Not to worry??? Here are the nations of the world boycotting US beef

[spanone]

JAPAN
POLAND
CHILE
BRAZIL
KOREA
HONG KONG
TAIWAN
SINGAPORE
MALAYSIA
RUSSIA
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
EGYPT
MEXICO
CHINA
CANADA
AUSTRALIA
INDONESIA
COLUMBIA
ISRAEL
THAILAND
BULGARIA
PERU
VENEZUELA
COSTA RICA
PANAMA
SAUDI ARABIA
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
KUWAITI
OMAN
QATAR
BAHRAIN
JORDAN
TURKEY
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
JAMAICA
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
BARBADOS
ST VINCENT & THE GRENADINES
SURINAM
CAYMAN ISLANDS
GRENADA

So chow down there's plenty for everyone!!!
P.S. Ann Veneman, the head of USDA used to be the Head Lobbyist for the Cattleman's Association so you know she'll be watching out for us consumers!!!!! edit* actually a boycott is the wrong word, they are banning US imports of beef.

[Minstrel Boy]

1. who's laughing now?

[impeach the gop]

2. Looks like the "obesity" problem we keep hearing about

if fixing to take care of itself. Without expensive pills, and fly by night mirical cures :-)

[DuctapeFatwa]

3. How will the US punish these countries?

Strategic disciplinary airstrikes, or unilateral enforcement of no-fly zones and boarding all incoming vessels suspected of carrying pencils or pencillin?

[Gin]

13. Looks like the Poles wont be getting paid unless they eat our beef...

bet they renig on the ban first..

[arcane1]

4. looks like a Coalition of the Willing to me

:evilgrin:

[CatWoman]

5. Don't you mean

"coalition of the grilling"???

make mine medium rare :evilgrin:

[arcane1]

7. lol

maybe Bush can sell the tainted meat in Iraq, for double the price

they are giving the troops rotten food anyway, right?

[CatWoman]

8. tainted meat, tainted gas, tainted love

what's the diff? :hi:

*putting on Soft Cell CD* :D

[Deja Q]

14. For $28 per soldier per day

Good ol' Halliburton. Screw everyone and let the CEO pocket the change. x(

[BackDoorMan]

21. You mean Halliburton buying the shit and feeding it to the troops

and maybe even in school lunch programs. Aren't they just greedy pigs?

[spanone]

9. Very good CW!!

[CatWoman]

11. *bows*

:hi:

[Deja Q]

15. LOL!!!

Good one!! :D


:yourock:

[Kathy in Cambridge]

16. LOL-That's EXACTLY What I thought!

;-)

[Guaranteed]

6. Even Israel?

WOW. Could this be something other than pure politics? That's REALLY scary.

[maggrwaggr]

10. yeah, but we all know foruhn countries are stoopid

cause they're not America.

hell their probbly not for the war eether

[cliss]

12. I was wondering who they were

thanks, S.O.

Well, now I see what the desperation was all about. We currently have 2,000 rail cars full of meat, sitting in Portland and Seattle. They are stuck in customs, and no one quite knows what to do next.

It seems pretty clear that these countries are in no hurry to take delivery of this suspect meat. I've read that Japan is talking about "7 years" before any plans get changed.

It's a waiting game right now. While the stalling is going on, this meat is sitting in refrigerated containers, costing the beef producers big $$$bucks. They can't hold out indefinitely, and within 1 or 2 weeks, some kind of decision will have to be made.

Watch the sparks fly!!!!! And THEN, watch the retaliation start.

[MoonRiver]

17. PROOF there's intelligent life in the universe! n/t

[Military Brat]

18. And now a third U.S. herd has been quarantined

"A third herd of cattle has been placed under quarantine in Washington state following the discovery of the US's first case of mad cow disease.
The US Agriculture Department's chief veterinarian Dr Ron DeHaven said at least some of the cows from the herds would have to be slaughtered.

He said 11 of the 81 cows believed to have been shipped from Canada with the infected animal had been accounted for.

At least 26 countries have placed restrictions on the import of US beef."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3364545.stm

Isn't it just wonderful that every time "mad cow U.S.A." is mentioned, they include the suspicion that it's all Canada's fault!


:mad:

[LibertyorDeath]

19. This is what it's all about $ and we can all eat shit

literally

Warning if you are currently enjoying any kind of beef or beef by product you may want to wait before reading this.

http://www.counterpunch.org/stclair12302003.html

[Generic Other]

20. Won't WTO rules forcefeed others US beef?

Open wide world!

[kath]

22. Plus, I've heard that most European nations have effectively been

boycotting our beef for quite awhile now-- they haven't wanted it because they don't like all the hormones and other crap our cattle are fed. Can anyone verify?

[ConsAreLiars]

23. You weaken your argument with factual errors

see:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=978803&mesg_id=979006

It matters because you are esentially accurate in other respects.