminated feed, then the odds are pretty good that all its cow-buddies ate the same and could be potentially infected. Given how cows are moved from farm to farm, finding the initial locus of contamination is critical.
Cheeky, throttle back…we Americans don’t hate Canada for poisoning our meat; We hate you for making it cold!!!
Why do I suspect this is going to be the subject of Cheeky’s next pit thread? *Hushed whisper:*American agents snuck into Canada under the cover of night to infect just one calf in that herd, six years ago!
Right off the bat, the beef industry did get (is getting) completely screwed over up here. Alberta and Ontario have been pretty badly hit (~1.5 Billion I think). The immediate closing of the US border and the long drawn out re-opening (party fueled by friction between Chrétien and Bush) has decimated our export market (US 72% of exports or ~50% or production). The discovery of an American BSE case did several things.
Fear of links to Canada thereby prolonging the agony
A certain amount of Schadenfreude watching the American’s get hung out to dry as the rest of the world slammed their doors shut.
Irritation that the American reaction to lost exports was to claim that it was a single case and the meat handling within the country was superb. All arguments made by the Canadian industry to American officials to no avail.
I have no problems with the initial tentative claim that the cow came from Canada. If the Dept. of Agriculture had said they had no idea where the cow had come from there would have been blood in the streets (or at least cubical farms). Given the integration of the two industries it was very likely the cow came from Canada.
My biggest beef is with the Canadian government not taking the initiative away from the US beef industry by convening a NA council to drive universal standards up.
My second biggest beef is with slack jawed idiots unfortunately blessed with the ability to type. cheeky you don’t make much more sense here than you did with your last FUCK THE US!! meltdown.
How cute it is to read your ignorant bullshit! Lets me know that my native country isn’t the home of such; well, actually, you are just a tiresome confirmation.
By the way, I am the first native U.S. citizen in my family. My father is from Quebec, my mother is from British Columbia. By the standards of the current U.S. Presidential administration, I would be called a “liberal.”
I am a proud U.S. citizen, as well as a citizen of the world.
I think you are a pathetically misinformed and ignorant bitch, much like you slam us Yanks for.
Sorry, bitch, every political discussion I’ve had with my Canadian relatives has had way more factual knowledge than you have shown in this thread. Seriously, you’d get better info to drive your ranting from Mad Magazine.
Hope you’ll forgive me for jumping to the end of this thread without reading any of the other answers. Not that I’ve read the OP either, but I’ll just like to but in here and say I’d like to fuck some Americans too. Especially if they’ve got breasts.
And he rules this board, at least his cronies (I mean that in the nicest of ways I just like the word) do.
