[Whitelight]

Kazan, point taken..

I`m a better listener, than a speaker.

(edit) If I don`t like whats being said, like Shrike said once, if you don`t like whats said don`t post, i`ve taken that into consideration..

Un oh one minuet left of my birthday

[Whitelight]

Damn computer clock is off, my last statment was how you say invalid
You must excuse me, to many rum and cokes tonight at the local bar..

(edit) Celibrating my birthday, well I can`t complain because I only paid for the first drink, shot some pool, and may I say my pool skills went out the window after the first 4 drinks Hehehe.

[Bobboau]

how many cows were found to be infected in the UK before the mass slaughter?

[StratComm]

Don't know, but it was a lot more than one.  Found this on HowStuffWorks.com:

To the cattle industry, an outbreak of mad cow disease is an ever-looming nightmare. In the 1980s and '90s, the brain disorder infected 180,000 livestock in Europe and claimed dozens of human lives, devastating the British cattle industry. Britain, the United States and most other major cattle-producing nations have imposed stringent measures to control the disease, but another outbreak is a very real possibility.

[Rictor]

Err, if I have time I'll try to dig up a cool story how Rupert Murdoch's media goonsquad try to silence two of their own reporters who wanted to make the story public, and failed. Its quite inetersting, and for once Fox has been a force for good, though it should be noted that it was despite their best efforts, not because of them.

[Liberator]

I'll remind the HLP populace that Mad Cow is only spread though the brain and nervous tissue of the infected animals.

Americans as a BIG rule don't eat this part of the animal, nor is it fed back to the rest of the herds, unlike other parts of the animal.

[Singh]

I dont hate America......I just dont like it either, especially after Clinton resigned (as bad as that stupid scandal was, not many other bad things happened, so its sorta nuetral).  Ever since the Cold war, America has just about been in every nation's face and its starting to get pretty annoying.......

[Rictor]

Clinton didn't resign. He served 2 terms, the legal maximum. And no, its not a tragedy Clinton resigned, atleast with **** the world knows where it stands. With Billy, it was all "whisper sweet nothing in your ear to distract you from the fact that you're being screwed bigtime". Actually, I hope **** wins in November. Better to have it out in the open.

Theres a saying about a glove and an iron fist and some velvet..something to that effect. Can't quite remember.

[Ghostavo]

Liberator, that is not the issue... if a corporation is trying to appeal to a certain type of clients by doing something that is not illegal and that in some countries it is encoraged (testing products), why should the "Department of Agriculture" try to stop it? Hell, it should be forcing the other corporations do the same thing. Especially if they were going to do it on their own!!

Creekstone was poised to create its own lab and use a rapid test already approved by the USDA. Before the ban went into effect, the company expected to ship as much as 2,000 tons of beef to Japan this year.

[castor]

Originally posted by Liberator
I'll remind the HLP populace that Mad Cow is only spread though the brain and nervous tissue of the infected animals.

Could be.. On the other hand, there are lots of unknowns and almost nothing can be said conclusively about this whole TSE deal.

[Janos]

I heard the BSE can infect a person via a scratch or bite?

[Rictor]

You're a strange, strange man.

[Dark_4ce]

Originally posted by Janos
I heard the BSE can infect a person via a scratch or bite?

I'm happy that people can still find something to laugh about. And coming from Finland I can say that, America rules. They got Disney World, the film industry, and Burger King. Their government might be in a bit of a turmoil but all things change I suppose...

[Kazan]

if **** wins in november you can kiss the world goodbye

[Corsair]

I'll kiss the US goodbye and move to Canada, that's for sure.

[vyper]

I don't hate America.

I just like the UK more

[Kazan]

vyper: and that's ok

[Thorn]

I dont hate it either...
Its just that its so easy to make fun of Americans...
Canada is one of the few places in the world where you can make a living making fun of Americans... though thats not as true anymore...

[Lonestar]

Wow is there anything the US hasnt done to discredit themselves? I mean i know Canada and the rest of the world isnt the greatest and we all got our own problems.

But this US thing is a trqavesty. One lie after another, one **** after another, and so on.

Seems the US politicians are doing of screwing around and nothing good for its own people
When will the US people rise up and take power of their own country? When will democracy rise its head from the capitilists shoulders?

[Jiggyhound]

UK! UK! UK! UK!

brits rule

we at one point were THE superpower, with global control and wealth greater than that of america today.Were just nice, giving some of it back and all, or losing it eventually.

Someday, im sure America will be replaced by another superpower, such as China, or maybe Russia, if they ever sort themselves out.