#1, Keith did not say anything like that. That is a lie. R-Calf would try for that, becausae they support other lies, but they dont have enough money to buy off Keith Urban. I know him from Florida days. He's got scruples, and I know he likes Canada, and has performed there many times.#2, The Mad Cow Disease is the reason given for the border being shut to Canadian beef, but the real reason is a trade barrier, created by R-Calf. There have been several cases discovered in the US as well, even though it is not routinely tested for. Canada tests heavily for it, and because of that, has found more cases. Mexico would have cases too if they ever actually tested. Canada intends to eventually test every animal prior to slaughter. The US has no intentions of testing for it. Wild deer have it (CWD), and moose, and buffalo had it too. In humans it's called alzheimers. It's everywhere, and quite natural. Just dont eat brain tissue or spinal chord where it resides, and no worries mate.#3, the import of Canadian cattle is what supports the US packing industry. Because of the border closure, the packing plants are going bankrupt, and the jobs are migrating to Canada. Tyson just closed two major plants, about 1000 unemployed families. Canada doesn't need more jobs. They've got more jobs than people. They've got millions of acres of grazing and very few people, and the US has milllions of people that need work. Hence, it's a great relationship until R-calf gets involved to generate income for the lawyers, so they can get their fair share too. An American tradition.#4, It's true, Americans are quite nieve about Canada participation in the war. In every major conflict in the past century, Canada has been US's closest ally, moreso than Britain or Australia. In WWI and WWII the US never joined until Canada had already been in the fight for several years. WWII officially started in 1939, but US never came in until 1942, when Pearl Harbor was attacked. There are many Canadian soldiers fighting under US command in Iraq, the Canadian Navy has been patrolling the Gulf since Iraq II began, and has intercepted many potential attacks, the Canadian army and air force are fully engaged in Afghanistan, where there were some actual reasons given (ie Bin Laden) to attack. We're still unclear about why Iraq. And finally, when Canada was involved in Somalia to prevent genocide, the US retreated, and the genocide continued. Now in Sudan, the US will not defend against blatant genocide either. I'm not saying Iraq was not justified, because Saddam was an evil man and getting too powerful in a very volatile part of the world, but if US foreign policy was consistent, Somalia and Sudan and Cambodia should have been slam dunks.
Thats all for now folks.
